Fuck – that’s not good.
On 3/12/08 22:42, "Alan Sondheim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I should have known this was coming... > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 16:43:07 EST > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [vel] Second Life and Army recruiting > > http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/12/the-armys-new-f.html > > Army Builds Fantasy Island in Second Life > By Noah Shachtman December 03, 2008 | 11:35:15 AMCategories: Training and > Sims  > ORLANDO, Florida -- The U.S. Army has scores of bases scattered all across > the world. Soon, it'll be occupying virtual territory in a bid to win > recruits. > "Over the next 30 to 45 days you might, if you’re one of them Second Life > avatar dudes, that likes to go populate islands within Second Life, you will > find an Army island in Second Life," Gen. William S. Wallace, the commander of > the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), said during a > presentation > at the 26th Army Science Conference. > The Army Second Life effort will actually consist of two virtual islands. One > of them, will serve as a "welcome center" with an information kiosk and the > means to contact a recruiter, the other will offer, says Wallace, "virtual > experiences like jumping out of airplanes, and rappelling off of towers and > using > a weapon, to see if we can get some kind of recruiting benefit out of this > social networking." > The Army will even offer virtual tchotchkes to woo recruits. After the > presentation, Wallace told me "if you perform well in the activities you get > points > and those points can be used to buy virtual T-shirts and baseball caps." > Wallace says he's a realist when it comes to social networking technologies. > He admits they've probably been "oversold," but won’t write them off either. > The recruiting possibilities are just too alluring. He notes, " there's > about > 4 million young people that routinely interface in Second Life. [That's] the > age group of the young people who we're trying to encourage to join the > military." —Nick Turse > - - - > Historian and journalist Nick Turse is the author of The Complex: How the > Military Invades Our Everyday Lives. Research support provided by the > Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute. > > > > > ************** > Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and > favorite sites in one place. Try it now. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp& > icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour Simon Biggs Research Professor edinburgh college of art [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.eca.ac.uk www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.littlepig.org.uk AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201
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