A man in southern China collapsed and died after a three-day marathon online session at a cybercafe, state media reported on Monday. The web-user, estimated to be 30 years old, suddenly collapsed in front of his computer terminal in Guangdong province, and emergency personnel were unable to revive him, the Beijing News reported. "According to preliminary findings, the length of time this man spent online might have triggered heart problems," the paper quoted a local hospital emergency medic in the city of Zhongshan as saying.
The paper did not provide the man's name or the online activities he was engaged in. Worried about growing Internet addiction, China's government has taken steps to combat the problem, including forcing online gaming sites to dock the points of gamers who stay online too long.
News source: Briebart
The paper did not provide the man's name or the online activities he was engaged in. Worried about growing Internet addiction, China's government has taken steps to combat the problem, including forcing online gaming sites to dock the points of gamers who stay online too long.
News source: Briebart
And before I get flamed.... think about this... these people are the same people that are driving a car next to you while you go down the road... If he didn't die this way, he probably would have fell asleep at the wheel trying to prove another point, and killed an entire family..
yea I know.. I'm heartless... but it's for the greater good...
anyway, where did it say anything about the government forcing online games to 'dock the points' for people who stayed on too long?
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The great moral arbiter of Neowin has spoken.
Unless he was: a rapist, child molester/pedophile, murderer, drug lord, wife/child beater, racist, RIAA, terrorist, gang member, thief...(to be continued)
The great moral arbiter of Neowin has spoken.
anyway, where did it say anything about the government forcing online games to 'dock the points' for people who stayed on too long?
There ARE people who deserve to die. Are you saying Sadam Hussein didn't deserve to die? Does that mean that if I went out and killed 100 people, I would deserve to die?
Sorry, I know those are some harsh examples, but that comment just made me think "what the heck is he thinking."
anyway, where did it say anything about the government forcing online games to 'dock the points' for people who stayed on too long?
There ARE people who deserve to die. Are you saying Sadam Hussein didn't deserve to die? Does that mean that if I went out and killed 100 people, I would deserve to die?
Sorry, I know those are some harsh examples, but that comment just made me think "what the heck is he thinking."
Umm.. there are, but they are very exceptional cases. Whatever, you don't kill them when they disagree with you. You make them believe you, then kill them. You don't want to create martyrs when people die.
That was OT... back on topic...
Surprising he wasn't kicked off by the e-cafe staff... as long as he was drinking their products I suppose they didn't mind.
Either way, I think it's stupid that this stuff even makes the news because it's not the first time it has happened in China and it certainly won't be the last.
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Microsoft needs to grow balls, annihilate Magic Lantern and Echelon from cyberspace, and then deal with China's anti-internet policy!!! They have the power - it's about time it was put to use!!!
Microsoft needs to grow balls, annihilate Magic Lantern and Echelon from cyberspace, and then deal with China's anti-internet policy!!! They have the power - it's about time it was put to use!!!
I would imagine that they think they're a oppressive communist country. Oh, wait, they are.
Two people out of 1.3 billion die from the same cause (within what, a year?), and you're instant response is "why does this happen so much?"
:p
If you've ever been there it's a completely different story. Don't believe everything you read.
Read and learn :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_in_China
This is widely known stuff and it never ceases to amaze me that some just refuse to see it. If you dont like that source there are about a thousand others that back all that up.
Oh and one other thing..what we are saying in this thread is exactly why China is locking down the internet as much as they can. This is what opressive governments do. Keeping information out of the hands of its people is job #1. Stupid ass scare stories such as this is just one of the tactics. They dont care what we think or know because our conversation will never get into the hands of the populous if they can help it.
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Read and learn :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_in_China
This is widely known stuff and it never ceases to amaze me that some just refuse to see it. If you dont like that source there are about a thousand others that back all that up.
Oh and one other thing..what we are saying in this thread is exactly why China is locking down the internet as much as they can. This is what opressive governments do. Keeping information out of the hands of its people is job #1. Stupid ass scare stories such as this is just one of the tactics. They dont care what we think or know because our conversation will never get into the hands of the populous if they can help it.
Next time you're in the Sacramento area, I'd like to buy you a beer. Well put.
Read and learn :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_in_China
This is widely known stuff and it never ceases to amaze me that some just refuse to see it. If you dont like that source there are about a thousand others that back all that up.
Oh and one other thing..what we are saying in this thread is exactly why China is locking down the internet as much as they can. This is what opressive governments do. Keeping information out of the hands of its people is job #1. Stupid ass scare stories such as this is just one of the tactics. They dont care what we think or know because our conversation will never get into the hands of the populous if they can help it.
Give me a break, it never ceases to amaze me that some just always try to establish connections of every single event happened in China to criticizing its human-right condition.
Come on, if the news reports some guy were dead after 10 min use of internet, yes, that's "control by fear" to stop people using Internet. But died after 3 uninterrupted days of using computer/internet (probably without much sleep)? use common sense, please, it must affect a person's normal biological status in some degrees. And a suddenly death is a possible result. So, at most this news is probably trying to scare people from using computer for a really long time without break. I don't mind my government to give its citizens a warning like this.
A thirty-year-old as well - What kind of life did this person have to find himself stuck in an internet cafe for three days?
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