I read an article the other day where a college professor said he didn't mind if his students surfed the internet during his lectures. He said, "That's the way they listen".
And I just got an e-mail from my just-out-of-college daughter where she spoke of having her ipod headphones in and can still concentrate easily doing research on the computer at work.

I, an old fogée, find this a bit strange, though not unbelievable. What do the rest of you say?