Not so much about Second Life, but about the way in which what is happening there parallels what we have in the real world. Powerful interests consistently manipulate our world's system to benefit the interests of a tiny few at the expense of the great majority. Hopefully massive protests will stop this from happening, in both SL and in the real world.

a handful of selfish greedy people are no match for millions of selfish, greedy people

I used an automated bad joke generator

but windows 7 is at least twice as good as windows 3.1

Some king just died and his cousin needed my help and promised to repay me half a million dollars for my bank account information, which I sent of course, because I'm not an idiot. But just how the hell am I supposed to contact him now?

But what would you do to relax after a long day's work?

If I saw both my neighbors being invaded, I would rush to get the nukes as fast as I could, too.

Originally, Google planned to select 100 finalists to choose from... the people who actually submitted their ideas. Now, with just 16 broad categories, its like the project has lost some of its impact. While Google always said they would ultimately choose the organization best fit to handle the ideas that won, I was looking forward to seeing all of the neat ideas that others put forth, as well as the potential of small-scale/individual projects being launched to a whole new level.

Of course, my opinion is probably biased due to not seeing my idea - The Global Voting System - as one of the finalists.

In the end, it is still nice to see powerful corporations pursuing philanthropic endeavors.

populate the planet, etc etc.

Ending prohibition of drugs would eliminate the underground market, would stop the funding of terrorist groups, would do MORE for treating drug addicts, and would save the billions currently spent annually on prohibition and incarceration of drug offenders. We need to treat drug use and drug abuse as a health issue, not a criminal issue. We need free choice for consenting adults, not a nanny-state solution imposed by the government.

'fear campaigns can change hearts and minds... If you do them right you can make a material impact on people's behaviour.'