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Examining Tokyo's Media Immersion Pods
the terminal of geoff goodfellow writes "The New York Times has an article on the Bagus Gran Cyber Café in Tokyo, where customers rent so-called media immersion pods. From the article: 'At first glance the spread looks officelike, but be warned: these places are drug dens for Internet addicts outfitted with VHS and DVD players, satellite and regular television on a Toshiba set, PlayStation 2, Lineage II and a Compaq computer loaded with software, all the relevant downloads and hyperspeedy Internet. In the nearby library were thousands of comic books, magazines and novels.'"
I think that they're missing the mandatory catheter. I mean, who in hell wants to actually get up and take a whiz once you're immersed? Or maybe that's part of the "immersion" experience.
Look at them. They're already here. They're called "cubicles".
Locally these are known as "" which translates literally to "birth control parlor".
There are no karma whores, only moderation johns
Liar.
Everyone knows you have no girlfriend.
coz we still have cheap motels (thank god).
I call it "my bedroom."
Did you ever notice that *nix doesn't even cover Linux?
People in the US don't like being enclosed in a 4ft by 3ft cubicle for hours or days. We also wouldn't feel particularly private in a 5 ft tall cubicle surrounded by strangers.
Really? I thought he was a real pissant who was very rarely stable.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
If by Kant and absolute silence you mean the sound of yourself sleeping... then yes, I see your point.
Let me put it this way, if there is anything else going on you can be sure I would be paying attention to it rather than Kant. The man doesn't know how to end a sentance.
Philosophy.
In Japan, 5 feet is more than enough to keep the average person from being able to see over the wall
Sorry, low blow, I know...
SWM seeks new sig for a brief fling
That's a bit more of a "short" blow, mind you ;)
Wow, VHS! How come Japan gets all the new technology first?