one OS to rule them all

[VERT]

saw this on a NZ forum:

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As posted in nz.comp
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:

12413AEB2ED4FA5E6F7D78E78BEDE820945092OF923A40EElO E5IOCC98D444A
A08E324

'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."

[ChoaticWhisper]

The first thing I think of this when I read it is just to see howmany people will nuke their XP CD.
I dont have a XP CD or anything but I wouldnt do it after I paid for it.

[VERT]

erm...

[storm2k]

i sense another great "linux is so much better than windows so why do you people even bother with microsoft" coming...

[Praetorian]

Storm - if Linux was #1 OS they'd have something for it and we'd all have a great laugh. I still use Windows on a few other boxes and I like it. Some of my hardware it works great, other not so great. Same with Linux too. Both OS's are good for people.

[JacobM5727]

thats a nice legend you got there
should we take our cds to redmond or where-ever?

lol

[storm2k]

i'm not doubting that, it's just that's what these threads always turn into...

[vass0922]

I'd like to know how

12413AEB2ED4FA5E6F7D78E78BEDE820945092OF923A40EElO
E5IOCC98D444A
A08E324

becomes

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."

WHAT?!?!?
Is that with encryption?
Maybe that is quote.zip format? LOL
quote.tar.gz even??
quote.tar.gz.zip.mp3? LOL

[ChoaticWhisper]

I think that

12413AEB2ED4FA5E6F7D78E78BEDE820945092OF923A40EElO
E5IOCC98D444A A08E324

was translated into the
One OS to rule them all,
One OS to find them,
One OS to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them.
and the number of characters doesnt even mach up.

[JayMan]

I just tried this with my mandrake 8.1 disc just to see if it had any secret code..... ummm well it didn't work.... maybe cuz i burnt the cd from an iso of it?????

JayMan