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- From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
- Subject: Re: CHAT: Wonder no more
- References: <01GS7FRUHNLC95OROP@vms.cis.pitt.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:02:22 GMT
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- In <01GS7FRUHNLC95OROP@vms.cis.pitt.edu> "DIVENS, W.C." <N93774@PITTVMS.BITNET> writes:
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- >> Bravo! I've often wondered where other circ folks found the time also!
-
- >I hate to reveal the secret...but it has its roots in an organization
- >known as DIGITALS ANONYMOUS. We have to attend weekly meetings where
- >we get up and confess to our peers:
-
- >"Hi, my name is Bill and I have a MODEM"
-
- ><murmurs of sympathy from the crowd>
-
- [ ] great stuff deleted
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- >So do not wonder...pray for us. While we would NEVER think of neglecting
- >our duties at Circ, the dishes and holiday decorating can most certainly
- >wait!
-
- >Actually, for a serious treatment of the subject, there was an article
- >in a recent IEEE Transactions magazine that dealt with E-mail in the
- >workplace, and it addressed many of the associated problems that have
- >arisen. In some cases, instead of improving productivity, it has
- >actually reduced productivity and replaced the office coffee pot / water
- >cooler as the place where people just 'hang out' and talk.
-
- >Just check the time of the message. If it is outside of
- >usual working hours, you will know that you are reading the words of one
- >with a 'digital' dependency problem.
-
- >My name is Rusty....
-
- hi rusty! my name is barb (a.k.a. conan the librarian)
-
- :)
-
- what is REALLY scary is netting before breakfast...during break...as
- soon as you get home from work...before bed...and in the middle of the
- night when you get up to go to the bathroom and get a drink of water.
-
- i can do this....i have a dec vt-52 sitting on my kitchen table.
-
- just another net.junkie
-
- --
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- conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten /\ /\ barbara ann
- "my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?" {=.=}
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