Geoffrey Robertson wrote: > > Now if this is true it explains a lot. > Geoffrey > > *** if you try this for real, you may damage your microwave or disk > > Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, paid me a visit. As > we were talking I mentioned that I had recently installed Windows XP > on my PC. I told him how happy I was with this operating system and > showed him the Windows XP CD. To my surprise he threw it into my > microwave oven and turned it on. Instantly I got very 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 to hold and it seemed to be > heavier than before. At first I could not see anything, but on the > inner edge of the central hole I saw an inscription, an inscription > finer than anything I had ever seen before. The inscription shone > piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth: > > 12413AEB2ED4FA5E6F7D78E78BEDE820945092OF923A40EElOE5 > IOCC98D444AA08EI324 "I cannot understand the fiery letters," I said > in a timid voice. > > "No but I can," he said. "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.' "It is only two lines from a > verse long known in System-lore: > > "'Three OS's from corporate-kings in their towers of glass, Seven from > valley-lords where orchards used to grow, Nine from dotcoms doomed to > die, One from the Dark Lord Gates on his dark throne In the Land of > Redmond where the Shadows lie. One OS to rule them all, One OS to > find them, One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, In > the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie.'" > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Excellent Interpretation even my girlfriend laughed ! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
