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A recent survey has shown that Japan is once again the 'most wired' country in the world

Previous reports claimed that South Korea is the world's 'most wired' nation in the world because of the amount of broadband access in the country. However, a new study now shows that Japan has the largest percentage of users with a net connection while China's population spends the most time online, according to a new survey released by Ipso Insight.

Still the survey indicates people are using the Internet for a broader variety of activities and using newer devices such as wireless computers and mobile phones for Internet access.

Along with reporting the most wired nations, the global survey also shows that Internet growth in the United States is slowing down, even though people are becoming more dependent on the Internet.  Chinese users spend 18 hours a week on the Internet, with Japan in second with 14 hours, followed by Canada and the United States, who average 11 hours per week.

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China, no surprise
By bjorn47 on 3/31/06, Rating: 0
RE: China, no surprise
By mechwarrior1989 on 4/1/2006 1:12:37 AM , Rating: 4
I love how people make comments like these. It cracks me up how some people are so immersed in their ignorance they can't even comprehend it. That's the American Propaganda Machine at work.

Have you actually used the internet in China? Or better yet, even been to China? I'm guessing no, but you know, in American, everyone's entitled to their own views. As long as it isn't deemed to be a threat to national security. That of course being a very broad term that can encompass just about anything.


RE: China, no surprise
By bjorn47 on 4/1/06, Rating: 0
RE: China, no surprise
By mechwarrior1989 on 4/1/2006 1:32:39 AM , Rating: 2
According to what? Do you know what sites you can and cannot access in China? I'm pretty sure most, if not all the sites you access would be allowed in China unless of course you're some kind of terrorist but who knows, maybe you are, that's not my concern.


RE: China, no surprise
By KingofCamelot on 4/1/2006 2:24:15 AM , Rating: 2
Because we all know that terrorists use Wikipedia.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.a spx?newsid=243


RE: China, no surprise
By fayer on 4/1/2006 3:09:39 AM , Rating: 2
well, i'm in Shanghai, China

And i can browse wikipedia using my desktop computer, laptop and even cell phone, what else do u want?


RE: China, no surprise
By a1trips on 4/1/2006 6:51:41 AM , Rating: 2
i really shouldn't.. but sometimes i can't help being a dumb smartass. freedom from censorship, anyone?


RE: China, no surprise
By bjorn47 on 4/1/2006 7:43:07 PM , Rating: 1
RE: China, no surprise
By bjorn47 on 4/1/2006 7:38:50 PM , Rating: 2
It's always funny to see sarcasm interpreted as ignorance. It kind of points out your ignorance more than mine, I would say. And I'm certainly not American (why on earth did you jump to that conclusion?),I think that the Chinese government is more dangerous than the US one, it certainly kills more of its citizens. And a close second to the US in propaganda. But I guess if you happen to live in a dictatorship like China, and happen to be a little intelligent, your brain have to create a mindset in which everything is all right. The German people did the same thing under nazi rule. And I think your comment that if you don't approve of the government "you're some kind of terrorist" is very scary and seems to indicate a brainwashing far worse than the average american.


RE: China, no surprise
By mechwarrior1989 on 4/2/2006 3:24:01 AM , Rating: 2
I happen to live in America thank you very much and the United States does it's own fair share of brainwashing. Ever hear of the pledge of alligence? Up until only a few years ago it was pretty much mandatory. Now some school's actually say, "We invite you to stand for the pledge" at least my local highschool does. I can't vouch for other schools. I can just remember my elementry school days, "All rise for the pledge" What if I don't want to pledge my alligence to the United States of America? But nope, gotta say it anyways. Then after September 11, it wasn't just the people who were jumpy, the government was making eveyrone jumpy as well. We live in a Post 9-11 era, anyone can be a terrorist. The US government can hardly keep us feeling safe with all the problems it's got.


