lol Chopin Cusachs wrote:
> > From our secret agent: > > Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, paid me a > visit. As we were talking I mentioned that I had recently > installed Windows on my PC, I told him how happy I was with > this operating system and showed him the Windows CD. Too my > astonishment and distress he threw it into my micro-wave oven > and turned it on. I was upset because the CD had become > precious to me, but he said 'Do not worry, it is unharmed.' > > After a few minutes he took the CD out, gave it to me and said > 'Take a close look at it.' To my surprise the CD was quite > cold and it seemed to have become thicker and heavier than > before. At first I could not see anything, but on the inner > edge of the central hole I saw an inscription, in lines finer > than anything I have ever seen before. The inscription shone > piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth: > > 4F6E65204F5320746F2072756C65207468656D20616C6C2C204F6E65204F53 > 20746F2066696E64207468656D2C0D0A4F6E65204F5320746F206272696E67 > 207468656D20616C6C20616E6420696E20746865206461726B6E6573732062 > 696E64207468656D > > 'I cannot read the fiery letters,' I said. > > 'No,' he said, 'but I can. The letters are Hex, of an ancient > mode, but the language is that of Microsoft, which I shall not > utter here. But in common English this is what it says" > > 'One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them, > One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them...." > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
