My new data-entry assistant could often be heard offering encouragement to her computer."You can do it，big guy！"she would say."Good boy!Nice job,fella."

After her one particularly lengthy pep talk,I asked:"How do you know your computer's male?"

She said,"Because you have to tell it what to do".





我常听到新来的负责资料录入的助手鼓励她的计算机。“你会做这件事，大小伙子！”她说，：“好样的，干得不错，好家伙。”

有一次在她热心肠的与计算机聊完之后，我问：“你怎么知道你计算机是男性？”

她说：“因为你必须告诉它做什么”。