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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:56:59 -0800
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- From: David Loftus <djl@MAILHOST.PP.PDX.EDU>
- Subject: Quote of the Day
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- It doesn't kill brain cells, but it can be addictive. There have been times
- when I only have a little money and instead of getting food, I'll get on the
- Net. The Net changed my life. It gave me something interesting to do other
- than drugs. -- Michael Totten, 26, of San Francisco
- from a Chronicle wire story about SF net, a local
- computer net linking 19 Bay Area coffeehouses (as well
- as private homes with modems) in which patrons drop two
- quarters for four minutes of on-line time
-