| Posted at 13:10 on September 10th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
 Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11142 | On July, 30th, a new law has been put into action in Greece. It is aimed at banning gambling in casinos which obviously has led to the ruin of many people there. The law's text is so general that it apparantely can be applied to all kinds of games, including computer games, internet game, console games, games played on cell phones and so on - even if it's not in any way gambling related! Just recently, police 'stormed' an Internet cafe and arrested the owner because some people there played online games. First petitions have been set up. And in case you think this is a joke, read the full story here. ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
| Posted at 13:12 on September 10th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
 Member Retired Gumby Posts: 1007 | Old news. Actually, I read somewhere that a few people (including a British tourist) were fined. The tourist didn't know about the law and was actually playing on a handheld on the beach... ----- NetDanzr<br /> -The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog- |
| Posted at 13:13 on September 10th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11142 | Quote: On July, 30th Read carefully - I didn't deny that ? It's just that it came up again now that the first Internet cafés were actually shut down...Edited by Mr Creosote at 15:14 on September, 10th 2002 ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
| Posted at 13:15 on September 10th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Retired Gumby Posts: 1007 | Greece: Europe's own China  ----- NetDanzr<br /> -The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog- |
| Posted at 15:28 on September 10th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
 Member Prof Gumby Posts: 560 | What is the world coming to? What's next? A ban on watching television? For Gods sake, what were these politicians thinking when they wrote this law? "Let's make it as vague as possible so that nobody knows what we really want? God forbid that we actually would do something usefull for a change..."  ----- "In theory, if people bred as fast as ants, and with an equal indifference for it's surrounding species, earth would have 5 million human inhabitants at the turn of the century. But this, of course, is highly unthinkable" |
| Posted at 17:30 on September 10th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
 Member Retired Gumby Posts: 964 | Quote: For Gods sake, what were these politicians thinking when they wrote this law? They thought: "These people were dumb enough to vote for us, therefore they will be dumb enough to accept this law". |
| Posted at 23:57 on September 10th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
 Member Prof Gumby Posts: 421 | I heard about this a while back, I just laughed. It gives a whole new meaning to the word democracy. Edited by sterge10 at 07:18 on September, 11th 2002 ----- Not all That Glitters Is Gold, Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost. |
| Posted at 04:37 on September 11th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11142 | Quote: Posted by Tapuak at 19:30 on September, 10th 2002: And - as always - it worked."These people were dumb enough to vote for us, therefore they will be dumb enough to accept this law". ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
| Posted at 05:44 on September 11th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Retired Gumby Posts: 964 | And - as always - the same people will be elected again. |
| Posted at 08:41 on September 11th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Prof Gumby Posts: 560 | Long live Democracy *cough* *cough*  ----- "In theory, if people bred as fast as ants, and with an equal indifference for it's surrounding species, earth would have 5 million human inhabitants at the turn of the century. But this, of course, is highly unthinkable" |
| Posted at 09:07 on September 11th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
 Member Prof Gumby Posts: 607 | Imagine being arrested for playing Snake on your cell phone  I just hope this law will get more precise in time... unless of course they intended it to apply to all that other stuff too...  ----- "One Very Important Thought" |
| Posted at 10:37 on September 11th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Retired Gumby Posts: 1007 | Actually, someone was arrested precisely for that: playing a game on a cell phone, but that was unrelated to the situation in Greece: Quote: Cell Game Lands User in the Clink [9/10/2002 12:41:41 PM ET] A judge in England sentenced a man to four months in prison for repeatedly ignoring warnings to turn off his cell phone during a flight from Luxor, Egypt to Manchester, England. Airlines routinely ask that mobile phones be switched off because of the risk they can interfere with a planes electrical system. Faiz Chopdat, age 23, refused to comply, wishing to continue playing a videogame he had running on his phone. For his negligence, Chopdat was sentenced to four months in prison, narrowly avoiding a two-year maximum sentence. Chopdat's lawyer stated that his client was returning from his honeymoon and was feeling "some sort of bravado." Source: GameDaily Meanwhile, a court in Greece has declared the law unconstitutional, so for now gamers are safe there .----- NetDanzr<br /> -The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog- |
| Posted at 10:47 on September 11th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Prof Gumby Posts: 560 | I can understand why this guy was arrested. By not turning off his mobile, he was endagering the entire flight. I know jack of aeroflight so I wouldn't know how big the increase in risk is (probably virtually none if it is a single case) when someone doesn't comply but I suppose these regulations however lame, are there for a reason. And how hard is it if they ask you repeatidly to turn of your mobile to actually do it? Glad to hear this about that law in Greece. As you might have derived from my first post in this thread, it kinda ticked me off to see a government getting away with something so dictatorial in a so-called democratic system... ----- "In theory, if people bred as fast as ants, and with an equal indifference for it's surrounding species, earth would have 5 million human inhabitants at the turn of the century. But this, of course, is highly unthinkable" |
| Posted at 10:50 on September 11th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Retired Gumby Posts: 1007 | I'm actually thinking about taking my hiking stick with me into movie theaters and clubbing people who use cell phones during movies... ----- NetDanzr<br /> -The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog- |
| Posted at 02:02 on September 12th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Prof Gumby Posts: 421 | People who use phones during movies grrr The least you can do is put it on silent and then ring back the missed calls after the movie. Sometimes you feel like more than just clubbing people who talk on phones during movies. ----- Not all That Glitters Is Gold, Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost. |
| Posted at 02:32 on September 12th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11142 | Bah! I would like to see this Greek law applied everywhere - because now that I'm living so boringly legal on the Internet, I have to compensate that somehow  ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
| Posted at 01:23 on September 13th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
 Member Dr Gumby Posts: 202 | Legal?! *cough* Abandonware Server *cough* Abandonware Site *cough* Abandonware Ring *cough* Anyone got some throat medicine? ----- Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation |
| Posted at 04:31 on September 13th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11142 | Delos: Check the facts before you go childish. I'm not doing anything illegal on my sites, I'm not hosting any illegal sites. ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
| Posted at 18:56 on September 14th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Dr Gumby Posts: 202 | Mmmmm... yes, technically. ----- Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation |
| Posted at 19:02 on September 15th, 2002 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Prof Gumby Posts: 560 | Quote: Delos: Check the facts before you go childish. I'm not doing anything illegal on my sites, I'm not hosting any illegal sites. I know I'm a relative newbie to this scene but AFAIK any AB-site is illegal... copyright-law still states that unless otherwise specified, copyrights are valid for 75 years so if you distribute a game freely (as the good old days do), you are violating a law and are hence active in illegal activities no matter how you turn it... It's not because the authors/publishers of some games allow it to happen that is's legal... I could drink beer from the age of 10 here in belgium but that wasn't legal either so Creo, before you go around bullying people about getting the facts, think twice yourself, ok? No offense intended ----- "In theory, if people bred as fast as ants, and with an equal indifference for it's surrounding species, earth would have 5 million human inhabitants at the turn of the century. But this, of course, is highly unthinkable" |