Interesting Links for 20-03-2012

[andrewducker]

• The UK economy has a bigger contribution made by the internet than any other G20 country.
  (tags: uk economy internet )
• Nike puts foot in it with 'Black and Tan' trainers. Together with other examples of branding Epic Fail
  (tags: marketing shoes )
• Global arms trade grows by a quarter. Do they know something I don't?
  (tags: military business )
• U.S. newspapers lost $10 in print advertising revenue last year for every $1 they gained online
  (tags: newspapers media business )
• The FAA is going to test iPads and the like to see if they can be safely left on in flight. (I want my ebook reader!)
  (tags: technology airplanes )
• The Libya campaign has made UN missions to protect civilians less likely
  (tags: un politics war libya uk russia syria )
• Otters Who Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch: A Visual Examination.
  (tags: BenedictCumberbatch otters funny )
• The Mirror stole someone's self-portrait - and used it to illustrate an article on serial killers
  Just shut them down, FFS.
  (tags: epicfail DailyMirror media copyright )
• Legalising pornography does not cause an increase in rape levels.
  (tags: pornography rape )
• This is why I do not enjoy viral marketing
  (tags: comic funny marketing games )
• Which is the world's biggest employer? (It's not the NHS, that's 4th)
  (tags: nhs employment )

Comments

[dalglir]

I totally agree with your sentiments on allowing ebook readers et al on flights. I love my Kindle app when I'm travelling - just being able to plug in headphones and read while listening to music makes a flight, well, fly by - if you know what I mean :)

And somehow, those few minutes between taxi'ing and completing takeoff - where everyone has to switch off their electronic devices off - seem the longest. Only a physical book can fill that gap. For that, I tend to cart around a slim volume or two I my laptop sleeve - otherwise I end up descending into the insanity of the flight magazine. The horror! The horror!

[andrewducker]

My latest copy of Empire arrived about two weeks ago, and I've been saving it to read during take-off/landing :->

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Should the Mirror link not say "The Mirror stole someone's"? Or am I missing something?

[andrewducker]

Thank you. Fixed.

[steer.livejournal.com]

The UK economy has a bigger contribution made by the internet than any other G20 country.

Quirky fact for you -- the South Pacific island Tuvalu has a GDP of only $31,350,804. Of this, something around $5,000,000 or $4,000,000 comes from the fact that their domain name is .tv and lots of people want to hire that. That's 13% of GDP -- making our 8% generated by internet look poor.

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than clever. :-)

The open question is, if you set up a micronation, what unused two letter combo do you choose to maximise this revenue?

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

.sx

[steer.livejournal.com]

Nice one, and still vacant. I think I'd use .om in the hope of attracting hippies to my micronation but hippies aren't generally rich (with the arguable exception of the late Steve Jobs).

[andrewducker]

.rx?

[steer.livejournal.com]

Heh... maybe communications professionals could get .tx and .rx and send lots of one way traffic between them.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

.ap

[drainboy.livejournal.com]

I think the cook islands have got it going on for companies...

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Re - the Black and Tan thing. The official breed name of the dog in my icon - aka Little Dog Draco - is English Toy Terrier (Black and Tan.) "Black and Tan" is the old name for the breed.

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

I bet you an ebook costing up to £10 of your choice that if the FAA say "sure, electronics are fine" then airlines will say "sorry, now you can't use them in case of terrorists"

[andrewducker]

You're on!

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

More likely outcome: some items will be fine, some not - cabin crew won't be expected to argue with passengers about whether that's an e-reader or a tablet, so nothing will change.