You know, it's a really big problem that most people never read between the lines, or think they do, too much for their own good, therefore delivering _false_ news.
Being Greek, I was shocked when I read this, especially after visiting the NetCafe website, which all-too-tragically gives the impression that installing a game on your own computer is illegal.
Yes, it is tragic that some dumbass politician states "We couldn't check thousands of machines so we ban everything and everyone is A-OK", but the image conveyed by the surely-biased NetCafe group of internet cafes is a false one. This is of course a problem of the netcafes, because they can't offer multiplayer games anymore (this _is_ bad, for all of the teenagers who want to play the latest games online).
In the original (Greek PDF) law text, I take it that the word "paignio" (for "game") points to game consoles found on ferries, in bars, in billiard bars and the like, or on slot machines etc. Thus, what is meant by the word "private", is that it's illegal to install a game on your PC, or use something like a MAME-cabinet (which is illegal because of the roms anyway) and then use it to turn your house into something like an illegal net cafe or gambling house. I don't think it bad to ban offshot private gambling places.
You don't know the background behind this, it't a long story (dates back a year) when there was all this fuss about casino machines used without a license _everywhere_. I doubt that you can find some info about this thing in English, maybe you should check out old articles at Kathimerini.
I sure think that someone should verify his sources and not only read the first paragraph before writing an article or a commentary.
It _sucks_ that a ban movement is forced in general (which shows deep technological ignorance of those who promote such moves) but it's not like it's illegal if I play Quake3 on my PC.
Of course, if you organize a tournament involving bets and the such, it is gambling. Then things change of course...
One last thing: I am against this, if it by any way means that playing nethack is illegal:-) but I am also against misinformation. This english-language "law.txt" file you can find floating somewhere on these Netcafe linked sites is only an excerpt which serves their purposes.
...and I'm not talking about the USA. In the Athens Subway (like Athens, _Greece_) during some parts of the routes (total routes: 3;-)) you can see on the windows flashing pictures that advertise beverages (mostly Fanta or Coca Cola). The flashing pictures give you the impression of a movie played bu a projector on the wagon windows, but they're actually being projected from outside the wagon. The "frame rate" is OK, but the image "shakes" a bit, due to the "frames" not being aligned.
It's cool though. The first time I noticed it I didn't quite get what I had seen, how I had seen it, or whether I had seen anything at all:-)
You see, it doesn't last long. Max 2 seconds.
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Nope. You send a _Caravan_ or _Freight_. Not a Settlers unit.
Errrr.... yes?
Well, not quite what one would call "home-made", but it does the job:
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... the first Martians arriving to Earth. I guess after their failure in London, they are now trying their luck in the US...
You know, it's a really big problem that most people never read between the lines, or think they do, too much for their own good, therefore delivering _false_ news.
Being Greek, I was shocked when I read this, especially after visiting the NetCafe website, which all-too-tragically gives the impression that installing a game on your own computer is illegal.
Yes, it is tragic that some dumbass politician states "We couldn't check thousands of machines so we ban everything and everyone is A-OK", but the image conveyed by the surely-biased NetCafe group of internet cafes is a false one. This is of course a problem of the netcafes, because they can't offer multiplayer games anymore (this _is_ bad, for all of the teenagers who want to play the latest games online).
In the original (Greek PDF) law text, I take it that the word "paignio" (for "game") points to game consoles found on ferries, in bars, in billiard bars and the like, or on slot machines etc. Thus, what is meant by the word "private", is that it's illegal to install a game on your PC, or use something like a MAME-cabinet (which is illegal because of the roms anyway) and then use it to turn your house into something like an illegal net cafe or gambling house. I don't think it bad to ban offshot private gambling places.
You don't know the background behind this, it't a long story (dates back a year) when there was all this fuss about casino machines used without a license _everywhere_. I doubt that you can find some info about this thing in English, maybe you should check out old articles at Kathimerini.
I sure think that someone should verify his sources and not only read the first paragraph before writing an article or a commentary.
It _sucks_ that a ban movement is forced in general (which shows deep technological ignorance of those who promote such moves) but it's not like it's illegal if I play Quake3 on my PC.
Of course, if you organize a tournament involving bets and the such, it is gambling. Then things change of course...
One last thing: I am against this, if it by any way means that playing nethack is illegal :-) but I am also against misinformation. This english-language "law.txt" file you can find floating somewhere on these Netcafe linked sites is only an excerpt which serves their purposes.
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...and I'm not talking about the USA. ;-)) you can see on the windows flashing pictures that advertise beverages (mostly Fanta or Coca Cola). :-)
In the Athens Subway (like Athens, _Greece_) during some parts of the routes (total routes: 3
The flashing pictures give you the impression of a movie played bu a projector on the wagon windows, but they're actually being projected from outside the wagon. The "frame rate" is OK, but the image "shakes" a bit, due to the "frames" not being aligned.
It's cool though. The first time I noticed it I didn't quite get what I had seen, how I had seen it, or whether I had seen anything at all
You see, it doesn't last long. Max 2 seconds.
They didn't spontaneously remove themselves from the genetic pool, so they can't.
- Windows
- Mass assimilation of other teams into the NT team.
Resistance is futile. NT teams will assimilate you.