COMPUTER POEM

[Mercury_22]

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 icons put 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 your cable on the gable 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,

'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 RISC,

The 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!

[DigeratiPrime]

thanks i really enjoyed that

is there a source with more?

[Mercury_22]

thanks i really enjoyed that

is there a source with more?

It was the only one!

[Mocht4R]

Pretty funny stuff!! I loved the part:

"And your data is corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash,

Then your situation's hopeless, and your system's gonna crash!"

[Mercury_22]

Here is one more

BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS

A computer was something on TV

from a science fiction show of note

a window was something you hated to clean...

And ram was the cousin of a goat....

Meg was the name of my girlfriend

and gig was a job for the nights

now they all mean different things

and that really mega bytes

An application was for employment

a program was a TV show

a cursor used profanity

a keyboard was a piano

Memory was something that you lost with age

a cd was a bank account

and if you had a 3 1/2" floppy

you hoped nobody found out

Compress was something you did to the garbage

not something you did to a file

and if you unzipped anything in public

you'd be in jail for a while

Log on was adding wood to the fire

hard drive was a long trip on the road

a mouse pad was where a mouse lived

and a backup happened to your commode

Cut you did with a pocket knife

paste you did with glue

a web was a spider's home

and a virus was the flu

I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper

and the memory in my head

I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash

but when it happens they wish they were dead

Edited December 6, 2005 by Mercury_22