Over a month ago, I received a telephone call from my sister, who lives in Colorado. She stated that in a few days, a new computer would arrive in her home. She told me the name of her computer, but I just forgot. Since then, I have asked her the computer's name and whether it was a boy or girl. Now this may sound strange to the faithful readers of this warm thoughts column. However, if you remember, even America was referred to as a "she" by former President Reagan, and you are aware that ships have been known as being female. Example, "steady as she goes," and "she's sailing great captain!" I'm not a scientist when it comes to computers, and my grandchildren are far more computer literate than I am.
This is very interesting to me, and I'm sure you will find it interesting too. I was told that a group of computer scientists, of course, these were all males, announced that computers need to be referred to as being female. I really wondered about this, but I just reasoned that this might be because ships are female. However, their reasons for drawing this conclusion is spelled out in the following five reasons. 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 revival. 5. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it. After the men came up with their scientific conclusive evidence, the women had to proclaim their scientific findings too. And so another group of computer scientists, this time, all female, came up with their brilliant thoughts on the matter. They felt they had scientific conclusive evidence that all computers in the future should be called male. They claim they have five good reasons to believe that all computers are male. 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, you have to turn them on. 5. Power surges knock them out for the rest of the night.
What are your thoughts on this? Do the scientific findings sound reasonable to you? Yes, what are your thoughts? I treasure the gems of wisdom and humor that the readers of this column give me. I asked my friend, and she just told me to ask my grandchildren. Until I know the answer, I will just keep on typing these columns on my very favorite IBM typewriter. She helps me think the best! More next week. "Never miss the chance to read to a child a story." Max Lucado
Warm Thoughts from the Little Home on the Prairie Over a Cup of Tea written by Dr. Luetta G Werner
Published in the Marion Record March 15th, 2001
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