Whatever happened to video #666?? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: kizzap
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 12:51:04 am
content: Was it to be #FTDIGate? Or something deeper and darker?!Let the conspiracies begin!!!

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 12:58:59 am
content: Tis the number of the beast........ Dave may have decided to be carefullAurora

author: babysitter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 06:19:05 am
content: <-- is disappointed by learning about "the other side" of Forrest Mims.

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 06:32:49 am
content: I Thought the number of the beast was 13. And 666 was mistyped long ago and actually is 661. 6+6+1 = 13. That's why alot of elevators in the US do not have the number 13 floor. It skips it.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 06:39:10 am
content: Quote from: babysitter on January 07, 2015, 06:19:05 amSo was I, massively so.Chris & I agreed to bite our tongue during the interview and not bring it up. Forrest bought it up of course, but we steered well clear.

author: aargee
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 06:42:39 am
content: I am still offended that EEV Blog # 13 went to air back in 2009 AND it was a double episode.But really, sensitivity to 666? I guess the street number 666 is missing from those long streets in some towns?oh ahh is my leg pulled.

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 06:45:04 am
content: Quote from: Falcon69 on January 07, 2015, 06:32:49 amI think 666 is supposed to be a mistranslation of 611, not 661.

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 06:54:23 am
content: I was wrong....First thing That came up on Google. I had the numbers right, just wrong order.It is 616http://www.endtime.com/blog/666-or-616-the-number-of-the-beast/And yes,it appears that 666 was a mistranslation for the number of the beast (who really believes in that crap anyway?)EDIT: after reading some more of that 'crap', i now understand where the number 13 came from, as it is the chapter of Revelation that portrays what the number of the beast is. Never before now has it hit me to where I understood where 13 came from and why it was bad luck. Makes sense I guess, if ya believe in that stuff.

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 07:00:31 am
content: Quote from: aargee on January 07, 2015, 06:42:39 amDon't forget also, that many states here do not allow the numbers 666 in a license plate either, at least not all three 6's together like that. Amongst other things. The DMV has a big book on what is acceptable, and what is not. For example, you can't have I8HER2

author: jancumps
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 07:54:58 am
content: Quote from: Falcon69 on January 07, 2015, 06:32:49 amThe elevator skips the 13th floor, but that floor is there.

author: Moshly
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 07:57:46 am
content: Numberfile to the rescue ->

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 07:58:25 am
content: Yes, but you are only able to access that 13th floor on October 31st and you have to worship the Devil.

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 08:21:31 am
content: In East Asia people wouldn't be so silly as to not have a 13th floor in their buildings. They don't have a 4th or 14th floor instead.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 09:16:08 am
content: ^ Doing a new product design, we had a prototype go to an international show. Apparently its frequency readout caused some concern, because at the time, the maximum value for the DDS count (an adjustable frequency system) was just some handy magic number thrown in there -- unfortunately, when converted to the actual frequency in Hz, it read 444,444 Hz.Thereafter, the joke in the office was "FOUR, FOUR, FOUR..."Which also reminds me ofhttp://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2001-10-25/Tim

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 07, 2015, 10:16:45 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on January 07, 2015, 01:16:21 amI'm not sure if you are kidding, but no, nothing to do with it. Supporters know why I have reserved (not skipped) #666 and what the video was supposed to be.

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 29, 2015, 02:01:04 pm
content: Quote from: Falcon69 on January 07, 2015, 06:54:23 amit's a littlebit oldfashion to present good/bad with numbers.They use colors for that now.