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- <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Garamond"><FONT COLOR="#009900"><FONT SIZE=+2>What
- is Addict?</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER>
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- <FONT FACE="Garamond"><B><FONT SIZE=+1> </FONT></B>Addict
- is a program you can use to prevent yourself and others from using the
- computer or from using certain applications.</FONT>
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- <P><FONT FACE="Garamond"> <B><FONT SIZE=+1>Why would
- I want to do a thing like that?</FONT></B></FONT>
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- <FONT FACE="GARAMOND"><FONT COLOR="#000000">You are supposed to work on
- a project, and you promise yourself that you will - after "just one more"
- game of Windows Solitaire. Two hours later, you still havenÆt started
- doing work, and not even Solitaire is going well.</FONT></FONT></LI>
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- <FONT FACE="GARAMOND"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Your kids are spending way
- too much time playing a new computer game. Sure, you can make a deal
- with them: limit of two hours per day of playing the game.
- But who is going to monitor 24 hours a day, making sure the agreement is
- followed?</FONT></FONT></LI>
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- <FONT FACE="GARAMOND"><FONT COLOR="#000000"> Most of
- todayÆs computer users will recognize at least one of the above situations.
- The number of people who are in some way addicted to computers is much
- higher than we often think.</FONT></FONT>
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- <P><B><FONT FACE="GARAMOND"><FONT COLOR="#000000"> <FONT SIZE=+1>What
- does Addict do that is so special?</FONT></FONT></FONT></B>
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- <P><FONT FACE="GARAMOND"><FONT COLOR="#000000"> If you
- schedule Addict to keep you from playing Solitaire, it wonÆt just remind
- you itÆs time you stopped playing - it will close it for you, and not let
- you use it again for a while. If you want the computer off at 2am until
- the next morning, Addict will turn it off and keep it off, guaranteed.</FONT></FONT>
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- <P><FONT FACE="GARAMOND"><FONT COLOR="#000000"> You can
- use Addict to keep yourself or others from using practically any program,
- or from using the computer at all.</FONT></FONT>
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- <P><FONT FACE="GARAMOND"><FONT COLOR="#000000"> These
- are just the basic features of the program. Go ahead, see for yourself.</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="GARAMOND"><FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT></FONT>
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