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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Tim Courtney writes:
> Dr. Seuss Explains Why Computers Sometimes Crash
>
> (Read this aloud, if you can!)
>
> If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
> and the bus is interrupted at a very last resort, and
> the access of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
> then the socket packet pocket has an error to report.
>
> If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a
> dash, and the double-clicking icon puts your window in
> the trash, and your data is corrupted cause the index
> doesn't hash, then your situation's hopeless and your
> system's gonna crash!!
>
> If the label on the cable on the table at your
> house says the network is connected to the button on
> your mouse, but your packets want to tunnel to another
> protocol, that's repeatedly rejected by the printer
> down the hall, and your screen is all distorted by the
> side effects of gauss, so your icons in the window
> are as wavy as a souse; then you may as well reboot
> and go out with a bang, 'cuz sure as I'm a poet, the
> sucker's gonna hang!
>
> When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy in
> the disk, and the macro code instructions cause
> unnecessary risk, then you'll have to flash the memory
> and you'll want to RAM your ROM.
> Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to
> tell your Mom!
Very cool, although it also sounds very much like the original auther is
filking Gilbert & Sulivan, not Dr. Seuss. :) (try it to the tune of Modern
Major General and you'll see what I mean)
thanks,
James
(Whose favorite Dr. Seuss tune is still Green Eggs & Ham by Moxy Fruvous &
whose favourite G&S filk is the Reboot! Season three reprise)
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