coffeedependency Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 i think you mean geek's hustle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 haha..trying to be nice.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Originally posted by coffeedependency@Dec 9 2005, 01:29 PM what? why would that happen? Quoted post Well, as technology gets more and more immersive to the point where you can exist in worlds within it, it just seems like a natural step for an economy to evolve within that somehow translates to the actual world. Virtual money is just one step further from what paper money or credit cards are; an avatar for something with actual value. Once you get a viable economy going in a virtual world, other aspects of society will start seeping in. When things like Myspace, WoW, Google Earth, hell, even GTA-style sandbox games, start merging together, we're gonna start seeing virtual societies emerge that are eerily parallel to what we experience in the real world. Combine that with the increasing advances in human-computer interfacing (there's people out there who can control computer mice with their minds), virtual reality, and automation, it's gonna be totally viable to see a world where living virtually has advantages over staying out and basically not doing much. All you experience right now exists within your mind, not outside of it, and once computers can duplicate it, it's over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guerillaeye Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Originally posted by dicegameTron@Dec 9 2005, 01:28 PM YOU THINK THAT SHIT IS RETARDED? I KNOW SOME KID WHO SOLD AN IMAGINARY SWORD ON EBAY FOR 250.00. FUCKIN LAME ASSES. Quoted post Thats not lame.. that fucking rocks! How can I get into imaginary sword sales? seems lucrative as fuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubbeRBand Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I wish I could out-source my 12ozing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeedependency Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 Originally posted by El Mamerro+Dec 9 2005, 05:05 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (El Mamerro - Dec 9 2005, 05:05 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-coffeedependency@Dec 9 2005, 01:29 PM what? why would that happen? Quoted post Well, as technology gets more and more immersive to the point where you can exist in worlds within it, it just seems like a natural step for an economy to evolve within that somehow translates to the actual world. Virtual money is just one step further from what paper money or credit cards are; an avatar for something with actual value. Once you get a viable economy going in a virtual world, other aspects of society will start seeping in. When things like Myspace, WoW, Google Earth, hell, even GTA-style sandbox games, start merging together, we're gonna start seeing virtual societies emerge that are eerily parallel to what we experience in the real world. Combine that with the increasing advances in human-computer interfacing (there's people out there who can control computer mice with their minds), virtual reality, and automation, it's gonna be totally viable to see a world where living virtually has advantages over staying out and basically not doing much. All you experience right now exists within your mind, not outside of it, and once computers can duplicate it, it's over. Quoted post [/b] a virtual society depends on an actual society. how could this be possible except on small scales? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Originally posted by coffeedependency@Dec 9 2005, 04:28 PM a virtual society depends on an actual society. how could this be possible except on small scales? Quoted post If society is fully transferred into a virtual world, all that's left in the real world is just one giant support system. There doesn't need to be absolutely anything in the real world besides machines keeping us alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guerillaeye Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Originally posted by El Mamerro+Dec 9 2005, 04:43 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (El Mamerro - Dec 9 2005, 04:43 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-coffeedependency@Dec 9 2005, 04:28 PM a virtual society depends on an actual society. how could this be possible except on small scales? Quoted post If society is fully transferred into a virtual world, all that's left in the real world is just one giant support system. There doesn't need to be absolutely anything in the real world besides machines keeping us alive. Quoted post [/b] in theory, we could maintain the machines keeping us alive in the virtual world, via tcp/ip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeedependency Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 this is plain silly. i was typing up a giant response, but i can sum it up by saying that this won't be possible for a really, really long time, if at all. edit: i guess what i mean is... is it logically possible? of course. but it's so, so unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I won't say it'll happen tomorrow, but if you've seen the way we've progressed in just 100 years... it's pretty fucking wild. I don't think anyone getting shot at during the Civil War ever expected us to get to the moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GucciCondom Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 How can I virtually rob these mothafuckas for their swords and ultra plasmic ray rifles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shameless self promotion Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 No way that's great. WE LANDED ON THE MOON!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeedependency Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 you gotta player vs. player, son. GIMME DAT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 this threads starting to sound like the ground work for the matrix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shameless self promotion Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Originally posted by SteveAustin@Dec 9 2005, 05:11 PM this threads starting to sound like the ground work for the matrix. Quoted post :haha: Which pill did you take?! :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayorMeanBeans Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Originally posted by guerillaeye+Dec 9 2005, 04:47 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (guerillaeye - Dec 9 2005, 04:47 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> Originally posted by El Mamerro@Dec 9 2005, 04:43 PM <!--QuoteBegin-coffeedependency@Dec 9 2005, 04:28 PM a virtual society depends on an actual society. how could this be possible except on small scales? Quoted post If society is fully transferred into a virtual world, all that's left in the real world is just one giant support system. There doesn't need to be absolutely anything in the real world besides machines keeping us alive. Quoted post in theory, we could maintain the machines keeping us alive in the virtual world, via tcp/ip. Quoted post [/b] you guys took the matrix pretty seriously... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.C.Shadow Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I would love to play WoW as a job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MELLOness Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 Man you got no idea how fuckin seriuos some of these people take these games. Ive seen people honestly say if they ever found the person who like hacked there character or w/e that they would kill them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 people have killed over this shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpyD Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 yep, and parents have let their kids die of starvation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 yeah, that was fucked up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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