Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 03:40:42 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: gclarkii@main.gbdata.com (Gary Clark II) Cc: pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD's Mascot Message-ID: <199704101040.DAA28236@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199704100626.BAA20409@main.gbdata.com> from "Gary Clark II" at Apr 10, 97 01:26:55 am
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Gary Clark II wrote: > > > Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > Pedro Giffuni wrote: > > > > > > B,66; I,73; L,76; L,76; G,71; A,65; T,84; E,69; S,83 and a 3 (His > > > complete second name is Gates III) it all adds 666 (the number of the > > > beast). Other famous terms: > > > MS DOS 6.21 77+83+45+68+79+83+32+54 = 666 > > > Windows 95 87+73+78+68+79+87+83+57+53+1 = 666 > > Where are you getting your number system from? I've never seen a "standard" > for english gematria. > > > > > well i guess that confirms what i suspected all along. ;) > > playing(?) with sums formed from letters is a very old > > practice. in hebrew every letter is also a number so no > > translation table is required. the sequence for the letters > > runs 1, 2, 3, ... 9, 10, 20, ... 100, 200, 300, 400. no > > 0. 400 is the last leter of the alphabet (alef bet, are > > the first two letters of the alphabet[a]) numbers larger > You are confusing Hebrew and Greek:) ^^^^^^^^^^^ hebrew greek 1st letter alef alpha 2nd letter bet beta alefbet alphabeta confused? > > > than 400 are fomed by repeating 400, etc...well i guess > > that i have rambled enough. > > It is called gematria. > I thought it started with Aleph at 1 and ended with Tzaddi(final) at 900. > Yes all the numbers above 400 are final letters, so may not be used in > all dialects (I only know one in a very limited way...). could be, but the most common form ends with Taf (400). this year is 5757 --> Taf Shin Nun Zayin (400 300 50 7) the leading 5000 is implicit ;) jmb
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