people actually want worth losing the dollars to raise worthless virtual best balls on worthless farmville part of worthless space blog which of course goldman sachs has taken public for fifty billion or more based on people voluntarily checking themselves into a casino good leg state known as goldman farmville well judge philip wausau in to cook making his decision said it is a considerable aggravating feature that someone hacks into systems in this way when so much business and personal finance is done using electronic means therefore the census hastert reflect on public confidence and security systems and online business when someone reaches security in this way but he's completely wrong look at the constitution look at what thomas jefferson had to say of limits on article seventeen referring to copyrights they should be of limited term unlimited value this is a copyright issue and of course the digital millennium copyright act the patriot act all these guys who are destroying the intellectual property of the united states and the global economy using fake virtual currency that they're

he saw them on facebook to other people who want to use this for to raise their virtual farms on farmville or fight in the mafia wars which are in which these currencies are used and this guy's lawyer said the last his ingo was impossible to quantify because the chips were virtual and the company could create as many as it once he also said that actually michel had enjoyed little benefits and spent most of the proceeds on online gambling on other sites that used real money which is an argument you could make for the whole u.s. economy these. anybody who robs a bank to buy to steal dollars is just using it to fund their debt habits and it's no fun anyway so i'm not guilty of anything right and the point is that if the judge finds this guy guilty then he should find ben bernanke guilty what is the difference between zenga and ben bernanke bernanke those and any collateral in which to float trillions of dollars worth of worthless figure out if you only think backing up the us dollar as has been pointed out on this show by many guests is the us military that is to say there's no intrinsic valu

so can you use your farmville credits to buy stuff? can use the farmville credits, no, you can't. i forget what the exchange rate is. >> corn and a movie? i don't know. popcorn, maybe. >>> another update on the developing news we are following out of berk looek berkeley. a live report on the deadly standoff is coming up. >>> and we have a better idea why pg&e never prepared the san bruno pipeline, but the federal government may not agree with what pg&e found. >>> taking a live look outside at the beautiful bay bridge this morning. it is gliszenning out there. a little mist in the air as well. we'll see when it will clear up. ovmore an ltening to ouravoritsong than liste our favngs. t r fari is eatnoizol. e'reheids in ♪ t r fari is eatnoizol. i love my pet bald eagle brock, my bison sara, i love my pick-up with the custom constitution paint job... i celebrate jury duty... i love america so much, i'm making an all american jack combo two jumbo patties, with melting cheese, lettuce, tomato and pickles, plus fries and a drink for only $4.9

. >>> if you are one of those people that knows that farmville is a giant time suck, look out.rogram that doles out game products and credits to be used by virtual goodies to buy them on existing games. 250 million people are playing zynga's all-consuming games. >> do you play them? >> the farmville account is mine where i logged on good enough to get video. >> a farmer you are not. >> nor a basketball picker. >> that's true. we have been playing all the brackets here, brent is in first place, but that won't be for long. i'm in second. christina, then mike and scott. check it out at nbcbayarea.com. thank you for joining us this morning. the "today" show is coming up next. we'll have a local news update for you in a half hour and every half hour after that. have a great monday morning. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me and asking me how they could help. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people.

if you are one of those people who knows that farmville is a giant time suck, look out. is rolling out something to take up more of your time, it is called rewardville. it will doll out game points and credits to use on virtual goodies on things like farmville. right now 250 million people are playing zinga's simple but consuming games. zinga has 1,500 employees and had to move into a new head office. >> i wonder if they are allowed to play there, like it is okay. >>> 5:57 right now. weather is one of the big stories right know, not just here but up and down the coast. >>> and it is so bad a major connector between northern and southern california is closed. more on that coming up. >>> and a live look outside at guadeloupe river parkway. a ttle break in the storm right now, but a wet week is ahead. we'll check in with christina loren. the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland, your savings account is stuck in the past! earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking baby! so instead of making pe

that sense i've got this in my my my brain here somebody is let's say creating a digital farm on farmville which is a game by facebook and they have a digital barn and they use a digital currency they're immersed in the digital space and they tend to take that digital or a thinking and apply it to their actual house and they fail to see that their actual house has real cost involved in that house and i think you also make a connection to labor and how labor as. as pet fit into the crisis well the problem here is that when we shift to a digital capitalism following on this kind of pervasive expansion of the r. of the digital that we shift from a physical capitalism when it's based on actual production and wages and labor and all of that immaterial and the danger in this is what i think it's happened is that we've had this transfer from this digital realm into the less then digital realms such as the financial markets in the form of financialization because financialization at a kind of basic level is a reshuffling of immaterial commodities if you take say the gold index and you generate a c