RE: China, no surprise
By Kilim on 4/2/2006 4:38:48 PM , Rating: 1
What's with the constant "Ignorant American" cracks? I daresay our population is more aware of what is going on with the world than other populations. You think a russian or chinese student has a better grasp of what is going on with the world than an American student? What are you basing that on?

And yes, I am finishing up my teaching credential and have worked in many schools. I DARE TO SAY that an American student is more aware of what is going on in Saudi Arabia than a chinese student is about Tibet or Russian student with Chechnya.

Of course, it is not PC to say so. Cause cracking on supposed American ignorance is nice and safe.


RE: China, no surprise
By mechwarrior1989 on 4/2/2006 7:14:31 PM , Rating: 2
Yes, but which of the students do you work with in those schools? Obviously there are going to be students that do understand what's going on in the world. Trust me, there are plenty of students that don't understand anything outside of their own lives.

Plus Americans aren't all students, judging the entire population on several student bodies isn't a very accurate assessment. Now you're finishing up your teaching credential so I suppose it can be assumed that you're a relatively intelligent individual, however there are plenty of people who aren't in the same position as you and that's where the ignorant american comes in. Also, what makes you think that Russian students don't know what's going on Chechnya or that Chinese students don't know what's going on in Tibet? Have you actually gone and visited to two schools in the regions which you cited or are you making assumptions?


RE: China, no surprise
By masher2 (blog) on 4/3/2006 9:05:06 PM , Rating: 2
> "what makes you think that Russian students don't know what's going on Chechnya..."

They do. Today, that is. Twenty five years ago, they didn't...they didn't even know the crime rates for their own cities they lived in, as such information was rigidly suppressed.

However, the way freedom of the press is being eroded lately in Russia, in another twenty five years, it'll be as bad as ever.

> "or that Chinese students don't know what's going on in Tibet?"

By and large, they do not. They're not even taught the real history of Tibet, but a whitewashed version rewritten to fit the needs of the PRC. And open discussion of the current situation in Tibet is one of the most rigidly suppressed topics in China today.

This is simple fact, verified by countless emigres. Don't even attempt to dispute it.



RE: China, no surprise
By masher2 (blog) on 4/2/2006 11:04:46 PM , Rating: 2
> "the United States does it's own fair share of brainwashing. Ever hear of the pledge of alligence? "

Another ignorant fool who I strongly suspect has never been outside North America. Myself, I've been to China many times, and can safely say the level of state-supported propaganda there is significantly higher....and the consequences for speaking out against it are far, far more serious.

Why not learn a bit about the nation of China, before you embarrass yourself further?


RE: China, no surprise
By Wonga on 4/1/2006 2:33:32 PM , Rating: 2
I've been to China and browsed their internet, like others here. I can tell you that just about every site I wanted to go to was permitted. The only real problems for me was BBC and CNN (for an experiment, rather than to read the content). Fortunately News.cn covered the news I wanted to read and from what I could tell it was unbiased and often critical of Chinese government departments.

Now, I'm not saying that there isn't a problem there, since censorship like that shouldn't really be happening, but that doesn't mean that the Chinese are being fed lies or being greatly deprived of information on the outside world, at least at this current point in time.


RE: China, no surprise
By Wwhat on 4/1/2006 8:48:45 PM , Rating: 2
I have no real idea what the truth is, but surely you can't take as evidence what a tourist in a hotel can access to what joe average can access in surpressive countries.
Or compare what a loyal upper echelon partymember can do to what a critic of a system can do.
And even if joe average can access a 'free tibet' site for instance, you think he won't be worried about the knock on the door?



RE: China, no surprise
By Wonga on 4/2/2006 8:06:12 AM , Rating: 2
LOL, we take it from me, who does know the truth - I went to the same internet cafes as the local people, so I was getting the same treatment.

What does happen when you go to a site the Chinese don't want you to go to is that you get a "page cannot be displayed" error - the very same sort you get in the Western world if a site is down or doesn't exist. I wasn't worried for an instant that someone was going to kick my hostel door down and arrest me, I hadn't committed a crime and neither has anyone else who attempts to load these sites.

