Computer: a he or a she?

A retired sailor purchased a computer began to learn all about computing. Being a sailor he was used to addressing his ships as “she” or “her”, but was unsure what was proper for computers. To solve this dilemma he set up two groups of computer experts.

One group was male and the other was female

The group of women reported that computer should be referred to as “he “because……

In order to get their attention you have to turn them on

They have a lot of data but are still clueless.

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

As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you waited a little longer, you could
have had a newer and better model.


The group of men reported that computers should be referred to as “she” because…….

No one but the creator understands their logic.

The native language they use to talk to other computers is incomprehensible to anyone
else.

Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for later retrieval.

As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find your self spending half of your pay
checks on accessories for it.


After considering these points, the sailor still remained, confused and so eventually he started addressing his computer as “ it” !