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WENCY LEUNG

Special to The Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 5:50 AM EST 17/07/07

The Vancouver Police Department joins a growing number of companies filling jobs on Second Life ...Read the full article

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  1. T P from Canada writes: ....I wonder if these applicants believe that they will be policing in the Second Life World and not in real life? lol.
  2. Adebisi TheGamer from Canada writes: A sample Second Life Job Posting?

    Are you under excised, socially incapable, and seek alternate fantasy worlds where you can escape the responsibilities and stress real life offers?

    Yes?!?!

    Then you are what we need at the Vancouver Police!!! That's right, we are scraping the bottom of the barrel. Gone are the eye exams, background checks, physical fitness tests, and psychological profiles! We need computer savvy cops to enforce US copyrights because we no longer have time for real crimes any more!

    Take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity to slap a badge on your size 56 belt! Sign up today!

    Minimum qualifications:

    -The ability to sit at a computer and play an avatar for 40 hours straight while we feed you a steady diet of ding dongs and Mountain Dew
    -Windows 98 or better
    -The ability to understand l33t, even if you h8 it

    Added qualifications of benefit
    -You have an intravenous feeding tube and catheter installed
    -Own your own chair
    -Own a set of official "Second Life purchasable genitalia" so you can go under cover
  3. Sam G from Toronto, Canada writes: My Avatar is looking for a job at a place where HR tactics do not exist.
  4. Karine Private from Canada writes: This article really got me worried about the "quality" of our police force. No wonder more and more often we read disturbing stories about police behaviour.
  5. Russell Gordon from Hamilton, ON, Canada writes: Is Neal Stephenson's "metaverse" as described in Snow Crash becoming a reality? Start designing your avatars now, lest you be at the bottom of the new social pecking order. ;)

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