Originally posted by XanthosNZYup.
And in exchange you get access to an interface which interacts with a database of nothing but binary information.
Binary data, of which some gets transferred via international communication systems to my computer, which in turn translates said binary data into electrical signals which my cathode ray tube fires at a light sensitive mesh, in turn imprinting a pulse of light on my retina.
What a long and complex process, in order for me to get basically small doses of radiation thrown at my eyes in the form of the crap posted in this forum.