[nfbcs] How the internet started according to the Bible

[David Andrews]

I got it from the nfb krafters list, where it originally came from -- 
who knows.

Dave

At 12:10 PM 7/21/2013, you wrote:
>And who are they? Just curious as to where it came from. I think that it is
>funny.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan
>Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 6:57 AM
>To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [nfbcs] How the internet started according to the Bible
>
>I see they've added to this since I last saw it about 15 years ago. Good
>work :)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Andrews
>Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 10:44 PM
>To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
>Subject: [nfbcs] How the internet started according to the Bible
>
>
> >How the internet started according to the  Bible
> >
> >In ancient Israel , it came to pass that a trader by the name of  Abraham
> >Com
> >did take unto himself a healthy young wife by the name of  Dorothy.
> >
> >And Dot Com was a comely woman, Large of breast, broad of  shoulder
> >and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot  Com.
> >
> >And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so  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 who hath the best price. 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 having to move from his
> >tent.
> >
> >To prevent neighbouring countries from overhearing what the drums  were
> >saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew.  It
> >was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also  developed
> >a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew To The People  (HTTP).
> >
> >And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the  greedy
> >horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic  Ecclesiastical
> >Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS.
> >
> >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 that enterprising drum  dealer, Brother William of Gates, who
> >bought off every drum maker in the  land. Indeed he did insist on
> >drums to be made 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  Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel , or eBay as it came to be
> >known.
> >
> >He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are."
> >
> >And  Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."
> >
> >"YAHOO," said  Abraham.
> >
> >And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot  Com.
> >
> >Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious  Energetic
> >Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums  to
> >locate things around the countryside.
> >
> >It soon became known as God's  Own Official Guide to Locating
> >Everything (GOOGLE).
> >
> >That is how it all  began.