[lir-wg] Remove all games from your laptop before going tothe RIPE meeting

Thu Sep 5 10:37:15 CEST 2002

I know it is a strange law, but everyone is looking at the negatives. There 
are also some positives to this law.

Just think what an opportunity this is for Greek kids to re-invent long lost 
human skills like social interaction, face to face conversation, sport, 
exercising the whole body rather than just the fingers. Maybe even people will 
start to smile at each other on a train or bus or talk to each other in a 
queue instead of everyone sitting/standing there with heads down starring at 
their mobile phones like a bunch of zombies. It could be a new model for 
mankind :)

cheers
denis (who hates computer games anyway)

Rudolf van der Berg <r.vanderberg at ndix.net> writes:
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 * At 09:25 5-9-2002, Chris Hallam wrote:
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 * >How are they defining the term, 'Game'? Surely it won't be long before 
 * >they have to outlaw Internet browsing due to the various applets the pop 
 * >up here and there. How did that law get passed, and what is it supposed 
 * >to achieve?
 * >
 * >Chris
 * 
 * To find the full text of the law, go here: http://www.netcafe.gr/files/law.t
 * xt
 * 
 * Article 1d describes it in the broadest terms possible: (quote) d. 
 * Electronic games are those, that depend on both electrical-electronic 
 * mechanisms and software. (end quote)
 * 
 * So when arriving in Greece, they could take away your cell-phone, cause it 
 * can play Tic Tac Toe, Snake or Space Invaders. :-) On the other hand... 
 * don't be too frightened. The law was passed to battle illegal gambling, 
 * certainly after a member of parliament was caught red-handed playing video 
 * poker. For more information you could read here, especially the third 
 * letter. :
 * 
 * http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5208
 * 
 * greetings,
 * 
 * Rudolf
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 * At 09:25 5-9-2002, Chris Hallam wrote: 
 * <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>How are they defining
 * the term, 'Game'?  Surely it won't be long before they have to
 * outlaw Internet browsing due to the various applets the pop up here and
 * there.  How did that law get passed, and what is it supposed to
 * achieve? 
 * 
 * Chris </blockquote> 
 * To find the full text of the law, go here:
 * <a href="http://www.netcafe.gr/files/law.txt" eudora="autourl">http://www.ne
 * tcafe.gr/files/law.txt</a> 
 * Article 1d describes it in the broadest terms possible: (quote) d.
 * Electronic games are those, that depend on both electrical-electronic
 * mechanisms and software. (end quote) 
 * So when arriving in Greece, they could take away your cell-phone, cause
 * it can play Tic Tac Toe, Snake or Space Invaders. :-) On the other
 * hand... don't be too frightened. The law was passed to battle illegal
 * gambling, certainly after a member of parliament was caught red-handed
 * playing video poker. For more information you could read here, especially
 * the third letter. : 
 * <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5208" eudora="autourl">http://w
 * ww.theinquirer.net/?article=5208</a> 
 * greetings, 
 * Rudolf 
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