] If you've ever seen a smack-head handcuffed to a bed
] gibbering uncontrollably because he can't get a fix, then
] be afraid, because that's what you'll look like after two
] weeks of internet-free cold turkey.
]
] That, at least, is according to an "Internet Deprivation
] Study" carried out by Yahoo! and advertising outfit OMD.
] Participants in the human experiment were deprived of the
] web for 14 days, and found themselves quickly succumbing
] to "withdrawal and feelings of loss, frustration and
] disconnectedness". The reason for the rapid collapse of
] their universe is - say the researchers - because
] "internet users feel confident, secure and empowered. The
] internet has become, to some, the ultimate symbol of
] modernity to the point that participants were hobbled
] without convenient access to routine information like
] maps and telephone numbers.

[ There's a somewhat scary level of truth to this. -k]