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Re:Is there an actual question lost somewhere here by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-19 22:26 · Score: -1 · on Ask Slashdot: LTE Hotspot As Sole Cellular Connection?

IN SUMMARY, 53% OF THE SUMMARY WAS CONTENT KNOT. STRAW MAN IS YOU!

More information brought to you by the MARKETSPEAK DEPARTMENT OF RETARDANCY DEPT:

"Advertisers try vaulting over the official games marketers"
http://www.nypost.com/business/18669.htm In 1996, Nike was the Cinderella of the Atlanta Olympics. Not invited to the ball, it made sure the shoe fit anyway.

The sneaker maker handed out swoosh-branded "Just Do It" signs, erected billboards and even built a makeshift sports complex -- leaving the patriotic impression that it was an official Olympic sponsor.

It wasn't. Archrival Reebok shelled out millions for bona fide sponsorship status. Nike glommed onto Olympic glory in a money-saving ploy known as ambush marketing.

"For pennies on the dollar, relative to the top sponsors, ambush marketing can be cost effective," said sports marketing expert David Carter. "Many consumers end up rather confused as to who the official Olympic sponsors are."

For what it's worth, from http://www.libertypost.org/cgi... Num=61113 [libertypost.org] :

Known as the "clean venue policy", the rules were drawn up by the Greeks and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to shield sponsors from so-called "ambush marketing" -- an attempt to advertise items during the games without paying sponsorship fees.

The restrictions on food and drink are intended to ensure that only items made by official sponsors such as McDonald's and two Greek dairy firms are consumed at Olympic venues.

An official familiar with the restrictions said: "We have to protect official sponsors who have paid millions to make the Olympics happen. There will be cases of individual spectators being allowed in wearing a T-shirt bearing the logo of a rival sports brand but anyone who tries to practise ambush marketing will be removed."

And the actual list:
http://www.athens2004.com/en/s... [athens2004.com]

The following items and actions are restricted at Olympic Venues:

Mopeds, bicycles, skates, skateboards

Electronic equipment of Non-Rights holding Broadcasting Organisations

Flags of non-participating countries. Flags of participating countries larger than 2x1 meters, banners (larger than 1x1 meters approximately). No banner may be hung in metallic, wooden or plastic poles or frames

Horns, laser devices and other devices that cause disturbance

Flag poles, logos, open umbrellas in seating areas, items (T-shirts, hats, bags, etc.) with distinctive trademarks of companies that are competitive to those of the sponsors

Pirate "Athens 2004" products

Leaflets, pamphlets, non-approved publications, unauthorised signs and labels, printed material for publishing purposes with religious, political, provocative or obscene content

Balls, rackets, Frisbees, and similar items, a large number of coins, lighters

Musical instruments, glass bottles, flasks, iceboxes, ice-bags, thermos, water, beverages, alcoholic drinks and material, in general, of any shape or content, or any other items that ATHOC in cooperation with the Security Authorities in charge, consider to be dangerous or inappropriate

Food (except for proven medical reasons)

Animals (except service animals)

Large items, large bags, suitcases, folding seats, small stools etc. (except in certain events)

Strollers in seating areas

Smoking or gambling

Collection of money for unauthorised purposes

Use or distribution of clothing and/or any type of material with the intent of advertising, promotion, raising money or making profit through unauthorised means

Ambush marketing

Demonstrations of a political or religious nature

Unauthorised ticket sales

Unauthorised sale of food

Unauthorised entry of TV presenters and unauthorised transmission and/or videotaping thr

Re:Bah by Kymermosst · 2004-08-31 17:04 · Score: 1 · on Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact?

Remember, a firearm is built to injure or kill people, nothing else.

Then what, exactly, is this?

There are hundreds of firearms made for the sole purpose of something called "target shooting"... you know, where you demonstrate precision control of muscles and breathing, where keen eyesight and good dexterity are a must, where one might need to correct for immediate conditions.

By your reasoning, there is no reason to ever engage in a sport like archery (bows and arrows were also originally made to kill or injure), fencing (ditto), javelin throwing (ditto), martial arts (violence, injury, etc.), or any other perfectly respectable sport, and people should stay away from the equipment used in such sports.

Personally, your chances of being injured or killed by a firearm are a lot less than your chances of being injured or killed by a passenger vehicle.

The death rate from firearms in the U.S. is only twice the death rate from HIV/AIDS. (I imagine that once you rule out gang/drug violence and suicide, it gets a lot more even.) You should also vow to never have sex.

Matter of fact, you should also avoid one other major college experience, too: alcohol. Responsible, (in 2000) for 3 times as many deaths in the United States than firearms. (Not counting alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes.)

Risk of homicide not involving a firearm (20,308 in 2000) is about 70% of the number of all firearms deaths (29,000 accident, homicide, suicide, police shootings, etc) combined.

Your chance of dying from a gun: (assuming population is 275,000,000) 0.0105%

Your chance of dying from someone bent on killing you without a gun: .0070%

Not much in either case. Get a life and stop worrying so much.

Those damn guerilla marketers at Nike! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-08-25 23:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Mars Odyssey Begins Overtime

Nike is the goddess of victory:

For the facelift, the first for a summer games in 76 years, organisers asked artists to submit proposals that included two distinctly Greek elements: a depiction of Nike, the goddess of victory, and the Panathinaikos, the horseshoe-shaped stadium in Athens where the first modern Olympic games were held in 1896.

Can't really keep them out, hehe.

