[TriLUG] [Fwd: [Fwd: Lord of the OS ---proof that Bill the Gates is evil]]

[Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney]

I'm sure y'all have all seen thsi by now, right? Excuse the B5 reference
from the person who forwarded it to me.

Anyone know the original author on this one yet?

-----Forwarded Message-----

> Now that's funny.  But we all know the shadows aren't in Redmond but on Z'ha'dum....
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>  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:
> 
>  12413AEB2ED4FA5E6F7D78E78BEDE820945092OF923A40EElOE5IOCC98D444AA08EI324
> 
>  '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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