Guest Guest Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 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: 1. No one but the Creator understands their internal logic. 2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else. 3. 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." 4. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval. 5. 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: 1. They have a lot of data, but are still clueless. 2. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem. 3. As soon as you commit to one you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have obtained a better model. 4. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on. 5. Big power surges knock them out for the rest of the night. Quote Link to comment
Lois Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 Mine is definately male! It has it's own mind and does what it wants to do not what it's supposed to do and It's stubborn, obstinate, and thinks it knows it all. Quote Link to comment
gardnmom Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 They are "Male". I have learned how to get around most of the problems that it serves up by using 2 or more programs. Get my drift? Quote Link to comment
SoCalGal Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 The one i'm using may be male or female. I'm not sure. Sometimes it seems to collect bugs and other times it displays a lot of ebay ads. Quote Link to comment
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