I know that place! I grew up nearby also. I have the same problem with low-res on my house here Description
Not-so-interesting facts regarding stockport (from the wikipedia):
UK's last working hat factory was located in Stockport.
Its perceived grittiness and loutish youth culture earned it 12th place in the internet-based 2004 guide "Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places To Live In The UK"
It is because a lot of cafe's have coin-op and computer games in them which can be remote operated to turn into slot machines. Therefore, if the police come sniffing, a quick click of the remote and voila, the person playing the slot machine is now playing pac-man, or somesuch old-style game (I've not seen it with modern coin-op games, but undoubtedly it goes on). The procedure is, you go into the cafe, tell the barman that you want to play slots, give him some money and he credits a machine for you. When you have finished, you go to him, and he reimburses you the credits you have remaining. The Greek Government cannot get a handle on this type of tax evasion, so they made a blanket law that prohibits all computer games!
The Government of Greece just announced that they will be banning the game "Rock, Paper, Scissors" in order to prevent illegal gambling. Since it is difficult to tell the difference between this game and normal human hand gestures, anyone who makes a fist, holds a hand out with the palm side down, or makes a "peace" symbol with their hand will either be required to pay an insane fine or spend time in prison.
I hear that they are also banning the "who can piss highest up the side of a urinal" contest, in case people start gambling on it illegally!
Remember, this is the reason that these laws are getting passed! The Greeks have long been established as a nation of avid gamblers. It's just that the government have decided that they want a cut of all of the profits.
This is unreasonable for them. I cannot see them shutting down the coffee shops, so that people cannot play backgammon for money. It's just not going to happen, so why pick on computer users?
Copy Polar Bears fur: equivelant of fibre-optic fibre. They have the lowest heat emmission spectrum of any mammal (I think). They are virtually invisible on snow with IR or thermal imaging (I'm sure I heard it on here?)
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Not-so-interesting facts regarding stockport (from the wikipedia):
- UK's last working hat factory was located in Stockport.
- Its perceived grittiness and loutish youth culture earned it 12th place in the internet-based 2004 guide "Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places To Live In The UK"
However, I now live here (top-left).Description
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Of the two options, I prefer the latter
It is because a lot of cafe's have coin-op and computer games in them which can be remote operated to turn into slot machines. Therefore, if the police come sniffing, a quick click of the remote and voila, the person playing the slot machine is now playing pac-man, or somesuch old-style game (I've not seen it with modern coin-op games, but undoubtedly it goes on).
The procedure is, you go into the cafe, tell the barman that you want to play slots, give him some money and he credits a machine for you. When you have finished, you go to him, and he reimburses you the credits you have remaining.
The Greek Government cannot get a handle on this type of tax evasion, so they made a blanket law that prohibits all computer games!
I hear that they are also banning the "who can piss highest up the side of a urinal" contest, in case people start gambling on it illegally!
Remember, this is the reason that these laws are getting passed! The Greeks have long been established as a nation of avid gamblers. It's just that the government have decided that they want a cut of all of the profits.
This is unreasonable for them. I cannot see them shutting down the coffee shops, so that people cannot play backgammon for money. It's just not going to happen, so why pick on computer users?
Copy Polar Bears fur:
equivelant of fibre-optic fibre. They have the lowest heat emmission spectrum of any mammal (I think). They are virtually invisible on snow with IR or thermal imaging (I'm sure I heard it on here?)
I mean, millions of fans love Backstreet Boys and they can't all be wrong?
:)
M.
Along the lines of eat shit, 10 billion flies can't be wrong!
Erm, isn't that what project Echelon is all about. Allowing NSA to gather information on US citizens via member countries?