Laptop Humor, The Funny Side Of Laptops
Laptop Computer Gender
As you are aware, ships have long been
characterized as being female (for example, "Steady as she
goes" or "She's listing to starboard, Captain!").
Remember this is laptop humor.
Recently, a group of computer scientists (all
males) announced that laptop computers should also be referred
to as being female. Their top five reasons for drawing this
conclusion were:
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No one but the Creator understands
their internal logic. Hey this is just laptop
humor.
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The native language they use to
communicate with other computers is
incomprehensible to everyone else.
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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."
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Even your smallest mistakes are
stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
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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 laptop computers should be referred to
as if they were male. Their top five reasons were:
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They have a lot of data, but are still
clueless.
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They are supposed to help you solve
problems, but half the time they are the problem.
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As soon as you commit to one you
realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you
could have obtained a better model.
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In order to get their attention, you
have to turn them on.
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Big power surges knock them out for the
rest of the night.
Internet Junkie
Have you been spending more and more time
using the Internet? Have your cheeks taken on that
pasty white glow from over-exposure to your
computer monitor? How do you know if you're
addicted to the Net and losing touch with reality?
Take the Net Addict's Reality Test.
Answer the following multiple choice
questions and check out your score to see if you
should be concerned:
What do you think are good names for children?
a) Scott and Jenny.
b) Bill Gates IV.
c) Mozilla and Dotcom.
What's a telephone?
a) A thing with a round dial you use to talk to others.
b) A telecommunications device with 12 keys.
c) Something you plug into a modem.
Which punctuation is most correct?
a) I had a wonderful day!
b) I had a **wonderful** day!!!
c) I had a wonderful day :-)
You wake up at 4:00 a.m. and decide to:
a) Visit the washroom.
b) Raid the fridge.
c) Check your E-mail.
What are RAM and ROM?
a) A male sheep and a city in Italy.
b) Hulking stars of the WWF.
c) I need more of the former and should upgrade the latter.
To avoid a virus you should:
a) Stay away from people who sneeze and cough.
b) Never read E-mail titled "Good Times".
c) Use virus scanning software every time you boot up.
When you want to buy something hard-to-find you:
a) Ask friends where to purchase it.
b) Check out the Yellow Pages.
c) Go to Yahoo!
When you don't understand how to use a new appliance you:
a) Call the retailer.
b) Call the manufacturer's toll-free number.
c) Visit the manufacturer's Web site and look for the FAQ.
When you want to see all the beautiful people you:
a) Visit a club on a Saturday night.
b) Turn on the TV and tune in to Baywatch.
c) Check out the alt.binary newsgroups.
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