At Least in Hell the Christians Won't Harrass Me

Jesuits say take word of God to Second Life
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070727/tc_nm/religion_secondlife_dc

Excerpt:
..."missionaries have always trekked to dangerous parts of the Earth to spread the word of God -- now they are being encouraged to go into the virtual realm of Second Life to save virtual souls."

They are urged "not to be scared of entering the virtual world which may be fertile ground for new converts wishing to better themselves."

3D Simulations of Ancient Buildings

Here is a page with links to the kind of work I'm interested in. These examples are not high-resolution work, but they appear to be made to be easily accessible over the Internet.

http://archaeology.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=archaeology&cdn=education&tm=2&gps=74_5_1013_614&f=00&tt=14&bt=1&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.3dancientwonders.com/

Virtual marketers have second thoughts about Second Life

http://www.hotelmarketing.com/index.php/article/070717_virtual_marketers_have_second_thoughts_about_second_life/

Virtual marketers have second thoughts about Second Life
(excerpt)
Four years after Second Life debuted, some marketers are second-guessing the money and time they’ve put into it. “There’s not a compelling reason to stay,” said Brian McGuinness, vice president of Aloft, a brand of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. that is closing its Second Life shop and donating its virtual land to the nonprofit social-networking group TakingITGlobal.

Here is an interesting article on "blog scrapers"

http://www.dailyblogtips.com/blog-plagiarism-qa/