A Delphic sword.

I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!

Thou shalt go thou shalt return never in battle shalt thou perish. [Lat., Ibis redibis non morieris in bello.]

The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving.

The ColU, sitting on its tabletop, seemed to Stef to twinkle. ‘I’m Colius the Oracle now.

There is no more important platform for Oracle than HP and Itanium.