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Sweden to tax LAN parties?

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/03/2013 08:40 AM | source: | 7 comment(s)
Sweden to tax LAN parties?

In the category weird we noticed that Swedish authorities have decided to implement a tax for LAN parties. The tax will be levied by the Swedish Gambling Board, which argues that in the eyes of the law, there's no difference between a slot machine in a casino and a PC at a LAN party. Unless the decision gets reversed, small LAN parties with under 10 computers face a $400 tax, events with 11-25 computers can expect a $1,500 tax and large LAN parties with 26 or more computers can anticipate a whopping $5,000 tax.

Sweden is home to the world’s largest LAN party, Dreamhack, which will most certainly be impacted by the decision. The report from Fria Tider quoted Erik de Basso, accounting manager of Sweden’s Inferno Online LAN event, who said that he is “pissed” by the decision and said that it would cost his organization thousands. It is quite curious as to why Sweden is choosing to tax LAN parties in the same manner as slot machines.

It may very well be sheer ignorance, or it could be something deeper. Gambling is taxed as a way to compensate the government for repairing the societal ills it causes. You don’t have to be an anti-gambling zealot to see the mountain of evidence that points towards gambling, particularly video lottery terminals, as having an impact on labor productivity, substance abuse and personal indebtedness. Perhaps in the mind of Sweden’s political-class, legions of youth playing PC games have an equally negative impact. The same knee-jerk ‘all video games are bad for youth’ thinking that went in vogue after Columbine might still resonate in the halls of power in Sweden.

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Nono06
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#4630431 Posted on: 08/02/2013 09:03 AM
I'm not sure exactly what is your point but the second card can send video with SLI enabled.
I used that in the past with my 2xGTX295 configuration.
My TV (HDMI) was connected to the second card.

According to the surround display guidelines it is always the case:
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/how-to-correctly-configure-geforce-gtx-680-surround#3

But with only one monitor connected (primary display) only the master card can be used I guess (usually in the bios you can decide with PCIE port is hosting the master card).

JJayzX
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#4630670 Posted on: 08/02/2013 04:55 PM
I thought when sli is disabled you could use a monitor on second card cause they are independent then.

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