01-13-2004, 04:00 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Online Addicts Abandon Real World
"Gabriele Farke celebrated her 40th birthday in a chat room. Her real-life friends had long since given up on her. For two-and-a-half years, she spent every spare minute logging on under the screen name "HexenKuss" (witches' kiss). Her compulsive internet surfing cost her job. Her online addiction left her no time or energy for other activities. When things got really out of hand, the media specialist trainee from Buxtehude, Germany, had just enough strength to take action. She founded the first self-help group for online addiction in Germany."
We've discussed this before, but I don't think we've ever done a survey - are you an online addict? Do you feel different if you go without checking your email for 24 hours?
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01-13-2004, 04:05 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 327
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I was in the hospital over New Year's eve and day for the birth of my son and used my 4155 and GPRS phone to connect to the web and surf and email while I waited for him to come, and then after everyone was asleep I surfed some more. I am hooked, and a great connected device like the 4155 does not make it any easier to stop.
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01-13-2004, 04:15 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 298
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This would have to be the first poll ever here in which I'm solidly in the majority. 
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01-13-2004, 04:19 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 268
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Why do you think I got the XDA II? So I'd have the internet/email always on me. 
-arebelspy
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01-13-2004, 04:21 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 830
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when i go to hawaii every year for 2 weeks i can only go online for afew hours total during the whole trip. (wifi is scarce)
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01-13-2004, 04:22 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 267
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I'm a true addict, but now since abandoning online gaming(for my grades sake!), I cant justify cost of cable at home, so i'm losing that. But both of my jobs I have my own PC. This doesnt help with my addiction, which I'm trying to reduce to about 2 hrs a day, from 4, and now I have to go running cause I can't surf the web when im' home.
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01-13-2004, 04:36 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 15
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Recently I went on a one-week cruise. I went through slight withdrawals. Oddly enough, even though there was Internet access on the ship I rarely used it, but the moment we reached America's shoreline again (around 4:30am), I was awake in my stateroom getting news updates and checking email using my Samsung i700. So, I guess I am somewhat of an addict. :lol:
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01-13-2004, 04:37 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,398
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Was there an online version of the support group? An IRC channel, maybe?
I spent a week of vacation last summer in Wisconsin's Door County. It's a great place, but I only found two wifi hotspots in the whole city. Believe me - I was looking hard! A hospital and "default." :wink:
Since I'm reviewing an X3i right now I'm carrying two PPCs with me at once. There's just something magical about having 1 Ghz of computing power in your pants pockets... :armed:
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01-13-2004, 04:44 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 95
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Hi my name is Suhit and I am addicted to the net . I check my email and do all kinds of morning surfing before even brushing my teeth. I literally roll out of bed into a chair in front of the computer.
I was in Texas recently for a wedding. For about a week I was in a house with one phone line, and my uncle screaming at anyone that would use it for modem connections, because he may miss some wedding related call. I mean c'mon, what is more important, wedding or email? ;-) Anyways, I actually would wait until 3 or 4am, until I was sure he was asleep, to get online. And then wake up really early, like 6am to quickly check email. I don't even keep those hours for my exams :-).
Suhit
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01-13-2004, 04:58 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 541
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I don't think that not being able to be 100% connected makes you addicted. Personally, I've got to update PocketGamer, and fuffill other obligations, that I obviously can't do if I'm offline for a week.
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