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Am I addicted or What?© E. Ross Helton
Jan 28, 1998
I was happily computing along and then it happened! Things started acting
up. Nothing made sense. Programs crashed, bootups failed, and the normal
measures didn't solve the problem. It was time for intense troubleshooting!
What should have been a short and easy solution began to stretch into a
much-longer-than-necessary process. As it did, I noticed something else was
beginning to evolve. There was the hint of depression. I was getting edgy. Suddenly it started to haunt me that maybe I was addicted. No I couldn't be!
That was for people who didn't have control of their lives and had low self-control,
wasn't it? After all, I was an educated person and I didn't have to have
this computer — or did I? I had other interests. Well, at least I could keep myself busy, until I got to my computer at work! There were people I could call. But every one of the lines were busy. Probably they were on the Internet. Lucky stiffs! There was television. But the first thing on was a commerial about getting business done on the Internet. The others were about the new games coming out for my now dead computer. The only real movie on was about hacking. Could talk to my spouse. But she was busy getting e-mail on her computer! Finally, after much agony, I got help! It wasn't easy, but I was able to stand
and say that night; "Hello my name is Ross and I'm a Computer-holic!"
Make it a good day! Ross
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I think it's Charles Babbage; and I think he made an entirely mechanical calculating device. Maybe John VonNeumann - possibly misspelled and with a wrong first name - for paving the way mathematicall ...
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ashish kaul
I was equally fond of engaging in these high flown discussios. Till my son's school teacher asked a disarmingly simple question. Can you guys answer it. Request help
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Hey Daniel;To my way of thought an addiction drags you where it wants to go and an Obsession drives you there. Make it a good day! Ross - Editor,"Computer PC", erossh@juno.com ...
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Hmm ... a passing reference to "hangovers" makes me wonder: What are the characteristics of a computer-binge hangover? I suppose it hurts much less than an alcoholic hangover (I lack direct experien ...
-- posted by Dan_Ellsworth
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