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The Second Ring
Welcome to The Second Ring. The purpose of RBBS-PC is to assist in
the free exchange of information. It is dedicated to this purpose.
Topics can include not only technical information or help with the IBM, or
any other, personal computer, but also poetry, fiction, or just plain
feelings. The users of this bulletin board have already gone through an
auto-selection process. They are capable of utilizing computers or
computer terminals. Presumably they are capable of reading. The quality of
their writing remains to be seen. Finally, by finding the telephone number
they are interested in exploring new sources of information.
Why the name "The Second Ring?" The obvious pun is not the reason
for the name. Rather this bulletin board's name comes from a very ancient
Galeic legend. The legend is as follows:
"In the ancient times before men were counted among the animals of
God, the trees were asked `What would be the bravest thing that a man might
do, if he existed?` The ancient oak replied `He would make mighty ships of
the strongest trees and sail upon your seas.` The tall pines of the
forest said 'He would carve bows from the sinewest of trees to hunt the
wild beasts.' Each tree in its turn replied to the question until all were
heard from. Still God had not heard anything that pleased him. Finally
the lowest form of life in the forest spoke up.
It was the mushroom. 'Forgive me mighty one for speaking. I have
heard each of the trees speak -- and they say nothing because they speak of
what would glorify themselves. Behold, I am the least of your creations in
the forest and I can only speak from my own dreams. Should you create Man
he will know the first ring as I do. This first ring will be the ring of
his friends, family, and neighbors. It, like you, has neither a begining
nor an end. While it may grow as mine does to encompass much, it will
limit him as well as support him. His horizons will be finite, his
ambitions limited, his hopes encircled. The bravest thing that Man could
do would be to reach beyond this first ring and create a second -- the
second ring. Like a drop of dew falling upon the still surface of a lake,
the second ring would beget a third and a third a fourth even unto
infinity. For it is with the second ring that man would become like you
-- with neither a begining nor an end and touch the infinite.'
Upon hearing this, God was pleased. 'I shall indeed make him in my
own image and likeness. And I shall place you, the lowliest of my forest
creations, in all the places where Man shall walk so that he might see the
first ring. I shall place wonder in in his heart. And with this wonder
Man shall come to know that he can reach beyond the first ring.'"
Welcome to The Second Ring!
Tom Mack
July 4, 1983