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What goes on inside that machine you're looking at? This is my fantasy-like
story of what life is like inside your computer...
"Come on, dear," said Mrs. Tech. "You'll be late for work. Eat up your
electricity before you go."
It was another day like any other day, and Mr. Tech was off to his job. He
worked as a clock, along with some other friends. They changed the numbers on
your computer's clock every time a minute/hour/day went by.
"Yes, I'll get on the cursor and drop off the kids at the bus stop," he said to
his wife as he hopped on the arrow, "Let's hope it goes into 'The Magic School
Bus' game today, otherwise no school."
The kids jumped on, too, and they zoomed across the screen, into the 'Games'
folder where they were taken into 'The Magic School Bus' game. Mr. Tech dropped
them off and went zooming on his way to work. Before he could get through,
though, there were some tough pop-up ads that showed up. Mr. Tech had to wait
for Mr. Norton to come on and clear them away before he could move along.
Eventually Mr. Tech made it to work: 8:15 a.m. was the time. He was all set to
erase and draw the number 6 when the time was right.
Meanwhile, in the speakers, musicians were banging drums and singing as loud as
directed. The coach of the buttons bossed the beats around. And, as fast as
lightning, Mr. Rythm conducted the musicians to the theme tune of 'The Magic
School Bus.'
In the modem, a virus brewed. It ran through the wires toward the e-mail
section. Mr. Norton reacted, and ordered his workers to send a signal to the
screen telling the user (that's you!) there's a warning, and you should restart
the system!
Norton defeated the bug while everyone had a quick refresh. After finishing
playing the game, the user turned the computer off and everything had a sleep.
That was my idea of life inside your computer... It's made up, but I wonder
what really happens?
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