>We all have become so co-dependent (is this the right word? <g>) on computers. As probably most of homes these days, we have a wireless network where everyone has a pc/notebook. I am still holding the IT manager's position <g>. My younger daughter who still lives with us (she is 17) only talks to me when she needs tech support <g>. How old is your daugheter?

The oldest one is several states away, the middle one is still with us (with college degree and one year of work for a busy website under her belt - a fellow programmer), and the youngest will be 16 soon. And I mostly don't have to do tech support anymore. Occasionally I have to teach her a few bits - like, what's the purpose of the jumper and the little 3-wire cable on a DVD, so she can cannibalize one of the unused machines to exchange parts for her box. For the most part they handle the hardware and network for themselves now. I've set up the cables, they set up the wireless; I've added my Linux laptop to the network, they've added the PSP and the Blue Jaw (i.e. a few bluetooth devices ;) etc etc.

And when I need to expand my hardware, our son-in-law just takes the spec and churns out a set of links to Newegg, of stuff to buy. He could be an admin on any network if he wanted, but he does that more as a hobby, his interests lie elsewhere.

By the last count, there were more computers than people in the house - 4 desktops (2 still in use), 3 laptops, 3 gaming machines, 4 computers-with-radio (aka cell phones, though we don't have a cell, just normal rooms) out of which two are in the range of multifunction machines, 2 computers with lenses (aka digital cameras), two computers with needles (aka sewing machines with microprocessors, one of them quite serious), and then the two scanners and two printers have their processors too, right? And then there's the mp3 flash player, that also has a processor... now you tell me which of these qualify as computers and which don't :).