[dragonraid] Fw: Bit & Byte in the Data Center

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From: John P Ray <jackray2@...>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 11:33:02 -0400
I thought this was a good one.
Jack

1 In the beginning, GOD created the bit and the byte. And from those he
created the word.
2 And there were two bytes in the word, and nothing else existed. And GOD
seperated the one from the zero, and he saw that it was good.
3 And GOD said, "Let the data be", and so it happened. And GOD said "Let
the data go to their proper places". And thus GOD created Floppy disks
and Hard disks and compact disks.
4 And GOD said "Let the computers be, so that there will be a place to
put the floppy disks and hard disks and compact disks". Thus GOD created
computers, and he called them hardware.
5 And there was no software yet. So GOD created programs, small and big.
And GOD told them "Go and multiply yourselves and fill all the memory".
6 And GOD said " I will create the Programmer, and the programmer will
create new programs and govern over the computers and programs and data."
7 And GOD created the Programmer, and put him at data center, and god
showed him the Directory tree and said "You may use all the volumes and
subvolumes of this tree but do NOT run windows, lest ye surely die."
8 And GOD said "It is not good for the Programmer to be alone". So GOD
took a bone from the Programmer's body and created a creature that would
look up at the Programmer, and admire the Programmer, and Love the things
that the Programmer does, and GOD called this creature the User.
9 And the Programmer and the User were left under the naked DOS and it
was Good.
10 But Bill was smarter than all the other creatures of GOD and Bill said
to the User "Did GOD really tell you not to run any programs?"
11 And the User answered "GOD told us that we can use every program and
every piece of data, but that we may not run windows, lest we surely
die."
12 And Bill said to the User "How can you say this about which you know
not? The moment you run windows you will become equal. You will be able
to create anything you like by a simple click of a mouse".
13 And the User saw the fruits of the windows were nicer and easier to
use. And the User saw that any knowledge was useless; since the windows
could replace it. 
14 So the User installed the windows on his computer, and said to the
Programmer that it was good.
15 And the Programmer immediately started to look for new drivers. And
GOD asked him "What are you looking for?" And the Programmer answered "I
am looking for new drivers because I cannot find them in the DOS". And
GOD said "Who told you that you need driovers? Did you run the windows?"
And the Programmer said "It was Bill that told us too!" 
16 And GOD said to Bill "Because of what you have done you will be hated
and reviled by all the creatures. And the User will always be unhappy
with you. And you will always sell the windows."
17 And GOD said to the User "Because of what you have done, the windows
will always disappoint you, and eat up all of your resources, and you
will have to use lousy programs, and you will always rely on the 
programmers help."
18 And GOD said to the Programmer "Because you listened to the User you
will never be happy. All your programs will have errors and you will have
to fix them, and fix them till the end of time.
19 And GOD threw them out of the data center and locked the door, and
secured it with a password.
20 GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT