Robert Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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: > > 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. -- I dont suffer from stress.I'M a carrier...... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
