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- Idgit, on 04/04/2008, -2/+25Congress has officially jumped the shark
- starmav, on 04/04/2008, -0/+14Next, they'll all have WOW accounts.
- Rodman930, on 04/04/2008, -0/+6Does anybody actually play second life besides hacks on CNN trying to be on the "pulse" of the Internet?
- WiseWeasel, on 04/04/2008, -7/+12The security implications of this are quite profound. What assurances are there that no one's session is being tampered with, and that all participants are actually seeing the same thing? If they move to allow voting through Second Life, they had better be damn positive that everyone there is who they say they are, and that no outside interference or tampering is possible. I think it's great that our congresscritters could telecommute, hopefully spending more time in their home state, with their constituents, but moving from a physical to a virtual world has such an increased potential for abuse, that it might not be an acceptable risk for such a critical piece of infrastructure.
- pos3000, on 04/04/2008, -0/+5And now we know why congress has a lower approval rating than the president.
- chaos386, on 04/04/2008, -0/+5Business as usual, then?
- dafragsta, on 04/04/2008, -0/+4In other news, house minority leader John Boehner gets in touch with his furry side.
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -0/+4Trust me, if the fossils adopt these technologies it'll be about as useful as when they start using a telephone. Clueless as they the bureaucrat caste is, they sure made a sensible choice in giving this a try. Highresolution virtual realities will save the taxpayer billions.
- dokeshi, on 04/04/2008, -0/+3I was wondering how long it would take before someone would quote that on Digg. Guess now I know. Gotta' love xkcd...
- theOster, on 04/04/2008, -0/+3...In conclusion, on examining the above post by Ganja420, after carefully working my way through the haze of spelling errors (documented in section 3), abuse of capitalization (section 4), and general crimes against grammar and syntax (sections 7-8), I have demonstrated that, beneath it all, the work betrays the author's staggering ignorance of the history and working of the electoral system. While the author's wildly swerving train of thought did at one point flirt with coherence, this brief encounter was more likely a chance event (see statistical analysis in table 5) than a result of even rudimentary lucidity.
- Summer Glau
P.S. Dont forget to check out the next season of "The Sarah Conner Chronicles" this fall on Fox! - Ganja420, on 04/04/2008, -1/+4i hope they were all naked
- weeeezzll, on 04/04/2008, -1/+4I'm sorry, but did you say Second Life? Didn't we all learn our lesson about doing anything serious in SL after the "Anshe Chung Interview Incident"?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RedLyae4b2s
It's hard to believe there is a place where you can have a congressional meeting and fly a giant penis around.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uv6tr3SvmIY - inactive, on 04/04/2008, -0/+3how would that be a bad thing?
- weeeezzll, on 04/04/2008, -1/+3I think the point is that SL is f'in retarded. The congress is equally retarded for using it for a meeting. If they really wanted to explore using technology for a virtual meeting then they should have used audio/video conferrencing software with whiteboarding and all of the other serious professional tools to make the meeting useful.
Meeting in SL is a waste of time. - zephc, on 04/04/2008, -0/+2If you think its bad in SL, you should check out RL some time - some crazy, ***** up ***** there
- sabatoa, on 04/04/2008, -0/+2I play on Second Life and I'm really getting a kick out of these replies
- T8erT0T, on 04/04/2008, -0/+2No.The House Subcommittee got their interns or aides to sit at computers while they most likely took the day off.
- tyywebb, on 04/04/2008, -0/+2I listen to this podcast called "The Future and You" where the host feels the need to update people on his Second Life adventures every episode. There was one where he related his experience "dancing" a "party" for several hours. I think I'm going to unsubscribe.
- sizzzzlerz, on 04/04/2008, -0/+2Bush declares he is immune from the 4th amendment and is free to spy on Americans without penalty and congress investigates ***** video games. No wonder this country is in deep trouble.
- Arguman, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2where is that "sarah conner" thing a reference from? other than Fox of course. some tv show?
- Shuukyoku, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2I really don't want to see that happen. If congress starts meeting on WoW, Bush and Cheney are going to be forced to get lvl 60 rogues and raid the ***** out of the Legislative Branch. And the last thing we need is for President ***** to be the first U.S. President to drop an "LOL" into an address to the nation.
"My fellow Americans, over the past 8 years, we've >:O, :D, :/, :'(, and ROFL'd together, as a nation..." PGLMDBISTD! (For those unfamiliar with this emote, it stands for "Please God Let Me Die Before I See The Day!") - Brainmodder, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1Then, they'll never get anything done.
