Вещь старая, но...

ma3ay · 10-01-2002, 11:17

Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, payed me a visit.
As we were talking I mentioned having recently installed
Windows 98 on my PC and that I am very happy with this
operating system. I also showed him the Windows 98 CD, to 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 then on the inner edge of the central hole I saw an
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:

4F6E65204F5320746F2072756C65207468656D20616C6C2C204
F6E65204F5320746F2066696E64207468656D2CDA4F6E65204F
5320746F206272696E67207468656D20616C6C20616E6420696
E20746865206461726B6E6573732062696E64207468656D

'I cannot understand the fiery letters,' I said.
'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 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.

the_Dark_One · 10-01-2002, 12:32

Такого я ещё не видел

layka · 22-01-2002, 22:11

не могу, увы, оценить качество английского и особенно hex'a, но по смыслу если, то завязка для киберпанковской сказки вполне нехилая.

10-01-2002, 11:17	#1
ma3ay Камрад Join Date: июл 2001 Location: Москва Сообщений: 557	Вещь старая, но... Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, payed me a visit. As we were talking I mentioned having recently installed Windows 98 on my PC and that I am very happy with this operating system. I also showed him the Windows 98 CD, to 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 then on the inner edge of the central hole I saw an 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: 4F6E65204F5320746F2072756C65207468656D20616C6C2C204 F6E65204F5320746F2066696E64207468656D2CDA4F6E65204F 5320746F206272696E67207468656D20616C6C20616E6420696 E20746865206461726B6E6573732062696E64207468656D 'I cannot understand the fiery letters,' I said. '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 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. __________________ Старый Мазай - любитель зайцев и заек.
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10-01-2002, 12:32	#2
the_Dark_One Я не существую Join Date: мая 2000 Location: Град Москов, Раша Сообщений: 1,513	Такого я ещё не видел
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22-01-2002, 22:11	#3
layka многоразовый шпиц Join Date: янв 2001 Location: новосибирск Сообщений: 819	не могу, увы, оценить качество английского и особенно hex'a, но по смыслу если, то завязка для киберпанковской сказки вполне нехилая.
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