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The Night Before Christmas

A festive holiday poem by Hugh Drumm & Vincent Ambrose

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the Net,
There were hacker's a surfing. Nerds? Yeah, you bet.
The e-mails were stacked by the modem with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

The newbies were nestled all snug by their screens,
While visions of Java danced in their dreams.
My wife on the sofa and me with a snack,
We just settled down at my rig (it's a Mac).

When out in the Web there arose such a clatter,
I jumped to the site to see what was the matter.
To a new page my Mac flew like a flash,
Then made a slight gurgle. It started to crash!!

I gasped at the thought and started to grouse,
Then turned my head sideways and clicked on my mouse.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear,
My Mac jumped to a page that wasn't quite clear.

When the image resolved, so bright and so quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick!
More rapid than mainframes, more graphics they came,
Then Nick glanced toward my screen, my Mac called them by name;

"Now Compaq! Now Acer!", my speaker did reel;
"On Apple! On Gateway!" Santa started to squeal!
"Jump onto the circuits! And into the chip!
Now speed it up! Speed it up! Make this thing hip!"

The screen gave a flicker, he was into my RAM,
Then into my room rose a full hologram!
He was dressed in all red, from his head to his shoes,
Which were black (the white socks he really should lose).

He pulled out some discs he had stored in his backpack.
Santa looked like a dude who was rarin' to hack!
His eyes, how they twinkled! His glasses, how techno!
This ain't the same Santa that I used to know!

With a wink of his eye and a nod of his head,
Santa soon let me know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, gave my Mac a quick poke,
And accessed my C drive with only a stroke.

He defragged my hard drive, and added a SIMM,
Then threw in some cool games, just on a whim!
He worked without noise, his fingers they flew!
He distorted some pictures with Kai's Power Goo!

He updated Office, Excel and Quicken,
Then added a screensaver with a red clucking chicken!
My eyes widened a bit, my mouth stood agape,
As he added the latest version of Netscape.

The drive gave a whirl, as if it were pleased,
St. Nick coyly smiled, the computer appeased.
Then placing his finger on the bridge of his nose,
Santa turned into nothing but ones and zeros!

He flew back into my screen and through my uplink,
Back into the net with barely a blink.
But I heard his sweet voice as he flew from my sight,
"Happy surfing to all, and to all a good byte!"
 
Samandiriel said:
YES!!! You rock!!! :kiss: :nana:

I got a 184!!!


Not seen this one before, scored 192 first go, but did you see the winner's high score table at the end??!! Ye gods!!

Must practice more, must practice more......
 
How many????

I only managed to hit one of the buggers, and then it was an accident *L*
 
dysphemist said:
If snow-bowling isn't challenging enough, try hitting skiers with snowballs from a chairlift.


WOW!!!!!!!!
That's almost impossible........the angles are almost incomprehensible.
 
matriarch said:
Oh, I like that one.
Had my heart rate going like crazy.
Scored 25.

I'm impressed! I only got a 20. If there only was a way to slow it down a little...
 
dysphemist said:
I'm impressed! I only got a 20. If there only was a way to slow it down a little...

The secret is to watch the horizon, keep your cursor in the centre of the screen, then you can just move around.

I think.

Either that, or it was beginner's luck. :D

Good fun, though.
 
matriarch said:
WOW!!!!!!!!
That's almost impossible........the angles are almost incomprehensible.

It just takes some time to figure it out. I couldn't tell if the different gloves made a difference. Oh, and it takes patience. If you wait for the skiers that go in straighter patterns, they are easier to hit.
 
matriarch said:
The secret is to watch the horizon, keep your cursor in the centre of the screen, then you can just move around.

I think.

Either that, or it was beginner's luck. :D

Good fun, though.

I screwed up a couple times and hit the banner below and advertisements popped up :eek:
 
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