ES - Rumors of a patron Saint of the Internet
Matthew Saroff
saroff at poseidon.vs.lmco.com
Tue Jun 15 06:05:09 PDT 1999
Hi,
Does this make Judiasm some flavor of Linux?
On Jun 14, 8:44pm, Damon Huse wrote:
> Subject: Re: ES - Rumors of a patron Saint of the Internet
> 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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