h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Personally I think computers act as more of a "productivity bank" than anything else. For example, you spend 5 hours setting up, troubleshooting, and configuring windows98 so that when you need to write a term paper in the next 8 hours you can save 2 hours of revising and spell checking. (Never mind the fact that win98 invaritably crashes just before you click 'save'. . .) So. . . all those data entery-feeders allow someone, somewhere (granted, I've never seen these people) are able to get their useless information fast enough that they can spend the afternoon finding other useless information on the internet.