Dogs vs Computers

Favorite Food
Dogs: kibbles
Computers: bits

Method used to end undesirable behavior

Dogs: hit with rolled up newspaper
Computers: hit control-alt-delete

After destruction of personal property

D: dog not found
C: file not found

Favorite trick

D: roll over
C: play dead

Comic-page hero

D: Dogbert
C: Dilbert

Fun way to mess with their heads

D: peanut butter on roof of mouth
C: peanut butter in CD-ROM drive

Consequence of virus

D: replace valuable carpeting
C: replace valuable data

Widely ignored government mandate

D: leash law
C: Communications Decency Act

Waste disposal tool

D: pooper-scooper
C: uninstaller

Sensitive internal procedures

D: must be undertaken by fully qualified professional
C: may be undertaken by that guy at work who fixed one
kind of like this once

Method of marking territory

D: lifting leg
C: "Designed for Windows 95"

Unique behavior

D: lick and drag
C: click-and-drag

Inexplicable physical feature

D: dewclaw
C: scroll lock key

Estimated life span

D: 12 years
C: 12 months

At end of useful life

D: euthanasia
C: tax deduction

by -Phyllis Stevens