In the cyberspace beginning...
* irenic *
THE ORIGIN OF THE INTERNET
In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of
Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot.
And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg.
Indeed, she was named Amazon Dot Com.
And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel far
from town to town with thy goods, when thou canst trade without ever
leaving thy tent ?"
And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags
short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?" And Dot replied,
"I will place drums in all the towns, and drums in between, to send
messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling
you which hath the best price. And the sale can be made on the drums,
and the goods can be delivered by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."
Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with
the drums. And the drums rang out and were a wondrous happening.
Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever
moving from his tent.
But this success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia did secrete
himself inside Abraham's drum and was accused of insider trading. And
the young man did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy
horsefly take to camel dung. He was called a Nomadic Ecclesiastical
Rich Dominant Siderite, or NERDS for short.
And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the
deafening sound of drums, that no one noticed that the real riches
were going to the drum maker, one Brother William of Gates, who
bought up every drum company in the land. And indeed did insist on
making drums that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and
drumsticks.
And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken
over by others."
And as Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or as it came to
be known "eBay" he said, "We need a name that reflects what we are."
And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."
"YAHOO," said Abraham.
And that is how it all began.
--
Shalom! Rowland Croucher
"If only it were so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere
insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary to separate them
from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil
cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy
a piece of his own heart?" Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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