German Chat Lost in chatland with the other insomniacs
The infomercials had lost their sheen and it was far too late to call my mom. At the pub down the street, they were ringing the bell for last call. There was no one to harass- the roomies were all sound asleep. When you slip into that jittery late-night state where you're too tired to work and still too caffeinated to sleep, the Internet takes on a whole new meaning. It becomes a cerebral magnet with the disquieting lure of a drug; a temple of angst-y insomnia that can't...
German Chat Life In Cyberspace / English in Cyberspace? Mais Non!
THE GLOBALIZATION of the Internet, common wisdom says, will make our world smaller. And the growth of the 'Net worldwide, experts add, will only speed the spread of English as the common language of the globe.In the aftermath of World War II, English surpassed French as the official language of western diplomacy. And in the ensuing decades, it also became the unofficial language of world commerce. Now, as the Japanese cybersurf, as China adds its own system of Internet...
German Chat A Virtual Pop Star On the Rise
THESE days, pop stars are so carefully packaged that critics constantly harp about artificiality. But a new German crooner is reveling in it. No, Ricky Martin is not German. But E-Cyas is. According to its creators, E-Cyas -- for Electronic Cybernetic Artificial Superstar -- is the first fully virtual male character to release a hit recording and video. The avatar's recording, which has entered at least one German Top 100 chart, has the appropriate if colloquially awkward...