@Tryagain,
Every effort has been made by Jeshamster to explain to the newbies the concept of gender association in the A2K English language.
She stated how hurricanes at one time were given feminine names and how ships and planes were usually referred to as "she". A recent newbie sent in a ticket and asked "What gender is a computer"?
Jes wasn't certain which it was, so she divided the A2K into two groups, males in one, females in the other, and asked them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine. Both groups were asked to give four reasons for their recommendation. The group of wimmins concluded that computers should be referred to in the masculine gender, for the following reasons:
1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time they cause the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model.
The mins, on the other hand, decided that computers should definitely be referred to in the feminine gender for the following reasons:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
Further investigations to take place by Special Agent Wandel in collaboration with Calamity Jane.
T.R.Yagain unable to cast deciding vote after receiving ID ten T error.
Steady as she goes!