tlug: Mostly for computer geeks, but fun

[Jim Schweizer <schweiz@example.com>]

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tlug note from Jim Schweizer <schweiz@example.com>
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Hi all,

a little fun to brighten your day:


> Write in C
> (To the tune of "Let it Be")
>
> When I find my code in tons of trouble,
> Friends and colleagues come to me,
> Speaking words of wisdom:
> "Write in C."
>
> As the deadline fast approaches,
> And bugs are all that I can see,
> Somewhere, someone whispers:
> "Write in C."
>
> Write in C, Write in C,
> Write in C, oh, Write in C.
> LOGO's dead and buried,
> Write in C.
>
> I used to write a lot of FORTRAN,
> For science it worked flawlessly.
> Try using it for graphics!
> Write in C.
>
> If you've just spent nearly 30 hours
> Debugging some assembly,
> Soon you will be glad to
> Write in C.
>
> Write in C, Write in C,
> Write in C, yeah, Write in C.
> Only wimps use BASIC.
> Write in C.
>
> Write in C, Write in C
> Write in C, oh, Write in C.
> Pascal won't quite cut it.
> Write in C.
>
> Write in C, Write in C,
> Write in C, yeah, Write in C.
> Don't even mention COBOL.
> Write in C.
>

 (and what about C++ ?)

>
> Lonely Users
>
> Original : Eleanor Rigby
>
> 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?
>
> All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
> All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
>
> Guru MacKenzie
>         Typing the lines of a program that no one willrun;
>         Isn't it fun?
> Look at him working,
>        Munching some chips as he waits for the code to compile;
>         Where is the style?
>
> All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
> All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
>
> Eleanor Rigby
>         Crashes the system and loses 6 hours of work;
>         What is it worth?
> Guru MacKenzie
>         Wiping the blood from his hands as he walks
>         from the grave;
>         Nothing was saved.
>
> All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
> All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
>
>
>
> Unix Man
>
> Author   : Brad Morrison
>
>    (to The Beatles' "Nowhere Man")
>         --------
>
>         He's a real UNIX Man
>         Sitting in his UNIX LAN
>         Making all his UNIX .plans
>         For nobody
>
>         Knows the blocksize from 'du'
>         Cares not where /dev/null goes to
>         Isn't he a bit like you
>         And me?
>
>         UNIX Man, don't worry
>         It's the tube that's blurry
>         UNIX Man
>         The new kernel boots, just like you had planned
>
>         He's as wise as he can be
>         Programs in lex, yacc and C
>         UNIX Man, can you help me
>         At all?
>
>         UNIX Man, please listen
>         My printout is missin'
>         UNIX Man
>         The wo-o-o-orld is your 'at' command

'gday

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Sent by: Jim Schweizer <schweiz@example.com>
On: 16-May-97 at: 09:40:42 JST
http://www1.harenet.or.jp/~schweiz/
Yow!  Am I having fun yet?
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