Now, like I say, things like this shouldn't be happening, but as far as I could tell, the internet was still very useful and most information could still be obtained.

On a side note, I do believe that China has some serious human rights issues, particuarly when dealing with protesters, but that is straying from the current subject...


RE: China, no surprise
By obeseotron on 4/1/2006 9:30:00 PM , Rating: 2
There isn't even a mechanism through which the American government could censor the internet. The US government has very little latitude to censor the press, even in national security cases, see New York Times vs United States (Pentagon Papers Supreme Court Case). I don't claim to know the specifics of what you can and can't do in mainland China (only been to Kong Kong), but please try to seperate your distaste for western stereotypes of China and the fact that the Chinese government does muzzle the internet and that is wrong.


RE: China, no surprise
By ted61 on 4/1/2006 1:49:56 AM , Rating: 1
huh?


RE: China, no surprise
By fsardis on 4/1/2006 9:13:09 AM , Rating: 2
typical american ignorance/arrogance/propaganda.

i dont blame you mate, this crap was fed into your brain and made you think like that.

last i checked i had a redneck convinced that europe still had slaves.

its ok, mate, dont worry, just go to bed. your country is the only free country in the world. the rest of us are just slaves living under rocks.

just careful when you wake up cause you might get seriously slapped by ony of those slaves that live under rocks.


RE: China, no surprise
By Spartan Niner on 4/1/2006 1:04:52 PM , Rating: 2
Who's generalizing now? :P

Just because some of my countrymen are lacking in the grey matter department doesn't mean you have to poke fun at them ;)

On second thought, go ahead and make fun of them, they deserve it for being ignorant. :D


RE: China, no surprise
By lunker on 4/1/2006 1:24:22 PM , Rating: 2
Your reply is just as ignorant as the post to which you're responding.

You seem to think that both you and your country are somehow propaganda-free. Unfortunately that's not true. The press in your country are too busy scrutinizing the U.S. and other influential nations to notice the inevitable corruption and human rights violations that are right under their noses. It's unavoidable that as China gains more and more power, they are also going to receive more and more scrutiny. The same process works in reverse, as America loses influence, people will care less about its shortcomings.

A few decades from now, you'll probably be saying equally ignorant/arrogant things about some other country.


RE: China, no surprise
By fsardis on 4/1/2006 3:21:36 PM , Rating: 3
to those who know what im talking about you just prove once more time what americans are like.

just in case you wonder, my country, although not propaganda free, we never had such stupid, unethical, and ruthless propaganda as the american government does.

and the icing on the lovely cake is that when americans come over to europe to live and work, they get the chance to see what your government is like from the outside. i dont want to tell you how they feel.

as for the power issues you are refering to i dont have much to say except this: you are not the first supoer power in the world, you are not the first empire and you certainly are not the first one to make mistakes. you are however the only super power on earth that is disliked by every other country on the globe. maybe not disliked on paper, but trust me you are disliked nonetheless.

say whatever you want, i have the entire europe to back up my statements and all you got is your own country.

and just so you dont get me wrong, i dont dislike americans, my woman is from virginia, i just highly dislike the government.


RE: China, no surprise
By lunker on 4/1/2006 5:04:17 PM , Rating: 2
Whoever said I was American?


RE: China, no surprise
By Kilim on 4/2/2006 4:51:30 PM , Rating: 2
The person who would say something like that is a coward who is simply parroting what they were told. Why think for themselves when they could just repeat what a "free-thinker" told them to think, lol.


RE: China, no surprise
By masher2 (blog) on 4/2/2006 11:08:34 PM , Rating: 2
> you are however the only super power on earth that is disliked by every other country on the globe..."

The US is the only superpower on earth at the moment...so your statement falls flat on its face before it even gets out the door.

As for being "disliked by every other country on the globe", that it so obviously false that it destroys what little credibility you have left. Begone, troll.


