re: Gadgets and Garters

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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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 a
> columnist 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  
> the
> booths 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
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>
>
>
> -----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 Garters
>
>
> Most are aware that this is CES (Consumer Electronics Show) time in  
> Las
> Vegas.  Many are less aware of the historical overlap of this  
> meeting (and
> shared 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:
>
> > The more than $13 billion a year adult entertainment business is into
> technology - high definition, downloadable, 3-D - most of it  
> available on
> every 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.
>
>
>
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