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Q. "I spend alot of time surfin' the net on my computer. I've recently noticed that I'm always feeling very tired. Is there a connection between the two?"

A. Most people tend to attribute the "tired" feeling that you describe to lack of sleep or too much pressure or, recently, on the excessive time that they spend on their computers.

In fact, you're tired because you're OVERWORKED.

The population of this country is 237 million.

104 million are retired. That leaves 133 million to do the work.

There are 85 million in school, which leaves 48 million to do the work.

Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government, leaving 19 million to do the work.

2.8 million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 16.2 million to do the work.

Take from the total the 14,800,000 people who work for State, City & Local Governments and that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.

At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals, leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.

Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.

That leaves just two people to do the work.

You and me.

And I'm sitting at my computer writing jokes.

If you go for a job interview at a rubber stamp company, try to make a good impression.

Browser
The piece of software that you need to see the web. It translates web files into text, images, sound video, etc, that we humans can understand. Two of the most popular browser brand names are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.

Cursor
The I-beam that flashes in your active application. You place your cursor by moving your mouse, and then clicking once. The cursor is the place where what you type will go. Note that, when you are looking at a web page, your mouse pointer changes from an arrow (picture) to an I-bar (text) to a hand (link) as you move around the web page

Download
To transfer electronic files from a server to your computer. Transfer time depends on the size of the files and the speed of your modem. Technically, every time you go to a website you are "downloading" that website to your computer screen. This term is more often associated with the downloading of pictures, sounds and word processing documents to your computer from another computer.

Hypertext
Also called Linked Text. You can click on Hypertext to go to another page or website.

Icon
In reference to the web and computers, an icon is any, usually small, image that you can click on.

Modem
Modulator/Demodulator. There, now you know where the word comes from. A modem (emphasis on the first syllable; "mowed'em") is the piece of equipment that allows your computer to connect to phone lines, in order to go online.

Online
You are online when your computer is linked, via a modem and phone lines, to a server.

Server
A server is a computer that's got the right software to process your requests for files or web pages. If getting a file or web page takes a long time, it could be due to a busy server, especially if you're on a popular site.

Surfing
A productive activity or a big waste of time, depending on what sites you're visiting. Surfing is the slang for browsing the World Wide Web. (ie what you're doing now)

Upload
To transfer electronic files from your computer to a server. Transfer time depends on the size of the files and the speed of your modem. When you "attach" a picture file to an email, you are "uploading" that file.