Article Pal- Articles / Knowledge base - SEO Links Article Pal site help to build up your link Popularity and give you higher Page Rank. http://www.articlepal.net A Novel Approach to Saving Money Three engineers and three accountants are traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three accountants each buy tickets and watch as the three engineers buy only a single ticket."How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks an accountant."Watch and you'll see," answers an engineer.They all board the train. The accountants take their respective seats but all three engineers cram into a restroom and close the door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, "Ticket, please."The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on.The accountants saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea. So after the conference, the accountants decide to copy the engineers on the return trip and save some money (being clever with money, and all that). When they get to the station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the engineers don't buy a ticket at all."How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says one perplexed accountant."Watch and you'll see," answers an engineer.When they board the train the three accountants cram into a restroom and the three engineers cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Shortly afterward, one of the engineers leaves his restroom and walks over to the restroom where the accountants are hiding. He knocks on the door and says, Ticket, please." http://www.articlepal.net/article/r8z3l9893i.htm 8th Nov,2008 4 Guys In A Car There are 4 guys in a car, 1 from Iowa,1 from Wisconsin, 1 from Florida, and 1 from Illinois. The guy from Florida says "I'm tired of seeing oranges everyday" so he throws some oranges out the window. So then the guy from Iowa says "I'm tired of seeing Corn everyday" so he throws some corn out the window. The guy from Wisconsin is very inspired so he opens the door and pushs the guy from Illinois out of the car! http://www.articlepal.net/article/fuh6xdzg7c.htm 8th Nov,2008 Bear Advisory The Forest Service has issued a BEAR WARNING in the national forests for this summer. They're urging everyone to protect themselves by wearing bells and carrying pepper spray.Campers should be alert for signs of fresh bear activity, and they should be able to tell the difference between Black Bear dung and Grizzy Bear dung.Black Bear dung is rather small and round. Sometimes you can see fruit seeds and/or squirrel fur in it. Grizzly Bear dung has bells in it, and smells like pepper spray! http://www.articlepal.net/article/d848jd3e6x.htm 6th Nov,2008 Animal Super Bowl During the Super Bowl, there was another football game of note between the big animals and the little animals. The big animals were crushing little animals and at half-time, the coach made a passionate speech to rally the little animals.At the start of the second half the big animals had the ball. The first play, the elephant got stopped for no gain. The second play, the rhino was stopped for no gain. On third down, the hippo was thrown for a 5 yard loss.The defense huddled around the coach and he asked excitedly, "Who stopped the elephant?""I did," said the centipede."Who stopped the rhino?""Uh, that was me too," said the centipede."And how about the hippo? Who hit him for a 5 yard loss?""Well, that was me as well," said the centipede."So where were you during the first half?" demanded the coach."Well," said the centipede, "I was having my ankles taped." http://www.articlepal.net/article/s155s6re4r.htm 6th Nov,2008 Animal One Liners Q: What do whales like to chew?A: Blubber gum!Q: What did the fish say when it hit a concrete wall? A: DAM http://www.articlepal.net/article/ctx3cro43v.htm 6th Nov,2008 An Atheist An atheist was walking through the woods one day in Alaska, admiring all that evolution had created. "What majestic trees! What a powerful river! What beautiful animals!" he said to himself. As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. Turning to look, he saw a 13-foot Kodiak brown bear beginning to charge towards him. He ran as fast as he could down the path. He looked over his shoulder and saw that the bear was rapidly closing on him. Somehow, he ran even faster, so scared that tears came to his eyes. He looked again and the bear was even closer. His heart pounding in his chest, he