h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm not sure.

99% of them are made up,i'll bet.

Yeah. By the official guys.

Dave Barry has also said that in the first version of DOS, you usually had a conversation like this:

C:\>Hello.
Bad command or filename.

C:\>Then what's a good one?
Bad command or filename.

C:\>No, look, I'm asking you what I can do here.
Bad command or filename.

C:\>Bad command or filename.
Bad command or filename.

C:\>WHAT CAN I DO HERE, &@#%%IT!?
Bad command or filename, @$$hole.

And that there were rumored to be SOME commands or filenames, perhaps known only to Bill Gates, that would get some sort of result other than "Bad command or filename.

C:\>"

And that C:\> thing. What was the C:\> for? And why C? Why not D or Q or µ for goshsakes!?

Fortunately, with DOS 2.0, Dave was able to write a program which counted from 1 to 100.

Who is this dave barry guy anyway...name sounds familiar..

He's an American humor columnist. He once managed to send an E-mail or possibly newsgroup message (popularly known as "The Dr. Chuckletrousers Post") to everyone except the person for whom it was intended. You may have heard about this; you may have even recieved it. If so, could you send it to me? [email protected]

Must be thinking of someone else...sorry.

D'oh.

Jedi Knight - I received an e.mail the other day from Buzz Aldrin... no kidding, the second man on the moon himself. It's still in my inmail tray. Are you interested in that?
I looked for you on Yahoo!Messenger, but couldn't find you under sixoftwelve, so could you add me, annieogle, then I will add you

No. I haven't got Yahoo! Messenger.

are you stupid or something? DOS 1 didn't use that prompt, there was no HDD support or Directory structure implemented at that point that would be 2.1

How was I to know that!?

How was anyone supposed to know that?

Yes! You seem to be the only one who knows!

That's the problem of being old or having a good .. erm .. what's the word? That's it - Memory!
These young whippersnappers are not impressed.

Mac,
You weren't thinking of JOHN Barry - composer of the James Bond music, were you?

DUH-DUH---DUN--DUH-DUH--DUN--DAHDAHDADADA
Yeah,thats it...

D'oh.

Really? Wow...

That's all very well, but there was a recent case of MacDonald's being taken to court because the drinks were TOO hot! About 20 people in the UK are suing; some have suffered third-degree burns. This follows a similar court case in the States - MacDonald's lost!

That must've hurt.

ouch!
but not as much as....spilling it in your lap.