I was reading in Velonews a bicycle racing magazine about the problems occuring with the Olympic coverage. During major events like this the magazine usually acquires an athelete to have a diary availible daily on the web or in the dead-tree format. However they explained that this would not be allowed in the games.
The individual atheletes are required to sign a form which at about stipulation number 59 says that they cannot have any diaries for the puplic, or any other journalistic endeavour while the games are underway. They then continue with some quasi-righteous sounding drivel about how they are at the olympics to compete as an athlete and not to be a journalist! The IOC themselves are the ones that issue press passes and none where made availible to internet media types. Also no real time reporting is allowed in the US because of the sponsorship type deal with NBC/(any surprise?) MSNBC. So we have no real time reporting that is allowed because NBC has sole rights to the games here in the states. I think this is terrible because I would like to be able to watch the games live as they happen AND on tape. Not just on tape and then have them screaming at me about a possible metal win when i could have heard about this 15 hours earlier. Perhaps the worst part of this is that the rest of the world can watch the games LIVE! just not the US because of NBC's sole rights to the info. Europe watches it live so does Australia and the Orient.
I'm curious to know what is to stop somebody from taking a laptop to the games and doing some live reporting while they happen now that would be nice to crack NBC's nut the only problem is you need somebody sly or obscure or is it possible more powerful than NBC? To take on the possible legal onslaught after such an action.
This is really disgusting in the world we live in and the technology we have availible that the olympic coverage cannot be better and real time. I think it's very detremental to the games and just adds to my ever-jaded view of our world man it is disgusting so now the olympics aren't just te pure competetion and altheticism for it's own sake.
Even the olympics have to be sold and marketed now or it's just not worthwhile? Well I'm done with my rant now I hope I provided some useful information.
I guess it would depend on how discriminating the filters are they use but what about sunlight shining into the sensor or some idiot with a hand held laser pointer denying me my uplink and my packets falling on the floor? Brings a new meaning to DoS.
This phenomenon is like alot of others that have happened in history. It is a changing of the guards so to speak but in a social sense. The automobile provided a revolutionary means of transportation when it was introduced. At first the "old dogs" in the economy were screaming look what it'll do to our transportation infastructure trains will become obsolete, and horses too. Yes in a sense they did but that's only alarming to those who wielded power from those items. The internet is just as revolutionary in a social sense. Now we have ICQ instead of telephone or postcards. We have/. comment forums instead of coffee houses. These do not totally displace the other as we still have trains in this country they just provide another means to an end. As cliche as it is sorry but the more things change the more they stay the same. This "internet revolution" is so wonderful because it permits us to judge people upon their merits and intelligence not upon prejudices. This has it's good and bad points for we see all the AC's in here trolling and flaming and then we see some really intelligent comments. Just like real people! It's only really upsetting to those who don't understand and grasp the situation and what is actually happening in this so called "Internet Edge". You're either living on it and enjoying the ride or in fear and lacking knowledge.
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The individual atheletes are required to sign a form which at about stipulation number 59 says that they cannot have any diaries for the puplic, or any other journalistic endeavour while the games are underway. They then continue with some quasi-righteous sounding drivel about how they are at the olympics to compete as an athlete and not to be a journalist! The IOC themselves are the ones that issue press passes and none where made availible to internet media types. Also no real time reporting is allowed in the US because of the sponsorship type deal with NBC/(any surprise?) MSNBC. So we have no real time reporting that is allowed because NBC has sole rights to the games here in the states. I think this is terrible because I would like to be able to watch the games live as they happen AND on tape. Not just on tape and then have them screaming at me about a possible metal win when i could have heard about this 15 hours earlier. Perhaps the worst part of this is that the rest of the world can watch the games LIVE! just not the US because of NBC's sole rights to the info. Europe watches it live so does Australia and the Orient.
I'm curious to know what is to stop somebody from taking a laptop to the games and doing some live reporting while they happen now that would be nice to crack NBC's nut the only problem is you need somebody sly or obscure or is it possible more powerful than NBC? To take on the possible legal onslaught after such an action.
This is really disgusting in the world we live in and the technology we have availible that the olympic coverage cannot be better and real time. I think it's very detremental to the games and just adds to my ever-jaded view of our world man it is disgusting so now the olympics aren't just te pure competetion and altheticism for it's own sake.
Even the olympics have to be sold and marketed now or it's just not worthwhile? Well I'm done with my rant now I hope I provided some useful information.
I guess it would depend on how discriminating the filters are they use but what about sunlight shining into the sensor or some idiot with a hand held laser pointer denying me my uplink and my packets falling on the floor? Brings a new meaning to DoS.
Since it's southern California what about smog, smog, smog, smog, fog, rain, hail, sleet, bugs, planes, traffic copters, and smog?
This phenomenon is like alot of others that have happened in history. It is a changing of the guards so to speak but in a social sense. The automobile provided a revolutionary means of transportation when it was introduced. At first the "old dogs" in the economy were screaming look what it'll do to our transportation infastructure trains will become obsolete, and horses too. Yes in a sense they did but that's only alarming to those who wielded power from those items. The internet is just as revolutionary in a social sense. Now we have ICQ instead of telephone or postcards. We have /. comment forums instead of coffee houses. These do not totally displace the other as we still have trains in this country they just provide another means to an end. As cliche as it is sorry but the more things change the more they stay the same. This "internet revolution" is so wonderful because it permits us to judge people upon their merits and intelligence not upon prejudices. This has it's good and bad points for we see all the AC's in here trolling and flaming and then we see some really intelligent comments. Just like real people! It's only really upsetting to those who don't understand and grasp the situation and what is actually happening in this so called "Internet Edge". You're either living on it and enjoying the ride or in fear and lacking knowledge.