From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Oct 2 18:31:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA08342 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 18:31:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA08323 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 18:31:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA24275; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 20:30:36 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19981002203036.03775@futuresouth.com> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 20:30:36 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Sue Blake Cc: Malartre , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slowly going blind ;-) References: <361545DB.3EFDD68C@aei.ca> <19981003093858.49517@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <19981003093858.49517@welearn.com.au>; from Sue Blake on Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 09:38:58AM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 09:38:58AM +1000, Sue Blake woke me up to tell me: > > These years of computer use have caused some more minor changes, such > as the onset of grey hair, wrinkles, and changed tastes in food, > particularly pizza. Those around me who don't use computers seem to be > losing their short term memory, often erroneously remembering some > recent incident that didn't actually happen. Perhaps that is because > they don't sit in front of the screen and stare straight at it but take > furtive glances as they shout from the doorway. > > For me, the best part is the dreams. As my eyes have improved due to > constant computer use, the dreams have become more and more vivid. > Dreams are no longer a series of blurred images and now everything is > very life-like. Already the dreams are so good that it can be > impossible to tell them from reality. Ummm... Sue? Either A) You're dreaming now, which means that my response means that I'm also dreaming, which means dammit! Why am I dreaming about talking about computers improving eyesight instead of food and bikinis like any other redblooded man?? B) You're smoking something over there, and you're not sharing. *crawls back into cave with monochrome monitor and syscons* *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message