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Subject: [Fwd: What if Dr. Seuss wrote technical manuals]
From: Chris Cox <Chris -dot- Cox -at- QSI -dot- COM -dot- AU>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:54:45 +1000

I know this is off the topic, however, I thought some of you would
appreciate it.

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Subject: What if Dr. Seuss wrote technical manuals
From: Dean Chalker <Dean -dot- Chalker -at- qsi -dot- com -dot- au>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 09:12:10 +1000


[My wife brought this home to me last night. Some of you might
appreciate it, especially those that have lived through the Dr Seuss
phase.]


Here's an easy game to play,
Here's an easy thing to say:

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.

You can't say this?
What a shame sir!
We'll find you
Another game sir.

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 router down the hall.

And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss
So your icons in the window are all wavy, as if soused,
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.
--
Dr. Dean Chalker
Consulting Programmer
QSI Payment Technologies
Phone (07) 3210 2522 Intl +61 7 3210 2522
Fax (07) 3210 2566 Intl +61 7 3210 2566
Email Dean -dot- Chalker -at- qsi -dot- com -dot- au
URL http://www.qsi.com.au


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