RE: China, no surprise
By fsardis on 4/3/2006 5:41:44 PM , Rating: 1
did i say the US is not the only super power in the world right now? i said the US is the most disliked super power in the world.
how good was your reading comprehension at school? not good enough eh?

so now that we cleared that and my statement hasnt fallen flat lets see the second part of your comment.

you are not disliked by every other country on the globe eh? give me one country that likes you. hmm lets see... crap i cant think of a single one in europe that doesnt make fun of yanks. lets try asia and middle east. oooops crap not even one (oh wait there is israel... could it be because USA is their lap dog?) lets see who else... hmmm china? yea sure they do, india? yea they love you guys. hmm japan? those guys are all for you after the present you gave them in WW2.
so you were saying? face it, you are disliked. you are being used and then laughed at behind your back, cause you are the dumbest super power ever on earth.
and thus the masher got mashed.


RE: China, no surprise
By lunker on 4/3/2006 6:39:50 PM , Rating: 2
Your reading comprehension (and basic reasoning) skills are the ones that need a little adjustment. If the U.S. is the only superpower, it is by default the most disliked. However, it is also the most loved, admired, and envied. Your statement does indeed fall flat because there is no contemporary reference for worldwide sentiments about the U.S.

Everything else you say is equally false. Japan has nothing against the U.S. anymore, and has been its economic partner and ally for decades; Jordan is a middle-eastern country that doesn't dislike America; all of scandinavia doesn't have any problem with the U.S., and as far as I'm aware, the vast majority of Europe and the rest of the world simply don't care.

You have to realize that you are part of a very small, but very vocal minority. The only reason you think that many other people agree with you is because nobody feels the need to voice their indifference. A protest is far more common than an I-don't-care march or an I-heart-America rally.


RE: China, no surprise
By masher2 (blog) on 4/3/2006 7:55:16 PM , Rating: 2
> "did i say the US is not the only super power in the world right now? i said the US is the most disliked super power in the world. "

Do you enjoy embarrassing yourself? Since the US is the only superpower in the word, it is automatically the most disliked superpower. By definition. And the most liked superpower as well. When you're a singular quantity, you are first and last on any list you care to dream up.

Care to try again?

> "give me one country that likes you"

They have a name for nations that base their foreign policy not on being right, but on "being liked". It's called appeasement. And its led to some serious messes in Europe in the past. You should read about it sometime.

> "...cause you are the dumbest super power ever on earth.
and thus the masher got mashed."

Isn't there a minimum age of 13 to post here?



RE: China, no surprise
By Kilim on 4/2/2006 4:48:13 PM , Rating: 2
I think the world would be better served not by "ignorant" Americans standing up to Bush. But by the people in other countries standing up to theor own leaders.

Methinks western meddling in countries is used by those same governments to help keep their own ignorant populations in line. For example, the middle east is held back more by some of their ignorant backwards traditions than the west interfering because of Oil. Of course, that is harder to fix and solve than pointing a finger at Western influence. So give those ignorant ass middle east populations what THEY WANT TO HEAR AND BLAME THE WEST.

RATHER THAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING TO MOVE THEIR COUNTRIES FORWARD IN A WORLD THAT IS BIGGER THAN THEM, EVEN THE U.S.


RE: China, no surprise
By mechwarrior1989 on 4/2/2006 7:20:17 PM , Rating: 2
That wasn't coherent in the slightest.

I'm going to assume you meant that people should stop blaming the US for their problems and blame their own leaders instead.

In Iraq the resistance against the West is not because there are problems in Iraq, it's because of the fact that the US has a presense in the Middle East. It's seen as aggression by the United States and by standing up to their own leaders it's not going to get the US out of Iraq any sooner.

Also, what are these traditions you refer to as being backwards? I assume you don't mean their religious traditions. So what then are these traditions that you speak of that are obviously holding them back from becoming world superpowers like the United States?


American's.. tsk tsk
By Shawshank on 4/1/2006 11:21:47 AM , Rating: 2
Most Americans still believe the world revolves around them.

