Comment Re:One DOS to rule them all! (Score 1) 218
heh, reminds me of this:
Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, payed me a visit.
As we were talking I mentioned having recently installed Windows 98 on my PC and that I am very happy with this
operating system. I also showed him the Windows 98 CD, to my surprise he threw it
into my micro-wave oven and turned on the oven. 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 then on the inner edge of the
central hole I saw an inscription; an inscription finer than anything I have ever seen
before. The inscription shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of
a great depth:
4F6E65204F5320746F2072756C65207468656D20616C6C2C 20 4F6E65204F5320746 F2066696E64207468656D2CDA4F6E65204F5320746F2062726 96E67207468656D20 616C6C20616E6420696E20746865206461726B6E6573732062 696E64207468656D
'I cannot understand 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
Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, payed me a visit.
As we were talking I mentioned having recently installed Windows 98 on my PC and that I am very happy with this
operating system. I also showed him the Windows 98 CD, to my surprise he threw it
into my micro-wave oven and turned on the oven. 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 then on the inner edge of the
central hole I saw an inscription; an inscription finer than anything I have ever seen
before. The inscription shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of
a great depth:
4F6E65204F5320746F2072756C65207468656D20616C6C2
'I cannot understand 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
