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Beethoven Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0 |
008 and 0011: Loelia Ponsonby: Loelia Ponsonby is Bond's shared personal secretary in many of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. She is also the secretary for 008 and 0011, both of whom share an office with Bond. She retires and is replaced in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" by Mary Goodnight after marrying a member of the Baltic Exchange. For the films, her flirtatious relationship with James is transferred and replaced by Miss Moneypenny. Question: What are the identities of 008 and 0011? |
Beethoven Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0 |
666: 666: is the number of the Devil. If you look closely, you will see that there is never any post in any thread numbered 666 on Cafe Seti. The numbering goes to 665, then jumps to 667. Question: Is that because the mods have been ordered to remove all 666 post numbers from the thread? Or, is this an administrative "fix" to keep the forums "Kid Friendly"? Or...is this some kind of religious cabal foisted on the forums by the Da Vinci Code guardians? EEK! |
thorin belvrog Send message Joined: 29 Sep 06 Posts: 6418 Credit: 8,893 RAC: 0 |
13 seems to be the most feared number. I saw no 13th floor in buildings, no room #13, no building number 13 - in some towns not even a 13th Street... AFAIK this has something to do with a superstition which is 2 milleniums old: there were 13 persons at the Last Supper, before Jesus was caught, "judged" and killed... Friday the 13th is a day many people try to avoid to do anything because they believe that this date will bring bad luck... BTW: 13 is my lucky number, besides the 7 :-) Account frozen... |
GreggyBee Send message Joined: 9 Mar 01 Posts: 203 Credit: 1,600,521 RAC: 0 |
3 The Holy Trinity also, The union of 1 and 2, which, in some numerological terms, equate to male and female |
Beethoven Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0 |
I'm impressed! That's 00great! |
Beethoven Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0 |
Chinese number definitions: The Cantonese frequently assign the following definitions, which may differ in other forms of Chinese: 1 - 一 sure 2 - 二 easy 3 - 三 live 4 - 四 - considered unlucky since the pronunciation of 4 ( sì ) sounds like the word for death ( sǠ). 5 - 了- the self, me, myself, nothing, never 6 - 兠- easy and smooth, all the way. 7 - 七 - a slang/vulgar word in cantonese. 8 - 八 - sudden fortune, prosperity 9 - 习- long in time, a slang/vulgar word in cantonese Some lucky number combinations include: 168 - road of prosperity or to be prosperous together - many premium-pay telephone numbers in China begin with this number. Many businesses also prefer to have this number as part of their names. 518 - I will prosper, other variations include: 5189 (I will prosper for a long time), 516289 (I will get on a long, smooth prosperous road) and 5918 (I will soon prosper) 888 - prosperity x3. 1314 - whole life time. (Source: Wikipedia) |
Pawly Send message Joined: 13 Jan 07 Posts: 2694 Credit: 1,049,945 RAC: 0 |
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Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
If you look closely, you will see that there is never any post in any thread numbered 666 on Cafe Seti.The numbering goes to 665, then jumps to 667. Religious Thread 9, Message 544071: Jeffrey, couldn't you post one posting earlier or later? tztztz you had the EVIL NUMBER!!! ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
Beethoven Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0 |
If you look closely, you will see that there is never any post in any thread numbered 666 on Cafe Seti.The numbering goes to 665, then jumps to 667. EEK!!! It wasn't there before, when I looked. You are an agent of the Devil, Jeffrey! FIE!! Stop your Devil Hacking!!! |
Beethoven Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0 |
The ancient and mystical Kabbalah of the Jews contains a numerology based on the ten attributes (Sephiroth) of God. They are, in order: 1 - Keter/Crown - Divine Plan/Creator/infinite light/Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh - I AM THAT I AM (Supreme/Total Consciousness)- The Infinite, the Endless 2 - Chokmah - Divine Reality/revelation/Yesh me-ayin - being from nothingness (Power of Wisdom) 3 - Binah - Understanding/repentance/reason (Power of Love) 4 - Chesed - Mercy/Grace/Love of (intention to emulate) God (Power of Vision) 5 - Gevurah - Judgment/strength/determination (Power of Intention) 6 - Tipheret - Symmetry/balance/compassion (Creative Power) 7 - Netzach - Contemplation/Initiative/persistence (Power of the Eternal Now) 8 - Hod - Surrender/sincerity/steadfastness (Intellectual/Observational Power) 9 - Yesod - Foundation/wholly remembering/coherent knowledge (Power of Manifesting) 10 - Malkuth/Lower Crown - Kingdom/physical presence/vision and illusion (Power of Healing/Accomplishment/Level of Realization of Divine Plan) In the Kabbalah the numbers are interrelated as shown here: |
Beethoven Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0 |
69 This number is often used as an example number. It is popular among hackers as an addition to metasyntactic variables (foo69, bar69). It is also notable because it is the largest number whose factorial can be calculated by a pocket calculator limited to standard scientific notation with a 2 digit exponent. {Hahaha! Fooled ya! :-P) |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
Fun is I will hit 200000 soon! :P Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. |
Beethoven Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0 |
Fun is I will hit 200000 soon! :P OOOH! Nice number! |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
69 Straight from the dictionary: 69 adj : being nine more than sixty. Who'd of thought... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
69 Jeff, have a Killian's! :P Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. |
Beethoven Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0 |
69 The ironic thing is (I think). that if you're unable to understand that meaning of 69, what's the likelihood that you can read a dictionary? LOL |
Beethoven Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0 |
69 Is he Irish? |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
69 Oh, my. In the coffee shop I frequently frequent ... yesterday ... the barista said it was hot and I disagreed. She said the thermostat was set for 69. I said it was not hot and said she should be psychoanalyzed for what she'd set the thermostat too. Look of shock on her face, LOL! Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
69 LOL! If YOU have to ask ... look it up. :P Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. |
Pawly Send message Joined: 13 Jan 07 Posts: 2694 Credit: 1,049,945 RAC: 0 |
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