BBC NEWS : Is your operating system a girl?

"The urge to anthropomorphise our computers and software can be irresistible, especially when systems run slow, or are difficult to manage.

The operating system on a computer, say Microsoft Windows XP or Linux, is the interface you look at every day.
On discussion boards and fan sites with bases around the world, these systems are discussed not as to how their code works, but as anthropomorphised characters, drawn in the Manga style." ~ Jamillah Knowles

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11900389

I can't help but laugh a bit at this post. I find it funny and also a bit like another thing many of us do to our cars. We name them, or at least call the "girl"/"boy". I don't think I have gone this far with a computer, but then again I just might not have noticed that I do it. If you do nothing else with this article, check out the pictures they are actually decent Manga style images.