Computer Gender

[Bumper]

This item come to you courtesy of Seakony. Thanks for your input, Rita.

A French teacher was explaining to her class that in the French language, unlike English, all nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. "House", for instance is feminine - "la maison". "Pencil" however, is masculine - "le crayon."

A student asked, "What gender is 'computer'?"

Instead of giving them 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 feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for their suggestion.

The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the female gender - "la computer" - because:

1. Nobody but their creator understands their internal logic.
2. The language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everybody else.
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheque on accesories 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 possess 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.
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.


The women won.

[cuffedlinks]

Originally Posted by Bumper

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 possess 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.
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.


The women won.

Using my laptop...my pc in my office isn't booting up -it doesn't recognize my hard drive...

...apparently it has Alzheimer's...

[Bumper]

Originally Posted by cuffedlinks

Using my laptop...my pc in my office isn't booting up -it doesn't recognize my hard drive...

Are we back onto Cialis here...or what? oops...wrong thread!

Originally Posted by cuffedlinks

...apparently it has Alzheimer's...

Gets to make new friends every day, eh? Or is that a new LAN?
(Bet you're impressed I've even heard of a LAN, eh? I sure am! This LAN is your LAN...this LAN is my LAN...etc. Thank you, Woody...er, are we back to Cialis again?)