A: Edgar Allen Poe wrote a famous horror story called The Tell-Tale Heart about a school project that Lisa Simpson hides under the floorboards; she eventually confesses to hiding it when the projectâs âbeating heartâ drives her mad with guilt. (My entire understanding of classical literature comes from The Simpsons. Also my entire understanding of religion, politics and the human condition. But only seasons one to nine. After that, I turned to SpongeBob SquarePants.) Your situation has a touch of The Tell-Tale Heart about it. Yes, the free clock is yours to keep as long as the laptop company hasnât asked for it back or sent around laptop thugs to retrieve it, swinging USB dongles like nunchucks. But will the free-clock guilt drive you to madness in a mildly scary,