Interesting Links for 02-03-2012

[andrewducker]

• Apple censoring books because they contain URLs to a competitor
  (tags: censorship amazon ebooks apple publishing )
• You cannot use two genes to predict voter behaviour
  (tags: psychology politics genetics )
• If you're doing anything on a .com domain that is illegal _if you were doing it in the US_ then it can be taken away.
  (tags: internet web law dna usa )
• Coding tricks of game developers - anecdotes and examples of things you should hope you never have to do
  (tags: coding games development programming )
• A generator that uses waste water for power - and desalinates it at the same time.
  (tags: power water )
• How Not To Sell Software
  (tags: software business sales )

Comments

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

You might have to correct for the effect of the Hillsborough 96 Don't Buy the Sun campaign in Liverpool.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

That would be the problem - you'd have to correct for so many local issues like that (although I don't think there were many Conservative voters in Liverpool even before Hillsborough!).

[andrewhickey.livejournal.com]

Everton supporters were/are just as likely to boycott the Sun as Liverpool ones though.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

For the same reason?

I did not know that.

[andrewhickey.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. Unlike the football rivalries in other cities, the Liverpool/Everton one is almost aggressively friendly (e.g. the Harry Enfield Scousers sketch "I hope *your* team win." "Yeah, well I hope your team win." "You what?" *headbuts*).
Even without that, though, most Everton supporters within Liverpool will have friends, relatives or colleagues who died at Hillsborough, and will be very sensitive to the reputation of the city. It was (and from what I can tell still is) seen as much bigger than which team you support.