Real cars drive into Second Life

Iria · Nov 19, 2006, 01:14 AM

Source: CNN
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- General Motors' Pontiac division is spending thousands of dollars to create a make-believe dealership that will sell make-believe cars for as little as a few dollars a piece.

The dealership will exist, so to speak, in Second Life, an on-line virtual world.

BlueMak · Nov 19, 2006, 03:57 AM

I think these guys should get a real life.

BWX · Nov 19, 2006, 04:24 AM

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"The potential of this is rather staggering," he said.

Can you make money betting on something failing?

Nov 19, 2006, 01:14 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	Real cars drive into Second Life Source: CNN _________ NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- General Motors' Pontiac division is spending thousands of dollars to create a make-believe dealership that will sell make-believe cars for as little as a few dollars a piece. The dealership will exist, so to speak, in Second Life, an on-line virtual world.

Nov 19, 2006, 03:57 AM	#2
BlueMak DH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 8,257 Rep Power: 118 System Specs	I think these guys should get a real life. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*