Someone sent me the first 3 lines after being overjoyed at getting back onto the net, and the rest just kind of fell into place. Sung to the tune of "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits (perhaps a better title would be 'ls -straits'). --Frank Adelstein. frank@cis.ohio-state.edu. -------------- >I want my >I want my >I want my FTP Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it You get the files from the FTP That ain't programming, that's the way you do it Programs for nothing and the code is free Now that ain't programming, that's the way you do it Let me tell you those guys aren't pissed Maybe break a nail on your little finger, Maybe get some numbness in your wrist We've got to install operating systems Custom software delivery We've got to move these manual pages RTFM those RFCs See the little user with his gifs and the jpegs Yeah buddy he's got root That little user got his own workstation That little user got his own disk to boot We've got to install operating systems Custom software delivery We've got to move these manual pages RTFM those RFCs I should've learned to run xarchie I should've learned to play them games Look at that mama, her gif is sticking in the monitor Man we could have some fun And he's up there, what's that? Orgasm noises? Playing sound files like a grade-school geek That ain't programming that's the way you do it Get your programs for nothing get your code for free We've got to install operating systems Custom software delivery We've got to move these manual pages RTFM those RFCs Now that ain't programming, that's the way you do it You get your programs from the FTP That ain't programming that's the way you do it Programs for nothing and your code for free Programs for nothing and code for free