> John Klein writes: > On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, circadian rhyme wrote: > @> Don't anthropomorphize computers. They don't like it. > Heh. > That sounds vaguely like a quote.[0] > (Either way, it's going into my quote file.) > [0] By which I mean 'a specific phrase that you saw somewhere else and > appropriated for use in conversation rather than inventing'.[1] > > Yes, it's been floating around for a while. By all means, do not > attribute it to me. > > [1] After the recent grammatical discussions, I decided it was better to > be exact. > > Speaking precisely is its own reward. Plus, bacon. > I heard it as "Computers HATE being anthropomorphized." So what if you don't get credit ? A good pun is it's own reword. W