> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gabriel Orgrease
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 7:23 PM
> 
> 
> No, actually, I play World of Warcraft w/ him 'cause unlike 
> many of my 
> friends he is still awake in Kabul when I wake up. I usually spend my 
> morning coffee & plan for the day time checking out the AH (auction 
> house) on the NOT FOR REAL cyber world... if I am making money there, 
> and I always make money there, then I feel good about the 
> start of the 
> day... so instead of 2 hrs of commuting I converse w/ a 
> Warthog mechanic 
> in Afghanistan (Redbeard, a lvl 60 hunter on Manoroth) and we 
> run around 
> w/ a bunch of other online gamers shooting things and 
> collecting loot. 

Here is an interesting musing on the evolving nature of information,
including the creation of "inforgs"; blurring of virtual and real,
online and offline; the measurable value of your investment in WoW.

"Peering into the Future of the Infosphere" by Luciano Floridi 

http://db.tidbits.com/article/8686

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