From:	MC23 mc23@**********.com
Subject:	One OS to rule them all
Date:	Tue, 2 Feb 99 15:52:10 -0500

>Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, payed me a visit.
>As we were talking I mentioned that I had recently installed
>Windows 95 on my PC, I told him how happy I was with this operating
>system and showed him the Windows 95 CD. Too my surprise he threw
>it into my micro-wave oven and turned on the oven. 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 a inscription, an inscription finer
>than anything I have ever seen before. The inscription shone
>piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth:
>
>12413AEB2ED4FA5E6F7D78E78BEDE8209450920F923A40EE10E510CC98D444AA08E1324
>
>'I cannot understand the fiery letters,' I said.
>'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