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Signs you spend too much time
with your e-mail
Your children are named Outlook, Thunderbird and dotcom.
You spend half of the plane trip with your laptop on your lap... and your child in the overhead compartment.
You find yourself typing "com" after every period, when using a word processor. COM
You can't call your mother... she doesn't have a modem.
You move into a new house and decide to Netscape before you landscape.
You start tilting your head sideways to smile.
After reading this message, you immediately e-mail it.
The big dispute between the government and Microsoft concerns the Internet "browser," which is the piece of software that puts a message on your computer screen informing you that the Internet is currently busy and you should try again later. As you can imagine, the potential market for this service is huge, so Microsoft would like you to use its browser, and not somebody else's.
~Dave Barry, 1998
According to security equipment specialists, security systems that utilize motion detectors won't function properly if walls and floors are too hot. When an infrared beam is used in a motion detector, it will pick up a person's body temperature of 98.6 degrees compared to the cooler walls and floor. If the room is too hot, the motion detector won't register a change in the radiated heat of that person's body when it enters the room and breaks the infrared beam. Your home's safety might be compromised if you turn your air conditioning off or set the thermostat too high while on summer vacation.
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