> Yesterday
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > ===================================
> >
> > 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 will run;
> > Isn't it fun?
> > Look at him working,
> > Munching some chips as he waits for the code to compile;
> > It takes a while...
> > 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;
> > Feels like a jerk.
> > Guru MacKenzie
> > Wiping the crumbs off the keys as he types in the code;
> > Nothing will load.
> > All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
> > All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
> >
> > ===================================
> > 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.
> > =========================
> > 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!
> >
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diana Fitzgerald
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:22 PM
> To: 'LUNG-ONC@LISTSERV.ACOR.ORG'
> Subject: FW: Computer Song spoofs - Beatles Revisited
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I found this in my humor "archive" at work - some of you who really know
> about computers, etc., will be able to relate to all of the satire here
> but I only understand some of it. But I thought it was worth
> sharing . . . sorry if it's a little long. If cyberspace and computer
> stuff isn't of interest, this can be deleted now . . . no need to read
> further.
> :-) and ((( )))
> A smile and a hug to all,
>
> Diana
>
> <
> The Beatles Updated
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Yesterday
> ---------
>
> 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.
>
> ===================================
>
> 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 will run;
> Isn't it fun?
> Look at him working,
> Munching some chips as he waits for the code to compile;
> It takes a while...
> 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;
> Feels like a jerk.
> Guru MacKenzie
> Wiping the crumbs off the keys as he types in the code;
> Nothing will load.
> All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
> All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
>
> ===================================
>
> 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.
>
> ==================================
>
>
>
>
> =========================
>
> 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!
>