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Wi-Fi hotspots banned at the Olympics

This craze in London's Olympics 2012 is all around copyright. Copyright police banned everything, words (use only "London" and "2012"), signs, etc. And, of course, there should be no media sharing... That's why they try to hunt down all those hot spots. So, spectators could not upload their photos or those brief video streams. One word comes to mind - greed...

Enjoy the money making spirit of the new Olympics, London 2012 (tm).
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Keep it simple, it'll become complex by itself...

I guess the red tape makes it official

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reply to Name Game
Okay they can enforce the wifi thing with "RF Cops" but they really cannot tell people how they are allowed to tweet. As long as they twitter over the cell network.

As networks progress I bet sporting venues will knock the cell network down to 1X during events because of the fear of "lost money" over someone even uploading one photo from the event to their facebook.
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reply to Name Game
Ah, more restrictions in the name of "terrorism" and "protecting the children".

Also see »www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Pe···2548.php

Surely I'm a curmudgeon for saying it, but I have lost practically all interest in the olympics (lower case intentional). IMO the individual athletes have become pawns of a commercial media "content manufacturer" that has turned it into just another glitzy over-hyped media event with ridiculous restrictions on visitors and spectators. Additionally, there's no way a citizen-athlete can even afford to compete in any major event without major corporate and/or government sponsorship.

Now if they go back to the ancient tradition of athletes competing in the nude, I just might watch women's volleyball.

reply to OZO

You're right...

Olympic games in London is a vivid example of over-commercialization of what should always be a free event. The event, that allows everyone in the world compete with piers and show, who is the best. Keep in mind, that it's not a professional sport, specifically created to make money from it - all participants in Olympic games are not professionals. But the "organizers" are all for making money from them

And they want (and will) to make money on everything. This time they banned T-shirts with brand names, that do not belong to so-called "sponsors" (paying money to Olympic committee)? Next time they will require spectators to wear an outfit, that they (and only they) will sell you... They'd sell you an ear, if they could. And they will copyright it with branding "Air with Olympic Spirit". Do you want a discount? Bring with you your equipment with compressed air, taken from outskirts of the London (with paid to Olympic organizers certificate, proving that). I just wonder, why in London they did not ban all smart phones yet? It'd be easier to enforce the copyright protection laws, if no one had a device with any camera in it. Just add more copyright cops (who cares, all will be paid off later) and strip down all visitors. And if someone wants to make a call - there will be wired paid phones, installed by "sponsors". It's like 100ml limit on liquids, that visitors can bring, which is already close to a complete absurd, if you think about it.

Until people realize what's going on and stop participating in this over-priced commercial enterprise - the show will go on... It seems to be there is no other limit here. No common sense, no actual idea, that was behind it, when the movement was created, nothing. It's all about money now...
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Keep it simple, it'll become complex by itself...

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[BQUOTE=EGeezer In Naples, I need to pay or get a beach parking pass unless someone drops me off.

edit - fixed tag screwup
[/BQUOTEBut do remember that this when being dropped off!

Several days ago as I left a meeting at a hotel I
desperately gave myself a personal TSA pat down.
I was looking for my keys. They were not in my
pockets.

A quick search in the meeting room revealed nothing.

Suddenly I realized I must have left them in the
car. Frantically, I headed for the parking lot.

My husband has scolded me many times for leaving the
keys in the ignition. My theory is the ignition is the
best place not to lose them.

His theory is that the car will be stolen. As I burst
through the door, I came to a terrifying conclusion.

His theory was right. The parking lot was empty.

I immediately called the police. I gave them my
location, confessed that I had left my keys in the
car, and that it had been stolen. Then I made the
most difficult call of all, "Honey," I stammered;
I always call him "honey" in times like these.

"I left my keys in the car and it has been stolen."

There was a period of silence. I thought the call
had been dropped, but then I heard his voice.

"Are you kiddin' me", he barked, "I dropped you off"

Now it was my time to be silent. Embarrassed, I
said, "Well, come and get me."

He retorted, "I will, as soon as I convince this
policeman I have not stolen your car."

Yep! It's the golden years...
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JKK

Age is a very high price to pay for my maturity. If I can't stay young, I can at least stay immature!

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reply to Name Game
As an aside

Some journalists have been surprised to see Olympic workers taping over the logos on their Dell and Apple computers, since neither company is bankrolling the games.
Read the full AP story about the insanity
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i before e, except after c... weird?

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reply to Name Game
Sheeples gotta be sheared...

I thought the term was "fleeced".

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reply to vaxvms
This is the perfect time to introduce you to a very useful English word: jobsworth.

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reply to Name Game
the 100ml of liquids thing is purely and only to force people to buy drink inside the venues. Really no different than many ballparks.
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