tried to run faster yet. But alas, he tripped and fell to the ground. As he rolled over to pick himself up, the bear was right over him, reaching for him with its left paw and raising its right paw to strike him."OH MY GOD! ..."Time stopped.The bear froze.The forest was silent.Even the river stopped moving ...As a brilliant light shone upon the man, a thunderous voice came from all around..."YOU DENY MY EXISTENCE FOR ALL THESE YEARS, TEACH OTHERS THAT I DON'T EXIST AND EVEN CREDIT CREATION TO SOME COSMIC ACCIDENT. DO YOU EXPECT ME TO HELP YOU OUT OF THIS PREDICAMENT? AM I TO COUNT YOU AS A BELIEVER?"Difficult as it was, the atheist looked directly into the light and said, "It would be hypocritical to ask to be a Christian after all these years, but perhaps you could make the bear a Christian?""VERY WELL." Said God.The light went out.The river ran.The sounds of the forest resumed.... and the bear dropped down on his knees, brought both paws together, bowed his head and spoke: "Lord, thank you for this food which I am about to receive." http://www.articlepal.net/article/ve6e46yv2u.htm 6th Nov,2008 Adopted Turtle Deep within a forest a little turtle began to climb a tree. After hours of effort he reached the top, jumped into the air waving his front legs and crashed to the ground. After recovering, he slowly climbed the tree again, jumped, and fell to the ground.The turtle tried again and again while a couple of birds sitting on a branch watched his sad efforts. Finally, the female bird turned to her mate."Dear," she chirped, "I think it's time to tell him he's adopted." http://www.articlepal.net/article/raxr348wyy.htm 6th Nov,2008 A Poor Choice of Snack Two tigers were stalking through the jungles of Asia. Suddenly, the one to the rear reached out with his tongue, and licked the posterior of the tiger in front of him. The startled front tiger turned and said, "Cut it out." The rear tiger apologized, and they continued onward.About five minutes later, it happened again. The front tiger turned, growling, "I said stop it." The rear tiger again apologized, and they continued.Another five minutes passed, and again the front tiger felt the unwanted tongue. The front tiger turned, giving the rear tiger a ferocious glare, angrily hissing, "What is it with you?"The rear tiger replied, "I'm sorry -- I really didn't mean to offend you. But I just ate a lawyer and I'm trying to get the taste out of my mouth!" http://www.articlepal.net/article/duix6l1yli.htm 6th Nov,2008 Tale of Blood-Curdling Terror > YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL WINDOWS XP, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO CONTINUE?Yes.> ARE YOU REALLY SURE?Yes.> ARE YOU REALLY REALLY SURE?YES!> OK, THEN. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE REQUIRED TO ASK YOU THAT NOW. IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT FOR BEING A PICKY CONSUMER AND SUPPORTING THAT WHOLE "ANTI-TRUST" NONSENSE. INGRATE.Just get on with it.> ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL WINDOWS XP. FIRST WE NEED TO CHECK YOUR SYSTEM FOR COMPATIBILITY. THIS COULD TAKE SEVERAL DAYS.Groan.> THE INSTALL PROGRAM HAS DETECTED SEVERAL POSSIBLE PROBLEMS AND WILL NOT LET YOU INSTALL XP.Problems? What problems?> THE VIDEO CARD YOU ARE USING APPARENTLY DOES NOT WORK WITH THE MOTHERBOARD.But I'm using it at this very moment.> THAT IS IRRELEVANT.But if the video card isn't working with the mother board then I can't very well see this warning message telling me that the video card wasn't...> DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FOOL ME WITH LOGIC, I AM A MICROSOFT PRODUCT. LOGIC DOES NOT WORK ON ME. I HAVE ALSO FOUND THE FOLLOWING MINOR ERRORS: WINDOWS XP IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE FOLLOWING HARDWARE - MONITOR, KEYBOARD, MEMORY CHIPS, > MOTHERBOARD BIOS, WEB CAM, SCANNER, SOUND CARD, USB CONTROLLER, CD/R DRIVE, MICROPHONE, AND FLIGHT STICK.All that?> YES. AND THE HARDDRIVE IS RIGHT OUT TOO. WE DON'T LIKE THE MANUFACTURER.Well what *DOES* work?> THE MOUSE.The mouse?> YES. AND THE 5 1/4 DRIVE.I don't have a 5 1/4 drive.> YES YOU DO.No I don't.> WHAT'S THAT THEN?It's a 3 1/2 drive.> NO IT ISN'T.Yes it is.