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According to Seinfeld's George Costanza, the key to looking busy at work is to constantly wear an expression of impatience and annoyance.

Just something to remember when you head to Facebook on your office PC for the 74th time today.

How did we ever procrastinate before the arrival of the Internet? The thought doesn't bear contemplation. These days, putting off essential tasks is as easy as pointing your browser to YouTube and sitting back as the chimps on screen beat each other up for the amusement of the gathered throng.

In this week's Whaddyareckon? we're asking how much time you spend online and what sites you visit to distract yourself from the things you're really meant to be doing. Oh, and the show has a new host. Sort of.

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ZKuut3R
02/11/2007 06:59 PM

I do useful stuff. Music, gaming, chatting. None of this facebook/myspace garbage. I'm actually productive on the interwebs.

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cry mich ein river
03/11/2007 10:40 PM

gaming and chatting more productive than myface? Whatever helps you sleep at night :P

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mob
04/11/2007 11:49 AM

Facebook, messenger, ..., huh? The network in my place of work is locked down so securely, I sometimes can't even do my work!!!

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peon
06/11/2007 10:42 AM

To be honest most of my time wasting is on this site and similar sites reading reviews of cool stuff I want to buy. In fact I am wasting work time right now! We have never had restrictions on our work network but just a few days ago I banned myspace, facebook and youtube. They've just become too popular. About 80% of our monthly cap has gone to these sites and similar sites over the last few months.

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