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-"A Grandchild
's Guide to Using Grandpa
's Computer" - Gene Ziegler
+'''Dr Seuss Explains Why Computers Sometimes Crash...'''
-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. %%%
+If a packet hits a pocket
on a socket on a port,
+<br>
and the bus is interrupted at a very last resort,
+<br>and the access of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
+<br>then the socket packet pocket has an error to report!
-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. %%%
+If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash
,
+<br>and
the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash
,
+<br>
and your data is corrupted cause the index doesn't hash
,
+<br>then your situation
's hopeless
, and your system's gunna crash!
-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. %%%
+If the label on the cable on the table at your house
,
+<br>says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
+<br>but your packets want to tunnel to another protocol,
+<br>that
's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall,
+<br>and your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,
+<br>so your icons in your window are as wavy as
a souse,
+<br>then you may as well reboot and go out with
a bang,
+<br>because as sure as I'm
a poet, the sucker's gunna hang!
-And here
's a new trick on
the scene. %%%
-Bits in bytes for
your machine
. %%%
-Bytes in words
to fill
your screen. %%%
+When the copy of your floppy
's getting sloppy in
the disk,
+<br>and the macro code instructions cause unnecessary risk,
+<br>then you'll have to flash the memory and you'll want to RAM
your ROM
.
+<br>Quickly turn off the computer and be sure
to tell
your mom!
-Now we come
to ticks and tocks, sir
. %%%
-Try to say this by
the clock, sir
. %%%
+'''Excerpt from [A Grandchild's Guide
to Using Grandpa's Computer | http://www
.geneziegler.com/clocktower/DrSeuss.html]. See also [Hang
the Information Highwayman! | http://www.geneziegler.com/clocktower/Highwayman.html]
.'''
-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 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 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! %%%
-
-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! %%%
-
-%%%
-[http://www.geneziegler.com/clocktower/DrSeuss.html]
-
-Also see; [http://www.geneziegler.com/clocktower/Highwayman.html]
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