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Originally Posted by TinglingTess
^^^^^Isn't that we all REALLY use it for. 
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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.