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To: soup who wrote (20665)11/10/1998 7:31:00 AM
From: Linda Kaplan  Respond to of 213176
 
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SUBJECT: STEPS TO CREATION USING AN IBM PC

POWER ON

>BIOS VERIFICATION

>BOOTING UP SYSTEM (WAIT 2 MINUTES TO COMPLETE)

>NON BOOTABLE DISK IN DRIVE A: (REMOVE GAME DISK)

>PLEASE INSERT VALID BOOT DISK AND PRESS "ENTER" TO CONTINUE
(I MAY BOOT THIS MYSELF)

>SYSTEM VERIFICATION COMPLETE (FINALLY)

>GOOD MORNING. PLEASE ENTER COMMAND FOR THE DAY.


PROGRAMMERS NOTE: In the beginning there was the IBM computer. Using this time saving wonderment, God commanded the following via some new voice recognition software that he recently installed:

> **
> ** c:\>Let there be light]
> **
> ** INVALID USERNAME OR PASSWORD
> **
> ** PLEASE ENTER VALID USERNAME
> **
> ** c:\>God
> **
> ** Enter password.
> **
> ** c:\>Omniscient
> **
> ** INCORRECT PASSWORD, PLEASE TRY AGAIN
> **
> ** c:\>Omnipotent
> **
> ** INCORRECT PASSWORD, PLEASE TRY AGAIN
> **
> ** c:\>Technocrat
> **
> ** And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Sunday, March 1.
> **
> ** c:\>Let there be light]
> **
> ** Unrecognizable command. Try again.
> **
> ** c:\>Create light
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Run heaven and earth
> **
> ** And God created Day and Night. And God saw there were 0 errors.
> **
> ** And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Sunday, March 1.
> **
> ** And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Monday, March 2.
> **
> ** c:\>Let there be firmament in the midst of water and light
> **
> ** Unrecognizable command. Try again.
> **
> ** c:\>Create firmament
> **
> ** Done.
> **
> ** c:\>Run firmament
> **
> ** And God divided the waters. And God saw there were 0 errors.
> **
> ** And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Monday, March 2.
> **
> ** And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Tuesday, March 3.
> **
> ** c:\>Let the waters under heaven be gathered together unto
> ** one place and
> **
> ** let the dry land appear and
> **
> ** Too many characters in specification string. Try again.
> **
> ** c:\>Create dry_land
> **
> ** Done.
> **
> ** c:\>Run firmament
> **
> ** And God divided the waters. And God saw there were 0 errors.
> **
> ** And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Tuesday, March 3.
> **
> ** And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Wednesday, March 4.
> **
> ** c:\>Create lights in the firmament to divide the day from
> ** the night
> **
> ** Unspecified type. Try again.
> **
> ** c:\>Create sun_moon_stars
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Run sun_moon_stars
> **
> ** And God divided the waters. And God saw there were 0 errors.
> **
> ** And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Wednesday, March 4.
> **
> ** And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Thursday, March 5.
> **
> ** c:\>Create fish
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Create fowl
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Run fish, fowl
> **
> ** And God created the great sea monsters and every living
> ** creature that creepeth wherewith the waters swarmed after
>** its kind and every winged fowl after its kind.
>** And God saw there were 0 errors.
> **
> ** And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Thursday, March 5.
> **
> ** And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Friday, March 6.
> **
> ** c:\>Create cattle
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Create creepy_things
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Now let us make man in our image
> **
> ** Unspecified type. Try again.
> **
> ** c:\>Create man
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and
> ** subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the
> ** fowl of the air and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.
> **
> ** Too many command operands. Try again.
> **
> ** c:\>Run multiplication
> **
> ** Execution terminated. 6 errors.
> **
> ** c:\>Insert breath
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Run multiplication
> **
> ** Execution terminated. 5 errors.
> **
> ** c:\>Move man to Garden of Eden
> **
> ** File Garden of Eden does not exist.
> **
> ** c:\>Create Garden.edn
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Move man to Garden.edn
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Run multiplication
> **
> ** Execution terminated. 4 errors.
> **
> ** c:\>Copy woman from man
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Run multiplication
> **
> ** Execution terminated. 2 errors.
> **
> ** c:\>Create desire
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Run multiplication
> **
> ** And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying
> ** in Garden.edn
> **
> ** Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors.
> **
> ** c:\>Create freewill
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Run freewill
> **
> ** And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying
> ** in Garden.edn
> **
> ** Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors.
> **
> ** c:\>Undo desire
> **
> ** Desire cannot be undone once freewill is created.
> **
> ** c:\>Destroy freewill
> **
> ** Freewill is an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed.
> **
> ** Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help.
> **
> ** c:\>Help
> **
> ** Desire cannot be undone once freewill is created.
> **
> ** Freewill is an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed.
> **
> ** Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help.
> **
> ** c:\>Create tree_of_knowledge
> **
> ** And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying
> ** in Garden.edn
> **
> ** Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors.
> **
> ** c:\>Create good, evil
> **
> ** Done
> **
> ** c:\>Activate evil
> **
> ** And God saw he had created shame.
> **
> ** Warning system error in sector E95. Man and woman not in
>** Garden.edn. 1
> **
> ** errors.
> **
> ** c:\>Scan Garden.edn for man, woman
> **
> ** Search failed.
> **
> ** c:\>Delete shame
> **
> ** Shame cannot be deleted once evil has been activated.
> **
> ** c:\>Destroy freewill
> **
> ** Freewill is an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed.
> **
> ** Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help.
> **
> ** c:\>Stop
> **
> ** Unrecognizable command. Try again
> **
> ** c:\>Break
> **
> ** c:\>Break
> **
> ** c:\>Break
> **
> ** CTRL-ALT-DEL
> **
> ** INVALID COMMAND
> **
> ** ATTENTION ALL USERS *** ATTENTION ALL USERS: COMPUTER
> ** GOING DOWN FOR REGULAR DAY OF MAINTENANCE AND REST
> ** IN FIVE MINUTES.
> **
> ** PLEASE LOG OFF NOW
> **
> ** c:\>Create new world
> **
> ** You have exceeded your allocated file space. You must
> ** destroy old files
> **
> ** before new ones can be created.
> **
> ** c:\>Destroy earth
> **
> ** Destroy earth: Please confirm.
> **
> ** c:\>Destroy earth confirmed
> **
> ** COMPUTER DOWN *** COMPUTER DOWN. SERVICES WILL RESUME
> ** SUNDAY, MARCH 8 AT 6:00 AM. YOU MUST SIGN OFF NOW.
> **
> ** And God logged off at 11:59:59 PM, Friday, March 6.
> **
> ** 12:00:01 AM, Sunday, March 8 God created Macintosh


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