(FORTUNE Magazine) – Change, since 1983, in number of computers in U.S. offices: +25,000,000 Percentage change in tons, since 1983, of annual shipments of U.S. office paper: +51 Weeks of time lost each year, per U.S. executive, retrieving misplaced information: 6 Hourly wage paid to Internet information guides: $100 Change, since 1987, in number of U.S. E-mail addresses: +26,250,000 Percentage of American adults who write and mail a letter during a given week: 28 Phone solicitations made by U.S. telemarketers each day: 18,000,000 Percentage of Americans who have refused to participate in a telephone research poll: 31 Messages left on voice mailboxes last year: 11,900,000,000 Percentage of Americans who say they don't have enough time to do all they want: 51 Percentage of Americans who watch two or more hours of TV in a given day: 45 Change, since 1987, in number of fax machines in U.S. offices and homes: +10,000,000 Percentage change, since 1987, in population of Manhattan bike messengers: ---63 Change, since 1987, in number of secretaries in the U.S.: -521,000 Change, since 1987, in annual sales of over-the-counter pain relievers: +$500,000,000

(Latest available figures.) 1 Dataquest. 2 American Forest & Paper Assn. 3 Accountemps. 4 Brian Johnson. 5 EMMS. 6, 11 Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press. 7 U.S. House Committee on Appropriations. 8 Walker Research. 9 Eastern Management Group. 10 Gallup Poll. 12 Electronic Industries Assn. 13 The Courier Times. 14 Bureau of Labor Statistics. 15 Klein & Co.