Ever since the Amsterdam Olympics of 1928, Nike had been shown on the medals, seated on a chariot with a wreath in one hand and an ear of corn in the other, symbolically honouring winning athletes. Next to the goddess was usually a stadium that looked a lot like a Roman amphitheatre - not surprising since the designer was an Italian, Giuseppi Cassioli.

Wouldn't it be easyer to just print a "swoosh" on those medals ;-)

Ah, there we have it:

Her design has a winged, almost angelic Nike boldly swooshing down feet-first from the heavens, delivering the laurel in the Panathinaikos stadium, the all-marble venue for archery and the finish line of the marathon later this month. Her Nike is based on a marble statue by the sculptor Paionios of Chalkidiki from 421 B.C.

hehe, and all this without paying a single cent of sponsorship to the IOC...

Athens Olympics' idiotic linking policy by ArsenneLupin · 2004-08-24 10:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic · on MS Releases License For Sender-ID

In order to place a link embedded in copy interested parties should: a) Use the term ATHENS 2004 only, and no other term as the text referent; b) Not associate the link with any image, esp. the ATHENS 2004 Emblem (see paragraph below); c) Send a request letter to the Internet Department stating: Short description of site; Reason for linking; Unique URL containing the link (if no unique URL than just the main URL); Publishing period; Contact point (e-mail address).

This small blurb was sponsored by your favorite running shoes

Re:Sabre by Scrameustache · 2004-08-23 12:08 · Score: 1 · on New Devices Help Track Olympic Winners

Actually other then the fact that the fencing equipment in the olympics is wireless

No its not.

See the wire stiking out the back of the fencer?

Athens 2004 Restricted Items and Actions by daveschroeder · 2004-08-22 04:26 · Score: 5, Informative · on The IOC's 'Clean Venue' Policy

More information:

"Advertisers try vaulting over the official games marketers"
http://www.nypost.com/business/18669.htm In 1996, Nike was the Cinderella of the Atlanta Olympics. Not invited to the ball, it made sure the shoe fit anyway.

The sneaker maker handed out swoosh-branded "Just Do It" signs, erected billboards and even built a makeshift sports complex -- leaving the patriotic impression that it was an official Olympic sponsor.

It wasn't. Archrival Reebok shelled out millions for bona fide sponsorship status. Nike glommed onto Olympic glory in a money-saving ploy known as ambush marketing.

"For pennies on the dollar, relative to the top sponsors, ambush marketing can be cost effective," said sports marketing expert David Carter. "Many consumers end up rather confused as to who the official Olympic sponsors are."

For what it's worth, from http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?Art Num=61113:

Known as the "clean venue policy", the rules were drawn up by the Greeks and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to shield sponsors from so-called "ambush marketing" -- an attempt to advertise items during the games without paying sponsorship fees.

The restrictions on food and drink are intended to ensure that only items made by official sponsors such as McDonald's and two Greek dairy firms are consumed at Olympic venues.

An official familiar with the restrictions said: "We have to protect official sponsors who have paid millions to make the Olympics happen. There will be cases of individual spectators being allowed in wearing a T-shirt bearing the logo of a rival sports brand but anyone who tries to practise ambush marketing will be removed."

And the actual list:
http://www.athens2004.com/en/specAdviceRestricted

The following items and actions are restricted at Olympic Venues:

Mopeds, bicycles, skates, skateboards

Electronic equipment of Non-Rights holding Broadcasting Organisations

Flags of non-participating countries. Flags of participating countries larger than 2x1 meters, banners (larger than 1x1 meters approximately). No banner may be hung in metallic, wooden or plastic poles or frames

Horns, laser devices and other devices that cause disturbance

Flag poles, logos, open umbrellas in seating areas, items (T-shirts, hats, bags, etc.) with distinctive trademarks of companies that are competitive to those of the sponsors

Pirate "Athens 2004" products

Leaflets, pamphlets, non-approved publications, unauthorised signs and labels, printed material for publishing purposes with religious, political, provocative or obscene content

Balls, rackets, Frisbees, and similar items, a large number of coins, lighters

Musical instruments, glass bottles, flasks, iceboxes, ice-bags, thermos, water, beverages, alcoholic drinks and material, in general, of any shape or content, or any other items that ATHOC in cooperation with the Security Authorities in charge, consider to be dangerous or inappropriate

Food (except for proven medical reasons)

Animals (except service animals)

Large items, large bags, suitcases, folding seats, small stools etc. (except in certain events)

Strollers in seating areas

Smoking or gambling

Collection of money for unauthorised purposes

Use or distribution of clothing and/or any type of material with the intent of advertising, promotion, raising money or making profit through unauthorised means

Ambush marketing

Demonstrations of a political or religious nature

Unauthorised ticket sales

Unauthorised sale of food

Unauthorised entry of TV presenters and unauthorised transmission and/or videotaping through transmi

Re:*sigh* by Alsee · 2004-08-21 09:14 · Score: 1 · on Olympians Banned From Blogging

Dumbasses who do not understand the internet

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Screw politics for a second by SilentStrike · 2004-08-20 16:49 · Score: 1 · on Olympians Banned From Blogging

I think we should all link to it with the text miserable failure.

Re:Hardly Surprising by Anonymous Coward · 2004-08-20 14:38 · Score: 0 · on Olympians Banned From Blogging

In order to place a link embedded in copy interested parties should:

a) Use the term ATHENS 2004 only, and no other term as the text referent

What? I can't link to them unless I use the term ATHENS 2004? That's ridiculous. They can't make me do that! I refuse to do that. Those assholes!