Fat Out Of Hell

[Kev]

The hard drive is churning and the CPU's whirring,
way down in the Comp. Lab tonight.
There's a man in the shadows working on CGI,
and the Network's down to reading in bytes.
There's a Webpage to be made and Java needs to fly,
and a deadline that I just have to meet.
I hate using the Notepad as a means of composure,
But you know that I'm down to,
3% of his quota,
and I'll still be here this time next week.


And Bill Gates told us all that Windows is best,
The only thing that's good and right.
And he still tries to con you into thinking it'll keep,
Your work safe through the lonely night.
But we're gonna find out, we're gonna find out right now,
What a 'System Unstable' forewarns.
We've got about five seconds to save all of our work,
When it's over you know, we'll just want to go home.


Like a FAT out of hell my work's gone when the morning comes.
Oh when the night is over I get an error e-mail that it's gone, gone, gone.
Like a FAT out of hell it's all gone when the morning comes.
And when they cleanup's done and the reboot's cleared,
and the bug's gone from my do();s
Then like a sinner before the gates of Unix I'll come crawling on back to GNU.


I'm gonna hit the Network using up all my RAM whilst my quota goes out of sight.
While the NFS rots and the admin gets angry and my box shows me an error light.
Nothing will compile and I can't reach my home dir,
And I can't even log onto my host,
And nothing ever runs,
And nothing ever shows,
The machine's fin'lly given up the ghost.


And I know that my RAM will never be enough,
Even if my system is new,
But with every other cycle there's left in my clock,
You know I've got to compile in GNU.
And if I bring down the LAN you know I've run out of RAM,
But I've got to get through to GNU,
And if I bring down the LAN you know I've run out of RAM,
Bring down the LAN you know I've run out of RAM,
Bring down the LAN you know I've run out of RAM,
Got to get through,
Got to get through,
Got to get through to GNU.


And Bill Gates told us all that Windows is the best,
The only thing that's good and right.
And he still tries to con you into thinking it'll keep,
Your work safe through the lonely night.
But I soon found out, yea I've found out right now,
What a 'System Unstable' forewarns.
And you never get time to save all of your work,
Cause when it's over you know, I just want to go home.


Oh like a FAT out of hell my work's gone when the morning comes.
Oh when the night is over I get an error email that it's gone, gone, gone.
Like a FAT out of hell it's all gone when the morning comes.
So when they cleanup's done and the reboot's cleared,
and the bug's gone from my do();s
Then like a sinner before the gates of Unix I'll come crawling on back to GNU.


Oh I can see my health, running quickly down,
Faster, than any other MUD I've ever played,
And my call went through to the HelpDesk,
But I've got nothing to do 'till they break through all the red tape.
And I can't stop thinking of GNU,
And I gotta go find out why my program won't make.
And I gotta go find out why my program won't make!


Then I'm dying at the keyboard in a room logged in to a Sun,
My email's gone down, Services want to shoot me on sight,
And I think some program somewhere's ringing error bells.
And the last thing I see is my prompt,
Still flashing out of the window but not responding at all,
Like a FAT out of hell.


Then I'm dying at the keyboard in a room logged in to a Sun,
My email's gone down, Computer Services will shoot me on sight,
And I think some program somewhere's ringing error bells.
And the last thing I see is my prompt,
Still flashing,
Still flashing,
Still flashing out of the window but not responding at all
Like a FAT out of hell
(FAT out of hell your work's gone when the morning comes)
Like a FAT out of hell
(FAT out of hell your work's gone when the morning comes)
Like a FAT out of hell
(FAT out of hell your work's gone when the morning comes)
Like a FAT out of hell!

[dottie]

Absolutely fantastic icwuke.........

[Ma.Ra]

You are a damn genious!

[L96]

Admirable.

Very admirable indeed!

[shadow1000001]

I love it

[LostSoul]

So true... it's why I got a Mac.


Pat

[SW31]

i quite like it could use it on the fun night our work have got planned

[AndrewG]

Shouldn't this be in "Off Topic" ??

