People are people. They aren't going to change. Technology is certainly not making a U-turn. So now the courts must adapt.

Want to re-form the jury process? Stop letting highly educated, high-income people skip out on it. In my jury experience, I was one of the rare professionals in the room. Mostly I was surrounded by retirees and the un- or under-employed.

A jury of my peers understands the Internet and probably has a pretty powerful phone in his or her pocket. That's whom I'd want to see in the jury box. And if they Google me and find out all the nasty things I've written, well, I'm screwed, I guess.

When the crime is excessive sarcasm with intent to snark, I plead guilty as charged.

What's your verdict? Should technology be allowed in the courtroom? E-mail me: cringe@infoworld.com.