Last week, the virtual world Second Life was contending with a rogue program that copies all it touches; this week parent company Linden Lab has to fight back against golden rings that do damage to your computer if your avatar touches them. Yesterday the official Second Life blog reported, “An attack of self-replicators is causing heavy load on the database, which is in turn slowing down in-world activity. We have isolated the grey goo and are currently cleaning up the grid. We
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