"One click is sufficient. The server should respond momentarily."

You know you're in trouble when your computer complains that you're impatient.

But to defend my side, there's quite a lot to be impatient for, like the fact that there will be no new House episodes for 22 days.

(Sounds lame, but still... )

And it sure doesn't help when your computer sends you a snarky little message that could be roughly translated as, "Do you still have a brain!?!??!"

Artificial intelligence is unusually smug.

Think about it. Do people get more annoyed when people mess up or when technology goes haywire? At least you can talk to people and let them know you're frustrated. With computers, you have to resort to physical violence.

So I googled, "hit the computer" to see if there were any people who felt the same as I did.

Apparently I'm not alone. According to this article, 7% of people in their survey said that their first reaction to computer problems is to hit the computer. (Read the article, it's actually pretty informative.)

If, even after that, you still feel the urge to hit the computer, you can actually do it here, without damaging your own property.

Feel better? I didn't think so.

However frustrated we get at them, computers are nevertheless amazing tools.

The internet allows us to express ourselves without even having to worry about people making fun at us, at least not in person. (It's one thing to have someone post a nasty comment on YouTube, it's an entirely different thing for someone to drive by and yell insults.)

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