Izzatz - Retro Geek

Got this funny email in my inbox.

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.

Both list for male and female are good, but I still go with the female list. It’s funnier.