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Thread ID: 30428 2003-02-19 03:46:00 Lament on the failure to backup data Billy T (70) Press F1
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122362 2003-02-19 03:46:00 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 deadline 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,
Need for backup seemed so far away.
Seemed my data were all here to stay,
Now I believe in yesterday.

Anonymous

Alas, Too True :D 		Billy T (70)
122363 2003-02-19 03:56:00 Billy T,

And from somewhere up on http://www.geocities.com/ ...
It probably goes with this:

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?,

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...

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? 		Babe Ruth (416)
122364 2003-02-19 04:18:00 :D:D They are both priceless! :-)




I can feel an Abba song coming on . . . . 		Jen C (20)
122365 2003-02-19 10:07:00 UUmmmm all this sentimental singing has made me decide to reinstall GoBack onto my PC , which had reformatted recently dure to some experiments made in the spur of the moment kiwibeat (304)
122366 2003-02-20 03:12:00 Ahem . . . . .

Dr . Seuss Explains Why Computers Sometimes Crash

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 .

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!

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 the window are as wavy
as a souse;

then you may as well reboot and go out
with a bang,
'cuz sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's
gonna hang!

When the copy of your floppy's getting
sloppy in the disk
and the macrocode 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 Mom!

For many, many more go here ( . poppyfields . net/filks/fullindex . html" target="_blank">www . poppyfields . net) 		antmannz (28)
122367 2003-02-20 03:44:00 Just in case anyone wants the music for this:- The Dr Seuess one.

It is sung to the tune of Sullivan ( of Gilbert & Sullivan fame )

I am the very model of a modern Major General.

This is from HMS Pinafore ( I think )

After you finish don't forget to untangle your tongue. 		Elephant (599)
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