Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Internet Withdrawal?
Posted by Janak Parekh in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 08:30 PM
"Tobacco companies, drug cartels and Starbucks beware--the Internet may be giving you a run for the money in the addiction department. According to a study sponsored by Yahoo and advertising company OMD, Internet detox makes people feel emotionally vacant and lost in life. Twenty-eight participants were asked to record their thoughts and feelings during a two-week period of no Net usage. From studying the subjects' video and written diaries, researchers noticed that two weeks of Internet deprivation affected social lives and left many feeling bored."
Two weeks does sound like a little much nowadays, scarily enough. Our Internet access at home went down in the middle of this summer when a storm killed the cable modem, NAT router and access point, and it was a frustrating two days until the replacement was set up. In the meantime, I relied on my Pocket PC phone (which also acts as a great dial-up modem) and SPOT watch when I wasn't at work. Talk about a dependency! ;) Have you ever felt Internet withdrawal?
Two weeks does sound like a little much nowadays, scarily enough. Our Internet access at home went down in the middle of this summer when a storm killed the cable modem, NAT router and access point, and it was a frustrating two days until the replacement was set up. In the meantime, I relied on my Pocket PC phone (which also acts as a great dial-up modem) and SPOT watch when I wasn't at work. Talk about a dependency! ;) Have you ever felt Internet withdrawal?
