[Am-info] A POEM FOR COMPUTER USERS OVER 40

[Fred A. Miller]

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A POEM FOR COMPUTER USERS OVER 40 
 
A computer was something on TV 
- From a Science Fiction show of note 
A window was something you hated to clean 
And ram was the father of a goat. 
 
Meg was the name of my girlfriend 
And gig was a job for the nights 
Now they all mean different things 
And that really mega bytes. 
 
An application was for employment 
A program was a TV show 
A cursor used profanity 
A keyboard was a piano. 
 
A Memory was something that you lost with age 
A CD was a bank account 
And if you had a 3-in. floppy 
You hoped nobody found out. 
 
Compress was something you did to the garbage 
Not something you did to a file 
And if you unzipped anything in public 
You'd be in jail for a while. 
 
Log on was adding wood to the fire 
Hard drive was a long trip on the road 
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived 
And a backup happened to your commode. 
 
Cut you did with a pocket knife 
Paste you did with glue 
A web was a spider's home 
And a virus was the flu. 
 
I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper 
And the memory in my head. 
 
I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash 
But when it happens they wish they were dead. 
 
Author unknown

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org

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