... And now for the question of the day---is your computer 'male' or female'?

 You decide! As you are aware, ships have long been characterized
 as being female. (e.g., "Steady as she goes" or  "She's listing to
 starboard, Captain!") Recently, a group of  computer scientists (all
 male)announced that computers should also be referred to as being female.
 Their reasons for drawing this conclusion :

 Five reasons to believe computers are female:
 1.  No one but the Creator understands their internal logic.
 2.  The native language they use to communicate with other
     computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
 3.  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."
 4.  Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory
     for later retrieval.
 5.  As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself
     spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

 However, another group of computer scientists (all female) think that
 computers should be referred to as if they were male. Their reasons are:
 1.  They have a lot of data, but are still clueless.
 2.  They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the
     time they ARE the problem.
 3.  As soon as you commit to one you realize that, if you had
     waited a little longer, you could have obtained a better model.
 4.  In  order to get their attention, they have to be turned on.
 5.  Big power surges knock them out for the rest of the night.

