maurycy
05.07.02, 16:38
How the Internet Began
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.
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. 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 secret himself inside Abraham's drum
and was accused of insider trading. 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 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.
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.
