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What
If Dr. Seuss Wrote Technical Manuals? 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 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
RISC, 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! [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] 1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems
and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer
to learn only the minimum necessary. RFC1392, the Internet
Users' Glossary, usefully amplifies this as: A person who
delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a
system, computers and computer networks in particular.
