ES - Rumors of a patron Saint of the Internet
Damon Huse
alric at texas.net
Mon Jun 14 18:44:14 PDT 1999
Speaking of computers and religion (this isn't the first time I've heard
this stuff about a saint) I came across this passage a while back:
"Novelist Umberto Eco compared the Mac operating system to the Catholic
church. Believers (users) must approach God (the hardware) though a
layer of churchy indirection and simplification (icons, symbols,
point-and-click). while DOS is very Protestant-- you're responsible for
achieving salvation ON YOUR OWN, and you confess your directly to GOD,
AND NO KISSY-FACE ICONS IN BETWEEN."
from The Cyberpunk Handbook
Alric
(who is paying pennace, just edited my auto.exe. ohh, fun.)
Matthew Saroff wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I came across this web page, and it sounds plausible, any thoughts on
> this people out there?
>
> --
> --Sfi Mordehai ben Yosef Yitzhak, Aka Matthew G. Saroff
>
> _Vatican ponders patron saint for the Net _
>
> _14/06/99:_ The Vatican is considering a move to create a patron saint
> of the Internet, helping millions of users around the world pray for a
> quicker service.
>
> The choice of religious saviour is thought to be St Isidore of Seville
> who died 1,400 years ago.
>
> St Isidore is the preferred choice for patron saint of the Net by many
> users as he is credited with creating the world's first database - a
> 20-volume encyclopaedia.
>
> The saintly move has not yet been confirmed by the Vatican, but it has
> been rumoured for some time and the campaign by Internet users has
> been growing.
>
> Spokesman for the Catholic Media Office Tom Hallwood said: "There are
> patron saints of many things, so why not let the Internet have one?
>
> "It is a good idea and might be able to help us all when we are about
> to crash.
>
> "There has been no official statement from Rome but this has been an
> idea floating around for a while, so why not?"
>
> The Vatican and the Roman Catholic religion are heavily involved with
> the Internet, with the Pope broadcasting live speeches on the Web as
> well as having Vatican Radio which can be heard online.
>
> It also uses three servers - large computers used to power the Net -
> to cope with the heavy demand made on its web sites, appropriately
> called Raphael, Gabriel and Michael.
>
> The move to appoint a patron saint for the Internet has been down to
> pressure from Catholic users around the world, predominantly Spain.
> _PA_
>
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