COMPUTERS

                     Memory banks unloading.
                     Bytes break into bits.
                     Unit One's in trouble.
                     And it's scared out of its wits.

                                ........

        Louise and her husband met at the commuter train for the ride
home.  He looked haggard, and she asked, "Did you have a rough day,
dear?"
        "You bet I did," he answered.  "The computer was down, and we
had to think all day long."
                                ........

        A first-grade teacher was overseeing her students as they
experimented with their desk computers.  One boy sat staring at the
screen, unsure how to get the computer going.  The teacher walked over
and read what was on his screen.
        In her most reassuring voice, she said, "The computer wants to
know what your name is."  Then she went on to help the next student.
        The boy leaned toward the screen and whispered, "My name is
Ted."
                                ........

        "Just give us a few days," the repair technician said.  "When we
have the parts, our computer will call your home to let you know."
        "I'm not home during the day," Mr. Smith said.  "However, I do
have an answering machine."
        "Sorry, sir" the technician said.  "Our computer won't talk to a
machine."
                                ........

        Scientists completed building the largest and most powerful
computer ever, with a zillion gigabytes of memory. They entered all the
known information we have accumulated since the beginning of time. When
they switched it on, the first question they put to the super computer
was: "Is there a God?"
        The computer exclaimed, "There is now!"