THE CREATION

by Draconi Dragon, draconi@uofacets.net

(Spoofed off the original: How God created the Earth and the Heavens... with Linux)

In the beginning there was the computer. And Richard Garriot said
%> Let there be light!

## Enter user id.

%> Richie

## Enter password. 

%> Omniscient 

## Password incorrect. Try again. 

%> Technocrat

## Password incorrect. Try again. 

%> Cunningham 

## And Richard Garriot logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Sunday, July 1. 

%> Let there be light! 

## Unrecognizable command. Try again. 

%> Create light 

## Done 

%> Run light 

## And there was light. Richie saw that light was good. 

%> Separate the light from the darkness 

## Unrecognizable command. Try again. 

%> Unzip light dark extracting : dark 

%> Run dark 

## And Richie created Day and Night. And Richie saw there were (0) errors. 

## And Richie logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Sunday, July 1. 

## And Richie logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Monday, July 2. 

%> Let there be firmament in the midst of water and light 

## Unrecognizable command. Try again. 

%> Create firmament 

## Done. 

%> Run firmament 

## And Richie created firmament in the midst of water and light. He called 
this firmament the ethereal void. And Richie saw there were (0) errors. 

## And Richie logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Monday, July 2. 

## And Richie logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Tuesday, July 3. 

%> Let the waters under the ethereal void be gathered together unto one place and 
let the dry land appear and

## Too many characters in specification string. Try again. 

%> Create dry_land 

## Done.

%> Run dry_land 

## And Richie divided the waters. And Richie saw there were (0) errors. 

## And Richie logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Tuesday, July 3. 

## And Richie logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Wednesday, July 4. ¦

%> Create lights in the firmament to divide the day from the night 

## Unspecified type. Try again. 

%> Create sun_stars_and2moons 

## Done 

%> Run sun_stars_and2moons 

## And Richie divided the day from the night. And Richie saw there were (1) 
errors. 

## Please specify names of: and2moons

%> Trammel, Felucca

## Please specify relationship with dry_land

%> and2moons = timespace + tides

## And the tides were created. And Richie saw that there were (1) error

## Unknown: timespace

%> Create timespace = random moongates

%> Run timespace

## And the two moons of dry_land were created, and they provided instant 
transportation. And Richie saw that there were (0) errors

## And Richie logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Wednesday, July 4. 

## And Richie logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Thursday, July 5. 

%> Create fish 

## Done 

%> Create fowl 

## Done 

%> Run fish, fowl 

## And Richie 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 Richie saw there were (0) errors. 

## And Richie logged off at 12:02:00 AM, Thursday, July 5. 

## And Richie logged on at 12:01:00 AM, Friday, July 6. 

%> Create cattle 

## Done 

%> Create creepy_things 

## Done 

%> Now let us make NPCS in our image 

## Unspecified type. Try again. 

%> Create NPCS-male

## Done 

%> Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the dry_land and subdue it and 
have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air 
and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth 

## Too many command operands. Try again. 

%> Run multiplication 

## Execution terminated. 6 errors. 

%> Insert name, job

## Done 

%> Run name, job

## Execution terminated. 5 errors. 

%> Move NPCS-male to Britainnia

## File Britainnia does not exist. 

%> Create Britainnia.map from dry_land, waters

## Done 

%> Move NPCS-male to Britainnia.map

## Done 

%> Run name, job

## Execution terminated. 4 errors.

%> Copy NPCS-female from NPCS-male

## Done 

%> Run multiplication 

## Execution terminated. 2 errors. 

%> Create desire

## Done 

%> Run name, job

## And Richie saw the male NPCS and the female NPCS being fruitful and multiplying in 
Britainnia.map 

## Warning : No time limit on this run. (1) errors.

%> Create Ultima 

## Done 

%> Run Ultima

## And Richie saw the male NPCS and the female NPCS fall into evil desires in 
Britainnia.map

## Warning : Total destruction of NPC race in 10 years. And Richie saw that 
there were (1) error.

%> Undo desire 

## Desire cannot be undone once Ultima was created¦

%> Destroy Ultima

## Ultima is an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed. 

## Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help. 

%> Help 

## Desire cannot be undone once Ultima was created. ¦

## Ultima is an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed. 

## Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help. 

%> Create Avatar

## And Richie saw a stranger come to Britainnia.map, and save its 
NPCS from evil. 

## Warning : Evil enchantress has created duplicate Ultima.

%> Destroy Ultima2

## Ultima2 is an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed.

%> Call Avatar

## And Richie called back Avatar from the retirement planet, and
Avatar destroyed the evil enchantress.

## Warning system error in sector E95. Exodus has been released
due by virii.
(1) errors. 

%> Call Avatar

## And Richie saw that Avatar was tired of being harassed.

## Avatar could not be allocated.

%> Move contract to Avatar

## Avatar returns signed contract and rescues Britainnia.map

## NPCS love Avatar more than user: Richie

%> Delete Avatar

## File Avatar cannot be deleted once contract is signed.

%> Damn

## Unrecognized command

%> Stop 

## Unrecognizable command. Try again. 

%> Break 

%> Break 

%> Break 

## ATTENTION ALL USERS *** ATTENTION ALL USERS :
COMPUTER GOING DOWN FOR 
REGULAR DAY OF MAINTENANCE AND REST IN FIVE MINUTES.
PLEASE LOG OFF. 

%> Create new_world 

## You have exceeded your allocated file space. You must destroy old 
files before new ones can be created. 

%> hexedit Britainnia.map, delete Avatar from file: Ultima, Ultima2, and Ultima3

## Alternate Britainnia.map created.

%> Delete Britainnia.map

## File Britainnia.map deleted

%> Run UO.map

## COMPUTER DOWN *** COMPUTER DOWN. 

## Server may crash and cause thousands of problems while running
UO.map, continue anyway?

%> Continue

## Consumers have become angry.

SERVERS WILL RESUME IN TWO WEEKS, AT 6:00 AM. YOU
MUST SIGN OFF NOW. 

## And Richie logged off at 11:59:59 PM, Friday, July 6.

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