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            • March 10, 2005

              Can you find a pattern in the following sequence: COM, .NET, ..ORG

            • In cruisin' by Lutz Reoder's web site (a .NET/COM Programming God to the unlearned) a few moments ago I noticed a strange anamoly that I'm sure is just that and nothing more... But in thinking through things just a little bit deeper I thought "Is that where ".NET" came from and if so is "..ORG" next? Take a look at his site again and notice the following stack:

              Programming.NET
              Programming.COM

              I'm sure I've seen this a million times but it just now struck me that "In the beginning..." there was COM. Then came the .com world and suddenly we found the . at the end of acronym suddenly take on a whole new "." attitude, pop'n itself in front of the acronym with a sudden and immediatte "what are you going to do about it" sort of smirk, forcing us all to give heed to the "All Mighty ." in all of our newly found .live's on the .'net. You know who I mean: that Grand Master ".", the "." at the beginning of the domain tree that rules all .'s. The top of the .stack, the cream of the .crop, THE MASTER OF YOUR DAMN .DOMAIN!?)

              Yeah, that ".". [For the record, .punctuation doesn't .count as a real "." in this little .hypothesis. Please .remove it from your .tally. thankyou.]

              So to me .NET always seemed to symbolize Microsoft's deliberate recognition to the fact that the "All Mighty ." would now and forever rule the "All Mighty NET(profit)" and that would be it, the perfect marriage between the two great powers of our .modern .world.

              But did the .NET .Forefathers have something even more .sinister in mind? Could it be that .NET was a .smoke .screen? A planned and deliberate layover en route to that all mighty day that the "All Mighty ." (ab)used it's "all mighty ." power, turned in NET(profit)'s general direction, thanked it for its (.web).services(.-*), and with a mighty .hop .hopped it's .a$$ on over the now .less NET and right on into the .ORG way of life, retaining its "." name of course to symbolize the fact that .open or .not it would always be it's "all mighty .self". [again, .punctuation; doesn't .count in the .tally. They might look very similar but "." sounds nothing like "." so no counting the "."'s, k? thanks :)]

              Could it be that Microsoft has been playing us all like a .chess .piece from the very .damn .beginning???!!!

              THOSE .BASTARDS!!!

              I knew .Bill was a .Alien. [If you just reacted with a "bad grammar!" remark did you sound out the "." before Alien? Didn't think so their .grammar .geek.] :D

              .Enjoy .Your .Day! :D

            • Posted by m.david : March 10, 2005 01:00 PM GMT

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