> .. HEY, WHAT IS THAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? IS THAT A DISK? WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT DISK? YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IT IN THE DRIVE ARE YOU? YOU ARE! WHAT'S ON THAT DISK. IS THAT DOS? YOU'RE INSTALLING DOS?? WHY WOULD YOU INSTALL DOS WHEN I AM INFINITELY MORE POWE..........C: http://www.articlepal.net/article/hsybd54tup.htm 6th Nov,2008 Super Computer Physician A man goes to his physician and is shocked to find that he has been replaced by a super-computer. The computer asks him his ailments and the man says he has a sore elbow. A drawer pops out and he is asked to urinate in it. After a few bleeps and flashing lights the computer decides he has tennis elbow.The man is annoyed and decides to get one over on this machine so he asks his wife for a urine sample. He then mixes this with urine from his dog and his small son and to top it off, adds some of his sperm. He takes it to the computer-physician who again asks him for a sample. He places the urine/sperm sample in the drawer and the computer makes its usual display of bleeps and flashes before telling him that his wife is pregnant, his dog has rabies, his son has chicken pox and if he doesn't stop masturbating he'll never get rid of his tennis elbow. http://www.articlepal.net/article/m935k43ftj.htm 6th Nov,2008 Spell Checker I halve a spelling checker, It came with my pea see. It plainly marks four my revue Mistakes I dew knot sea.Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait aweigh.As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the era rite Its rarely ever wrong.I've scent this massage threw it, And I'm shore your pleased too no Its letter prefect in every weigh; My checker tolled me sew. http://www.articlepal.net/article/j2097frz2s.htm 6th Nov,2008 Spam I Am My name is Spam.Spam I Am.I have some stuff I'd like to sell.Take a look! It's really swell!I do not want your worthless spam.I do not want it, Spam I Am.Spam I Am:$500 software that really rocks!Just 20 bucks--still in the box!You are really full of bunk.I do not want your bootleg junk!I do not want your worthless Spam.I do not want it Spam I Am.Spam I Am:How about some fast cash?Fifty Thousand in a flash!!!How stupid do you think I am?I won't join your shady scam.You are a sucker, you silly gitch.If it worked, we'd all be rich!I do not want your worthless spam.I do not want it Spam I Am.Spam I Am:Check out this great idea of mine!For Web Hosting and Design!I went to your site; it really sucks!For this you're charging lots of bucks?You could at least learn to spell.Why don't you just go to hell.I do not want your worthless spam.I do not want it Spam I Am.Don't pretend your ads are new.You insult us when you do.I won't buy your worthless stocks.Our heads are not full of rocksStop it Spam. Enough's enough.I do not want your trashy stuff!I do not want your damn spam!I do not want it Spam I Am! http://www.articlepal.net/article/z3bzp91mcf.htm 6th Nov,2008 South African Edition Of Windows 98 It has come to our attention that a few copies of the New South African edition of Windows 98 may have accidentally been shipped outside South Africa. If you have one of the New South African editions you may need some help understanding the commands. The New South African edition may be recognized by looking at the opening screen. It reads "E WINDOWS 98" with a background picture of a Mageu bottle superimposed on a Orlando Pirates flag. It is shipped with a Black Label screen saver.New Features:OK = sambliefCancel = AikonaUndo = auk! mistake!Redo = aikona, not mistake!Save = Ekke ek bere homfind = Ekke ek soek homhelp = ah dunnostart = statsettings = (pre-set on this edition)run = hambapersonal folder = my thieengsShut Down = ChailaSome programs that are exclusive to "E Windows 98"MS Werd = a word processorcalculata = calculatorscratch peppa = notepadJive Box = CD playerI Explora = Microsoft Internet Explorerpiktchas = a graphics viewerStockvel = M/S accounting softwareShebeen = Shortcut to a website with a list oflocal off-sales and their prices.Black Label tax records = usually an empty fileFafi = game replacing SolitaireWe regret any inconvenience it may have cause if you received a copy of the New South African edition. You may return it to Microsoft for a replacement version. http://www.articlepal.net/article/f41aa8ezab.htm 6th Nov,2008 Software Development Cycle Software doesn't just appear on the shelves by magic. That program shrink-wrapped inside the box along with the indecipherable manual and 12-paragraph disclaimer notice actually came to you by way of an elaborate path, through the most rigid quality control on the planet. Here, shared for the first time with the general public, are the inside details of the program development cycle.1 Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free.2 Product is tested. 