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Do we want them online?
More generally, as the internet spreads to poorer parts of the world where men will kill over perceived insults, will we see more incidents of men who travel around the world to avenge online insults?
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Mostly through internet cafes.
an internet cafe instead of a computer at home.
I was there last year, the internet cafes was populated mostly with
young males using the machines for what the article called leisure
activities. In other words, the guys were playing Counter-Strike or
some similar linked FPS game...
I just used it to check the web-based email and hit espn.com-- like
most people would do according to the article.
The cafes are more numerous, had the "lived-in" look (think video arcade),
but otherwise aren't much different from the public ones you see here in
the US.
To get an idea about the ten yuan(US$1.20) figure per month, 1-2 yuan will
get you one hour. One could imagine that most people are stopping by
the corner cafe to check email and surf once a week or so.
My SO has been talking to her relatives over there and they tell her that
the machines over at their internet cafe are now equipped with a webcam.
I'll be picking up a webcam for the home rig today...
-cmh
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