In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Comdid take unto himself a healthy young wife by the name of Dorothy.And Dot Com was a homely woman, large of breast, broad of shoulder and longof leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com.And she said unto Abraham, her husband, “Why dost thou travel so far fromtown to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thytent?”And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short ofa camel load, but simply said, “How, dear?”And Dot replied, “I will place drums in all the towns and drums in betweento send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply tellingyou who hath the best price. The sale can be made on the drums and deliverymade by Uriah’s Pony Stable (UPS).”Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with thedrums.And the drums rang out and were an immediate success.Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having tomove from his tent.To prevent neighbouring countries from overhearing what the drums weresaying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It wasknown as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed alanguage 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 horseflytake to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich DamascusSybarites, or NERDS.And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and thedeafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were goingto that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought offevery drum maker in the land. Indeed he did insist on drums to be made thatwould work only with Brother Gates’ drum heads and drum sticks.And Dot did say, “Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over byothers. “And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel , or eBay as it cameto 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 YAHOODot 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 aroundthe countryside.It soon became known as God’s Own Official Guide to Locating Everything(GOOGLE).That is how it all began.And that’s the truth.Reports email sent to me
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