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11.22.09

China Tries to Curb Gold Farming

Real-world regulation for made-up money
By Stuart Fox Posted 07.01.2009 at 1:26 pm 13 Comments

Bad news for professional orcs all across the Middle Kingdom. On Monday, the Chinese government announced a ban on the conversion of virtual money into real money for the purpose of buying actual goods and services. By allowing Chinese citizens to spend real money on virtual products, but not vice versa, the government has specifically targeted gold farming, an activity that employs hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers.

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PopSci's Year in Review

Ten sci-tech moments that mattered in 2006
By the Editors Posted 12.22.2006 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

Poison spinach! User-generated content! Space tourism! Global warming!

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