Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, paid me visit. As we were talking I mentioned having recently installed Windows XP on my PC and that I am very happy with this operating system. I also showed him the Win XP CD and to my surprise he threw it into my microwave oven and turned the oven on.

Instantly I got very upset as 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 good look at it”.

To my surprise the CD was quite cold to the touch and seemed to be heavier than before. At first I could not see anything, but then on the inner edge of the central hole saw an inscription. An inscription finer than anything have ever seen before. The inscription shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth.


4F6E65204F5320746F2072756C65207468656D20616C6C2C204F6E65204F5320746

F2066696E64207468656D2CDA4F6E65204F5320746F20627269 6E67207468656D20

616C6C20616E6420696E20746865206461726B6E65737320626 96E64207468656D


“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 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.”