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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> "Offline"/"online" are yucky words.  It brings to mind M$, BBS's and
> other vulgar things.  However, I don't really know any other
> expressions that cover the same ground.

Connected/disconnected.

One with the world/Alone.

One advantage of off/ofline is that the words don't take up much space.

Hans