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-Dr Seuss Explains Why Computers Sometimes Crash
...
+"A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer" - Gene Ziegler
+
+Bits Bytes Chips Clocks %%%
+Bits in bytes on chips in box
. %%%
+Bytes with bits and chips with clocks
. %%%
+Chips in box on ether-docks
. %%%
+Chips with bits come. Chips with bytes come. %%%
+Chips with bits and bytes and clocks come. %%%
+
+Look, sir. Look, sir. read the book, sir. %%%
+Let's do tricks with bits and bytes, sir. %%%
+Let's do tricks with chips and clocks, sir. %%%
+
+First, I'll make a quick trick bit stack. %%%
+Then I'll make a quick trick byte stack. %%%
+You can make a quick trick chip stack. %%%
+You can make a quick trick clock stack. %%%
+
+And here's a new trick on the scene. %%%
+Bits in bytes for your machine. %%%
+Bytes in words to fill your screen. %%%
+
+Now we come to ticks and tocks, sir. %%%
+Try to say this by the clock, sir. %%%
+
+Clocks on chips tick. %%%
+Clocks on chips tock. %%%
+Eight byte bits tick. %%%
+Eight bit bytes tock. %%%
+Clocks on chips with eight bit bytes tick. %%%
+Chips with clocks and eight byte bits tock. %%%
+
+%%%
+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 at
a very last resort,%%%
-and the access
of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
%%%
-then the socket packet pocket has an error to report.%%%
+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 gunna crash. %%%
+
+You can't say this? What a shame, sir! %%%
+We'll find you another game, sir
. %%%
-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 because the index doesn't hash
,%%%
-then your situation
's hopeless and your system
's going to 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 gunna hang
! %%%
-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 printer down the hall,%%%
-and
your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,
%%%
-so
your icons in your window are as wavy as a souse,%%%
-then you may as well reboot
and go out with a bang,%%%
-because as
sure as I'm a poet,%%%
-the sucker's going
to hang
!%%%
+When
the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy
on the disk
, %%%
+and
the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risc
, %%%
+then you have to flash
your memory
%%%
+and you
'll want to RAM
your ROM.
%%%
+quickly turn off
your computer
and be
sure to tell your mom
! %%%
-When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy in the disk,
%%%
-and the macro code instructions cause unnecessary risk,%%%
-then you'll have to flash the memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM
.%%%
-Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your Mum!%%%
+%%%
+[http://www
.geneziegler.com/clocktower/DrSeuss.html]
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-Part of CategoryFunny
+Also see; [http://www.geneziegler.com/clocktower/Highwayman.html]
