This was sung at the 1999
LISA conference in
Seattle, WA. It was quite entertaining for a
room full of geeks, to say the least...
On the first day of Y2K, my server said to me:
It's January, 1970.
On the second day of Y2K, my server said to me:
/var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the third day of Y2K, my server said to me:
stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the fourth day of Y2K, my server said to me:
hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the fifth day of Y2K, my server said to me:
no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the sixth day of Y2K, my server said to me:
bad magic number, no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the seventh day of Y2K, my server said to me:
can't open socket, bad magic number, no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the eighth day of Y2K, my server said to me:
panic! double panic!, can't open socket, bad magic number, no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the ninth day of Y2K, my server said to me:
can't fork process, panic! double panic!, can't open socket, bad magic number, no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the A day of Y2K, my server said to me:
out of ttys, can't fork process, panic! double panic!, can't open socket, bad magic number, no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the B day of Y2K, my server said to me:
enter system password, out of ttys, can't fork process, panic! double panic!, can't open socket, bad magic number, no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the C day of Y2K, my server said to me:
ok
For the sake of those not familiar with Solaris, ok is the firmware prompt you get on a Sun when your system won't boot up, a very bad thing....