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When time stopped, everything changed…
"When women dress like men and trousers wear, And cut off all their locks of hair, When pictures look alive with movements free. When ships like fishes swim beneath the sea. When men outstripping birds can soar the sky. Then half the world, deep drenched in blood, shall die...." – Old Mother Shipton

It was 11:43am and had been 11:43am for several minutes. As I wrestled with my laptop computer trying to find out why nothing seemed to work, the screen went blank, then turned blue and stayed that way for a few seconds.

Finally a three-dimensional image of lines and curves appeared and started to turn slowly, over and over. Before I could say anything, I heard Carole on the desk behind me say:

“Hey guys, look at what’s happened to my screen. It’s stuck in a screensaver, or I’ve got some sort of virus, or security breach.”

“Look there’s a message, it says:”