- inactive, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1XKCD
If your a hardcore geek you need to have it on your desktop, favorites bar, and in a window you always keep open (Too bad the KDE4 comicstrip viewer applet thingy doesn't work with XKCD correctly atm) - NJank, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1When I saw the headline I was really hoping this was an article in The Onion.
- weeeezzll, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1The Internets is not something you can just dump stuff on! Stop it!!!
- tyywebb, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1Hey guys.....I'm not wearing any pants!
- Ganja420, on 04/04/2008, -1/+2Yea why don't they go back to something important.... like steroids in Baseball
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1No. We inhabit a works with enough people as to be able (and need to) do BOTH the necessary and the experimenting. This is good.
- Pittance, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1I'm really glad they are this comfortable with video games, even if it is only a subcommittee. That they would log on into a game to have an important hearing speaks volumes about their understanding that video games are now mainstream and not the threat some people *coughHillarycough* would like you to believe they are.
- ChristianD, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1They should try to do some virtual work/solve some virtual problems there, and then attempt to replicate the results in the real world. It's a shame that we as Americans actually pay these people for the results we're seeing in our country. Perhaps a virtual trial period should be applied to all those seeking employment in Congress so that we as tax payers can get a feel for what they might actually do/not do if they ascended to the real Job full time.
- EvansHall, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1WhyTF is congress wasting their time with this? Do they think this is what the American people want? Are they more concerned about MMORPGs than the Iraq War???
- laola1, on 04/04/2008, -1/+2It will be weeks until we see the last April Fools' joke popping up...
- Calisse, on 04/04/2008, -3/+4That is so gay.
- RabidFurby, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1One more unfortunate step towards living life as told in The Surrogates.
- whyufail, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1In other news, congress opened today in front of a towering bent over fox with waving winged penises flying out of its rectum.
- habenneas, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Lynx mirror: http://www.lynxcache.org/usr/1/Congress_Goes_Virtu ...
- Atomic1fire, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1On the bright side
Congressmen could be home so you dont have to pay for public buildings besides virtual ones wouldn't need heat,conditioning,water.
When foreign people come the place online it can be easily redecorated to suit international web meetings - Jordan117, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1Yes, because nothing says "homosexual" like a House Subcommittee Hearing.
- GonzoAKQJ10, on 04/04/2008, -1/+1Absolutely rediculous!
- Jenadae, on 04/04/2008, -1/+1As much as this is an interesting step in a direction that needs attention, i feel at this time there are more important things that need to be dealt with and we can leave situations in this field to be decided on in a case to case matter via court ruling until our larger problems are stabilized.
- Brainmodder, on 04/04/2008, -1/+1The question is, how long until they get attacked by griefers? They really should stop wasting their time.
- photozz, on 04/04/2008, -1/+1Hey haters, calm the F#$% down.. Listen, I think its cool that they are at least exploring the issue. One of the biggest gripes is that our representatives in government are usually completely clueless about technology. So the second they make some move to understand a technology, you jump down their throats? Make up your minds, jerks. besides, its not like they spent half the day shopping for clothes or hair or anything, I am sure they had their "people" set all that up, and they just came in and sat down. relax.
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -1/+1SL is so ***** lame, this story must be true.....
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -1/+1Double Gay
- johnny81, on 02/13/2009, -0/+0great
http://www.linkbuilderz.com/linkbuilding/ - evildeadguy, on 04/04/2008, -1/+1i wonder how many looked like a gorillas, dragons or giant talking penii.
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -1/+1So I guess all that talk about pedophiles joining up together in a mass group on Second Life IS true!
- inactive, on 04/04/2008, -2/+1This session was recorded. Its been uploaded to youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtOoQFa5ug8 - diggduggDOOM, on 04/04/2008, -2/+1Stop encouraging Second Life, people.
I can't believe any self-respecting organization continues to promote their presence in that online environment. They must not know the depths of depravity that occur there. - GreenOne, on 04/04/2008, -2/+0To hear shiny Phil Rosedale hold forth on how virtual worlds can be more easily policed than the real world was a giggler. To hear places like Second Life being described as "glorious tools", was even more pathetic. Second Life is one of the buggiest beta tests in existence, and the glassy-eyed fervor of its supporters is also a bit unsettling. Much like the japanese troops on scattered islands in the Pacific...we'll be encountering them years from now in some electronic jungle...amazed at how they never realized the war was over...and they lost.
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