Addicted?

[Gregg]

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/US/...hake030808.html

Can one find a good divorce attorney online?  

[Bill]

"Researchers are struggling with how to identify if someone is obsessed with the Net and if online addication can be classified as a unique mental disorder."

Never seen that on the list they gave me. <gr>

[taliesin]

"Addic-a-tion" -- for which I hasten to add, Bill, you were not responsible -- is indeed a unique mental disorder.
That article makes me twitch.

Rodent-based indeed!
Codswallop.
I thought scientists had weaned themselves from that rat stuff long ago.

[kelly]

TS-itus.

Lorraine?

Thought the tech support article was interesting.

"According to Consumer Reports magazine, of the 13.6 million desktop PCs sold last year, an estimated 1.9 million had serious problems within the first month of ownership. Some 544,000 of these faulty PCs  were completely inoperable after the buyer set up the machine, says the magazine."

"Even worse, the typical PCs owner won't easily find help in fixing the problem.

 "They generally start with trying to get phone support and they generally run into problems there," says Jeff Blyskal, a senior editor with Consumer Reports.

  Sixty percent of those seeking help on the phone encountered technical difficulties such as repeated busy signals, says Blyskal.

  And even when they do get through to another human, Blyskal says: "Thirty percent of the time tech support doesn't fix the problem!"

  Blyskal and others suggest that bewildered PCs owners should turn to other sources of advice, such as online forums on Google or Yahoo. Better yet, say others, find a geeky friend willing to diagnose and fix your problem."

Or get a mac.