At 02:43 PM 12/12/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb_at_deltasoft.com>
>
> ... though the roman numeral boondoggle below didn't originate with him ...
>
>To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 1:22 PM
>Subject: Re: 10,000 years? (was: Data Archival (OT Long)
>
>
> > > By then, we may resolve the question on this list.
> > >
> > > By then, will MICROS~1 have been broken up?
> > >
> > Yes, but not in the way you think. You see, January 23rd, 10,002 the
> > Microsoft Commonwealth will be invaded by a hideous race known as the
> > Zorg. They invade us because of a bad trade agreement. It seems
> > that when they installed Windows 10,000 in their hospitals, the
> > systems crashed and all the tiny little Zorglings in the creche
> > die.
> >
> > They'll completely devistate humanity in a ragged war that will
> > last a hundred years. By the time we defeat them, we'll be once again
> > trapped in Mother Earth's gravity well.
> >
> > All won't be lost though since an enterprising young man will discover a
> > cache of Z-80 (and glue logic) chip mask drawings etched in gold. Thus
> > the 2341st Computer Revolution will be born. This same individual will
> > find the glass holodisc archive of http://www.retroarchive.org and CP/M
> > will once again flourish in the land.
> >
> > Bill Gates XXXXXXXIIIV
> >
I suspect that whatever OS is used in 10K years, it will have to
be readable by rats, roaches or termites.
Charlie Fox
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Received on Tue Dec 12 2000 - 17:02:34 GMT