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 July/August 2007 
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LAW & ORDER Gambling banned in Second Life All bets are off in Second Life gambling ban Want to play a little poker, bet a pool to win a sweepstakes, or try a little slots or blackjack? Well, you’d better fly to Las Vegas or find the nearest Native American casino—because you’ll no longer be able to gamble at the SS Galaxy, Queen of the Sagittarian Sea, or any of the other hundreds of gambling establishments that used to blanket the landscape of Second Life (SL). COMMUNITY Happy Birthday 
Governor Linden Happy Birthday to you So sang a sultry Marilyn Monroe as President Kennedy celebrated his forty-fifth birthday on May 19, 1962 at Madison Square Garden. More than 15,000 people attended along with numerous celebrities. TECHNOLOGY Voice comes to Second Life "Mr. Watson, come here, The words “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you!” were first uttered into a telephone in Boston, Massachusetts on March 10, 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant Thomas Watson. The phone was made of a wooden stand, a funnel, a cup of acid, and copper wire, which transmitted his voice to Mr. Watson listening in on a receiver in another room. HOT NEW RELEASES SecondView and SLBrowser Finding out about stuff As reported in the June edition of The Seventh Sun, programmer extra-ordinaire Felix Wakmann is the creator of the in-world RSS feed reader, SecondView. Felix released Version 1.24 of the Viewer and HUD this past month along with an upgraded Smark, suitably renamed SLBrowser. BOOKS Second Life Publishing Museum Celebrates four years of publications Second Life is full of book lovers, but there is one category that stands apart from the rest. Take this simple quiz to see if you qualify: OPINION Technological Platform Capital In classical economics, the four factors of production are capital, labor, land, and enterprise. Capital started out as a simple concept, it represented the manufactured goods that allowed the production of other manufactured goods. It later evolved to include some fuzzier concepts, such as human capital, knowledge capital, (physical) infrastructure capital, and social capital. Here I propose a new type of capital, technological platform capital. Linden Lab’s Second Life is a self-contained technological platform with a microcosm economy that provides an ideal example to develop this concept. |
LAW & ORDER Island Scam Con man tricks six people into buying one island
COMMUNITY Crossing global political boundaries MacArthur Foundation Imagine a world without travel visas—you can instantly teleport to a location where English may or may not be spoken. Or where a French, Spanish, Chinese, or Japanese speaker might suddenly appear at your door. Fantasy, you say? Such a place exists today. It is the virtual world of Second Life (SL). BUSINESS Honorable Land Dealers Association "Where reputation and fair dealing are as important as Earlier this year, Sarah Nerd invited all the decent land dealers she knew to join her newly formed group, The Honorable Land Dealers Association. Although there are only nine members so far, (including JR Uknown who SOCIETY  Bella LaSalle and Arkady Yost Unite in virtual nuptial SAGGITARIUS — In a ceremony that was as beautiful as it was moving, Bella LaSalle and Arkady Yost were united in virtual matrimony on Saturday, June 23 in the Wedding Chapel of The SS Galaxy, Queen of the Sagitarrean Sea. The couple work together as crew members aboard the SS Galaxy. What began as a friendship between colleagues in the virtual world soon grew into true love in real life. TRAVEL Who ya GlobetrekkerBob Lane,
Yes, travel seekers, you too can visit the rich and famous at Palm Beach, Paris, New York, ABOUT US Seventh Sun Plaza New InfoHub & Resource Center We would like to invite you to visit the new Seventh Sun Plaza at Foxfield. The focal point of the complex is an InfoHub that is intended to be used as a business and technology resource for the public. Facilities include a variety of tools and utilities—including a PR Newswire kiosk, SecondView, and SLBrowser, as well as small meeting spaces that you are welcome to use. FROM OUR DESKTOP
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