Whatever happened to video #666??

[kizzap]

Was it to be #FTDIGate? Or something deeper and darker?! 

Let the conspiracies begin!!! 

[Fraser]

Tis the number of the beast........ Dave may have decided to be carefull   

Aurora

[babysitter]

<-- is disappointed by learning about "the other side" of Forrest Mims.

[Falcon69]

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.

[EEVblog]

<-- is disappointed by learning about "the other side" of Forrest Mims.

So 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.

[aargee]

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.

[coppice]

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.

I think 666 is supposed to be a mistranslation of 611, not 661.

[Falcon69]

I was wrong....

First thing That came up on Google.  I had the numbers right, just wrong order.

It is 616

http://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.

[Falcon69]

But really, sensitivity to 666? I guess the street number 666 is missing from those long streets in some towns? 

Don'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

[jancumps]

... That's why alot of elevators in the US do not have the number 13 floor. It skips it.

The elevator skips the 13th floor, but that floor is there. 

[Moshly]

Numberfile to the rescue ->

[Falcon69]

Yes, but you are only able to access that 13th floor on October 31st and you have to worship the Devil.

[coppice]

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. 

[T3sl4co1l]

^ 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 of http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2001-10-25/

Tim

[EEVblog]

Ha Ha Ha. Put your conspiracy theories away. Dave was just acknowledging  the particular sensitivities within his majority US audience. The religious ones amongst whom he is surprisingly popular felt it best to skip #666

I'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.

[Galenbo]

... for the number of the beast (who really believes in that crap anyway?)

it's a littlebit oldfashion to present good/bad with numbers.
They use colors for that now.