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Yeah, I can see why you would say that. It's true that China's environment and pollution predicaments has been terrible even before this "current" economic boom and health issues are not really what you would say "up-to-shape." I appreciate your comments and view. Thanks.

For anybody who has been catching up in the money magazine, Fortune and any other sources of economic info and updates, do you think there will be a future economic blast-off in China? We all heard of China's ascending growth in the automobile market, Intel market, and etc. This communist country has also become a global giant trade center with imports and exports totalling up to $851 billion last year. While the rest of the world seems to be in economy down-hurl, China seems to be slowly climbing up the ladder.So what do you think? Do you think China will be developing a great business future? Or do you disagree that China will end up following the same destructive paths as South Korea and Japan? Will China be coming up with their own international brands (i.e. Samsung and Sony)?Personally, I have great faith in China's economy at the moment (considering how bad America is at the moment). If it really skyrockets, I'll be sure to be there. Not gonna miss an opportunity like that if it ever comes up in a world like this, if you know what I mean. x]So please leave your opinion or whatever news you grabbed. It'll be great if there's any feedback.

I'm actually really, undeniably upset about Bush's decision to go to war with Iraq. I do see the reasons why he would want to war but *ahem*, I have to guess that a large number of soldiers over there in the Middle East do not exactly see what they're fighting for. (Sure, some may support Bush but still...) I mean if Bush wants to go to war so badly, why doesn't he and whoever else who is against him or supports him on this war issue fight it out themselves in one of those Roman arenas in their drawers with a bat or something instead of sending all these troops of American soldiers over there. I do question if some of them actually want to go over there and carry out the orders but that is just a sheer assumption.And for anybody who watched Opera on Monday, what about Africa? Gee loh weezers, that's country has been in ruins and trouble for decades and what has anybody done for that poor place? *Coughs* Not very much, sadly to say. Geocide in Rwanda since 1994 and it's still going on. I can't even type out what's happening to the women and children over there. It's inexpicably sick and disgusting. Ugh, makes me wanna puke. Seriously, what is Bush doing in Iraq when Africa is even in more turmoil?! Actually, I take that back. Iraq and the Middle East has also been in mumbo jumbo as well but...You know, I won't be surprised if Bush decides to invade Russia like Napolean and Hitler did (whoops, inside joke, my bad...). But then my dad who didn't get the inside joke said, "Who in the world wants to invade Russia?! There's not much there when you think about it..." But for a president like Bush, *sigh* you really never know...

I'm more a fan of Asian music but to stick with American music... Ambulance Ash (the British one) Caesars Palace Cake Detroit Cobras Doping Panda Embrace Fall Out Boy Goo Goo Dools Idlewild Keane Le Tigre Louis XIV Margaret (Polish band) Nada Surf Oasis Pet Shop Boys Pixies Red Hot Chili Peppers Rilokiley Scarling Tex La Homa The Dandy Warhols The Decemberists The Faint The Rasmus Tribeca Veruca Salt Ho...and Switchfoot as well. xDDDDD And of course, the Beatles. Who can forget them??

Yeap, Adobe Photoshop here too! :] But I also use Paint Shop Pro 7 which is slightly more difficult to get a hang of (and sometimes very bothersome and obnoxious...). If you're siding with PSP, I suggest that you choose ver. 6. Ver. 7 and 8 just have all these add-ons and extensions, which I find not much help or good to the whole program. But all in all, Photoshop all the way. It's simplier, has the same tools and comes out with the same wonderful graphics and looks. Besides, why do the same things on a troublesom program when you can do the same on an easier one? *Shrugs*

Right with you, qwijibow. I applaud you. I can't say much about the movie industry anymore. I'm not with the American one but the Asian one is pretty bad off already. The black market behind it all is actually much more successful and a lot of the DVD's I watch from Korea are redistrubuted from Taiwan, China, or Hong Kong. Even some of the Japanese CD's (which are outrageous... you think $15-20 was expensive?! Japanese ones are $30 and up. @__@; that I own are redistrubuted as well. The inflation is freakin' crazy (*cough* economy). I'm not paying an extra $20 on a CD that I can get for $10 and it has the exact same thing as te original. But then, that depends on my mood. Sometimes, the original will always be the best.

I agree with you on the "trendy" thing. Everybody always likes to follow trends and soon, the current trend will die out and a new one will be created and thrown out into the market and everybody once again, will follow the new "trend." I'm not saying it's a bad thing because I know many people who follow trends and they have excellent tastes. And I'm not saying the Ipod is bad because it's "trendy" for I also like the Ipod though I do not prefer to own one. I'm sure it has great earplugs and acoustics but accessories? Sorry, I'm not a big fan on accessories. Personally, I think accessories are a waste of money and tend to loose their purpose quite easily.

