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Mark of the Beast

Posted on Wednesday 17 November 2004

This was handed to me the other day by a street-corner philosopher who was evidently also a doctor in the magick art of the Kabbalah.

- In a cashless society it may be possible that all food and products may have to be ordered using a computer.

- The computer is an important part of our society. For many it is almost impossible to get by without one.

- A study was done on the spelling of the word Computer. Each letter was given a number in a multiple of 6. Each letter in the word computer was given a number corresponding to its place in the alphabet and then the total number was calculated. THIS WAS THE RESULT.

The Letters are as follows: A = 6 B = 12 C = 18 D = 24 E = 30 F = 36 G = 42 H = 48 I = 54 J = 60 K = 66 L = 72 M = 78 N = 84 O = 90 P = 96 Q = 102 R = 108 S = 114 T = 120 U = 126 V = 132 W = 138 X = 144 Y = 150 Z = 156

C = 18

O = 90
M = 78
P = 96
U = 126
T = 120
E = 30
R = 108
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666
I'm sure I don't need to spell out to you what that means.

In case you were wondering, the text had been typed on a wordprocessor and printed on a bubblejet. The font was Times Roman.