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Saturday, August 03, 2002
http://www.webct.com/service/ViewContent?contentID=9919670 Education and Technology, Circa 2025, Hits the Fan Richard Worzel Zine is deadheading, which is to say he’s asleep. “Deadheading” is a slang term that means he’s unplugged from the Net, and is not presently conducting multiple online interactions. Sometimes he stays plugged in – or “zup,” which some think means “heads up” while others believe it derives from the greeting “what’s up” – even while sleeping. When he stays zup while sleeping, his connection to the Net through his computer genie stays open, even though he doesn’t participate. This can give him strange dreams, but he’s used to that. Online interactions also filter into his memory, and add to his apperceptive mass – the collection of subconscious knowledge each human accumulates....
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