"get floptical, grab your dongle and lets go thunking" ... that's actually a line from my novel...
computers are so suggestive :) actually they're like rorschaqs(sp) -- there's an infrequently updated online comic called "Jake the Rake" that had an episode in which two guys were talking and it shows them going back and forth talking about master/slave drives, (daisy) chains, etc. and when the 3rd person arives at the end and asks "are you talking about computers or sex" they respond "we can't remember". Isaac Original Message ----------------------- Back in college a gay friend of mine looked at me very suspiciously when I told him he needed to plug something into the "scuzzy" port. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 1:21 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: What gender is a computer? > > > Computers are girls because: > > I like to spend as much time with them as possible. > > They'll only do what you want if you ask in /exactly/ the right way. > > They'll let you know that you did something wrong, but rarely what. > > <cf_offensive> > But mostly, it's because mine bitches every time I want to > plug something into a port. </cf_offensive> > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Kenneth Ketsdever [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 2:08 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: What gender is a computer? > : > : > : A gender computer > : > : A French teacher was explaining to her classthat in French, unlike > : English,nouns are designated as either masculine or > feminine:"House" is > : feminine-la maison." Pencil" is masculine-"le crayon." > : > : A student asked, "What gender is 'computer'?" Instead of giving > : the answer, > : the teacher split the class into two groups-male and female - and > : asked them > : to decide for themselves whether "computer" should be a > masculine or a > : feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for their > : recommendation. > : > : The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of > : the feminine > : gender ("la computer"), because: > : > : 1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic; > : > : 2. The native language they use to communicate with other > computers is > : incomprehensible to everyone else; > : > : 3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term > memory for possible > : later review; and > : > : 4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself > : spending half > : your salary on accessories for it. > : > : > : > : The women's group, however, concluded that computers should > be masculine > : (>le computer") because: > : > : 1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on; > : > : 2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves; > : > : 3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the > : time they ARE > : the problem; and > : > : 4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had > : waited a little > : longer, you could have gotten a better model. > : > : What arguments would you make? And who won? > : > : > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
