I'm a fan of Texas Watchdog reporting, mostly, but just because you can access information under the Public Information Act doesn't make that information important. There are real issues in the world and there are "gotcha" media stories. This is the latter.

What if it turned out, as I suspect, that government workers who work the longest hours are most likely to use work computers to access porn or for other, less gotcha-worthy personal purposes? God forbid somebody who spends 12-hours per day at work "conduct personal business such as banking" from their work computer. (Heaven, save us all!)

It's disingenuous to say "we care little about the content of this time-wasting." There's a reason you cite "porn" in the headline and not online banking. The last four paragraphs seem to acknowledge that this is a nothing story, but is being published for its salacious qualities. Journalism needs to be better than that: Report on what's important, and don't define "important" as whatever gets the most page views amidst the degraded media of the reality-TV era.

** What if it turned out, as I suspect, that government workers who work the longest hours are most likely to use work computers to access porn **

So what?

Take it home or deal with the consequences (including possible termination and media shame).

And yes, content matters -- If you don't want media or others to point out you've been viewing possibly illegal gay child porn on the public dole (a la METRO's disgraced CEO), do it at home on your own resources (and, in the case of child porn, hope you don't get caught).

I doubt you're going to find many takers for the truly bizarre notion that it's no different than checking one's bank account at work.