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| May 05, 2007 8:30 pm |
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True Origin of the Internet |
Aditya Seth
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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 had been called 'Amazon Dot Com.'
And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why doth thou
travel far from town
to town with thy goods when thou can 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
delivery made 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 an
immediate success.
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. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical
Rich Dominican
Siderites, 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. Private Reply to Aditya Seth (new win) |
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