“In the Wife of Bath’s Tale, part of Geoffrey Chaucer’s ‘The
Canterbury Tales,’ a knight caught in the act of raping a woman is
sentenced to discover what women truly desire. To help our modern
readers understand how that might be considered punishment, it’s a
lot like sending someone to discover why Windows crashes without
explanation. The knight winds up baffled, unable to answer the
question–and thus bound to die for his crime.“Alas, he encounters an old hag who saves his life by giving the
answer, and then demands he marry her as repayment. To make a long
story short, the old hag becomes young and beautiful–but not
before he grants her ‘mastery’ over him. And they live happily ever
after. And so the relationship with Vector Linux 5.8 Standard Gold
edition begins–ugly, but practical, giving way to faithful
beauty…”