Feb 12, 2011: Egyptian laptop flock in the middle of revolution

[Griff]

Amazing paradigm shift...

[lupin..the..3rd]

Originally Posted by Griff

Amazing paradigm shift...

Not really. The death toll for these protests is over 200, with over 1000 injured. Had he elected to stay in power, the people would have stormed the palace and killed him, and his wife. Mubarak knew this all too well, which is why he fled the palace by helicopter last week. Social media and the internet just gave status updates to the world, like a virtual tv new reporter- They were not an influencing factor in anything, nor did they displace traditional weapons in any way.

But it does make for a clever sign.

[Spexxvet]

In the middle of all that, they're taking time to play a multiplayer first person shooter. Amazing!

[Wombat]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

In the middle of all that, they're taking time to play a multiplayer first person shooter. Amazing!

hehe I see what you did there :-)

[Griff]

Originally Posted by lupin..the..3rd

Not really. The death toll for these protests is over 200, with over 1000 injured. Had he elected to stay in power, the people would have stormed the palace and killed him, and his wife. Mubarak knew this all too well, which is why he fled the palace by helicopter last week. Social media and the internet just gave status updates to the world, like a virtual tv new reporter- They were not an influencing factor in anything, nor did they displace traditional weapons in any way.

But it does make for a clever sign.

Not really. While the sign is a clever sales pitch for social media, the media itself allows numbers to organize replacing fire-power when conditions permit.