Artificial Boy

This may be the last or second to last Linden Update unless I can find the motivation to modify my bot to search by usernames rather than First Last names. Oh yeah, and SLNameWatch.com is about to be rendered obsolete. I intend to write about that, someday.

August 2010
Welcome, Mach2 Linden, Mach3 Linden, Mach4 Linden, Miles Linden, CommerceTeam Linden, Mach1 Linden, Kim Linden.
August 2010
So long, Space Linden, Weber Linden, Niko Linden, Qarl Linden, Howard Linden, Kate Linden, Sejong Linden, Pony Linden, Norm Linden, Ferny Linden, Reuben Linden, Kaylee Linden, Matthew Linden, Silver Linden, Dana Linden, Tay Linden, Shamiran Linden, Boston Linden, Zen Linden, Noob Linden, Molly Linden, Fisher Linden, Driscoll Linden, Heff Linden, Perry Linden, Tess Linden.

July 2010
So long, Poppy Linden, Johan Linden, Ray Linden, Irie Linden, Data Linden, Leo Linden, Doug Linden, Belinda Linden, Ethan Linden, Itiaes Linden, Oreh Linden, Teagan Linden, Mick Linden, Ali Linden, M Linden, Timothee Linden, Bewest Linden.
July 2010
Welcome, Domilyn Linden, Perez Linden, House Linden.

I usually wait until the end of the month before posting Linden comings and goings. Here’s a mid-month list. I’ll update it with the final version at the end of the month.

June 2010
Welcome, Dollar Linden, Iona Linden, Noob Linden, VoiceServices Linden, Ariane Linden,

… Hele Linden, Noob Linden, Commerce Linden, Log Linden.

So long, Katie Linden, Mia Linden, Jay Linden, Sejong Linden, Harmony Linden, Dough Linden, Zero Linden, Scott Linden, Crimp Linden, Liana Linden, Periapse Linden, Twilight Linden, Kristi Linden, Brent Linden, Theeba Linden, Chiyo Linden, Blue Linden, JessieAnn Linden, Gisele Linden, DJ Linden, William Linden, Pink Linden, Meredith Linden, Scrubber Linden, Claudia Linden, Christy Linden, Callen Linden, LJ Linden, Pastrami Linden, George Linden, Socrates Linden, Jules Linden, Karina Linden, James Linden, Gayathri Linden, Cogsworth Linden, Jarv Linden, Siz Linden, Rakesh Linden, Rika Linden, Rodney Linden, Drub Linden, Aric Linden, Anna Linden, Cody Linden, Plexus Linden, Storrs Linden,

… Karina Linden, Phoebe Linden, T Linden, Calyle Linden, Katelin Linden, Whump Linden, Jill Linden, Liana Linden, Angelo Linden, Chiyo Linden, Vicky Linden, Cyn Linden, Petra Linden.

May 2010
So long, Khederian Linden, Devnull Linden, Jeska Linden, AlexaTest Linden, Kristen Linden, Katrin Linden, Esther Linden, callumtester Linden, Rudas Linden, Nora Linden, Jennie Linden, Lis Linden.
May 2010
Welcome, Linda Linden, Oz Linden, Weber Linden, Lisa Linden, Cath Linden.

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If I may take the liberty to speak for a few in my class, we don’t like US Representative Mark Kirk (R.-Ill.) because of this and this. His cheap political gimmicks may have helped his career, but they protected no one and led to a summer of harassment and disruption of service for hundreds of Second Life users around the world who choose to present in child-like shapes, and others who are just shorter than the imposing norm. Linden Lab, which like many user-content-driven internet resource providers is often reactive more than pro-active in matters of community standards, was caught off-guard, and instituted a lasting change in atmosphere, if not policy. On a larger scale, Kirk’s unfounded accusations in the forum of the US Congress harmed Second Life and the business interests of an individual US private business, Linden Lab, for no good reason. Nothing was gained. Two years on, Kirk hasn’t revisited this issue, despite having presented it as a crisis threatening our nation’s children. Now, he is running for Senator, and obviously we hope he doesn’t make it. Therefore, here is some well-deserved dirt on Mark Kirk, via a DailyKos diary.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/5/29/871133/-IL-Sen:-Mark-Kirk-has-some-explaining-to-do

Mark Kirk has a bit of a problem, that’s likely to soon be a very big problem. See, it turns out he’s been less than truthful about his own military service, and that it’s looking like it’s a bit of a habit with him.

In 2005, a political tussle in Ohio led to Rep. Jean Schmidt claiming that Rep. Mark Kirk (who’s currently running for Barack Obama’s former Senate seat) was a “veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.” It was news to me that any politician had served in Iraq by that time and, as it turned out, it wasn’t true. Mark Kirk was claiming on his campaign site to be “the only member of Congress to serve stateside during Operation Iraqi Freedom,” which was true, but on his official web site he claimed to be “the only member of Congress to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom.”

Then there’s this:

From U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk’s official website.

The U.S. Navy named Kirk “Intelligence Officer of the Year” in 1999 for his combat service in Kosovo….

…Try doing a Google search for “Intelligence Officer of the Year” and “U.S. Navy…

It doesn’t surprise me that a slimeball like Mark Kirk would add Theft of Valor to his crimes against large numbers of innocent Americans he’s never met. He’s fundamentally a coward, and I hope his career in politics is soon to be finished.

-Big Adz))

Life 2.0 Cover

The real world of Second Life What are we to make of an adult man who leads an online life in which his avatar is an 11-year-old girl? Inhabitants of Second Life, the online virtual world where this man/girl hangs out, are not troubled by such questions. The ability to explore alternative identities is what attracts many people there in the first place. For the rest of us, we can find some answers in Life 2.0, a carefully-produced documentary about the real physical lives of Second Lifers.

As for why an adult man would want a school-aged girl for an alter-ego – I’m still not sure. But the man that actually created one? Well, he suddenly doesn’t seem quite so odd.

Survey: What’s Your Second Life Avatar Type? (NWN)
Fox-tailed and/or cat-eared children will need to decide on one category.

April 2010
So long, Banzai Linden, Lan Linden, Gus Linden, Eric Linden, Kelv Linden, Anukul Linden, Davidoff Linden, Colton Linden, Frontier Linden, Luna Linden, Edelman Linden, Nicole Linden, Carl Linden, Emma Linden, Marcus Linden, Yamasaki Linden, Angela Linden, Rose Linden, Andren Linden, Which Linden.
April 2010
Welcome, Andres Linden, SF Linden, Drofnas Linden, Vicky Linden, Helen Linden, AlexaTest Linden, Tommo Linden, FishbowlRoom Linden, Eric Linden, Alec Linden, Taras Linden, Carla Linden.

March 2010
So long, AG Linden, Pathfinder Linden, Charity Linden, Bub Linden, Benefits Linden, Cupid Linden, Jacob Linden, Frankie Linden, Porter Linden, Echo Linden, Cake Linden, Kaye Linden, Dita Linden, MJ Linden, Ingrid Linden, Judy Linden.
March 2010
Welcome, Devnull Linden, Alain Linden.