Found this via Fark. Don't blame your patrons if they get angry waiting in line to use a computer. They are just going through "Internet Deprivation".
Internet Week > Internet deprivation > Don't Touch My Internet! > September 22, 2004: "Cut off their connection to the Web and people have moments of 'withdrawal and feelings of loss, frustration, and disconnectedness' according to a report released Wednesday by Yahoo. Dubbed -- and we're not making this up -- the Internet Deprivation Study, the Yahoo-sponsored research tried to get a group of consumers to give stay offline, then report back. Nearly half couldn't take the Web-less world for more than two weeks, and the median time participants could go without logging on was a measly five days. "
Thursday, September 23, 2004
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