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Virtual Water Cooler

Commentator Frederica Matthewes-Green (fred-REE-kah MATH-yooz GREEN) works at home, but she misses the office -- the daily flow of human interaction among colleagues. So she has joined an on-line group where they regularly enjoy jokes, recipes, memories, and dreams: the skin contact of cyberspace. It isn't like sharing stories with a buddy over the coffeemaker, she says, But it's not like sitting in rush hour traffic, either.

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