Gigs Shrugged

As if it’s not enough to crap up every article with hundreds of pointless [citation needed] tags on every clause of every sentence they happen to disagree with, there’s this type of mess:

An unused highway may reference a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] or later closed.[10][11][12] An unused ramp can be referred to as a ghost ramp, stub ramp,[13] stub street,[14][2][15] stub-out,[2] or simply stub.[16][17]

17 sources and 19 citations for what amounts to a dictionary definition.  Way to make a readable encyclopedia.

Even worse, take a look at the source code:
An '''unused highway''' may reference a [[highway]] or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused”US&R and NY-TF1 Practice for the Real Thing.” City of New York 20 June 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/news/05_06_20_usar_mobex.shtml].”Kentucky Model Access Management Ordinance.” Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Oct. 2004. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://transportation.ky.gov/planning/traffic/access_files/KY%20Model%20Local%20AM%20Ordinance.pdf].”Barrie (City) v. 1606533 Ontario Inc.”, 2005 CanLII 24746 (ON S.C.). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/cas/onsc/2005/2005onsc14170.html].Iowa House. 1998. House File 686., 77th, H.R. 0686. [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/BillHistory/HF/00600/HF00686.html] [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/Legislation/HF/00600/HF00686/Current.html].”PETITIONED PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT.” New York City. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hac/pha/brookfield/bal_p1.html].House. 1993. LAND TITLE AMENDMENT ACT, 1993. 35th Parliament, 2nd sess., H.R. 78. [http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/35th2nd/h0721pm.htm].Munroe, Tapan. “TRENDS ANALYSIS for PARKS & RECREATION: 2000 AND BEYOND.” California Park & Recreation Society Jan. 1999. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cprs.org/pdf/trends2000.pdf]“Chapter 5: Detailed Comparison of Alternatives – Seattle.” SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Project, Washington Department of Transportation, 2 May. 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.sr520deiscomments.com/Pages/SR520_DEIS_Section7.pdf] [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/FEE76803-E971-4DEE-BA3D-06D6A2F64D6B/0/SR520DEIS_AppendixEPart1.pdf].Anderson, Steve. “CT 11 Expressway.” New York City Roads. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CT-11/]. or later closed.”Leasing of Closed Highways Regulation”, Alta. Reg. 36/1986. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/ab/laws/regu/1986r.36/20061113/whole.html].”R. v. Sanders”, 2004 NBPC 12 (CanLII). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/nb/cas/nbpc/2004/2004nbpc12.html].”HIGHWAY CLOSINGS”, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 599. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/laws/regu/1990r.599/20061120/whole.html]. An unused ramp can be referred to as a ”’ghost ramp”’, ”’stub ramp”’,{{PDFlink|[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/transit/ptr_newsletter/2006_october.pdf Washington State Department of Transportation Public Transportation and Rail Division Monthly News, October 2006, page 4]|286 [[Kibibyte|KiB]]}}, accessed [[December 28]], [[2006]] ”’stub street”’,Sommer, Dick. “Ten Ways to Manage Roadway Access in Your Community.” Ohio Department of Transportation, 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/roadwayengineering/documents/access_management/10ways2005.pdf].Bauserman, Christian E. “DELAWARE COUNTY ENGINEER’S DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & SURVEYING STANDARDS.” 18 May, 1998. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/prod/ROW/CtyCvy/delaware.pdf]. ”’stub-out”’, or simply ”’stub”’.Geiger, Gene. “Ohio DOT Constructs I-670 over a Water Treatment Sludge Lagoon in Columbus.” Ohio LTAP Quarterly. Ohio Department of Transportation. 15:3 (1999) [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ltap/Newsletters/1999/Q4/Fall%201999.pdf].”CITY OF UNION, KENTUCKY.” City of Union, Kentucky 23 June 2006. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cityofunionky.org/files/19078672.htm].

That’s the source code for the first sentence. Yes, just like that with no linebreaks.  If you feel motivated to fix this mess of an article, it’s here: Unused Highway

According to operators of Zorkmid and similar gambling systems, Linden Lab has backtracked and re-banned these devices.  This move was not entirely unexpected, as it was unusual for Linden Lab to “approve” a gambling system in the first place.

We now have independent confirmation, gambling is once again allowed in SL.

[07:32] Kaylee Linden: aargyle’s machines have been checked by our legal team and are not against tos

So as long as you have a braindead easy “game of skill” to cash out your casino’s chips, gambling is back.

I have to apologize to both Aargyle and SLNN.  I had criticized SLNN for glowing coverage, thinking they had jumped the gun, and I called Aargyle a liar (indirectly), when expressing my disbelief that Linden Lab actually “approved” his game system.

Zara Linden unilaterally approves SL gambling scheme?

This came up on my playlist, I think it’s appropriate:

Don't need no fast buck lame duck profits for fun
Quick trick plans, take the money and run
We need long term, slow burn, getting it done
And some straight talking, hard working son of a gun.
Whatcha doin tonight, I got faith in our generation
Lets stick together and futurize our attitudes
I ain't lookin' to fight, but I know with determination
We can challenge the schemers who cheat all the rules

I just tried out this system. I paid 500 L$ and got 500 Z$. I played a few hands of blackjack on a fairly well written machine, betting 100 Z$ per hand. I got my balance up to 600 Z$ and decided to quit while I was ahead.

I went to the cash out game, it’s a matching game like concentration.
You pay 1 L$ to play, and you get a free Z$ for trying. You have 2 minutes to complete a 4×4 game of concentration. You’d have to be really really slow or bad at it to lose. If you lose the match game, you don’t lose and Z$. So you can play as many times as you need to until you cash out successfully. There is nothing at-risk in the game of skill.

(Image Credit: Jeff Kubina)

Here is the tentative schedule and speaker list for the open source track at SLCC: