Re: Greece ban electronic games

2002-10-06 Thread Lusercop
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:22:07PM +0100, Lusercop wrote: > ``Timeo Danaos et cigaretta ferente'' ? This should, of course, have been ``ferentes'', *self-lart* -- Lusercop.net - LARTing Lusers everywhere since 2002

Re: Greece ban electronic games

2002-10-06 Thread Lusercop
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 07:01:18PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > Lusercop <`the.lusercop'@lusercop.net> writes: > > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 10:00:04AM +0100, alex wrote: > > > indeed (unfortunate but accurate stereotypes of chainsmoking greeks > > > aside). > > I thought you'd given up. > Once a

Re: Greece ban electronic games

2002-10-06 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Lusercop <`the.lusercop'@lusercop.net> writes: > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 10:00:04AM +0100, alex wrote: > > indeed (unfortunate but accurate stereotypes of chainsmoking greeks > > aside). > > I thought you'd given up. Once a Greek, always a Greek... -- Dave Hodgkinson, Wizard for Hire

Re: Greece ban electronic games

2002-10-04 Thread Lusercop
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 10:00:04AM +0100, alex wrote: > indeed (unfortunate but accurate stereotypes of chainsmoking greeks > aside). I thought you'd given up. -- Lusercop.net - LARTing Lusers everywhere since 2002

Re: Greece ban electronic games

2002-10-04 Thread Alex McLintock
At 09:26 04/10/02, Andy Wardley wrote: >The Greeks quite rightly interpret this as: > >* there could be someone around the next corner who I might have > an accident with so I'll give a little bib anyway. They do this in Cyprus too even though there is no law to demand it. (Cyprus is

Re: Greece ban electronic games

2002-10-04 Thread alex
indeed (unfortunate but accurate stereotypes of chainsmoking greeks aside). i read recently that a test case involving an internet cafe owner had been dismissed by the case, referring to the law as unconstitutional - so, as i had predicted this will all quietly go away, and the relevant greek le

Re: Greece ban electronic games

2002-10-04 Thread Andy Wardley
This has absolutely nothing to do with Perl, whatsoever. Turn away now if you're the on-topic (or Greek) police. A long time ago in a thread not far away, Rob Thompson wrote: > Discuss: [Greece banning video games to prevent gambling] I was in Corfu recently and found that they were still sel