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"J. Bryan Blundell" <[log in to unmask]>
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BP - "Magma Charta Erupts Weakly"
Date:
Fri, 5 Nov 1999 10:15:43 -0500
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> DR. SEUSS EXPLAINS COMPUTERS
>
>
> If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
> and the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
> and the address 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 on 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,
> 'cause as sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang!
>
> When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk,
> and the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk,
> then you have to flash your memory,
> and you'll want to RAM your ROM....
>
> Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your mom.

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