8-) Computer Songs (fwd)

[Jeff Nesbitt <jsn1@Ra.MsState.Edu>]

something to makeit past mid-week

> For all you techno-music lovers out there!
> 
>    Yesterday
>    ---------
> 
>    Yesterday,
>    All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
>    Now my database has gone away.
>    Oh I believe in yesterday.
> 
>    Suddenly,
>    There's not half the files there used to be,
>    And there's a milestone hanging over me
>    The system crashed so suddenly.
> 
>    I pushed something wrong
>    What it was I could not say.
> 
>    Now all my data's gone
>    and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.
> 
>    Yesterday,
>    The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
>    I knew my data was all here to stay,
>    Now I believe in yesterday.
> 
> Songs to program by...
> 
>    Eleanor Rigby
>    -------------
> 
>    Eleanor Rigby
>    Sits at the keyboard
>    And waits for a line on the screen
>    Lives in a dream
>    Waits for a signal
>    Finding some code
>    That will make the machine do some more.
>    What is it for?
> 
>    All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
>    All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
> 
>    Guru MacKenzie
>    Typing the lines of a program that no one will run;
>    Isn't it fun?
>    Look at him working,
>    Munching some chips as he waits for the code to compile;
>    It takes  a while...
> 
>    All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
>    All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
> 
>    Eleanor Rigby
>    Crashes the system and loses 6 hours of work;
>    Feels like a jerk.
>    Guru MacKenzie
>    Wiping the crumbs off the keys as he types in the code;
>    Nothing will load.
> 
>    All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
>    All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
> 
> 
>    Unix Man (Nowhere Man)
>    --------
> 
>    He's a real UNIX Man
>    Sitting in his UNIX LAN
>    Making all his UNIX plans
>    For nobody.
> 
>    Knows the blocksize from du(1)
>    Cares not where /dev/null goes to
>    Isn't he a bit like you
>    And me?
> 
>    UNIX Man, please listen(2)
>    My lpd(8) is missin'
>    UNIX Man
>    The wo-o-o-orld is at(1) your command.
> 
>    He's as wise as he can be
>    Uses lex and yacc and C
>    UNIX Man, can you help me At all?
> 
>    UNIX Man, don't worry
>    Test with time(1), don't hurry
>    UNIX Man
>    The new kernel boots, just like you had planned.
> 
>    He's a real UNIX Man
>    Sitting in his UNIX LAN
>    Making all his UNIX  plans For nobody ...
>    Making all his UNIX  plans For nobody.
> 
>    Write in C ("Let it Be")
>    ----------
> 
>    When I find my code in tons of trouble,
>    Friends and colleagues come to me,
>    Speaking words of wisdom:
>    "Write in C."
> 
>    As the deadline fast approaches,
>    And bugs are all that I can see,
>    Somewhere, someone whispers:
>    "Write in C."
> 
>    Write in C, Write in C,
>    Write in C, oh, Write in C.
>    LOGO's dead and buried,
>    Write in C.
> 
>    I used to write a lot of FORTRAN,
>    For science it worked flawlessly.
>    Try using it for graphics!
>    Write in C.
> 
>    If you've just spent nearly 30 hours,
>    Debugging some assembly,
>    Soon you will be glad to
>    Write in C.
> 
>    Write in C, Write in C,
>    Write in C, yeah, Write in C.
>    BASIC's not the answer.
>    Write in C.
> 
>    Write in C, Write in C
>    Write in C, oh, Write in C.
>    Pascal won't quite cut it.
>    Write in C.
> 
> 
>    Something
>    ---------
> 
>    Something in the way it fails,
>    Defies the algorithm's logic!
>    Something in the way it coredumps...
>    I don't want to leave it now
>    I'll fix this problem somehow
> 
>    Somewhere in the memory I know,
>    A pointer's got to be corrupted.
>    Stepping in the debugger will show me...
>    I don't want to leave it now
>    I'm too close to leave it now
> 
>    You're asking me can this code go?
>    I don't know, I don't know...
>    What sequence causes it to blow?
>    I don't know, I don't know...
> 
>    Something in the initializing code?
>    And all I have to do is think of it!
>    Something in the listing will show me...
>    I don't want to leave it now
>    I'll fix this tonight I vow!
> 
>
>
Mikie Simanonok
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