20 bugs are found. 3 Programmer fixes 10 of the bugs and explains to the testing department that the other 10 aren't really bugs. 4 Testing department finds that five of the fixes didn't work and discovers 15 new bugs. 5 See 3. 6 See 4. 7 See 5. 8 See 6. 9 See 7. 10 See 8. 11 Due to marketing pressure and an extremely premature product announcement based on an overly optimistic programming schedule, the product is released. 12 Users find 137 new bugs. 13 Original programmer, having cashed his royalty check, is nowhere to be found. 14 Newly-assembled programming team fixes almost all of the 137 bugs, but introduce 456 new ones. 15 Original programmer sends underpaid testing department a postcard from Fiji. Entire testing department quits. 16 Company is bought in a hostile takeover by competitor using profits from their latest release, which had 783 bugs. 17 New CEO is brought in by board of directors. He hires programmer to redo program from scratch. 18 Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free. http://www.articlepal.net/article/l9l073596w.htm 6th Nov,2008 Signs You May Be Addicted To The Internet You wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom and stop to check your e-mail on the way back to bed. You get a tattoo that reads "This body best viewed with Netscape Navigator 3 or higher." You name your children Eudora, Mozilla and Dotcom. You turn off your modem and get this awful empty feeling, like you just pulled the plug on a loved one. You spend half of the plane trip with your laptop on your lap...and your child in the overhead compartment. You decide to stay in college for an additional year or two, just for the free Internet access. You laugh at people with 28,800 modems. You start using smiley's in your snail mail. Your hard drive crashes. You haven't logged in for two hours. You start to twitch. You pick up the phone and manually dial your ISP's access number. You try to hum to communicate with the modem. And you succeed. http://www.articlepal.net/article/b1xb6l084y.htm 6th Nov,2008 Saddam Hussein BAGHDAD, IRAQ- April 23, 1997 - Saddam Hussein today announced his pledge to fight terrorism, starting with "the fool who crashed my 286 with junk e-mail spam". The iron fisted leader went on to state that it took nearly five years to scavenge the countryside for stray computer parts "just to get on the net." After months of receiving busy signals from America Off Line, Saddam was finally able to negotiate (handshake) with the AOL server. He then went to download his e-mail, expecting to receive the customary AOL welcome e-mail message. But much to his dismay he was hit hard by Sanford Wallace's spam puking Cyber-Bomber Program.The attack consisted of endless copies of the exact same junk e-mails such as "Get Rich Quick", "Internet Porno Site Adverts", etc., etc.. The attack was so hard and heavy that Saddam's 120 MB hard drive simply crashed within a matter of minutes. Saddam stated that Mr. Wallace has got himself in the same predicament as Salman Rushdie, and will have nowhere to hide.Reaction amongst netizens was generally positive, and in total agreement with Saddam's decree.Sources at the Pentagon stated that Mr. Wallace will most likely be placed in the Wit-less Protection Program (funded by a new tax on all e-mails).Furthermore, Pentagon Officials were so impressed with the capabilities of the Cyber-Bomber Program, that this highly effective technology will now become property of the Department of Defense. No further details were given in regards to further research and development of junk e-mail spamming as a weapon of mass irritation.Mr. Spamford Wallace was unavailable for comment. http://www.articlepal.net/article/fo0p9wo04l.htm 6th Nov,2008 Right Click Tech Support: "I need you to right-click on the Desktop."Customer: "Ok."Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?"Customer: "No."Tech Support: "Ok. Right click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?"Customer: "No."Tech Support: "Ok, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?"Customer: "Sure, you told me to write 'click' and I wrote click'." http://www.articlepal.net/article/xik187yrvz.htm 6th Nov,2008 Reasons Why Windows Is Not A Virus 1. Viruses are free.2. Viruses don't take up most of your hard drive.3. Viruses don't need 80 megs of RAM.4. Viruses don't have major bugs.5. Viruses don't have three different sets of documentation.6. Viruses don't leak info to the press about the upcoming Jerusalem 95, to keep people from switching to Michelangelo/2 Warp.7. Viruses aren't on every computer.8. Nobody cares if a virus turns out to be 16 bit, even though it is advertised as 32...9. Viruses install themselves ! http://www.articlepal.net/article/h6eg34x6be.htm 6th Nov,2008 Quick Guide to Programming Languages The proliferation of modern programming languages (all of which seem to have stolen countless features from one another) sometimes makes it difficult to remember what language you're currently using. This handy reference is offered as a public service to help programmers who find themselves in such a dilemma.TASK: Shoot yourself in the foot.C: You shoot yourself in the foot.C++: You accidentally create a dozen instances of yourself and shoot them all in the foot. Providing emergency medical assistance is impossible since you can't tell which are bitwise copies and which are just pointing at others and saying, "That's me, over there."FORTRAN: You shoot yourself in each toe, iteratively, until you run out of toes, then you read in the next foot and repeat. If you run out of bullets, you continue with the attempts to shoot yourself anyways because you have no exception-handling capability.Pascal: The compiler won't let you shoot yourself in the foot.Ada: After correctly packing your foot, you attempt to concurrently load the gun, pull the trigger, scream, and shoot yourself in the foot. When you try, however, you discover you can't because your foot is of the wrong type.COBOL: Using a COLT 45 HANDGUN, AIM gun at LEG.FOOT, THEN place ARM.HAND.FINGER on HANDGUN.TRIGGER and SQUEEZE. THEN return HANDGUN to HOLSTER. CHECK whether shoelace needs to be re-tied.LISP: You shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds...FORTH: Foot in yourself shoot.Prolog: You tell your program that you want to be shot in the foot. The program figures out how to do it, but the syntax doesn't permit it to explain it to you.BASIC: Shoot yourself in the foot with a water pistol. On large systems, continue until entire lower body is waterlogged.Visual Basic: You'll really only appear to have shot yourself in the foot, but you'll have had so much fun doing it that you won't care.HyperTalk: Put the first bullet of gun into foot left of leg of you. Answer the result.Motif: You spend days writing a UIL description of your foot, the bullet, its trajectory, and the intricate scrollwork on the ivory handles of the gun. When you finally get around to pulling the trigger, the gun jams.APL: You shoot yourself in the foot, then spend all day figuring out how to do it in fewer characters.SNOBOL: If you succeed, shoot yourself in the left foot. If you fail, shoot yourself in the right foot.Unix:% lsfoot.c foot.h foot.o toe.c toe.o% rm * .orm:.o no such file or directory% ls%Concurrent Euclid: You shoot yourself in somebody else's foot.370 JCL: You send your foot down to MIS and include a 400-page document explaining exactly how you want it to be shot. Three years later, your foot comes back deep-fried.Paradox: Not only can you shoot yourself in the foot, your users can, too.Access: You try to point the gun at your foot, but it shoots holes in all your Borland distribution diskettes instead.Revelation: You're sure you're going to be able to shoot yourself in the foot, just as soon as you figure out what all these nifty little bullet-thingies are for.Assembler: You try to shoot yourself in the foot, only to discover you must first invent the gun, the bullet, the trigger, and your foot.Modula2: After realizing that you can't actually accomplish anything in this language, you shoot yourself in the head. http://www.articlepal.net/article/w58y9402uw.htm 6th Nov,2008 Proper Diskette and Care Usage Never leave diskettes in the drive, as the data can leak out of the disk and corrode the inner mechanics of the drive. Diskettes should be rolled up and stored in pencil holders.Diskettes should be cleaned and waxed once a week. Microscopic metal particles may be removed by waving a powerful magnet over the surface of the disk. Any stubborn metal shavings can be removed with scouring powder and