*Sigh* Sadly, I'm not into any Martial Arts yet but I'm very highly interested into taking one or two. (Actually, I'm taking fencing and that's kinda time-consuming along with piano and so on...) But I'm really into Tae kwon do, Jujitsu, Aikido, and Karate that's been mixed into other types and martial combat. When I have time, I read up on different martial arts since I don't have the time to join nor sign up. Currently, I am futhermore interested into the 'bo.' I'm sure a lot of you heard of it. It's a long and very thin bamboo stick, about 5 ft. long (?). I find this art especially special and elegant (in a combat type of way). Though it is very, very hard to master and one must have the dedication. And I definitely do not but it's fun reading about it and watching the masters fight it out. x]

Well......not like I want to 'fire up' this discussion even more since Cryptonx seems to be a little touchy about his view on Microsoft (no offense taken please). My family has been supporting Microsoft Windows for a pretty long time and well, I'm fine with what's working out. My previous computer was a Windows XP Home I think but my dad ripped the CD's off somebody's else so it wasn't original (ooo...dad... xP) and we couldn't update security alerts (not like I was keen enough to update them in the first place) and back then, we didn't buy the anti-virus softwares yet. *Shrugs* But that was our fault so what can I say...? \('__-)/Anyways... I'm sure there are a quite handful of other people that also support Windows as much as you do Cryptonx but no, I'm not one of them.

*Shrugs* Frankly, I don't need so much space for my email account. I'm plenty content with 1 GB of space or how much space I have right now. Big file attachments aren't really such a big deal; uploading them is the only bother. I and other people/friends seem to have no problem receiving big files but that's only because they have 1GB+ email accounts. Personally, I think that if someone has a lot of files and projects to send back and forth between co-workers or clients; then a GAWAB account or even a private company email address would be suitable.

Yun Seub by Koyote. Great Korean ballad... Well that's kinda blunt considering the fact that there are many Korean ballads that are all exceptionally gorgeous. *Shrugs* Urgh, not anymore... Locomation by Orange Range is on now. O__o

Yngwie Malmsteen? Wow, that's one I have never heard of. Interesting name and did you say 'with guitar?' I'll be sure to check them out. I think I heard Estaban in a music shop before. Not sure, but I'm pretty sure it was. I remember when I was a child, I was really into classical guitar players that did their own versions of Bach's pieces. Not as heavy as the original ones played on the organs and oh boy, are organs loud and permeating sound everywhere with all those gigantic pipes. (Yeah, I'm not too big of a fan on organs). And I'm not a really big fan of Baroque music in the first place so classical guitar players helped me appreciate the 1600's music much more than before. ^__^

True. The use of floppy disks has been slowing down for a while now. Even my computer's hardrive doesn't consist of a floppy drive. My family usually stick to the USB cable which stores just enough for us. (I usually use the 128 mb one for a few music files and documents that I want to switch from computer to labtop or vice versa). And about the DVD/Blue Ray topic, I heard about the harder shells somewhere else but I wasn't really too interested into it. Sure, it'll be nice that the DVD's don't get scratched up from too much usage but I think that would bode well with DVD rental buisnesses. My parents own some Korean soap opera series and we only watch them once so why bother with the harder shell? But I haven't heard all about the pro's and con's on Blue Ray so please, continue to enlighten me on it.

Yes yes yes yes!! The Dandy Warhols! The first time I heard their name, I just rolled off my chair, laughing. Really, it just sounds so funny. It's like saying 'tor-MEN-ting' with the em-PHA-siz on the absolutely wrong syl-LA-ble. Doping Panda; I'm not sure if they're an American band because I can barely comprehend what in the universe the vocalist is singing about. And then there's Le Tigre with their funky little songs like TKO. (would someone mind defining TKO for me? o_o) I don't know if Nada Surf, Louis XIV, Rilokiley, The Rasmus, Cake, Keane, Tex la Homa, or Detroit Cobras would be considered underrated. ('__-)? Or how about Ambulance, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Scarling? I'm more active in Korean music and classical/jazz music than I am in contemporary English music.

I agree with wreslur. No screen; not buying. Sure, it's compatible and doesn't take up as much room as the Ipod or Ipod mini but still, I prefer it if there was a screen so I would actually know what track is on and if I really want to listen to a song that I'm really hooked onto, I wouldn't have to keep on pressing the >>forward button just to find the freaking song. But, it's a new product, new design, and once again Apple is trying to overrun all the other mp3 player companies. Sure, it's a quirky little techy object that would attract many consumers but like all the other commentors, I rather save up for a mini Ipod or something that's even worth more than that.