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Author	Once upon a midnight dreary
RagAnok Admiral Joined: February 02, 2004 Posts: 237	Posted: 2005-02-16 02:43 in a 'James Earl Jones' voice Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over user guides and handbooks piled up on the desk and floor -- As I nodded, after nine or ten straight hours of design, I finely drew the final line, then pulled a floppy out to store -- Locked and loaded, then, I saved, and waited for the disc to store; Only this and nothing more. Ah, distinctly I kept hearing such a sound it set me fearing, Fearing as I sat there peering at the Saved Percentage score, Fearing, as the disc kept turning, turning with a grinding, churning Sound while I was yearning -- yearning as I'd never yearned before, "Save!" I yearned again, but hopeless, read the words I'd feared before: Read: "Abort, Retry, Ignore." "What is this?" I barely muttered, "What's this message you have uttered, Uttered as my floppy fluttered, fluttered locked inside your door?" But there came no soothing voices helping me among these choices, With these unfamiliar choices, just the cursor's either/or -- Just the cursor blinking, blinking for my choice of either/or From "Abort, Retry, Ignore." Much I marveled: this repeating cursor like a heartbeat beating Answered nothing, thus defeating all attempts to re-explore Whether I'd done something sloppy: what had happened to that floppy I'd inserted there to copy all the work I'd done before; What had happened to the art, the artwork I had done before, Before "Abort, Retry, Ignore."? Art, not software, is my calling; it’s particularly galling To be hesitating, stalling, stalling over one key more When, instead of starkly staring, stunned, at high-tech so uncaring, High-tech blindly overbearing, I could open up my drawer, Get my low-tech colored pencils from their matching low-tech drawer Beneath "Abort, Retry, Ignore." But no, I had to get ambitious, buy some modern meretricious Merchandise that leaves me vicious messages that seem to roar, Well, not really roar, but tease, as, fingers trembling over keys, I finally choose from one of these atrocious choices I abhor A choice I know will be atrocious, one I finally must abhor Among "Abort, Retry, Ignore." No result! So twice as hard, to try and catch the thing off-guard, I pressed, but still the same canard appeared until I nearly swore. Frantically in desperation, pushing keys in combination, Getting tintinabulation: "Beep beep beep", and nothing more, Cacaphonous concatenation, "Beep beep beep", and nothing more; Except "Abort, Retry, Ignore." Then it was I heard the thunder, felt the thunder rumble under, Through, the floorboards, and no wonder! Lightning split the dark night's core! Lightning piercing lightning slashing through the night like sword-wounds gashing Darkness deeply, when my flashing cursor flashed! then flashed no more; Flashed a final time and then: erased itself to flash no more; Erased "Abort, Retry, Ignore." The lights went out, then came back on, and in the cold grey light of dawn Profit and design were gone; gone, returning: nevermore; Gone my imitation Titian, like a ghost or apparition, But gone as well the admonition I must choose and choose once more; Gone: the price of manumission from demands to choose once more Among "Abort, Retry, Ignore." Now my cursor still is blinking; is it winking? Yes! It’s winking! Winking at me from the screen beside the disc that wouldn’t store; Winking at me from the black, though nothing else comes blinking back Along the phosphorescent track that throws a shadow on the floor; And my art, from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be found now -- nevermore! Dropbear ® _________________ [IMG]http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m3/zardous/gunner.gif[IMG] Telekinesis, thats what you need, just lay back and let your mind do the walking
Coeus {NCX-Charger} Admiral, I can't read, Sundered Weimeriners Joined: February 16, 2004 Posts: 3635 From: South Philly	Posted: 2005-02-16 03:04 Heh... too much spare time _________________ Darkspace: Twilight
Fattierob Vice Admiral Joined: April 25, 2003 Posts: 4059	Posted: 2005-02-16 13:49 Quoting admbito on a different topic... ...brillant [ This Message was edited by: Fattierob (WHAT THE FAUSTUS?) on 2005-02-16 13:49 ] _________________
Coeus {NCX-Charger} Admiral, I can't read, Sundered Weimeriners Joined: February 16, 2004 Posts: 3635 From: South Philly	Posted: 2005-02-16 14:35 Like bito ever had a topic runs _________________ Darkspace: Twilight
Lux (Polaris) Fleet Admiral Raven Warriors Joined: April 20, 2004 Posts: 835 From: Asgard	Posted: 2005-02-16 15:41 ....Good poem...how long did it take you to come up with it? _________________ ICC Security Councilor - Raven representative Loyal Admiral of the Interstellar Cultural Confederation Navy. Senior Commander of the Raven Warriors, the ICC elite. Captain of the Assault Dreadnaught \"Gungnir\"
UnknownWarrior Grand Admiral Raven Warriors Joined: July 18, 2002 Posts: 724 From: North Carolina, USA	Posted: 2005-02-16 17:03 Yes...run before Bito gets ahold of ya kiddo... And i just figured id drop a word in, say hello to folks Been thinking of comming back, dunno yet, still deciding. Should be back with that kinda answer either later on the weekend or next week. _________________

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