Ello ello =),

Today in computer class . . . one of my friends brought up an interesting topic . . . about is your computer masculin or feminin ?

well . . . we usually call a ship ... like ~~> look at her . . . she is fast and safe


we took a vote on what they believed . . .

most of the females concluded that they call their computers male . . .

because of their usage and how fast it is . . .

most of the males have oppositely concluded that they call their computers female . . .

i usually refer to . . . look at her . . . well i don't know but to me it sounds like what it should be . . .


how does everyone else refer to their computer gender?



and does gender really matter ?

I've always noted that gender is a cultural thing. Fatherland, Motherland, Homeland, MotherEarth, etc.

Technological things are gender neutral, or could be androgynous!?

My native language has genders for humans only. Everything else is just "it" or "them", no exceptions. Simple.

If computers were really a her... it'd be my girlfriend :p
...no need to go through the trouble of asking a real one out :o :rolleyes: :D

Originally posted by Mictlantecuhtli
My native language has genders for humans only. Everything else is just "it" or "them", no exceptions. Simple.
same here.
but if i were to give it a gender, i think i'll let it be a she...
would be boring sitting there, staring at some male all the time.

Usually the question is "Is my computer broken or working..."
If its broken I use a rude word which is associated with the male gender, if its working its just a computer... ;)

Originally posted by Arris
Usually the question is "Is my computer broken or working..."
If its broken I use a rude word which is associated with the male gender, if its working its just a computer... ;)

Same, and I assure you I really yel at it. I even bought a keyboard I could hit without breaking it. :D

Btw, go out with your computer? ...because a real girl is boring? :D

Originally posted by ToRN
Btw, go out with your computer? ...because a real girl is boring? :D
I was only joking, ToRN. :p

Originally posted by Arris
If its broken I use a rude word which is associated with the male gender

Agreed...

About gender... Cousin It ;)

Originally posted by ToRN
Btw, go out with your computer? ...because a real girl is boring? :D

I will have to agree and disagree with you on this one ToRN. I enjoy the time I spend with my fiance, but there are times that I wish I was dating (well my computer, I guess) instead, simply because we are arguing about something stupid. But I am sure a computer would make a WONDERFUL date, if you really wanted it to be:)

In Spanish, most words have a masculine or feminine attribute. Noted by the words, El (masculine) and La (feminine). And I believe that in Spanish the computer is referred to as La computadora. Giving it a feminine connotation.

And as Uncle El pointed out, this is probably a cultural specific situation.

mine is a dark engine of destruction. it has no name. it has no gender. it simply is.

Originally posted by Phantasm66
mine is a dark engine of destruction. it has no name. it has no gender. it simply is.

I wonder what cooler you use to keep that Death Star running ... :p

I'm not sure what gender mine is but it has a serious attitude problem. Turning on in the middle of the night & launching UnrealT is not acceptable behaviour :mad:

If it keeps taunting I'm gonna format that grin of its face.

Originally posted by Didou


I wonder what cooler you use to keep that Death Star running ... :p

I'm not sure what gender mine is but it has a serious attitude problem. Turning on in the middle of the night & launching UnrealT is not acceptable behaviour :mad:

If it keeps taunting I'm gonna format that grin of its face.

FIVE hard drives, baby!

(as of today!)

And in any case, the room shaking sound of nine inch nails is helping drown out everything else for now....

Originally posted by PanicX
have a masculine or feminine attribute.
La computadora
l'ordinateur
Der Computer
il calcolatore
o computador

Originally posted by Phantasm66


FIVE hard drives, baby!


And not a g/f in sight! ;)

I actually had a girlfriend that was into computers too. Often she would actually sit right behind me & watch as I would play games & all ( if she liked them that is ;) ).

*Didou starts banging his head on the wall*

yes my last girlfriend was doing a PhD in computing science.... She is interested in PC hardware as well.....

i never really thought about it.. It is a rattling piece of metal. Thats about all.

I kind of feel that my laptop is a female and my desktop is a male.
I dont know why yet but I'll post back if I figure out why on this one.

Originally posted by svtcobra
I dont know why yet but I'll post back if I figure out why on this one.

Please do ;)

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...

L:DL

Originally posted by svtcobra
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...

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.

I believe my computer to be a hermaphrodite

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.

When my computer crashes, I give it a spanking, would that count ? ;)

My Athlon rig's name is Ivan. Ivan the Machine. I can curse him if I want. I would feel bad cursing a woman.

My computer's name is Bouncer. Can you figure out why?

Originally posted by truffles
most of the females concluded that they call their computers male . . .

because of their usage and how fast it is . . .

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How fast it is..........Do you mean, like 'premature', maybe? :D

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).

HILARIOUS, Mictla !

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:

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

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

No gender association.

I just call the computer, "IT".

Its fast, etc...

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