From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:CAD:ESVAX:Cory:cc-18
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Survey: Are You An Addict?
Article-I.D.: ucbcory.555
Posted: Mon May 17 23:23:41 1982
Received: Wed May 19 03:43:08 1982
Reply-To: -18

I don't want to address the question 'What EXACTLY is an addict'.
I'd like to ask some objective questions:

[1]  Have you ever pulled an all-nighter without telling the person(s)
     you live with?

[2]  Have you ever randomly poked around other people's or system
     files, with no particular goal, for longer than 30 minutes?

[3]  Have you ever skipped a homework assignment or other deadline
     in favor of nonessential computer activities (playing games,
     reading news, twiddling unimportant things)?

[4]  Have you ever experienced neurotic symptoms traceable to your
     computer activities (undue frustration, anger, etc.)?

[5]  Have you ever broken a date or other romantic engagement in
     favor of nonessential computer activities?

[6]  Have you ever fainted from lack of food or sleep in ANY
     computer activity?

[7]  Have you ever spent substantial amounts of time doing pointless
     things (watching the load average or the queues, waiting for
     the process numbers to cycle through 0, etc.)?

[8]  Have you ever made yourself tremendously unhappy through your
     computer activities?

BE HONEST!! A survey like this is no good if you lie.  Just to start
the ball rolling, I'll answer first: yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, no.

Personal comments, flames, etc., are welcome.  Answers will be held
in confidence if desired.

Send responses to ucbvax!cory:cc-18 by June 15, and I'll summarize.

Michael Chastain
ucbvax!Cory:cc-18
Cory.cc-18@Berkeley