אין לי תרגום, אבל
מי שזוכר את ימי DOS והפלופי דיסק העליזים, יהנה מן השיר הזה, שקיבלתי פעם במייל, לפני שנים רבות:
NEVRMORE Once upon a midnight dreary, fingers cramped and vision bleary, System manuals piled high and wasted paper on the floor, Longing for the warmth of bed sheets. Still I sat there, doing spreadsheets: Having reached the bottom line, I took a floppy from the drawer Typing with a steady hand, I the invoked the SAVE command But got instead a reprimand: it read “Abort, Retry, Ignore” ‘was this some occult illusion” Some maniacal intrusion? These were choices Solomon himself had never faced before. Carefully, I weighed my options Clearly, I must now adopt one: Choose Abort, Retry, Ignore. With my fingers pale and trembling Slowly toward the keyboard bending Longing for a happy ending, hoping all would be restored, Praying for some guarantee Finally I pressed a key - - But on the screen what dud I see? Again: “abort, Retry, Ignore” I tried to catch the chips off-guard – I pressed again, but twice as hard. Luck was just not in the cards I saw what I had seen before. Now I typed in desperation Trying random combinations Still there cane the incantation: Choose: Abort, Retry, Ignore There I sat, distraught, exhausted, by my own machine accosted Getting up I turned away, and paced across the office floor. And then I saw an awful sight: A bold and blinding flash of light – A lighting bolt had cut the night and shook me to my very core I saw the screen collapse and die “Oh No – my database”, I cried I thought I heard a voice reply “You’ll see your data Nevermore” To this day I do not know The place to which lost data goes I bet it goes to heaven where the angels have it stored. But as for productivity, well, I fear It goes straight to hell And that’s the tale I had to tell Your choice: Abort, Retry, Ignore. (Mel Kangleon)