[ale] OT: MS LoTRs..he he

[Glenn C. Lasher Jr.]

I am forwarding this to a friend of mine who does a Technology radio show
locally (Updatate NY).  I bet he reads it on the air.

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Cadet Hacker 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 I OCC98D444AA08EI
> 324
> >
> > '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."'
>
> he he...
>
>

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