>COMPUTERS
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>
>
>An English professor was trying to explain to his students
>the concept of engender association in the English
language.
>She stated how hurricanes at one time were given feminine
>names and how ships and planes were usually referred to as
"she."
>
>The Prof. posed this question... "What 'gender' is a
>computer?" She then divided the class into two groups,
>males in one, females in the other, and asked them to
decide
>if a computer should be masculine or feminine. Both
>groups were asked to give four reasons for their
recommendation.
>
>The group of females concluded that computers should be
>referred to in the masculine gender because:
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>1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them
on.
>2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
>3. They are supposed to help you solve your 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 had a better model.
>
>The males, on the other hand, decided that computers
should
>definitely be referred to in the feminine gender 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 your 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 paycheck on accessories for it.