Luxury or necessity?

What is your computer? I believe most Pixies would agree that our personal computers have become much more than glorified typewriters. Even if your personal computer isn't used directly in your livelihood, I believe we all apply this tool for many common tasks in our personal business and daily life in today's society. With the developments in electronics in general and this tool specifically, in the last 1/4 century, our pc's have become as much a utility in the current world as the washing machine did in the 1/4 century before that.

So how do you view your computer and the funnel of the internet? Is it something that you feel would hamper your function without it? Is it an edge that gives you opportunities you wouldn't otherwise have or has it become a true necessity to optimally function in today's world?


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Mine was simply a tool for communication originally but now it's use is crucial to my work because I can not possibly do my job in the time I am paid for and so must work from home.

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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First computers I had weren't even connected to the internet and were primarily "game machines" and "substitute typewriters." But, as time went on, they become much more integrated into my day-to-day life. My home PC was often used in support of my career job (before retirement), preparing reports, keeping in contact with associates, etc., as well as helping me to manage my mom's affairs when alzheimer's kept her from managing her own affairs (I was her legal guardian), the internet made it a primary link with friends and family, I use my PC for reports and statistics I keep on a fraternal organization I belong to, personal tax preparation, photo editing and printing, and much, much more. And, of course, it's still a game machine.

Your right, PF, it has become more than a toy and is very much a part of my day-to-day life, second only to ... well, maybe duct tape.

Work, social and personal, they're in there with a byte.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

Mine started off as a work tool but has become pretty much a vessel for communication and entertainment.

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It takes a gutless mouse to play only when the cat's away.

No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ~~ Francois Mocuriac

Confucius say, "He who masturbate into cash register come into money."

An optimist looks at the glass and says it's half full. A pessimist looks at the glass and says it's half empty. A Cubs fan looks at the glass and says, "When's it gonna spill?"

Deus Impetitio Esuritori Nullus

Did I mention I use mine to perv on PORN????????????????

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

^^^^^Isn't that we all REALLY use it for.


Mine is a vital tool for information. I'm known as the Google queen around here and love researching whatever current interest I have going.

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Just when the caterpiller thought the world was over, it became a butterfly!

Owning Pita, by my JassWolf!!
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Eudaimonia

I use mine more for personal business more and more, banking, bill paying, shopping and other needs(wants).

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At first I viewed the Computer as someone else's toy, then as the demon that took away my livelihood...now it is my livelihood, to a certain extent, and with access to the world provided for me. Where else can you order pizza delivery, buy & sell everything else, & surf for porn? If I could get this thing to do my courier duties, I'd never have to leave the house...

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Plug me into somethin'

If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

Thanks jseal, now I'm stuck with that fucking tune in my head!!! LOL.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

Me, too, OF! Me, too!

I use mine for work, and it's my primary tool...outside of the phone and my voice. I also use it for porn, generally at home. I think they frown on porn at work.

I need less computer time, not more...my eyes are starting to go thanks to my laptop screen.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

that's why it was even invented in the first place.

mine's a gadget. a toy even. except for pixies and the occasional volley of goofy emails with friends, anything i use the computer for i could get by digging out some other reference guide in the house or garage, or get it from the library. i don't really use the computer much for those things as it is now. i'm still more likely to get the phone book even if the computer's on. i don't use the computer for billing or banking or buying or gaming, or printing coupons or getting news or reviews. nothing important basically

don't get me wrong, i love that i can get printouts of writing sheets after three clicks of the mouse or info about why you have to use a pinhole camera to look at a solar eclipse. and since it's here, i google tons of stuff and get wiki-fied info about a shitload of subjects- whatever happens to pique my curiosity at that moment - as opposed to a decent amount of info about something i might read baout in a book. so it's a trade-off. it’s expanded the view, but messed up the picture quality.

whatever the individual consequence, the computer is relied upon by almost all private, public, official, and illegal entities to perform everything from the merest paper pushing to the most complicated surgeries. it’s the most amazing, and arguably most important, innovation (and evolution of an innovation) ever.

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The forest would be very quiet if no other birds sang than those who sing the best * Henry van Dyke

some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose