[NTLUG:Discuss] Lord of the ...

[Allen Flick]

So, Uncle Bill has the Dark side of the force on his side?
He & Darth Vader will rule the universe, eh?
What happens when Obe Wan, Yoda, and Luke come on
the scene with their light sabers & the Millinnium Falcon?
Is the Death Star hovering over Seattle right now?  Is it
complete yet?

Oh what shall we do?  What shall we do?

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Will Pearson wrote:

> The following was sent to me:
>
> 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
> '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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> |William Pearson            |"640K ought to be enough for anybody."    |
> |Desk# 505-954-2583         | --Bill Gates, 1981                       |
> |Pager# 505-820-8488        +------------------------------------------+
> |Technology Resource Center |"The tree of liberty must be refreshed    |
> |Santa Fe Public Schools    |from time to time with the blood of       |
> |                           |Patriots & Tyrants" --Thomas Jefferson    |
> +---------------------------+------------------------------------------+
> |"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary |
> |safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin       |
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> |"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World |
> |War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." --Albert Einstein      |
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> |"The purpose of war is to decide who has justice on his side, the     |
> |looser is the guilty one" --Lucan                                     |
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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  :^)  Allen Flick  (ALF)
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