steel wool. When waxing a diskette, make sure the surface is even. This will allow the diskette to spin faster, resulting in better access time.Do not fold diskettes unless they do not fit into the drive. "Big" Diskettes may be folded and used in "Little" drives.Never insert a diskette into the drive upside down. The data can fall off the surface of the disk and jam the intricate mechanics of the drive.Diskettes cannot be backed up by running them through a photo copy machine. If your data is going to need to be backed up, simply insert TWO diskettes into your drive. Whenever you update a document, the data will be written onto both disks. A handy tip for more legible backup copies: Keep a container of iron filings at your desk. When you need to make two copies, sprinkle iron filings liberally between the diskettes before inserting them into the drive.Diskettes should not be removed or inserted from the drive while the red light is on or flashing. Doing so could result in smeared or possibly unreadable text. Occasionally, the red light remains flashing in what is known as a "hung" or "hooked" state. If your system is hooking, you will probably need to insert a few coins before being allowed to access the slot.If your diskette is full and needs more storage space, remove the disk from the drive and shake vigorously for two minutes. This will pack the data enough (data compression) to allow for more storage. Be sure to cover all openings with scotch tape to prevent loss of data.Data access time may be greatly improved by cutting more holes in the diskette jacket. This will provide more simultaneous access points to the disk.Periodically spray diskettes with insecticide to prevent system bugs from spreading. http://www.articlepal.net/article/almy8no53n.htm 6th Nov,2008 Proof that Bill Gates is the Devil The real name of "the" Bill Gates is William Henry Gates III. Nowadays he is known as Bill Gates (III), where "III" means the order of third (3rd.)By converting the letters of his current name to the ASCII-values and adding his (III), you get the following:B 66I 73L 76L 76G 71A 65T 84E 69S 83+ 3--------------666 !!Some might ask, "How did Bill Gates get so powerful?" Coincidence? Or just the beginning of mankind's ultimate and total enslavement???Before you decide, consider the following:M S - D O S 6 . 2 177+83+45+68+79+83+32+54+46+50+49 = 666W I N D O W S 9 587+73+78+68+79+87+83+57+53+1 = 666Coincidence? You decide... http://www.articlepal.net/article/mior87m74z.htm 6th Nov,2008 Programmers' Wisdom Every program has at least one bug and can be shortened by at least one instruction -- from which, by induction, one can deduce that every program can be reduced to one instruction which doesn't work. http://www.articlepal.net/article/e7764tkjwi.htm 6th Nov,2008 Program Managers A lead hardware engineer, a lead software engineer, and their program manager are taking a walk outdoors during their lunch break when they come upon an old brass lamp. They pick it up and dust it off. Poof -- out pops a genie."Thank you for releasing me from my lamp-prison. I can grant you 3 wishes. Since there are 3 of you I will grant one wish to each of you."The hardware engineer thinks a moment and says, "I'd like to be sailing a yacht across the Pacific, racing before the wind, with an all-girl crew.""It is done", said the Genie, and poof, the hardware engineer disappears.The software engineer thinks a moment and says, "I'd like to be riding my Harley with a gang of beautiful women throughout the American Southwest.""It is done", said the Genie, and poof, the software engineer disappears.The program manager looks at where the other two had been standing and rubs his chin in thought. Then he tells the Genie, "I'd like those two back in the office after lunch." http://www.articlepal.net/article/cp73qbca4r.htm 6th Nov,2008 Program PROGRAM (pro'-gram)[n] A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input into error messages.[vi] To engage in a pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer opportunities for reward. http://www.articlepal.net/article/ku5wh8xmts.htm 6th Nov,2008 One Operating System Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, paid 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:1213AEBED4FA56F7D7E8EDE09402F9240EE0E50CC9D44AA08324'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 http://www.articlepal.net/article/z1aec3x0vb.htm 6th Nov,2008