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The Seven Deadly Sins, the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a list of the most objectionable vices which tend to destroy the life of grace and create eternal damnation that can only be absolved through Confession or be forgiven through the perfect contrition of the penitent.

The Lord, in the Book of Proverbs, specifically regards these as haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief, a deceitful witness that uttereth lies and him that soweth discord among brethren.

The Epistle to the Galatians gave another list which also included the traditional seven sins. Pope Gregory I, in 590 AD, revised such but was consequently changed because the traits weren't collectively referred to by the Bible itself. The modern concept of the Seven Deadly Sins is linked to Evagrius Ponticus, a 4th century monk, who listed eight Latin evil thoughts which then gave birth to the modern concept of the Seven Deadly Sins.

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Here is a comprehensive list of "You are an Internet Addict When..." There are many variations of this list all over the internet. Some of them are a little "old" like this one: "You've already visited all the links at Yahoo and you're halfway through Lycos. or [C]ontinue?" Lycos? What ever happened to that search engine? All jokes aside... here is a Public Service Announcement from me about Internet Addicts. It is a real disorder: "Internet addiction disorder (IAD), or more broadly Internet overuse, problematic computer use or pathological computer use is excessive computer use that interferes with daily life. These terms avoid the distracting and divisive term addiction and are not limited to any single cause. IAD was originally proposed as a disorder in a satirical hoax by Ivan Goldberg, M.D., in 1995. He took pathological gambling as diagnosed by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM-IV) as his model for the description of IAD. However, IAD receives coverage in the press, and its classification as a psychological disorder is being debated and researched." Wikipedia Enjoy the list!

• You log off for four minutes to make yourself a cup of coffee and AT&T assumes there must have been a fault on the line and sends a repairman to fix it.
• You refuse to go on a vacation spot with no electricity and no phone lines.
• Your bookmark takes fifteen minutes to scroll from top to bottom.
• You begin to wonder how on earth your service provider is allowed to call 200 hours per month “unlimited.”
• Your phone bill comes to your door in a box.
• You move into a new house and decide to Netscape before you landscape.
• All of your friends have an @ in their names.

Internet addiction is a rising problem in today's technologically advanced society. You can laugh at these jokes about internet addictions, but IAD - Internet Addiction Disorder is a serious psychological disease. China has the world's largest number of internet users with 338 million -- more than the entire population of the United States. More than 10 million of the country's 100 million teenage web surfers are internet addicts, the China Daily said, citing a survey by the China Youth internet Association last year. There is controversy over the treatments for internet addiction and how it is diagnosed. The health ministry last month banned the use of electroshock therapy to treat internet addiction, the China Daily said. Internet addiction kills, there have been deaths linked with playing games on the internet continuously for many hours, and a more recent death of someone dying indirectly because of his internet addiction.