Here's a posting from my student\personal blog reflecting the (typical?) views of the new plugged-in generation. He posted this from his laptop via WiFi at the San Francisco airport, waiting for his flight to Singapore.
"Plugged in.
Logged in.
It is almost not too absurd anymore, in a day like this, burning the remaining two hours…you have left before your plane takes-off with your laptop connected to an airport-wide wireless network.
Striking as it may, time seems to be less of a thing to fuss about anymore: internet is a click away from your laptop, and off you go. Once you're logged in you can practically do anything: from hacking another guy's wired laptop to downloading the latest porn video from an online on-demand porn video website; from paying your overdue PG&E bills to checking out last minute details like what amenities do they offer on an economy class cabin.
Time, today, is more like your soon to be divorced partner."
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