Sex and technology

[CrazyIvan 0]

Computers: Male or Female


A language instructor was explaining to her class that in French, nouns,
unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine
or feminine. "House" in French, is feminine - "La maison" and "Pencil in
French is masculine - "le crayon."

One puzzled student asked, "What gender is computer?" The teacher did not
know and the word was not in the French dictionary. So for fun she split the
class into two groups, appropriately enough by gender, and asked them to
decide whether "computer" should be a masculine or feminine noun.

Both groups were required to give 4 reasons for their recommendation. The
men's group decided that computers 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 retrieval . and

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half
your paycheck 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.

The women won!

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Blue Skies and May the Force be with you.