Americans spend countless hours in front of computers and television."The news [in this report] means that America is making a smooth transition from couch potato couch potato An Americanism for a sedentary person, usually ♂, whose predominant non-work activity consists in lying on a couch, watching TV. See Television intoxication 'syndrome.'. Cf Vigorous exercise. to mouse potato See click potato. . Put another way, I suspect the only exercise Americans are getting is walking between their TVs and their computers." Data in the U.S. Census Bureau's latest Statistical Abstracts of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. pointed to increased time spent at computers and television thereby prompting a comment from Silicon Valley technology forecaster Paul Saffo. |
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