Here's a poem currently doing the rounds on the Internet. It was sent in to Poet's Corner by a Rhondda gentleman. If you know the author - please let us know!

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Should your packet hit a pocket on a socket on a port,
While the bus gets 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,
While your data is corrupted 'cos the index doesn't hash,
Then your situation's hopeless and your systems gonna crash!

If the label on the cable on the table at your house,
Says the network is connected to the button on the 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,
Till your icons in the windows appear as itchy as a louse,
Then you might as well reboot and go out with a bang,
'Coz as sure as I'm a poet the suckers gonna hang!

When the copy of your floppy is getting sloppy in the disk,
And the macrocode instructions cause some unnecessary risk,
Well, you'll have to flash the memory and also RAM your ROM,
Then quickly shut down the 'puter and and go and tell your Mom!

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