Dr. Seuss Explains Why
Computers Sometimes Crash
(Read this aloud, if you can!)
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the
bus is 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, 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 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, so your
icons in the window are as wavy as a souse; then you may as well reboot and go
out with a bang, 'cuz sure as I'm a poet, the
sucker's gonna hang!
When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy in the disk, and the macro code instructions cause unnecessary
risk, then you'll have to flash the memory and you'll want to RAM your
Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your
Mom!