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re: Gadgets and Garters
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:27:21 -0500
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From: Amy Wohl <amy () wohl com> Date: January 8, 2010 5:24:46 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: RE: [IP] Gadgets and Garters
A replay. When COMDEX ruled Las Vegas they originally permitted the porn-brokers on the floor. As a member of the program committee and acolumnist in the show daily, I complained to COMDEX's owner Sheldon Adelson both in person and in my column. The adult entertainment moved to another Las Vegas venue, but ran simultaneously with COMDEX. It just (so I heard)got raunchier, on its own.I don't know the relationship between the adult entertainment show of the COMDEX era and this one, but I bet a lot of the players both running thebooths and visiting them are the same. Amy Wohl Amy D. Wohl Editor, Amy Wohl's Opinions 40 Old Lancaster Road, #608 Merion, Station, PA 19066 610-667-4842 amy () wohl com www.wohl.com -----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 5:11 PM To: ip Subject: [IP] Gadgets and Garters Begin forwarded message: From: Suzanne Johnson <fuhn () pobox com> Date: January 8, 2010 4:36:02 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Gadgets and GartersMost are aware that this is CES (Consumer Electronics Show) time in Las Vegas. Many are less aware of the historical overlap of this meeting (andshared convention locations) with the AEE (Adult Entertainment Expo). Here's a pointer to LV Sun article about the two and their history: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jan/07/gadgets-and-garters/ Some interesting quotes:More than 100,000 people attended the technology show, and most are men.Apparently, a lot of the geeky are a little freaky. According to a recent survey, 42 percent of adult expo attendance comes from CES, Devlin says.Last year's adult expo lured more than 20,000 fans and conventioneers, organizers said. and:technology - high definition, downloadable, 3-D - most of it available onThe more than $13 billion a year adult entertainment business is intoevery video device in existence.And, note that the IP list moderator, back in the mid-eighties or so, predicted that many of the tactile devices then being developed were destined to find major application in the adult entertainment field. ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comVersion: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 270.14.114/2575 - Release Date: 01/08/1007:35:00
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