Real World Goverment invades Virtual World

I was reading this article from Wired, and the only thing I have to say is... there goes the neighborhood. All right some of the scenarios in this article do sound kind of far fetched (the IRS in WOW or EQ now that's scary!) but it does raise an interesting point, what are the boundaries between real and virtual? The boundaries are pretty obvious to everyone at the moment, but in the years to come more and more people will be getting online to buy, sell, trade, even in a sense live. Eventually it will come to the point where all this is done with a virtual presence, think SIMS where you design your online self. These questions need to be discussed now so we will know how much control (if any) the real world government will have in the virtual world. Or perhaps we should have a virtual government elected from people online, now that would be cool. Hmm I wonder if I should run for virtual president then?

As always I’m open to comments and thanks for reading.

V for Vendetta

Last night I had the chance to go and see V for Vendetta.... and I must say that this movie is a must see for everyone. The movie takes place in a possible future earth, where the goverment controls all most all aspects of people lives, and keeps them in constant fear of outside threats, (sound familary?). The main character, V, is trying to get the people to realise that something is wrong and something should be done about this.

One thing I did notice in the movie is that several characters are actually found in the real world. When you watch the movie you'll understand, but here are a few that stick out to me.

Character's name
Real World Counterpart

Finich
Patrick Fitzgeralds

Creedy
Donald Rumsfeld


Adam Sutler
George Bush


Lewis Prothero
Bill Oreilly

Let me know what you all think

Sony Delays Launch of PlayStation3 Until November

Well the title pretty much sums this up, but it looks like that Sony has decided to wait until November to release the new PS3... I wish it was sooner, but look at it this way, the price should be somewhat cheaper by pushing the release date, and if you get two, you can sell one on ebay for a ton of dough :D. I'm looking to reserver mine in the next few months so go ahead and reserver your new PS3 and let Sony know how much more you like them than Microshaft.

A Third Party that has a chance?

Okay, normally I don't like to talk about politics, but I found this interesting. According to Alan Greenspan, there is a strong possibility for a Third Party to develop in our government. I'm very excited about that. Maybe a voice of reason will finally be heard in our government and things will get back on a track to establish balance in our country...... Then again I have not seen a pig fly yet, but one can hope.