Occasional Observations

This is hilarious! Sadly, I think some people still think this is how computers work!

Mainframe

In fact, computers do not have brains like we do.  They cannot really think for themselves except when they are doing complicated arithmetic. The important thinking is done by humans who feed them with information called programs. If computers are not regularly fed, they may become listless and unhappy.

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/12/24/how-it-works-the-com.html