i'll take things that don't work for $400, alex

"this object has been consistently raped, ravaged, and exploited by various viruses and spyware over the last several weeks. as such, it is slowly ceasing to work, and will be taken in to be fixed in the near future."

"what is daniel's computer?"

"that is absolutely correct. $400 and control of the board go to you, and our pity goes to daniel. or maybe his computer; we're not sure which one is worse off."

i think my computer is worse off than i am. its sole purpose in "life" is to compute, and if it doesn't have that, it doesn't have anything. on the other hand, without my computer's ability to compute, i might actually be able to get some homework done instead of playing KOTOR 2 for hours on end.