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"In the summer of 2008, a team of faculty and IT staff began the process of re-creating the Galapagos Islands in the virtual world of Second Life. Digital elevation map (DEM) data was used to re-create the geography and terrain of the islands, and a cross-disciplinary team of faculty and researchers are in the process of creating digital replicas of real-life indigenous species from the islands." Because the real thing won't last much longer? Because we lack imagination? Because…?
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A real real estate company is planning on opening up a real estate store on the simulated reality program Second Life. Still with me?
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"There’s nothing left to do, for a Second Life columnist, but keep teleporting. Just keep jumping from place to place, looking for signs of life."
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"Can data garbage be recycled? Can abandoned plots of land in Second Life be erased? Or can they experience a third life with digital agriculture? Should the virtual world be reformatted? Or the remaining avatars be cloned? What happens when Linden Lab files for bankruptcy? Where will the former users of Second Life migrate?"
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