The real problem pointed out by the article is that Blizzard was being capricious and inconsistent with its approach to "Harrassment--Sexual Discrimination." There's certainly nothing discriminatory about typing the letters LGBT in a public forum (even a privately mediated one like channels in WoW). If someone thinks that it is discrimination to type those letters, well, then they need to get a life. People who are LGBT certainly wouldn't think so. Why should anyone else?
It seems that guilds are precisely the place to support specific groups with specific interests. If you have a gay guild or a christian guild or a cheese-lovers guild the great benefit is that you can easily speak to all your guildies about the interest you share and you don't clog up the public channels with your own interests. All guilds need to be able to recruit though. That is the best way to help everyone find associations that work for them.
Ok, back to building up my Rogue's lockpicking skills...
I wouldn't make much of that statement. Google owns the "gmale.com" domain too, and I don't imagine they're starting a male escort service anytime soon.
Registrant: Google Inc. (DOM-436762) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US
Administrative Contact: DNS Admin (NIC-1467103) Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US +1.6502530000 Fax- +1.6506188571 Technical Contact, Zone Contact: DNS Admin (NIC-1467103) Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US +1.6502530000 Fax- +1.6506188571
Created on..............: 2004-Feb-26. Expires on..............: 2007-Feb-26. Record last updated on..: 2005-Nov-09 15:09:25.
The combined holdings of the key libraries Google is working with is staggering. Each library has millions of volumes (admittedly, many duplicates). The number mentioned by the OCA is 150,000 volumes to start. I imagine the OCA, if it works out, will ramp up that number. Still, it is inconsequential compared to Google's very ambitious goal.
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The real problem pointed out by the article is that Blizzard was being capricious and inconsistent with its approach to "Harrassment--Sexual Discrimination." There's certainly nothing discriminatory about typing the letters LGBT in a public forum (even a privately mediated one like channels in WoW). If someone thinks that it is discrimination to type those letters, well, then they need to get a life. People who are LGBT certainly wouldn't think so. Why should anyone else?
It seems that guilds are precisely the place to support specific groups with specific interests. If you have a gay guild or a christian guild or a cheese-lovers guild the great benefit is that you can easily speak to all your guildies about the interest you share and you don't clog up the public channels with your own interests. All guilds need to be able to recruit though. That is the best way to help everyone find associations that work for them.
Ok, back to building up my Rogue's lockpicking skills...
I wouldn't make much of that statement. Google owns the "gmale.com" domain too, and I don't imagine they're starting a male escort service anytime soon.
Registrant:
Google Inc.
(DOM-436762)
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View
CA
94043 US
Domain Name: gmale.com
Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.markmonitor.com/
Administrative Contact:
DNS Admin
(NIC-1467103)
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View
CA
94043 US
+1.6502530000 Fax- +1.6506188571
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
DNS Admin
(NIC-1467103)
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View
CA
94043 US
+1.6502530000 Fax- +1.6506188571
Created on..............: 2004-Feb-26.
Expires on..............: 2007-Feb-26.
Record last updated on..: 2005-Nov-09 15:09:25.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.GOOGLE.COM
NS2.GOOGLE.COM
NS3.GOOGLE.COM
NS4.GOOGLE.COM
The combined holdings of the key libraries Google is working with is staggering. Each library has millions of volumes (admittedly, many duplicates). The number mentioned by the OCA is 150,000 volumes to start. I imagine the OCA, if it works out, will ramp up that number. Still, it is inconsequential compared to Google's very ambitious goal.
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