Which is no big deal really since the rest of the world just laugh at them politely behind closed doors :)




RE: American's.. tsk tsk
By a1trips on 4/1/2006 4:11:26 PM , Rating: 2
GOTTA be DUMB again. americans are like eveybody else..
problem is AMERICANS tend to be too loyal to their own foodgroup.. and all it takes to be american is a valid ticket to america... unstoppable, that


RE: American's.. tsk tsk
By Kilim on 4/2/2006 4:55:38 PM , Rating: 2
And most Middle Eastern men think women are inferior to them.

Which is no big deal really since the rest of the world just laugh at them politely behind closed doors :)

Most people are ignorant, since they are just busy trying to live another day rather than deal with other peoples problems. Like all of us.


RE: American's.. tsk tsk
By mechwarrior1989 on 4/2/2006 7:26:22 PM , Rating: 2
150 years ago the United States still had slaves
100 years ago women didn't have the right to vote.
50 years ago, the idea of women leaving their homes to work was frowned upon.
Even today women are paid less than men in the same positions.

Why's that?

Also, how's dealing with other people's problems make one not ignorant? So if I deal with my friend's problems then I'm no longer ignorant? Or perhaps you're referring to the United States as a whole? So playing global cop makes the US population less ignorate than the rest of the world? Have you actually been out of the United States and conversed with people on this issue? Have you stopped people on the street and asked them about the latest world issues? What evidence do you have that we Americans are less ignorate than the rest of the world?


RE: American's.. tsk tsk
By masher2 (blog) on 4/2/2006 11:25:37 PM , Rating: 2
> "150 years ago the United States still had slaves
100 years ago women didn't have the right to vote. "

200 years ago, most of the world rabidly endorsed slavery, and 100 years ago, every nation in the world (save Finland and New Zealand) didn't allow women to vote.

The US was the first nation in the world to allow women to stand for election (1788) and one of the first 25 nations in the world to allow them to vote (1920). Switzerland didn't allow women to vote until 1971, Portugal didn't allow full voting rights until 1976, and Kuwait waited until 2005. That's right-- last year.

I know its exciting to show how 'worldly' and unprovincial you are by knocking the US, but in this particular subject, it just makes you appear foolish. Time to grow up.



RE: American's.. tsk tsk
By fsardis on 4/3/2006 5:52:17 PM , Rating: 1
and greeks invented democracy before the yankee land was even discovered, but they get no credit do they?
oh wait, i just remember another good one from a redneck:
the greeks copied everything from the romans.

so what are you trying to tell us here mashed potato guy? that americans are the pioneers of the modern world? taking for granted what others gave you eh? and no giving them any credit either eh? yea, america did this america did that, ever wondered why there was this time gap that america was doing things instead of europe? maybe because europe was in turmoil at the time? all america ever had was luck. all the things you achieved you achieved them not through hard efforts and competition but rather because all the other countries had hard times. you are the super power now because your country is young and when old countries were trying to solve issues between eachother they paid no attentinon to you and thus gave you the opportunity to grow. you never had competition. you never even had it hard coming to you. you never had a war in your own lands. you never had to defend your country from invasion, you never had to fight at 10 to 1 odds against you. you never had to fight chest to chest with your enemies. you are a super power of the couch. you have achieved nothing and the attitude you have all the time trying to promote your country shows the extent of the inferiority complex you have.


RE: American's.. tsk tsk
By masher2 (blog) on 4/3/2006 8:58:33 PM , Rating: 2
> "and greeks invented democracy before the yankee land was even discovered, but they get no credit do they? "

On the contrary, every school in America teaches the Greeks invented democracy...even if they did only grant the right to vote to a tiny fraction of their population.

The United States is simply the oldest democracy still in existence. Is that a title of which to be proud. I believe it is.

> "the greeks copied everything from the romans"

Rather more the other way around, but thanks for playing.

