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apkhgp

(1,068 posts)
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 12:28 PM Dec 2018

What gender is your computer?

A Computer Science teacher decided to have some fun with his Night School class. He split the students into groups of Men and Women. They had to discuss what gender should computers be classified as.


The Men started off stating that computers should be classified as Female and supplied four points to back that up

No one but their creator understands their internal logic

When they communicate they speak in code language
that only they and experts can understand

Every mistake you make is stored on their hard drive for later retrieval

As soon as you commit to one you find yourself
spending half your paycheck accessorizing it


The Women who were not to be outdone supplied four points of their own
to back up their theory that computers should be classified as Male

To get their attention you have to turn them on

They have a lot of data but still can’t think for themselves

They are supposed to help you solve problems
but half the time they are the problem

As soon as you commit to one you realize that
if you’ve waited you could have gotten a better model



I think this is controversial and has the possibility of touching off a firestorm of debate.

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What gender is your computer? (Original Post) apkhgp Dec 2018 OP
Wait till I finish this computer game, then I may have a clue Achilleaze Dec 2018 #1
Is Asshole a gender? Lochloosa Dec 2018 #2
I was gonna say the same. Working at the recording studio today, Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2018 #7
I was wondering what gender Wawannabe Dec 2018 #8
Complexity is not a vice MissMillie Dec 2018 #3
Non Binary eom deek Dec 2018 #4
Feline. Merlot Dec 2018 #5
Weird. 2naSalit Dec 2018 #6
Definitely female liberaltrucker Jan 2019 #9
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2019 #10
Explain that, please. I call my car (every car I've ever owned) "old Betsy" ... marble falls Jan 2019 #11
 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
7. I was gonna say the same. Working at the recording studio today,
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 03:41 PM
Dec 2018

And the recording drive on the Mac Pro keeps cutting out, slowing down progress for my client and myself. Definitely an asshole.

MissMillie

(38,533 posts)
3. Complexity is not a vice
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 01:14 PM
Dec 2018

they are both right.

But they both have the ability to work it out.

Zero-sum games suck

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
5. Feline.
Sun Dec 30, 2018, 01:54 PM
Dec 2018

Beautiful (it's a mac), unpredictable, intriguing. Requires more maintenance than initially expected. A good source of amusement.

Response to apkhgp (Original post)

marble falls

(57,013 posts)
11. Explain that, please. I call my car (every car I've ever owned) "old Betsy" ...
Tue Jan 1, 2019, 09:54 AM
Jan 2019

you think that makes me ageist?

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