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  • Subject: Re: Tolkien Rings (was Named indicators (was DOW vs DOU))
  • From: John Earl <johnearl@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 06:52:19 -0700

At 10:52 PM 6/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 09:34 PM 6/3/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>Ahhhh!
>>
>>I just came accross an indicator called GODIVA because it had something to
>>do with an insurance concept known as RIDERS!
>>
>>Software with humour!
>
>
>Once upon a time I had to call Level 1 about a token ring problem.  As the
>L1 Reader was busy browsing some source code and started to laugh.
>
>I asked her what was funny, she read me from the source code:  An excerpt
>from "Lord of the Rings,"  something about "One ring to rule them all, and
>in the darkness bind them."


One ring to rule them all, One ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. 


I suppose the one ring would be the backbone?
>
>--Paul E Musselman
>PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com
>
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