> " maybe because europe was in turmoil at the time? "

It is instructive for one to realize why Europe is so often in turmoil.

> "all the things you achieved you achieved them not through hard efforts and competition"

On the contrary, the US achieved its superpower status through just that. Hard work, and the competition engendered through capitalism. While Europe spent its time and energy in religious and ethnic conflicts-- we worked. While Europeans were desperately trying to trade their freedom for free dentures and 35-hour work weeks-- we worked. While Europe was playing with socialism, fascism, and other self-destructive economic forms designed to reduce competition-- the US competed.

I would take offense at your remarks....but I understand the jealousy and spite that motivates them. So instead, I'll just pity you.


Ouch!
By bjorn47 on 4/1/2006 7:52:31 PM , Rating: 2
After two strange asian men came by and beat me silly, I now welcome our new communist overlords. Free speech is for terrorists and have to be abolished. Also, I now publicly renounce free speech, religion and human rights, since they too is too uncomfortable to the state. All hail the glorious Jiang Zemin and his government!




RE: Ouch!
By mechwarrior1989 on 4/2/2006 3:28:15 AM , Rating: 2
Dude, Jiang Zemin hasn't been president of China for like years now. He doesn't even hold a position in government anymore.


RE: Ouch!
By bjorn47 on 4/2/2006 11:19:45 AM , Rating: 2
I just wanted you to correct me and call me an ignorant american one more time, it was so great. And Hu Jintao seems like more of a George W Bush where Jiang Zemin is George Bush Sr / Dick Cheney type of character. You tend to go with the bigger evil when making sarcasm. :)


RE: Ouch!
By mechwarrior1989 on 4/2/2006 7:29:33 PM , Rating: 2
What are you talking about? That doesn't even make sense.

"bigger evil when making sarcasm"

Making sarcasm? WTF, you don't make sarcasm. One may have a sarcastic comment but you don't make sarcasm.

Also, "bigger evil" How is George W Bush and Dick Cheney in anyway related to Hu Jintao or Jiang Zemin? If you said popularity then I can see how that'd be related to Jiang Zemin because he wasn't very popular while he was president but Hu?


RE: Ouch!
By bjorn47 on 4/2/2006 11:19:58 PM , Rating: 2
Battlestar Sarcastica calling... dude, stop taking everything so seriously. If you can't get a joke, stop dissecting it.
GWB/Hu = Looks harmless but are deadly, GBSr/DC/Jiang = Openly deadly, but looks the part.

wikipedia defines sarcasm as:
Sarcasm is sneering, jesting, or mocking a person, situation or thing. It is often used in a humorous or ironic manner and is expressed through vocal intonations such as over-emphasizing the actual statement or particular words.


`The Most...' and `The Best...'
By bigblock429v8yahoocouk on 4/2/2006 9:02:50 AM , Rating: 2
At the risk of offending marketers around the globe looking to make dollars, I suggest a blanket ban on stupid catch cries like `The most....' or `The best...'

Face facts- those terms are from last century when stupid awards ceremonies dominated brain cell activity.

If you recall (though many wont because its long before our time), there was a time on 1950's English Television when there was a TV show that would have a panel of judges decide which pop songs were good and which weren't. Needless to say by the late 1950's nobody gave a flying sh%# about their opinions anymore and the BBC canned the crappy show.
For some reason however mindless minions have been enthralled by the `best movie' and the `best actor' category at the Oscars for years.

It doesn't matter that Hollywood studios buy the votes of academy members or more importantly that the best and worst are just opinions of others; your opinion is what counts.

Yep, the internet age has done away with having listen to sh#% and having to watch the sh$% that media puppets sell as news.
Now, moreso than ever before, we are in control of what we see and what we think....well, some still let others wipe their mind of the ability to discern.

The thing about the `most wired' country tag is that its ultimately a crock of crap.

Now, I live in Seoul and I write on technology and trends here- I think the most important thing for the media to do is not to give us these idiot slanging matches over `the most this' or `the most that' (which really resemble nationalistic hysteria) but to enlighten us about the facts.

