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Your computer: Masculin or Feminin ?

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  1. svtcobra TechSpot Paladin Posts: 875

    Alright, here is my reasoning:

    Laptop is a female because it is fragile, light, warm, quiet, sleek and reliable.

    Desktop is male because it is heavy, strong, cool exterior, loud, in the way, big, always burping and loves to dring beer.

    Man, this is a whacky thread...
    svtcobra, Mar 8, 2002
    #21

  2. Whack0 Newcomer, in training Posts: 169

    L:DL
    Whack0, Mar 9, 2002
    #22

  3. poertner_1274 secroF laicepS topShceT Posts: 4,745

    Concur, but you gotta love this stuff!!!!!:)
    Where does a bunch of these posts come from, or better yet, take off into. I don't know how many threads I have seen turned into something different than what it started out as being.
    And I agree with you by the way.
    poertner_1274, Mar 9, 2002
    #23

  4. Federelli Newcomer, in training Posts: 382

    I believe my computer to be a hermaphrodite
    Federelli, Mar 9, 2002
    #24

  5. T-Shirt Newcomer, in training Posts: 329

    My computer is a machine, a tool, it has no gender, nor a will of its own. i never hit it, yell at it, nor curse it, if some thing goes wrong it's either because I failed to maintain it properly, or due to a manufactering defect.
    T-Shirt, Mar 10, 2002
    #25

  6. Didou Bowtie extraordinair! Posts: 5,898

    When my computer crashes, I give it a spanking, would that count ? ;)
    Didou, Mar 10, 2002
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  7. boeingfixer Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,245

    My Athlon rig's name is Ivan. Ivan the Machine. I can curse him if I want. I would feel bad cursing a woman.
    boeingfixer, Mar 12, 2002
    #27

  8. erwin1978 TechSpot Maniac Posts: 327

    My computer's name is Bouncer. Can you figure out why?
    erwin1978, Mar 12, 2002
    #28

  9. Jimbeau Newcomer, in training Posts: 22

    How fast it is..........Do you mean, like 'premature', maybe? :D
    Jimbeau, Mar 13, 2002
    #29

  10. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    from http://www.wilsonmar.com/1compu.htm#CompGender

    Five reasons to believe computers are female:

    No one but the Creator understands their internal logic.

    The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.

    The message "BAD COMMAND OR FILE NAME" is about as informative as, "If you don't know why I'm mad at you, then I'm certainly not going to tell you."

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

    As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.



    Five reasons to believe computers are male:

    They have a lot of data, but are still clueless.

    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 had waited a little longer, you could have obtained a better model.

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

    Big power surges knock them out for the rest of the day (or night).
    Mictlantecuhtli, Mar 14, 2002
    #30

  11. Jimbeau Newcomer, in training Posts: 22

    HILARIOUS, Mictla !
    Jimbeau, Mar 14, 2002
    #31

  12. Spliffmeister TechSpot Paladin Posts: 527

    I would have to concur that my machine is female, probably because when she doesn't do what I want I just slap her about (only joking!!). Although she is a little tempremental, she really loves me twiddling with her undercarriage.......

    The sun is still shining in Manchester
    :cool:
    Spliffmeister, Mar 28, 2002
    #32

  13. Ronin Tetsuro Newcomer, in training Posts: 20

    Girlfriends and you

    My girlfriend knows that her only direct competition is my computer. Or computers to be exact. I've got Xaero a.k.a. Slave One as my storage system and Neo as my primary usage rig. They are networked through a switch and have a mutual cable connection.

    (*edited by mod)Mr. Tetsuro, check your Private Messages
    Ronin Tetsuro, Mar 28, 2002
    #33

  14. svtcobra TechSpot Paladin Posts: 875

    Now that I put 512mb ram in the laptop, it has a bit more muscle. Its still a female, but she's pretty jacked!
    svtcobra, Mar 28, 2002
    #34

  15. ontguy Newcomer, in training

    No gender association.

    I just call the computer, "IT".

    Its fast, etc...
    ontguy, Mar 28, 2002
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  16. ScarletHippo Newcomer, in training Posts: 20

    Never really thought about his before but here we go:

    PC 1. Its a Dell p3 500 mhz. Strikes me as having a male personality. Its called HAL. Its been all around the world and still works.

    PC 2. I think of this one as like one of those Star trek type computers. you know, with the female voice. ('warp core breech in 30 seconds. have a nice day'). It is rally fradgile (You bump it and it freezes). I have also been known to jump up and hug it on occasions :blush: . Its called Navi, which seems kinda feminine to me.

    I still call them 'it' tho
    ScarletHippo, Mar 29, 2002
    #36
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