Computer Geek Poetry...

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Thu, 17 Apr 1997 14:45:56 +0100


Hiya All...

Alan sent this to us...I thought we'd seen it before, but apparently
not...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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  ------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------

Background:  A poll conducted among INFOCUS readers had established
"waka" as the proper pronunciation for the angle-bracket characters <
and >= , though some readers held out resolutely for "norkies."

The following poem appeared recently in INFOCUS magazine. The original
authors were Fred Bremmer and Steve Kroese of Calvin College & Seminary
of Grand Rapids, MI. The text of the poem follows:

        <>!*''#
        ^"`$$-
        !*=3D@$_
        %*<>~#4
        &[]../
        |{,,SYSTEM HALTED

The poem can only be appreciated by reading it aloud, to wit:

Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash, 
Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash, 
Bang splat equal at dollar under-score, 
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four, 
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash, 
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.