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actsnoblemartin
06-19-2008, 12:28 AM
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2000/0501/japan.bestfriends.html

Man's Best Friend

In a land where people make pets of their gadgets, the root looks set to become the companion of the future
By TIM LARIMER Tokyo

Japanese personalize their machines. They give names to their office PCs and printers, their factory robots, their cell phones, CD players and Game Boys. Such playful intimacy with inanimate objects made of acrylic, silicon and liquid-crystal displays may seem unnatural. But electronic devices are so vital to Japanese lives that they become virtual family members. Indeed, many people spend more time with machines than they do with their relatives. Just watch a schoolgirl on a subway train with her cell phone, checking voice messages, typing in e-mail responses, downloading her horoscope. Her cell phone is her best friend.

Psychoblues
06-20-2008, 05:16 PM
The internet is clearly your best friend, Dynamo. Why do you ask such a silly question?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!???!:laugh2::laugh2::laugh2 :