I saw an interesting Intel ad today, one in which I think Intel inadvertently inserted themselves in the choice debate going on in the country today.

The theme of the ad was "when does a computer become a computer?" Of course, the ad suggested it wasn't a real computer until the Intel parts were installed.

That made me think. As a pro-choice person, I believe it's not really a computer until it has been fully assembled and can live on its own outside the factory.

The anti-choice forces would have you believe it's a computer the moment of conception. But when is the moment of conception? Is it when the first part of the eventual computer is installed, no matter how small and insignificant? Maybe it's when the order was issued by Intel to create the new computer. Or how about when the customer ordered it? Or, better yet, how about when the customer thought to himself/herself, "I think I need a new computer."

When you think about it that way, it kind of gives you a god-like complex doesn't it?