Dr. Seuss gives a rather clever description of computer failure. For a snazzy version, you may want to check out the web site:
http://www.lovethissite.com/suess/The Doctor Explains Why Computers Sometimes Crash
( Read this one ALOUD - it's GREAT! )
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!
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 gouse.
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!
WELL! That certainly clears things up for ME.
( Read this one ALOUD - it's GREAT! )
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!
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 gouse.
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!
WELL! That certainly clears things up for ME.
And, it turns out, it was rather timely, so thank you, Marilyn, for reminding me of this!
My computer has been crashing a lot over the last couple of weeks, and even now it is in the repair shop. The tech still doesn't know what the problem was, but he tells me that he has it running again, and has reloaded the programs and my documents, so I can get it back next Monday!
The tech first thought it might be a virus. The computer was always crashing when the virus scanner was trying to do its work just after midnight each night. You could be working on it at the time, and it would just stop and shut completely down. And it didn't even seem to know something untoward had happened! It would restart without so much as a sideward glance. I am used to computers telling me if something has gone wrong, and offering to start up in 'safe mode' or something like that. Anyway, the tech has now decided it might have been overheating, but I'm skeptical. Dumb machine!
The tech first thought it might be a virus. The computer was always crashing when the virus scanner was trying to do its work just after midnight each night. You could be working on it at the time, and it would just stop and shut completely down. And it didn't even seem to know something untoward had happened! It would restart without so much as a sideward glance. I am used to computers telling me if something has gone wrong, and offering to start up in 'safe mode' or something like that. Anyway, the tech has now decided it might have been overheating, but I'm skeptical. Dumb machine!
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