22 outubro 2002

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Inflation threatens EverQuest economyThe company behind the online fantasy game EverQuest has started punishing players who have found a way to bend the game's rules and almost literally make money.
The crackdown has happened because the huge amounts of virtual cash that people were pumping into the game world were threatening to bring the EverQuest economy to its knees.
If left unchecked the influx of cash could have prompted hyperinflation and made it impossible for beginning players to get on in the game world.
An E-Mayor for Virtual L.A. City: Strassman, president of research and consulting company Etopia, has been an evangelist of e-government for 26 years. He believes that putting government online will vastly increase the quality of life in the Valley and serve as an example for other municipalities.
He's so convinced of the power of the Internet that he's basing his entire campaign around his website, Strassman for Mayor. He has no staff or headquarters, and runs his entire campaign from a laptop in his apartment.