Y2k Xmas?

[Ygor]

Twas the night before Y2K, and all through the nation
We awaited The Bug, the Millennium sensation.

The chips were replaced in computers with care,
in hopes that ol' Bugsy wouldn't stop there.

While some folks could think, they were snug in their beds
Others had visions of dread in their heads.

And Ma with her PC and me with my Mac,
Had just logged on the Net, and kicked back with a snack.

When over the server, there arose such a clatter
I called Mister Gates to see what was the matter.

But he was away, so I flew like a flash
Off to my bank to withdraw all my cash.

When what with my eyes should I see?
My good old Mac looked sick to me.

The hack of all hackers was looking so smug,
I knew that it must be the Y2K Bug.

His image downloaded in no time at all,
He whistled and shouted, let all system fall!

Go Intel!
Go Gateway!
Now HP!
Big Blue!
Everything Compaq
And Pentium too!
All processors big,
All processors small,
Crash away!
Crash away!
Crash away all!

As I drew in my breath and was turning around,
Out through the modem, he came with a bound.

He was covered with fur, and slung on his back
Was a sack full of virus, set for attack.

His eyes - how they twinkled!
His dimples - how merry!
As midnight approached, things sure became scary.

He had a broad little face and a round little belly,
And his sack filled with virus quivered like jelly.
He was chubby and plump, perpetually grinning,
And I laughed when I saw him,
though my hard drive stopped spinning.

A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know a new feeling of dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
He changed all the clocks, then turned with a jerk.

With a twitch of his nose, and a quick little wink,
All things electronic soon went on the blink.

He zoomed from my system, to the next folks on line,
he caused such a disruption, 'Could this be a sign?'

Then I heard him exclaim, with a loud, hearty cry,
'Happy Y2K to all, kiss your PC good-bye!'

[Zotzmein]

I LOVE IT!

That is a good one!

Mntsnow

[welsh wizard]

Nice one squirrel, any more like that Ygor?

WW

[welsh wizard]

Congrats Mntsnow ultimate member now traded in your walking stick
WW

If that's a Ygor original I'd like to publish it on SysOpt . If not, can you tell me where you got it?

Scott

[Ygor]

I cannot fib, I received it in an EMail with no name listed for the author.
I'll inquire, but my experience so far is that no one seems to have a real name for credit.

[commodsquad]

I got that one in my email about a month ago with no reference to the author either...
I'm no lawyer but it seems to me that since it isnt being published for monetary reasons or gain and only for entertainment purposes and that it has sort of become like public domain by being forwarded by too many to count like the way hoaxes are sent out, that
you can probably still publish it with some sort of disclaimer about it to where you would like to give proper credit where it is due but until that can be resolved that an "author unknown" statement would be set in place for the credit. I dont know,,,, just my measily 2 cents ...

[Ygor]

I happen to know at least one writer who is on the net a lot. She has to post her real name when she posts her work for copyright reasons. I don't want to take credit for something I didn't write.
However... all the "versions" of this are technically plagiarisms of the original. This has been happening so long, it's probably public domain. If not, then whomever did this version would be liable if they claimed it, wouldn't they? (Sorry, I don't know who wrote the original either. I'm sure someone out there does.)
I do respectfully defer to whatever the EarthWeb legal talent says on the matter.

In the meantime, let's get back to the spirit of the season!

[LittleKing]

I posted a "programmers version" of the poem and provided links to others.

Here's the link: http://www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/002819.html

This one was great.

LK

[jokostel]

its a cool story man...but i don't think itll never happen..but id pay to see it though...hehehe