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By: Hsin Hsin Lin

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Paperback | 8 June 1992

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As mankind plunges deeper and deeper into his technological jungle, it sometimes seems we are losing our appreciation of the arts. Networking computers takes precedent over networking friends and computer languages displace our native tongue.In her latest book of poetry, Lin Hsin Hsin does much to correct the balance. It is poetry for the technological age; it is poetry by the technological age. It is inspired by I.T. and it should inspire information technologists. Anyone who owns a computer, uses one at work or can remember struggling at school with programmes to improve the latest version of “Space Invaders” or “Wing Commander II” will enjoy reading this collection of 120 poems.The author's wit, knowledge of several languages (computer and phonetic) and her obvious and infectious love of the technology makes each poem amusing or provocative and often both at the same time. All aspects of computer technology are tackled, software, hardware and manware; there are comments and jokes which will be appreciated by both the novice and computer professional alike.This is the first book which can be classified under “literature” and “technology” in equal measure. However it is classified, after having a taste of the poems, there is no doubt the reader will quickly devour the whole book.Illustrations:

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"... The cover cartoon portraying a "love affair" between man and machine sets the tone of the book ... I was not only entertained but educated on the subject of computer science. This book is a good read. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about the computing world." Grace Chng Asia Computer Weekly, 199

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays Poetry Poetry By Individual Poets Science Science in General Computing & I.T.Booktopia Publisher Services World Scientific Publishing

acknowledgements
foreword
prolog
a more than ordinary...	p. 1
love @ 1st byte	p. 5
to be or not to be?
comparing notes	p. 9
promises, promises...	p. 12
to be or not to be?	p. 14
those were the days
those were the days	p. 17
A Programming Language	p. 19
Another Programming Language	p. 21
Assembler	p. 24
cold ball	p. 26
lingua franca	p. 28
what goes on top?	p. 31
program temporary fix	p. 33
if-then-else...	p. 35
stuck on me	p. 37
knowing when to leave	p. 39
the me nobody knows	p. 41
all that jazz	p. 43
get out of sight	p. 45
what do you expect?	p. 46
can't you trust me?	p. 48
heard my voice?	p. 49
ready to take off	p. 51
all I want is everything	p. 53
who needs rock n roll?	p. 55
is easy to be hard	p. 57
not me!	p. 60
zero and one	p. 62
hexadecimal	p. 64
hash	p. 66
memories are made of these	p. 68
down the memory lane	p. 70
can you stand alone?
can you stand alone?	p. 75
as you like it	p. 77
caught in between	p. 79
automation	p. 81
try to computerize	p. 82
orientation	p. 84
nobody tells me how	p. 86
if you make a mistake	p. 92
oh brother!	p. 94
glorified typewriter	p. 96
anyone can whistle?	p. 98
stay in tune	p. 101
the craze is on	p. 103
are you aware of?
*-ware	p. 107
deep in the shed
Silicon Valley	p. 111
welcome aboard	p. 113
personalized creature	p. 115
compatibles	p. 117
follow me	p. 119
lifetime warranty	p. 121
the beauty and the beast	p. 123
touch and go	p. 125
found and lost	p. 127
mess of blues	p. 129
when something is missing	p. 131
whose bright idea?	p. 132
386 now or 486 later?	p. 133
launching pad	p. 136
oldies	p. 138
digital pen in hand	p. 140
the next computer	p. 142
IBM + Apple = I Am Able?	p. 144
all that jazz
in the wilderness	p. 149
you found me and I found you	p. 150
lost in the stars	p. 153
in praise of Lotus...	p. 156
search me	p. 159
x-base	p. 161
reinventing the lines	p. 163
bibble-babble	p. 165
great vines	p. 167
window with a view	p. 169
in Unix we stand	p. 171
class C citizen	p. 173
what you see is what you get	p. 175
diskette of bonanza
from book-worms to CD-ROM	p. 180
paper-free	p. 182
desktop publishing	p. 184
secrets unlatched	p. 186
color a la mode	p. 187
fake it!	p. 188
brand-new tricks	p. 189
digital infinity	p. 191
bandits or plaudits
ATM	p. 195
plastic cards	p. 197
fax machine	p. 199
phone-mail	p. 201
cellular phone galore	p. 202
desktop organizer	p. 204
out to confuse	p. 206
it is a ball game	p. 208
razzle dazzle	p. 211
desktop video	p. 212
is it a clear picture?	p. 215
czare of the bizzare
are you aware of?	p. 219
born to be a nerd	p. 221
addicts	p. 223
the hackers	p. 226
runaways	p. 228
virus	p. 230
when all that glitters loses its blithe...	p. 232
stay in tune
artificial intelligence	p. 237
what if it's something like this?	p. 239
it's naturally like that!	p. 241
in and out of the garbage can	p. 243
extrabytes	p. 245
feeling	p. 247
growing up	p. 250
small is beautiful	p. 251
hyper trail and hyper load	p. 252
desktop secretary	p. 254
virtually like this	p. 256
it depends on whose brain	p. 258
where tomorrow is happening today	p. 261
what's coming out next?	p. 263
epilog	p. 265
index	p. 266
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