Posted by JoeBob on September 08, 1999 at 07:05:39:
Well, sitting in the computer lab waiting for the cafeteria to open for dinner, I found this amusing rewrite to a song on the desktop and thought you all might enjoy it. Millennium Pie (Sang to the tune of "The Day the Music Died") A long, long time ago... I can still remember how But January made me shiver, So, ...Bye, bye to the next digit of Pi Can you write in C plus plus ? Do you believe in Compaq's goals Well I thought that you were prepared I was a lonely teenage Unix hack Bye, bye to the next digit of Pi Now for 10 years we've ignored the threat When the luddites read for the king and queen And while Bill Gates was looking pleased While Apple tried a color scheme Bye, bye to the next digit of Pi Intel inside in an iron smelter I'd rather eat the grass Now the timeshare net was running Doom 'Cause Cobol tried to take the field, Bye, bye to the next digit of Pi There we were all in a state So come on mouse be nimble, mouse be quick As I watched him on my screen And as the ball climbed high into the night I met a girl with a cell phone I went down to the software store And in the streets the children screamed And the three things I connect to most Bye, bye to the next digit of Pi
Millennium Pie
Computers used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance,
That I could make electrons dance,
And maybe I'd be happy for a while.
it chilled me deep down in my liver,
Bad news I'd collected...
I couldn't get connected.
I can't remember back that day
When I first knew the Y2K
But something touched me anyway,
The day computers died.
Ran my PC on some DC but the voltage was dry
And good ol' boys were sending e-mail replies
Saying this will be the day I retire
This will be the day I retire
And do you have faith in your local bus
If the driver tells you so ?
Can software save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to type real slow ?
'Cause your memo said you weren't impaired
Your stationery's swell
But you can go to hell
With an incantation and a modem jack
But I knew the cat had left the sack
The day computers died
I started singin'...
Ran my PC on some DC but the voltage was dry
And good ol' boys were sending e-mail replies
Saying this will be the day I retire
This will be the day I retire
And we haven't solved the problem yet
But that's not how it used to be
With a light they filled with kerosene
And some manuals they stole from you and me
Time stole his monopolies
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
The engineers returned to steam
And we had purges of their dreams
The day computers died
We were singin'
Ran my PC on some DC but the voltage was dry
And good ol' boys were sending e-mail replies
Saying this will be the day I retire
This will be the day I retire
The food leftover from my fallout shelter
Twinkies old and aging fast
Q and A tried for a system crash
With the tester on the sidelines in a cast
While mainframes played a marching tune
We all tried to log in
Oh, but we never could begin
And Holerith refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed,
The day computers died?
We started singing
Ran my PC on some DC but the voltage was dry
And good ol' boys were sending e-mail replies
Saying this will be the day I retire
This will be the day I retire
A generation- really late
With no time left to start again
Don't let my spreadsheet data stick
'Cause data is the devil's only friend.
My hands and face were drenched in steam
No angel born in hell
Could run that stupid shell
To call the sacrificial light
I saw Dick Clark laughing with delight
The day computers died.
And I asked her for a dial tone
But she just smiled and turned away
Where I'd seen computers years before
But the man there said the games there wouldn't play
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
Their interface was spoken
The Internet was broken
The Website, Lan and the Network host
Every single one was toast
The day computers died
They were singin'
Ran my PC on some DC but the voltage was dry
And good ol' boys were sending e-mail replies
Saying this will be the day I retire
This will be the day I retire
I do hope it looks nice and all, enjoy