Author:
unknown
Is your computer male
or female?
As you are aware, ships have long been characterized
as being female (e.g., "Steady as she goes," or "She's listing to starboard,
Captain!").
Recently, a group of computer scientists
(all males) announced that computers should also be referred to as being
FEMALE!
Their reasons for drawing this conclusion
follow:
Five reasons to believe computers are
female:
-
No one but the Creator understands their internal
logic.
-
The native language they use to communicate
with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
-
The message "Bad command or file name" is
about as informative as, "If you don't know why I'm mad at you, then I'm
certainly not going to tell you."
-
Even your smallest mistakes are stored in
long-term memory for later retrieval.
-
As soon as you make a commitment to one, you
find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
However, another group of computer scientists
(all female) think that computers should be referred to as if they were
Male. Their reasons follow:
Five reasons to believe computers are
male:
-
They have a lot of data, but are still clueless.
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They are supposed to help you solve problems,
but half the time they are the problem.
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As soon as you commit to one you realize that,
if you had waited a little longer, you could have obtained a better model.
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In order to get their attention, you have
to turn them on.
-
Big power surges knock them out for the Rest
of the Night ! ! !
