The Day the Printer Died

The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology. ~E.F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful, 1973




In case of printer emergency, break glass!

Then sing with me:
. . . the day the printer died
You started singing,
“Bye-bye, Hewlett-Packard can fly
Through the window and continue
And then when you ask why
Them good old boys that sold it to you reply,
‘We’ve another model that you can buy,
Another model that you can buy . . .’ ”

And if you'd like some background accompaniment, Don McLean (below) is all cued up to just the right spot for you. Of course, you will have to disregard his lyrics for this to work.

If I only had a bit more time, I would finish the song. Alas, this will have to do.

~ End Quote