On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, 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:
Actually, what you get is a way an improvement on the original CD. It now has a fractal like pattern on it, that is after providing a few seconds of entertainment in the form of fireworks - best done in a totally darkened kitchen for effect. -- ---<GRiP>--- Web: www.arcadia.au.com/gripz Answering Machine/fax: 02 4950 1194 (wait 5 mins if no answer) Mobile: 0408 686 201 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
