Interesting post on Second Life <http://secondlife.com/>:
*Clay Shirky, in deconstructing Second Life hype: "Second Life is heading
> towards two million users. Except it isn’t, really... I suspect Second Life
> is largely a 'Try Me' virus, where reports of a strange and wonderful new
> thing draw the masses to log in and try it, but whose ability to retain
> anything but a fraction of those users is limited. The pattern of a Try Me
> virus is a rapid spread of first time users, most of whom drop out quickly,
> with most of the dropouts becoming immune to later use."*
>
Leslie Germaine
Solo Practitioner
Practicing Worldwide
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"*President Obama has said he wanted justices with "empathy," although in
fairness he has also insisted that knowledge of the law would not disqualify
a prospective nominee*"
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