the maker of the popular farmville and mafia war games is expected to go public in the next few years. and a tax on stock options could be enormous. they employ 1200 people and valued at $6 billion. a deal to give twitter a break on payroll taxes passed supervisor's committee yesterday. >>> coming up on 5:00. already some problems this morning even though the rain's not really heavy quite yet, sal. >>> that's right. we have some drains that are blocked and causing some issues on 880 in the san leandro area. let's go live. you can see traffic is going to be light so far. this is one of the things where it's going to be a problem a little bit later on. i want to let you know that southbound 880 as you drive past the marina boulevard exit you are going to see traffic still moving well. ktvu's kraig debro is there and he'll have an update. right now traffic on 880 in san leandro is not all that bad. i see a cal trans unit there. maybe they'll be clearing that out soon, hopefully. let's move along and take a look at the commute. this is a look at westbound bay bridge. the traffic is moving

they were promoting a game called farmville. out such games as mafia wars. >>> a bay area woman's fight against the nation's highest employer is now in court. it is a case they are calling betty versus goliath. betty duke and five other california women are accusing wal-mart of gender diskreupl their. and they are filing a lawsuit -- of gender discrimination. and they are filing a lawsuit on behalf of other female employees. >> please do not sit quietly and take this abuse because we do not have to. we have civil rights and we have legal rights. >> reporter: wal-mart attorneys told the court today the company has a zero tolerance discrimination policy and that duke's case is an exception not proof of a pattern. they are asking the high court to order that each case be heard individually not as a class action lawsuit. the supreme court is not expected to make a decision on the class action issue until june. in the meantime betty duke's discrimination suit is moving on in the legal system. >> stay with us, ktvu channel 2 news at 6

i had to bring migrant workers in to take care of my farmville account. of the tournament took place tonight in dayton, ohio. the play-in round. and the final four i have in my bracket, duke, pitt, ohio state and devry university. they're serious about success, so i'm counting on that. the games tonight aired on a channel called tru tv, becau nothing gets you ready for a basketball tournament like "conspiracy theory." you're going to see a lot of sports reporting in the next few weeks but you're not going to see anything as good as this. this is from the university of hartford. a couple of kids there, and keep in mind, these are college kids. they don't have any experience, that's why they were making this tape. somehow, it wound up on youtube, and -- enjoy. >> darius, the brackets look like this coming in today for the women. number two, bu takes on number seven vermont in the first game and then number three binghamton, right after that, takes on number six new hampshire. >> that's right. and number eight, stonybrook, who won yesterday, takes on number

created popular games like farmville and mafia war is expected to go public in a couple of years and a tax on stock options could be enormous. by the way, a deal to give twitter a break on payroll taxes was approved yesterday by a committee of the san francisco supervisors. >>> well, rain is apparently dampening plans for this weekend's britney spears concert. the change of venue and why it's being met with some disappointment. >>> well, all the rain in the reservoirs, look, they are filling up fast. one thing that east bay mud says could push water levels out of control. >>> good morning. right now traffic is moving along okay if you are on bay area bridges no major problems here as you drive up to the bay or the san mateo bridge. westbound 24 looks pretty good. >>> all right. time now 6:25. we're finding out this morning that a funnel cloud that ripped through a northern california community was really a tornado. a storm hit the rural town of williams off highway 5 east of clear lake yesterday afternoon. the national weather service says winds reached 85 miles an hour. you can see

the maker of the popular farmville and mafia war games expected to go public in the next couple of years. and if there's a tax on stock options, it could be enormous. a deal to give twitter by the way a break on payroll taxes passed a supervisor's committee yesterday. >>> well, the rain clouds are dampening plans for this weekend's britney spears concert. the change of venue and why it's being met with both disappointment and relief. >>> with all the rain, the reservoirs are really filling up fast. one thing east bay mud says could push the water levels out of control. >>> good morning. traffic is moving well on the grade getting to the south bay. the morning commute will get worse as the morning wears on. we'll tell you why. i'm not just looking for deals, i'm looking for the hottest fashion. i get a lot of ideas just walking around the city. it's like a fashion show out there. then, i negotiate directly with designers... so you get the savings. t.j.maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you. >>> good morning. our system is inching closer. and already the rain shield is beginning to also

he didn't call out any by name but think farmville or angry birds saying, quote, when i look at retailers a dollar or free software i have to say the owner doesn't care about high valued software at all. ". >>> nintendo probably never figured out apple would be the biggest competitor, but as more people buy ipads, 15 million in nine months, more and more developers say apple has become a serious gaming company. that's a huge turn-around for the company that largely ignored video games on the mac for years. and frankly video game makers ignored the mac. >> apple just has its core in everything. >> more apple core and more. >>> the time is 5:56. the president of mexico pays a visit to the united states. what he and president obama are talking about coming up. >>> and we'll hear more from a local student who says the fbi tapped his car without a warrant. he is filing suit today. >>> and a live look outside across the golden gate bridge. a pretty nice drive around the bay area this morning. we'll be checking in on all the roads with mike coming up. [ female announcer ] most women in america a