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Virtual Girlfriend

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the I'm-so-lonely dept.

Sven-Erik writes " BBC News reports about a Hong Kong based company called Artificial Life that has developed a solution for men without a partner, in the form of a virtual girlfriend that appear as an animated figure on the video screen of a mobile phone. But there is a downside to the virtual girlfriend - she will require more flowers and gifts than many real women. All virtual girls will look the same - but each girl will behave differently - depending on how much money is spent on her. In return, she will introduce them to different aspects of her life, like letting them meet her female friends - also electronic images. Artificial Life is hoping to launch the new game later this year, on the latest 3-G mobile phones.

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  1. Re:You've got to be joking me (R-Rated) by mnemotronic · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    <MODERATE LEVEL="-99">
    Guy walks up to a the ticket vendor in a train station. Says "Gimme a picket to Titsburgh". Right away he realizes his mistake: "Jeez I'm sorry, I meant to say a ticket to Pittsburgh". The guy in the ticket window says "That's all right sir, just a slip of the tongue. It happens to me all the time. Just yesterday I was sitting at breakfast with my wife and I said 'Honey, please pass the butter' and what I really meant to say was 'you miserable fucking bitch, you've destroyed up my entire life'".

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  2. 3-G don't buy it. by oliverthered · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, in the UK at least.
    Some idiots
    paid far too much for the 3G licenses.

    The company 3 (3 pay, or £ PAY if you hold down shift) already provides 3G services, well if you can call them services.

    The services are limited to a few crapy news clips, marketed music (e.g. music clips arn't, there just adverts), porn that you can't access etc...

    All thease services cost a fortune, £3 for a few seconds of low-res porn, I can get better for free and then transfer it onto my phone. £0.50, for a poor rendition of some clasical music (which is out of copyright, so they make ~=100% profit).

    3G prommised so much, location based services, fast internet access, office-home connectivity. Because they need to make sooooo much money back it's compleatly locked in , it's just an expensive, piss-poor tax on the public.

    DON'T BUY IT, stick with WiFI, gprs and gps, which give provide great services at a low cost.

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  3. Re:It's *so* obvious where this is wil go... by attam · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    love the post, just a comment on the sig... "do not try to bend the spoon. that is impossible. instead realize the truth. there is no spoon" - the matrix