Computers - Male or Female?

[Toaster]

Computers - Male or Female?



A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

"House" for instance, is feminine: "la casa."

"Book," however, is masculine: "el libro."

A student asked, "What gender is 'computer'?"

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether "computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun.

Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the feminine gender ("la computadora"), 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 ("el computador"), 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.

[Toaster]

Now I know this isn't a repost - I carefully searched and searched.... mind you I am a male and probably had a "man's look".

[canarlee]

hola mis amigos, aqui una problema, "la ordenador" es el nombre por un "computer"

muchos gracias amigos:p


vally mi voy

[Big Dan]

look at it this way you have a plug in the wall and your plug on a cord the wall one is the female and the one i the cord is male cause it can be put in the wall one so if you can put things in the computer it must be female

[Toaster]

Canarlee.... what the heck.....!! I think I understand it, but don't want to make a dick of myself by trying to interpret in public (or more of a dick depending on your opinion!).

[canarlee]

Canarlee.... what the heck.....!! I think I understand it, but don't want to make a dick of myself by trying to interpret in public (or more of a dick depending on your opinion!).

toaster, translated it means: hello my friends, here is a problem, the "ordenador" is the what a computer is called! (in spanish that is)


ifangyoo

[mdb]

look at it this way you have a plug in the wall and your plug on a cord the wall one is the female and the one i the cord is male cause it can be put in the wall one so if you can put things in the computer it must be female

Slightly flawed logic, look at the other end of the power cable, the bit that goes into the computer .... :confused:

[Toaster]

nice mdb nice.

[Colapop]

Now I know this isn't a repost - I carefully searched and searched.... mind you I am a male and probably had a "man's look".
So speaks an paranoid...

[Skyryder]

A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

"House" for instance, is feminine: "la casa."

"Pencil," however, is masculine: "el lapiz."

A student asked, "What gender is 'computer'?"



Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide

for themselves whether "computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun.

Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.



The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the feminine gender ("la computadora"), 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 pay check on accessories for it.



(THIS GETS BETTER!)



The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine ("el computador"), 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 got a better model.



The women won.

Send this to all the smart women you know...and all the men that have a good sense of humour!

[Skyryder]

Slightly flawed logic, look at the other end of the power cable, the bit that goes into the computer .... :confused:

That makes the computer AC DC.:rockon:

Skyryder