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8 November 2001
Filed under:Uncategorized at12:29 pm

Plastic has done an interesting roundup of links and commentary on the economics of the online gaming business. It suggests that subscription services for “conventional” gaming are struggling and that several online gaming “worlds” like Majestic (which sounded very interesting) and Anarchy Online have not been successful. As others commented subsequently, however, Everquest has done very well and The Sims Online will doubtless be a hit (assuming the technology works) so it would be a mistake to write the online gaming industry off too soon…

Filed under:Uncategorized at10:10 am

‘Anti terrorist’ UK net snooping laws could be used to find tax evaders?

I have a pretty relaxed attitude towards Internet snooping by Government – I believe we have more to worry about from private companies – but according to this article in the Guardian, new powers that would provide police with: “details of email addresses people have communicated with, which internet service providers they use, when they used them and which sites they visited while online” could be used without a court order not just for reasons of national security but for “preventing or detecting crime and disorder, protecting public health and safety and collecting tax.”mature sex galleries sleazy interracialtgp models young non-nudeold granny pics fatanal insertion teencum whores xxxgrannies fat fuckmoms their fucking daughterschubby masterbationtits arab biganal fisting insertion100 value second to mortgage loanloans student credit quaranteed bad 10010000 credit bad loan creditbad credit 125 loanhome loan 125 equityequity loan 125 rate home creditloan equity second morgage 125 homewith 125 credit loans bad Map