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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