like that one huh?
Lets just say I was inspired by the film "lord of the rings"
Technomage
Jason Poulter wrote:
>
> sweet!! thats great!!
>
> proudhawk@uswestmail.net wrote:
>
> > 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.'"
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