Dogs and Computers:
Same or Different?

key Favorite Food
Dogs: kibbles
Computers: bits

key Method used to end undesirable behavior
Dogs: hit with rolled up newspaper
Computers: hit control-alt-delete

key After destruction of personal property
Dogs: dog not found
Computers: file not found

key Favorite trick
Dogs: roll over
Computers: play dead

key Comic-page hero
Dogs: Dogbert
Computers: Dilbert

key Fun way to mess with their heads
Dogs: peanut butter on roof of mouth
Computers: peanut butter in CD-ROM drive

key Consequence of virus
Dogs: replace valuable carpeting
Computers: replace valuable data

key Widely ignored government mandate
Dogs: leash law
Computers: Communications Decency Act

key Waste disposal tool
Dogs: pooper-scooper
Computers: uninstaller

key Sensitive internal procedures
Dogs: must be undertaken by fully qualified professional
Computers: may be undertaken by that guy at work who fixed one
kind of like this once

key Method of marking territory
Dogs: lifting leg
Computers: "Designed for Windows 95"

key Unique behavior
Dogs: lick and drag
Computers: click-and-drag

key Inexplicable physical feature
Dogs: dewclaw
Computers: scroll lock key

key Estimated lifespan
Dogs: 12 years
Computers: 12 months

key At end of useful life
Dogs: euthanasia
Computers: tax deduction

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