I was going to comment on that too. I should probably preface anything I say with the admission that I am not a computer genius. I AM knowledgeable to an extent, so I don't consider myself just an average pc user, but I definitely don't compare with most /. users. I do have an AA in web design, but what the hell is that, right? I am also a girl...that might explain something to someone somewhere. Put it this way: compared to most children, old people, and women, I am a computer genius. Compared to most /. users, I am an idiot. 1. Why the hell would I listen to Sophos about anything? Sophos sucks. As a student at the University of Kansas, I am required to have Sophos installed on my computer if I want to access the campus network. You have to run it once per semester before they let you on the network, and only once has it ever found anything it considered bad. (What it found wasn't a virus, just a keygen or something). However, it wouldn't just let me quarantine it, delete it or deem it safe, it told me that I had a virus problem and gave me a number to call to have someone come fix it for me. WTF? I can fix my own damn virus problems tyvm. *I have used AVG free for years, and never had a problem. It always finds and fixes everything for me.* 2. I have Windows 7 and it's great. I have only had it for about two weeks, and haven't used it for anything but checking facebook, using yahoo messenger and writing a few papers...but it runs so much better. The pc its on was previously installed with Vista Ultimate 64bit. It ran like crap, but not to an extent where you could actually pinpoint what was wrong. It just generally ran sucky. After I installed 7 Ultimate 32bit on it, it was like a different computer. So yeah, just my two cents. No need to deride me in classic /. fashion...I know that I am not as smart as you.

My GPA is 3.93, and I have Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter accounts, among others (/.??). Could I nab a 4.0 if I deleted my accounts? probably not. I use social networking sites to kill (non-study) time. Probably because I am one of those aforementioned people without a real social life. (Not really, I just happen to be 27, while all my peers are 18, so partying with them would be silly.) However, the article makes sense to me. I see people checking their Facebook accts all the time in class, under the guise of taking notes with their computer. These are the same people that complain that they failed the pop quizzes and that the exams are too hard. Everyday I am amazed at the number of people that have no desire to actually learn in college. How did they graduate high school??

I don't much like Microsoft, and I believe that Vista was released entirely too early, with way too many problems, but I chose to buy a Zune rather than an Ipod, because I dislike Apple more. I am not a MS "fangirl"...(not by far)...but I love my Zune. It plays everything I put on it, it syncs when and what I want it to, and it has excellent battery life. I am not here to vehemently defend MS or the Zune, I just happen to like mine, and fear for it's usability after reading this article. Also, I know three other people with Zunes, and they love theirs too.