End of days?

[Seth Vidal]

On Thu, 7 Jan 2010, Tony Nelson wrote:

> On 10-01-06 17:54:10, Robert Relyea wrote:
>> On 01/06/2010 01:43 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>>> [orion at orca fedora/devel]$ ls */dead.package | wc -l
>>> 666
>>>
>> We're ok. The original number may have been 616:
>> http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/POxy/beast616.htm
>
> No, that's merely the most common "correction" by those with a little
> knowledge.  666 was the number for Neron Ceaser, while 616 was for Nero
> Ceaser (latinized form of name).  Of course, the reference was actually
> to Domitian, who was Emperor when the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed
> (again) after yet another revolt by the Jews.  Mentioning the current
> Emperor in an unflattering way would get one killed, hence the code.
>

If you want to continue this discussion please do so offlist.

thanks,
-sv