These comments were inspired by the column on hacking by Michelle Singletary that appeared in the paper on Sept. 1. I use the word “computer” to refer to any electronic device that does the kind of ...

Has anyone noticed how much harder it is to get anything done in the computer age? It used to take about 30-40 minutes to go buy groceries; now the shopping is the same, but the checkout takes forever ...

Howie Firth posed a superb scenario related to the question of whether we have free will: “If every action we make is predetermined by the laws of physics, then it is possible to imagine constructing ...