Is it just me, or is the valley annoying?

Have you been to the new service Naver's put out this month? I'm talking about the 'Item Valley' thingie here. You can see the menu appearing on the left-hand side of the top bar.

The problem is, of course, this is just another way of Naver trying to make money out of you and me. But the most strikingly annoying part of the deal is this: as an opening event, they're handing out 5 'silver coins', which is supposedly the kind of cybercash that Item Valley will accept. They're positioning the value of each of the coins as 100 won. Okay, that doesn't sound a lot, but the thing is that most of the items now on for sale costs... 7 coins! You're basically 2 coins short.

Now that they've been running the service for a while, I can see stuff valued at 8 coins, or the 'random' generator that costs 6 coins. Still, there's nothing you can buy with the free 5 coins you now have. You have to make a payment if those coins were to be of any use, but you can't just buy one or two coins; you have to pay a minimum of 1000 won, which gets you... you guessed it - 10 coins. So basically, me being a Scrooge of sorts, probably would spend 6 coins on the random thingie, but that would be like paying ten times what I'm going to spend in the first place.

This is freakin' annoying.

From "Wesley's Filling Up of Empty Space" at Naver Blog - August 2005
One of the rare originally-written-in-English entries at Naver Blog.

U50... λ‘ 3λ₯Ό λŒλ¦¬λ‹€!



이런 미친... ν¬λŒ€μ˜ 고사양 κ²Œμž„μΈ λ‘ 3κ°€... U50μ—μ„œλ„ κ°„μ‹ νžˆ λŒμ•„κ°„λ‹€.
킀맀핑 μ „ν™˜κ³Ό μš©λŸ‰μ˜ μ••λ°•μœΌλ‘œ 아직 많이 ν•΄λ³΄μ§€λŠ” λͺ»ν–ˆμ§€λ§Œ... -_-
참으둜 κ±°μ‹œκΈ°ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ„ 수 μ—†λ‹€. PDAμ—μ„œ 이 κ²Œμž„ 돌릴렀면 λͺ‡ 년이 더 걸릴까...

From "Wesley's Filling Up of Empty Space" at Naver Blog - August 2005

당신은 κ΅¬κΈ€μ—μ„œ μ•ˆμ „ν•˜μ‹­λ‹ˆκΉŒ? (λ³΄λ„ˆμŠ€)

(μ „νŽΈμ€ μ—¬κΈ°λ‘œ...)

전에 ν•΄λ³Έ 방식은 μ£Όλ―Όλ“±λ‘λ²ˆν˜Έ 13μžλ¦¬κ°€ λͺ¨λ‘ λΆ™μ–΄μžˆλŠ” 경우둜 λ³΄μ•˜λ‹€. 그런데 ν”νžˆ μ£Όλ―Όλ“±λ‘λ²ˆν˜ΈλŠ” 생년월일 6μžλ¦¬μ™€ 일련번호 7자리 사이에 '-'λ₯Ό λ„£λŠ” ν˜•νƒœμ΄λ‹€. 그럼 이게 λ“€μ–΄κ°„ μƒνƒœλ‘œ 검색이 될까?
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당신은 κ΅¬κΈ€μ—μ„œ μ•ˆμ „ν•˜μ‹­λ‹ˆκΉŒ?

κ΅¬κΈ€μ—λŠ” 'λ²”μœ„ 검색'이 κ°€λŠ₯ν•˜λ‹€. λ§ν•˜μžλ©΄ 0001μ—μ„œ 9999κΉŒμ§€ κ²€μƒ‰ν•˜λŠ” 식이 κ°€λŠ₯ν•˜λ‹€λŠ” 것이닀.
이미 ν•΄μ™Έμ—μ„œλŠ” λΉ„μž μΉ΄λ“œ(μ‹ μš©μΉ΄λ“œ) 번호λ₯Ό 이런 μ‹μœΌλ‘œ κ²€μƒ‰ν•˜λŠ” 사둀가 λ‚˜μ™€μ„œ 발칡 λ’€μ§‘νžŒ λ°” μžˆλ‹€. (μ°Έκ³ )

