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From: rlm@narnia.puritben.com (Ronald L. McDaniels)
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mail:	1. notice that my mail flag is up	.1 sec
	2. double-click icon			.1 sec

news:
	1. Call my Internet Provider		60 sec
	2. Login				60 sec
	3. invoke news reader			60 sec
	4. go to the correct newsgroup		10 sec

common:
	{3,4}.	read submission(s)			1-3,000,000 sec :-)


Ronald L. McDaniels
Independent Computer Consultant & Itinerant UNIX hacker

ron@cts.com