SecondLife Bans Unregistered In-World Banks 353
GuruBuckaroo writes "Virtual Ponzi schemes — pardon, "Banks" — have finally been given the boot by the policymakers at Linden Lab's Second Life. According to the company's latest blog post: 'As of January 22, 2008, it will be prohibited to offer interest or any direct return on an investment (whether in L$ or other currency) from any object, such as an ATM, located in Second Life, without proof of an applicable government registration statement or financial institution charter. We're implementing this policy after reviewing Resident complaints, banking activities, and the law, and we're doing it to protect our Residents and the integrity of our economy.'"
Re:free advertising? (Score:5, Funny)
My sentiments exactly. And I work with hundreds of nerds/engineers/etc.
All of the people I know seem to have first lives.
Re:Virtual Trust? (Score:5, Funny)
for (counter = 0; counter < 100; counter++) {
sprintf ("People are stupid.");
}
Re:That should've been done day one. (Score:1, Funny)
Job Opportunity! (Score:3, Funny)
Brett
Re:Virtual Trust? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Remember kids... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:good time to become a loan shark (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Virtual Trust? (Score:3, Funny)
I think there's a rather obvious problem with that. The print line should be:
sprintf(stdout, "People are stupid.\n");
Otherwise it doesn't compile.
(Disclaimer: Yes, this is intended as a joke.)
Re:good time to become a loan shark (Score:3, Funny)