Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 16:44:31 -0700

>     //
>     //  Beatle's Songs for Computer Geeks
>     //
>     //  -----------------------------------------------------
>     //
>     //  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.
>     //
>     //
>     //   -------------------------------------------------------------
>     //  Nowhere Man
>     //
>     //  He's a real UNIX Man
>     //  Sitting in his UNIX LAN
>     //  Making all his UNIX .plans
>     //  For nobody
>     //
>     //  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
>     //
>     //
>     //   -------------------------------------------------
>     //  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 will run;
>     //  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 off 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?

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 milestone 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, 
The need for back-ups seemed so far away. 
I knew my data was all here to stay, 
Now I believe in yesterday. 



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Unix Man 
-------- 
He's a real UNIX Man 
Sitting in his UNIX LAN 
Making all his UNIX plans 
For nobody. 

Knows the blocksize from du(1) 
Cares not where  /dev/null goes to 
Isn't he a bit like you 
And me? 

UNIX Man, please listen(2) 
My lpd(8) is missin' 
UNIX Man 
The wo-o-o-orld is at(1) your command. 
He's as wise as he can be 
Uses lex and yacc and C 
UNIX Man, can you help me At all? 

UNIX Man, don't worry 
Test with time(1), don't hurry 
UNIX Man 
The new kernel boots, just like you had planned. 

He's a real UNIX Man 
Sitting in his UNIX LAN 
Making all his UNIX plans For nobody ... Making all his UNIX 
plans 
For nobody. 


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Something 
--------- 
Something in the way it fails, 
Defies the algorithm's logic! 
Something in the way
it coredumps... I don't  want to leave it now 
I'll fix this problem somehow 

Somewhere in the memory I  know, 
A pointer's got to be corrupted. 
Stepping in the debugger will show me... I don't want to
leave it now 
I'm too close to leave it now 

You're asking me can this code go? 
I don't know, I don't know... 
What sequence causes it to blow? 
I don't know, I don't know... 

Something in the initializing code? 
And all I have to do is think of it! 
Something in
the listing will show me... I don't want to leave it now 
I'll fix this tonight I vow! 

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Now it's your turn! 
Come up with our own lyrics for these: 


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I Want to Hold Your LAN 

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A Hard Disk Night 

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Yellow Subroutine