>
> 1) A story about the "Dark side of TIVO" wherein the author recounts the
> awful burden that owning a Tivo places on some people. Specifically the
> "inability to catch up". Here's a quote since I happen to have it open:
>
> 'Wow! I have a lot of shows to watch,' " said Scott Bedard, technology
> director at an online media company in San Francisco. "Will I ever catch
> up?" he worries aloud.
>
> And this gem:
>
> "I love my TiVo and get separation anxiety when I spend too much time
> away from it," said Cori Martinelli, an economist with the U.S. Bureau
> of Labor Statistics in San Francisco.
>
> What a problem these poor people have!
In related news, patrons of the local library are having nervous
breakdowns. When asked what has been causing these episodes, one victim
replied, "There are just so many books! And newspapers! There's, like,
a new one every day! How am I ever going to read all of this?"
--benD
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