Journalism deals with subject- it's politicians and marketers that deal with hype.

The tech journalists of the world should be looking at the negative impacts of technology as dicovered in South Korea. Journalism should be questioning the `why' and `is' of tech development.

South Korea has the highest suicide rate in the OECD now. It used to be Japan that held that record but as South Korea has become more tech obsessed, the suicide rate has risen dramatically- is there a link?

Only 8 weeks after the Samsung CEO's daughter commited suicide in New York, Samsung's same CEO announced that "we need to bring new technology to the shelves at an even quicker pace.'It's as if he didnt even stop to think about `why.'


You see the real story is that there's not much thought to why South Korea is trying to speed up over every one else.
Yes, watching TV on your cell phone while on a plane or on a train might be convenient but South Koreans are isolating themselves through the digital realm as they can't switch off or disconnect.

We've seen a murder here over the online game lineage as well as a heart attack resulting in death from a mammoth game session of lineage- both indicators of tech addiction.


Nowhere in the new stats revealed in the above article has the effort been made to dig into the human cost of the new connectivity.


Better journalistic standards are a good place to start!




By PLaYaHaTeD on 4/2/2006 3:14:42 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
Only 8 weeks after the Samsung CEO's daughter commited suicide in New York, Samsung's same CEO announced that "we need to bring new technology to the shelves at an even quicker pace.'It's as if he didnt even stop to think about `why.'


I stopped to think why the hell you would ever try and connect these two completely unrelated events together. Trying to force something so preposterous into your conspiracy theory just eats away at your credibility.


By Shlong on 4/2/2006 7:34:37 PM , Rating: 2
I was wondering where you got the suicide rates for Korea from? http://www.aneki.com/suicide.html I've been searching on google and can't find this claim you make.


By Shlong on 4/2/2006 7:37:37 PM , Rating: 2
Actually after doing more searching it says Korea has the fastest growing rate but still not the highest of OCED at 18.1 per 100,000. Japan is 20.0 per 100,000. Hungary was 24.3 per 100,000.


extra news
By logeater on 4/1/2006 9:27:51 PM , Rating: 2
The report also went on to indicate the Chinese, whilst spending an average of 18 hours a week the internet, devoted at least 17 of those hours "farming for gold on WoW." They approched one avid user in the country for their comment, to which they replied "ni hao! ~__~"




RE: extra news
By masher2 (blog) on 4/2/2006 11:28:46 PM , Rating: 2
> "South Korea has the highest suicide rate in the OECD now. It used to be Japan that held that record but as South Korea has become more tech obsessed, the suicide rate has risen dramatically- is there a link? "

I love seeing logical fallacies like this. I'll give you another. US cities have a higher rate of chlorinated drinking water than do rural areas. US cities also have a far higher rate of AIDS.

Conclusion: chlorinated water causes AIDS.


RE: extra news
By masher2 (blog) on 4/2/2006 11:29:22 PM , Rating: 2
My reply was intended for the post below...This is the buggiest $%^@! forum software I've ever seen.


lol
By cessation on 4/1/2006 5:38:01 PM , Rating: 2
Looks like some of you need a little help.

http://www.politicalcrossfire.com/

http://www.itsallpolitics.com/

http://www.whistlestopper.com/

http://www.debatepolitics.com/

<sarcasm>
Think I'll go post on some food forum about how much I hate ice skating.
</sarcasm>




Flawed study
By masher2 (blog) on 4/3/2006 10:27:17 AM , Rating: 2
This study is, of course, seriously flawed. Telephone polling in China is inherently biased, given the vast majority of the nation doesn't even have phone service.

Polling people with a phone in China is roughly analogous to polling only those in the US with a broadband connection.




Gold Farmers
By blwest on 4/3/2006 10:40:24 AM , Rating: 2
It's all the Chinese gold farmers on WOW that make the average go WAY up. :)




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