41.   But computers do have special skills, like pulling in radio stations from halfway around the world, or downloading movie clips to watch over and over again.

42.   But even Hirshberg admits that computers have their place.

43.   But computers have it easy.

44.   But it is a nuisance, since most computers have only one parallel port, generally occupied by the printer.

45.   But there is more than one Yang, so the computer has to show all the Yangs, and ask which one the typist wants.

46.   But your computer has a complete, up-to-date record of every call, including the amount you saved over your regular long-distance plan.

47.   By the time I had dressed, the computer had my body mapped with unnerving accuracy.

48.   But your computer has other ideas.

49.   By next year, many computers will have chips on their motherboard to make phone-line networks even simpler.

50.   Computers also have ROM chips that have instructions for the computer permanently recorded on them.