October 2007 Archives

So I've been trying to get to the bottom of what constitutes cheating these days. Much of this interest stems from how disillusioning it is to play multiplayer games where players are clearly doing something outside the rules of play as I understand them. Part of me is frustrated, but I'm also fascinated as to what the hell game it is they're playing.

I'll start of nice and easy with my favorite stupid google trick...
define: cheating

from wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Violating accepted standards or rules. A nice, clear framing of wtf people mean by the word "cheating."

from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheating (casino)
Actions which are prohibited by a casino's rules. This works with the last one... mostly by framing accepted rules as the ones defined by a casino. Cheating is usually illegal but the exact sanctions will depend on the jurisdiction i
n which the casino operates. In Nevada, cheating in a casino is a felony under Nevada law... So state governments can enforce rules in a casino? Odd!

Okay so I'm thinking back to the March 2007 issue of New York (the London vs. New York issue). The article is online, but who can deal with all that clicking, and I'm not really sure what a lit scene is (something associated with printed stuff?). So I've taken to the internets to settle this debate once and for all...

So by my calculations the following are said to be true...

A) London is the coolest city on the planet (GQ, Nov 2007)

B) New York is cooler than London (Blogpulse)

therefore...

C) New York is not on this planet.

Please send astronaut ice cream.
-hack

  So I thought London was Falling, as Anthony Haden-Guest writes in Radar this month. He says even lawyers and doctors can't afford rents because of the influx of billionaire foreigners. But then I see the November 2007 cover of GQ on the stands, and I'm thoroughly confused!

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