[Am-info] "Lord of the Rings"

[Erick Andrews]

On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 08:58:07 -0800, Mitch Stone 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 bring them all and in the darkness bind them,
>In the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie."'


So what's your point?

-- 
Erick Andrews