End of days?
Seth Vidal
skvidal at fedoraproject.org
Thu Jan 7 12:59:42 UTC 2010
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
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