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Subject: computer song
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Date: Mon, 28-Nov-83 17:38:54 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 28 17:38:54 1983
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This originally made the rounds last year about this time.  I thought it was
time for a reposting.

David "Wabbit" Easter
N. C. State University


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	Now that the Christmas season is (almost) upon us (and since the
	weather out here in Indiana is beginning to behave like winter),
	I thought I'd spruce things up by submitting a little Christmas
	carol.  It originally came from WPI in Mass. (as far as I know),
	with a few modifications by my friends and me to remove the 'in'
	jokes.  Enjoy!

	Charles LaBrec
	pur-ee!physics:crl


			God Rest Ye CS Students
			--- ---- -- -- --------

	God rest ye CS students now let nothing you dismay,
	The VAX is down and won't be up until the first of May
	The program that was due this morn won't be postponed they say.
	Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,
	Oh, tidings of comfort and joy!

	The bearings on the disk are gone, and bits are dropping too,
	We've found a bug in C, and Pascal can't tell false from true,
	And now we find that we can't get at Berkeley's 4.2.
	Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,
	Oh, tidings of comfort and joy!

	And all you fans of matrix math who would use APL,
	You'd find out if the VAX were up, it wouldn't work too well,
	And if you try, then it'll say that you can go to . . . well . . .
	Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,
	Oh, tidings of comfort and joy!

	We've just received a call from DEC, they'll send without delay
	A system they call RSuX it takes nine hundred k,
	The staff committed suicide we'll bury them today.
	Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,
	Oh, tidings of comfort and joy!

	And now more cheery news for you, the network's also dead,
	You'll have to run your programs on the IBM instead,
	The turnaround time's nineteen weeks and only cards are read.
	Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,
	Oh, tidings of comfort and joy!

	And now we'd like to say to you before we go away,
	We hope the news we've brought to you won't ruin your whole day,
	You've got another program due tomorrow, by the way.
	Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,
	Oh, tidings of comfort and joy!