http://juju.org/articles/2002/01/18/the-one-os en-us 40 Sufficiently Advanced Technology <p><I>Yeah, geeks and Tolkien: It's like the chocolate hitting the peanut butter.</I> Click the more link -> <!--more--></p> <blockquote> "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. I gave a cry and groped for the tongs, 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.' I received the CD in my shrinking palm: It seemed to have become thicker and heavier than ever. 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: "12413AEB2ED4FA5E6F7 D78E78BEDE820945092OF 923A40EElOE5IOCC98D44 AA08E324" I cannot read the fiery letters, I said in a quavering voice. '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 this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough: 'One OS to rule them all, one OS to to find them, 'One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.' Yeah, geeks and Tolkien: It's like the chocolate hitting the peanut butter. " </blockquote> Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:22:00 -0500 urn:uuid:b0a08eddb36ad1fedd886cc4d00b9a15 Tony Buser http://juju.org/articles/2002/01/18/the-one-os Funny http://juju.org/articles/trackback/15