ν•œνŽΈ, ꡬ글 같은 κ²€μƒ‰μ—”μ§„μ—μ„œ 이름을 치면 μ£Όλ―Όλ“±λ‘λ²ˆν˜Έκ°€ λ‚˜μ™€μ„œ 문제둜 μ§€μ λ˜λŠ” κ²½μš°λ„ μžˆμ—ˆλ‹€. (μ°Έκ³ )

그럼 λŒ€μΆ© μ§€κΈˆ λ§ν•˜λ €λŠ” 것이 상상이 갈 것이닀. 이름을 μ§€μ •ν•΄μ„œ κ²€μƒ‰ν•˜λŠ” 것이 μ•„λ‹ˆλΌ...
μ£Όλ―Όλ“±λ‘λ²ˆν˜Έ 자체λ₯Ό λ²”μœ„ κ²€μƒ‰ν•˜λŠ” 것이닀. 정말 될까?
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κ²½ν’ˆ ν•˜λ‹ˆκΉŒ μƒκ°λ‚˜λŠ”λ°...

물건 μ‚΄ λ•Œ 응λͺ¨ν•˜κ²Œ λ˜λŠ” κ²½ν’ˆ λŒ€μ°¬μΉ˜,κ·Έ 쀑 μ–΄λ–€ κ²½ν’ˆμ΄ λ°›κ³  μ‹ΆμœΌμ„Έμš”?
μ–΄μ œ 집에 κ°€λŠ” 길에 λ³Έ 백화점 행사μž₯의 컀피메이컀, λ„ˆλ¬΄ κ°–κ³  μ‹Άμ—ˆμ–΄μš”~

이런 생각 해보지 μ•Šλ‚˜?
'λ‚΄κ°€ ν•„μš”ν•œ 게 μ•„λ‹ˆλΌλ©΄ μ΅œμ†Œν•œ λ˜νŒ” 수 μžˆλŠ” 것이면 μ’‹κ² λ‹€'
그럼 λ‚΄κ°€ ν•„μš”ν•œ 게 무엇이냐고?
μ—¬μžμΉœκ΅¬λŠ” μ–΄λ–¨κΉŒ. ν›—... 그런 κ²½ν’ˆλ„ μ–΄λ”˜κ°€ μžˆμ„ν…Œμ§€.

근데 말이야, κ²½ν’ˆμ΄λž€ 게 λ­”κ°€ μ•Όλ¦¬κΎΈλ¦¬ν•˜κ²Œ 'λ­”κ°€ 6% λͺ¨μžλž€' λŠλ‚Œμ΄ λ§Žλ”λΌλ‹ˆκΉŒ.
예λ₯Ό λ“€μ–΄ MP3 ν”Œλ ˆμ΄μ–΄ κ²½ν’ˆμ΄λ‹€ 치면.. λ©”λͺ¨λ¦¬κ°€ 128MB라든지 ν•œλ‹€κ³ . 이 μš©λŸ‰, μƒλ‹Ήνžˆ μ• λ§€ν•˜μ§€. 또, LCD λͺ¨λ‹ˆν„°κ°€ κ²½ν’ˆμ΄λΌκ³  치자. 그러면 ν™”λ©΄ 크기가 크더라도 λŒ€μ²΄λ‘œ μ€‘μ €κ°€ν˜• λͺ¨λΈμ΄λž€ 말이야. 이러면 DVI λ‹¨μžκ°€ μ—†λ‹€κ±°λ‚˜ λ°˜μ‘μ†λ„κ°€ λŠλ¦¬κΈ°λ„ ν•΄. κ²°κ΅­ μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ λ˜λƒκ³ ? μ‹¬κ°ν•˜κ²Œ ν—ˆμ ‘ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šλ‹€λ©΄ κ·Έλƒ₯ νŒ”μ•„λ²„λ¦¬κΈ° λ‹€λ°˜μ‚¬κ°€ μ•„λ‹κΉŒ ν•΄. 판 λˆμ— 돈 μ’€ 더 λ³΄νƒœμ„œ μ›ν•˜λŠ” λͺ¨λΈ 사고 말지.

From "Wesley's Filling Up of Empty Space" at Naver Blog - August 2005

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