| IN THE BEGINNING there
was the computer. And God said
c:\>Let there be light!
Enter user id.
c:\>God
Enter password.
c:\>Omniscient
Password incorrect. Try again.
c:\>Omnipotent
Password incorrect. Try again.
c:\>Technocrat
And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Sunday, March 1.
c:\>Let there be light!
Unrecognizable command. Try again.
c:\>Create -light
Done
c:\>Run heaven and earth
File name unrecognizable. Try again.
c:\>Run heaven_and_earth
File name too long. Try again.
c:\>Run HAE.GOD
And God created Day and Night. And God saw there were 0 errors.
And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Sunday, March 1.
And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Monday, March 2.
c:\>Let there be firmament in the midst of water and
light
Unrecognizable command. Try again.
c:\>Create -firmament
Done.
c:\>Run FIRMMNT.GOD
And God divided the waters. And God saw there were 0 errors.
And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Monday, March 2.
And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Tuesday, March 3.
c:\>Let the waters under heaven be gathered together
unto one place and let the dry land appear and
Too many characters in specification string. Try
again.
c:\>Create -dryland
Done.
c:\>Run FIRMMNT.GOD
And God divided the waters. And God saw there were 0 errors.
And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Tuesday, March 3.
And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Wednesday, March 4.
c:\>Create lights in the firmament to divide the day
from the night
Unspecified type. Try again.
c:\>Create -sun -moon -stars \SUNMNSTR.GOD
Done.
c:\>Run SUNMNSTR.GOD
And God divided the waters. And God saw there were 0 errors.
And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Wednesday, March 4.
And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Thursday, March 5.
c:\>Create -fish
Done.
c:\>Create -fowl
Done.
c:\>Run FISH.GOD, FOWL.GOD
And God created the great sea monsters and every living creature
that creepeth wherewith the waters swarmed after its kind and every winged fowl after its
kind. And God saw there were 0 errors.
And God logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Thursday, March 5.
And God logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Friday, March 6.
c:\>Create -cattle
Done.
c:\>Create -creepy -things
Done.
c:\>Now let us make man in our image
Unspecified type. Try again.
c:\>Create -man
Done.
c:\>Be -fruitful && -multiply &&
-replenish_the_earth && -subdue_it && (have_dominion \over
_the_fish_of_the_sea && \over_the_fowl_of_the_air &&
\over_every_living_thing_that_creepeth_upon_the_earth)
Too many command operands. Try again.
c:\>Run MULTIPLICATION
File name too long. Try again.
c:\>Run MULT.EXE
Execution terminated. 6 errors.
c:\>Insert -breath
Done.
c:\>Run MULT.EXE
Execution terminated. 5 errors.
c:\>Move man to Garden of Eden
File Garden does not exist. Too many parameters.
c:\>Create Garden.edn
Done.
c:\>Move -man -Garden.edn
Done.
c:\>Run MULT.EXE
Execution terminated. 4 errors.
c:\>Copy man.* woman.*
Done.
c:\>Run MULT.EXE
Execution terminated. 2 errors.
c:\>Create -desire
Done.
c:\>Run MULT.EXE
And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying in
Garden.edn
Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors.
c:\>Create -freewill
Done.
c:\>Run FREEWILL.MAN
And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying in
Garden.edn
Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors.
c:\>Undo -desire
Desire cannot be undone once freewill is created.
c:\>Destroy FREEWILL.MAN
Freewill is an inaccessible file and cannot be
destroyed.
Abort (A), Retry (R), or Ignore (I)?A
c:\>Help -Destroy FREEWILL.MAN
Desire cannot be undone once freewill is created.
Freewill is an inaccessible file and cannot be
destroyed.
Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help.
c:\>Create -tree -knowledge
And God saw man and woman being fruitful and multiplying in
Garden.edn
Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors.
c:\>Create -good -evil
Done.
c:\>Activate -evil
And God saw he had created shame.
Warning system error in sector E95. Man and woman
not in Garden.edn. 1 errors.
c:\>Scan Garden.edn for man, woman
Search failed.
c:\>Delete shame
Shame cannot be deleted once evil has been
activated.
c:\>Destroy freewill
Freewill is an inaccessible file and cannot be
destroyed.
Abort (A), Retry (R), or Ignore (I)?A
c:\>Stop
Unrecognizable command. Try again.
c:\>Break
c:\>Break
c:\>Break
ATTENTION ALL USERS *** ATTENTION ALL USERS:
COMPUTER GOING DOWN FOR REGULAR DAY OF MAINTENANCE AND REST IN FIVE MINUTES. PLEASE LOG
OFF.
c:\>Create new world
You have exceeded your allocated file space. You
must destroy old files before new ones can be created.
c:\>Destroy earth
Destroy earth: Please confirm.
c:\>Destroy earth confirmed
COMPUTER DOWN *** COMPUTER DOWN. SERVICES WILL RESUME
SUNDAY, MARCH 8 AT 6:00 AM. YOU MUST SIGN OFF NOW.
And God logged off at 11:59:59 PM, Friday, March 6.
Then God created Macintosh.
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