[AndrewG]

Well I personally think Microsoft/Windows get a lot of stick and don't think it's that bad.
Having said that Apple stuff is usually very good and they come up with good ideas.

But to even things out here are my alternate lyrics (please don't take things too seriously as I have a good Mac friend):

Like a Mac out of Hell

Steve Jobs is screaming about different Ipods
Down in Silicon Valley tonight
He's there in the shadows pointing a gun at me
Forcing me to buy one that's white
I-tunes is playing on my Mac all day
And my I-book is charged to go
And on my hard drive Quicktime is running
Oh I swear it's much better
Than Media Player
Just believe what a Mac guy knows.....

Oh baby, it's the only thing in this whole world
That's pure, incompatible and white
PC software like most use
Would never work you know I'm right

But I gotta get it out
Before I break this box
The cinema display is gone
So we gotta make the most of I-life right now
Cuz when Vista is released
We'll all be so alone

Like a Mac out of Hell finding software till the morning comes
When the night is over like a Mac out of hell
It won't run, run, run
Like a Mac out of Hell finding software till the morning comes
When my friends have none
Of those apples around
And my Macintosh looks so dim
Then like a sinner before Bill Gates in 7-11 I'll come crawling on back to him...

I cannot upgrade or install more ram
It's OSX Panther I like
When the G6 is out, whenever that may be
I'll tell Pc nerds to take a hike
You can't play games like on a console
They don't exist it seems
And nothing tops the cost
I get so crossed
Cuz I know what's in this darn box

And I know that It's white if I get it out there
Yes it will be white If I do
But with any other computer I would buy
You know that I'd rather that it's white too
If it's gotta be white, you know it's gotta be white
Never change the look it's true
If it's gotta be white, it's gotta be white
Gotta be white, you know it's gotta be white
If it's gotta be white you know it's gotta be white
Never change the look
Never change the look
Never change the look it's true.....

Oh baby, it's the only thing in this whole world
That's pure, incompatible and white
PC software like most use
Would never work you know I'm right

But I gotta get it out
Before I break this box
The cinema display is gone
So we gotta make the most of I-life right now
Cuz when Vista is released
We'll all be so alone

Like a Mac out of Hell finding software till the morning comes
When the night is over like a Mac out of hell
It won't run, run, run
Like a Mac out of Hell finding software till the morning comes
When my friends have none
Of those apples around
And my Macintosh looks so dim
Then like a sinner before Bill Gates in 7-11 I'll come crawling on back to him...
Then like a sinner before Bill Gates in 7-11 I'll come crawling on back to him...

Well I can see my Mac
Running graphic applications
Faster than any PC has ever done
They started Firewire twice as fast
And no one's gonna stop me now
I gotta hit escape
But I can't stop thinking of Ipods
And all the software has a name that's starts with the letter I

All the software has a name that's starts with the letter I!!!

Then I'm lying about the computer spec just for fun
Winding Windows users up is what I like
And I think somebody somewhere is buying a Dell
And the last thing I see is XP
Still running
Breaking every damn Apple
Throwing my Nano away
Like a Mac out of Hell

Then I'm lying about the computer spec just for fun
Winding Windows users up is what I like
And I think somebody somewhere is buying a Dell
And the last thing I see is XP
Still running, still running
Breaking every damn Apple
Throwing my Nano away
Hey! Like a Mac out of Hell
Like a Mac out of Hell
Like a Mac out of Hell

Oh like a Mac out of Hell
(Like a Mac of Hell finding software till the morning comes)

Oh like a Mac out of Hell
(Like a Mac of Hell finding software till the morning comes)

Oh like a Mac out of Hellllllll..........

[firstbase]

Not quite as good but whenever I play Bat I always think..

"Like a slimmer before the cakes of heaven...."

Mark
http://www.fromparadisetohell.com

[Paul191]

haha, very good. Loved it!

[Oriel]

I thank you...

[SuperLoafMan]

Fantastic