Now that I've gotten Eudora back, I found this totally simple explanation to it all. It came from Doc Ozone via a via a via So.....

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You make the call...

Be seeing you,

~ronC

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Given Microsoft's recently announced acquisition of the Roman Catholic Church, I find the following message, received earlier today, extremely distressing.

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The real name of "the" Bill Gates is William Henry Gates III. Nowadays he is known as Bill Gates (III), where "III" means the order of third (3rd.)

By converting the letters of his current name to the ASCII-values and adding his (III), you get the following:

B 66 I 73 L 76 L 76 G 71 A 65 T 84 E 69 S 83 + 3 -------------- 666 !!

Some might ask, "How did Bill Gates get so powerful?" Coincidence? Or just the beginning of mankind's ultimate and total enslavement???

YOU decide!

Before you decide, consider the following:

M S - D O S 6 . 2 1 77+83+45+68+79+83+32+54+46+50+49 = 666

W I N D O W S 9 5 87+73+78+68+79+87+83+57+53+1 = 666

Coincidence? I think not

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