This story is excellent. Herein lies The Truth. martian > Computer Creation Story > -------------> > 1. In the beginning GOD created the Bit and the Byte. And from those > he created the Word. > > 2. And there were two Bytes in the Word; and nothing else existed. And > God separated the One from the Zero; and he saw it was good. > > 3. And God said - Let the Data be; And so it happened. And God said - > Let the Data go to their proper places. And he created floppy disks > and hard disks and compact disks. > > 4. And God said - Let the computers be, so there would be a place to > put floppy disks and hard disks and compact disks. Thus God created > computers and called them hardware. > > 5. And there was no Software yet. But God created programs; small and > big... And told them - Go and multiply yourselves and fill all the > Memory. > > 6. And God said -I will create the Programmer; And the Programmer will > make new programs and govern over the computers and programs and Data. > > 7. And God created the Programmer; and put him at Data Center; And God > showed the Programmer the Catalog Tree and said You can use all the > volumes and subvolumes but DO NOT USE Windows. > > 8. And God said - It is not Good for the programmer to be alone. He > took a bone from the Programmer's body and created a creature that > would look up at the Programmer; and admire the Programmer; and love > the things the Programmer does; And God called the creature: the User. > > 9. And the Programmer and the User were left under the naked DOS and > it was Good. > > 10. But Bill was smarter than all the other creatures of God. And Bill > said to the User - Did God really tell you not to run any programs? > > > 11. And the User answered - God told us that we can use every program > and every piece of Data but told us not to run Windows or we will die. > > 12. And Bill said to the User - How can you talk about something you > did not even try. The moment you run Windows you will become equal to > God. You will be able to create anything you like by a simple click of > your mouse. > > 13. And the User saw that the fruits of the Windows were nicer and > easier to use. And the User saw that any knowledge was useless -- since > Windows could replace it. > > 14. So the User installed the Windows on his computer; and said to the > Programmer that it was good. > > 15. And the Programmer immediately started to look for new drivers. > And God asked him - What are you looking for? And the Programmer > answered - I am looking for new drivers because I cannot find them in > the DOS. And God said - Who told you need drivers? Did you run > Windows? And the Programmer said - It was Bill who told us to! > > 16. And God said to Bill - Because of what you did you will be hated > by all the creatures. And the User will always be unhappy with you. > And you will always sell Windows. > > 17. And God said to the User - Because of what you did, the Windows > will disappoint you and eat up all your Resources; and you will have > to use lousy programs; and you will always rely on the Programmers > help. > > 18. And God said to the Programmer - Because you listened to the User > you will never be happy. All your programs will have errors and you > will have to fix them and fix them to the end of time. > > > 19. And God threw them out of the Data Center and locked the door and > secured it with a password. > > 20. GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT > ---------- TO LEAVE THE LIST, go to: http://in-search-of.com/ISOMailServ.mv?parm_func=autosubscribe_digest Enter your email address (if it does not appear automatically) Select "Mail List" and "Leave" and press "Do Request!" Mailed to Martian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/26/1999 at 11:09:01 -- Got Mole problems? Call Avogadro at 6.02 x 10^23.
