Tech Writer Humor

Subject: Tech Writer Humor
From: Dimi Everette <dimi -at- PRODIGY -dot- NET>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 21:08:18 -0500

Hi. I get the digest and didn't see this posted today, so I hope I'm not
duplicating anyone. Thought you might find this amusing.

>
> Jokes: WHAT IF DR. SEUSS DID TECHNICAL WRITING?
> Daily Humor:
>
>
> Subject: WHAT IF DR. SEUSS DID TECHNICAL WRITING?
>
> 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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