[MLB-WIRELESS] Fwd: Re: the explanation

[Clae]

sorry, couldn't resist

>To: clanmelb at yahoogroups.com
>From: Nic <nic151 at ozemail.com.au>
>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:45:38 +1100
>Subject: Re: [clanmelb] Re: the explanation
>Reply-To: clanmelb at yahoogroups.com
>
>  >
>>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:
>>
>>12413AEB2ED4FA5E6F7D78E78BEDE820945092OF923A40EElOE5IOCC98D444AA08E324
>>
>>'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 OSs 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 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."

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