The Money Programme Virtual World Real Millions WS PDTV XviD-REMAX

my housemate watched this on teleport replay.

she said it was mainly about people who made money in second life...i am going
to watch it later because it sounds interesting. :d

i wonder if there is any significance that the file name ends with "remax"
remax is, as many people know, an abbreviation for real estate maximum. there
are remax offices all over the continental united states. could the person who
uploaded this file be virtual real estate broker in second life?

i'll watch the show because despite all the articles i've read in forbes,
fortune and business week regarding people making money in second life, i
still don't get it! it seems like a shared delusion.....

remax is a scene release group.

the program explores two different examples of virtual worlds. first, places
such as

this show sounds interesting i may just have to check it out some time i have so
many shows to watch on my hard drive thought lol but i will check it out when i
have less show on my computer to watch.

not more second life hype. its a fraud.

http://news.com.com/counting+the+real+second+life+population/2100-1043_3-6146943.html
interesting take on it
"second life: what are the real numbers?"
http://many.corante.com/archives/2006/12/12/second_life_what_are_the_real_numbers.php

"linden's second life numbers and the press's desire to believe
email this entry"
http://many.corante.com/archives/2006/12/26/lindens_second_life_numbers_and_the_presss_desire_to_believe.php
its amazing how the media are total suckers when it comes to easy/convenient
stories.

they claim massive million user numbers when the actual regular users are more
like 20k at a time. they are counting all the people that sign up to try and
never come back, and all the separate avatars people make as separate people
battlenet servers have more people on at a time, and thats in starcraft, an 11
year old game!!!

seems my links got autoremoved. ah well google is your friend. it seems to be a
massive case of media echo chamber. techno n00bs writing tons of stories using
second life as a jumping off point for talking about society or the next big wow
thing. its annoying as heck. then the old bastards that run big corporations
that know nothing about technology see this and fear they are missing the next
internet and so they jump in. they see others jumping in and so more and more
advertisers are deluded into thinking people will want to "have fun" with their
advertising in second life. who the hell are they kidding. its all a big
circle jerk with no reality at its core.