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A very oldie but goodie.
Phil.
> Subject: Computer: Male or Female?
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> As you may well know, Hebrew nouns have a gender. When the time came
> to translate the word "Computer" to Hebrew, its gender had to be decided.
> They established two expert committees, one of men and the other of women.
> Each committee was instructed to decide on the machine's gender -
> "Machshev" (male form) or "Machshevet" (female form), and to give five
> main reasons.
> The women's committee recommended that computers be male, because:
> 1. To get their attention, you have to turn them on.
> 2. They will usually do what they are asked, but nothing more, and
they
> won't think of doing it themselves.
> 3. They are supposed to solve your problems, but most of the time
> they are the problem.
> 4. As soon as you are committed to one, you find out that had you
> waited just a little bit longer, you would have got a better
> model.
> 5. They usually become outdated in five years and need to be
> replaced, but some of the users feel that they have
> already invested so much in that
> darn machine they put up with an imperfect model.
> On the other hand, the men's committee claimed the computers should
be
> female (what else), because:
> 1. No one but the Creator understands their inner logic.
> 2. The language they use to communicate among themselves is
> incomprehensible to anyone else.
> 3. Even your slightest error is maintained in long-term memory for
use
> at a later date.
> 4. The error message "Bad command or file name" is about as
> informative as "If you don't know why I am mad at
> you, then I'm certainly not going to tell you!!!"
> 5. Once you are committed to one, you find yourself spending half
> your payroll on accessories for her.
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