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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject: Chinese banned from PC Bangs |
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The latest enemy of Korea are Chinese students using PC Bangs:
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200703/kt2007032720082611960.htm
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| ``When Chinese students use our computers, they change the language applications on the Internet browsers so they can read Chinese characters. This is causing disruption among Korean students who have Chinese Web sites popping up whenever they log in to the Internet and it takes us time to renew the applications again,�� said Park. |
Hrm. Okay. You have some Chinese customers. Their money is presumably as good as the Koreans. Your PC Bang presumably doesn't have a waiting list to get in. An empty chair means no revenue. The simple solution is put down the cigarette, label some computers for Chinese use, set up a profile for Korean users and a profile for Chinese users.
Oh wait, did I say that was the simple solution. Silly me. Three years in Korea and I still don't get it. Doh, the simple solution is simply ban the Chinese dogs. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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Hold your horses there...
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However, most university students seem to be calling the decision by the Internet cafes to ban Chinese students excessive.
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While it looks like two PC Bang owners are over-reacting, not everyone is on the bandwagon. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like PC bang staff are lazy.
How had and how long does it take to change the browser back to Korean?
From what I have seen, Korean people are highly skilled at using computers. I bet it would take them only 15 seconds. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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Hub of Asia my a$$.  |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
Hold your horses there...
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However, most university students seem to be calling the decision by the Internet cafes to ban Chinese students excessive.
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While it looks like two PC Bang owners are over-reacting, not everyone is on the bandwagon. |
Yeah...and did you notice that the only quote they provided to back this up was from a Chinese student?  |
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merkurix
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Location: Not far from the deep end.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Perhaps the real reason is that it's all a conspiracy by the Chinese government in accordance with the Korean government to control its Chinese citizens abroad from viewing material that is noramally censored in the mainland. |
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JeJuJitsu
Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: McDonald's
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
Sounds like PC bang staff are lazy.
How had and how long does it take to change the browser back to Korean?
From what I have seen, Korean people are highly skilled at using computers. I bet it would take them only 15 seconds. |
Two ways: the LONG way takes FOUR clicks.
The short way is one right-click & another menu click.
See what happens when you have 49,000,000 sarams that can play StarCraft but haven't the foggiest idea how to use basic Windows functions, like Start > Control Panel > Language  |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| ``There are also times when we have to take care of computer viruses spread from the Chinese sites or deal with pop-up sites that spread malicious programs, which sometimes force us to reformat,�� he said. |
Is this guy for serious? Have you ever run Ad-Aware on your average PC bang machine? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| ``There are also times when we have to take care of computer viruses spread from the Chinese sites or deal with pop-up sites that spread malicious programs, which sometimes force us to reformat,�� he said. |
Is this guy for serious? Have you ever run Ad-Aware on your average PC bang machine? |
Or about any PC in Korea for that matter 
How do you say "sure, I'll open that attachment or install that IE plug-in!" in Korean? |
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toddswift
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| what if we back home did this to Korean students.............AND.......I have had to deal with korean pop ups back in Toronto! |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:18 am Post subject: |
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They'll be banning all foreigners as soon as this catches on.
foreigners are bad for business because no customer will set next to one. they'd rather go to a different PC bang.
Hub of asia.. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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| what if we back home did this to Korean students. |
That would be racist! |
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antoniothegreat
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Location: Yangpyeong
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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well, first, i am not a frequent user of PC bangs, but i am pretty sure the times i have gone there, of all the students i saw in there, MAYBE 5% were using the computers for school. so the talk of how it hurts korean students is a bit silly.
next, how different are the chinese pop ups from the porn pop ups that all the ajasshis look up? that is ok? a korean student isnt hurt by seeing a porn pop up in korean, but seeing a strange window in a language he cant see hurts their studies, hmm, lets think about this... |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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well, first, i am not a frequent user of PC bangs, but i am pretty sure the times i have gone there, of all the students i saw in there, MAYBE 5% were using the computers for school. so the talk of how it hurts korean students is a bit silly.
next, how different are the chinese pop ups from the porn pop ups that all the ajasshis look up? that is ok? a korean student isnt hurt by seeing a porn pop up in korean, but seeing a strange window in a language he cant see hurts their studies, hmm, lets think about this... |
I often visit PC-bangs when I'm not in my small town and 5% would be a very high number indeed. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| antoniothegreat wrote: |
well, first, i am not a frequent user of PC bangs, but i am pretty sure the times i have gone there, of all the students i saw in there, MAYBE 5% were using the computers for school. so the talk of how it hurts korean students is a bit silly.
next, how different are the chinese pop ups from the porn pop ups that all the ajasshis look up? that is ok? a korean student isnt hurt by seeing a porn pop up in korean, but seeing a strange window in a language he cant see hurts their studies, hmm, lets think about this... |
Koreans run over and kill 37 kids every day. One American does it, it's a dirty foreign holocaust. |
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