There once was a fellow named Taco
Ran a web site for geeks, most un-macho
Asked Miss Fent for her hand
With a twisted-pair band
Then they both honeymooned in Morocco
There once was a hacker named Wall
To maintain his own scripts, his downfall
He released to the world
A wonder named Perl
You can write code, but never recall!
Once a man up in Washington state
His competitors, how he did hate
A new Office contender
Useless it was rendered
"Change Word formats, make it obsolete!"
Once some pupils, in pairs, at a school
Had a project (display text was the tool)
The first one a jerk
Number two did the work
Said the program: "My partner's a fool!"
Slashdot Mirror
Juxtaposition
Except the end characters
Memes flow like water
There once was a fellow named Taco
Ran a web site for geeks, most un-macho
Asked Miss Fent for her hand
With a twisted-pair band
Then they both honeymooned in Morocco
There once was poet, there's said
Wrote haiku for postings he read
When demanded a Sonnet
Requestor then got it
In the form of a limerick instead!
Ignore the brackets
Slashdot shows domains for links
Post preview does not
Legos still abound
Erector sets will return
What about Construx?
What do you expect
From a man who writes haiku
On a site like this?
Brittish achievement,
The height of technology:
Scratch-n-Sniff stickers
There once was a company, Sun
Star Office, their package, claimed done
MS changed formats
So Sun is their doormat
And the work has only begun!
Friend, this is Slashdot:
Who needs justification
To slam Microsoft?
Haiku are quite old
I've bastardized ancient art
Thanks for noticing
Walk to hospital...
Tones copyright Microsoft
Can't call 911
There once was a hacker named Wall
To maintain his own scripts, his downfall
He released to the world
A wonder named Perl
You can write code, but never recall!
Chrichton, a man lost
Uncharted territories
His doom, two more years
I call them haiku
Though no brown leaves are falling:
They are just senryu
Copy protection:
As if one needs more reason
To not buy N'Sync
Once a man up in Washington state
His competitors, how he did hate
A new Office contender
Useless it was rendered
"Change Word formats, make it obsolete!"
Once some pupils, in pairs, at a school
Had a project (display text was the tool)
The first one a jerk
Number two did the work
Said the program: "My partner's a fool!"
The blue screen of death,
My middle finger extends:
Control-Alt-Delete
Can't find terrorists
Search earth, then the red planet.
They hide under rocks.
KLF knew it...
They exploited the system
Read "The Manual"
Sexuality,
As bioinformatics
Was that "grep" or "grope"?
Your motives, well meant
Dictionary contradicts
Your facts, incorrect
Slashdot must be broke
Science fiction coverage
But not of Star Wars
Question for "The Man":
Coyboy Neal, what is your take...
On haiku postings?
Use arcade controls!
Real buttons, joysticks, trackballs...
As USB, mouse