Totally OT, but frustrated.....

[Tony Duell]

> That's because youre a real programmer and understand what a
> computer is.  None of our (actually very smart and some even
> experienced) grad students actually know what a computer is.  I
> don't think hardly anyone does.

OK (and this came up in some private e-mail when discussing the major 
off-topic threads here). What is a computer? Becasue I certainly don't 
have an exact definition.

-tony