SATANIC SOLITAIRE (SOL.EXE)
Natasa Manousopoulou
I recently made an unbelievable discovery. While using
Borland's Winsight for debugging purposes, I accidentally
noticed that the timer ID used by Solitaire (the game
distributed with Windows 3.1, SOL.EXE) has the value of
666. This was not a coincidence, as the program requests
for this specific timer ID. This timer ticks more than once
a second.
As you can understand I immediately quitted playing Solitaire
and after some time edited the binary file to change the timer
ID.
Just thought that people who care about these things should
know. Of course I don't imply nonsense of the style "MS is
the company of the devil" and other such crap ! Most pro-
bably this is some kind of a joke from the programmer, but
it did give me a chill when I saw it - some jokes aren't
_that_ funny ...
Natasa Manousopoulou
Larry Craven
: Hi everybody,
For those of us who aren't looking for a "boogey man" behind every tree
or trying hard to read significance into every tiny occurrence, this is
utter nonsense. I, for one, had never even heard of the "devil"
of the 6's until 10 or 15 years ago, and would be willing to wager that
a majority of people have never heard of it. As for one individual
deciding to put a "joke" into a Microsoft program, that joke would have
to get past a myriad of programmers and many thousands of beta testers.
I guess 666 is one perfectly good number that we will all have to stop
using just to appease some people. Let's see: 663, 664, 665, 667 (???)
It'll play hell with math, won't it?
Larry
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nat...@athena.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr (Natasa Manousopoulou) writes:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I recently made an unbelievable discovery. While using
> Borland's Winsight for debugging purposes, I accidentally
> noticed that the timer ID used by Solitaire (the game
> distributed with Windows 3.1, SOL.EXE) has the value of
> 666. This was not a coincidence, as the program requests
> for this specific timer ID. This timer ticks more than once
> a second.
> As you can understand I immediately quitted playing Solitaire
> and after some time edited the binary file to change the timer
> ID.
> Just thought that people who care about these things should
> know. Of course I don't imply nonsense of the style "MS is
> the company of the devil" and other such crap ! Most pro-
> bably this is some kind of a joke from the programmer, but
> it did give me a chill when I saw it - some jokes aren't
> _that_ funny ...
>
> Natasa Manousopoulou
ROTFLMAO!!!!!
And I thought the "MS Virus In Win95" was funny! This is hilarious!
This guy doesn't "imply nonsense of the style 'MS is the company of the
devil' and other such crap", but he quit the game immediately and
edited the binary.
I suggest you now call over your village shaman and let him exorcise
your machine by throwing RAM chips on the floor and reading the way
they fall. Then power down your machine, unplug it, twist the power
cord 7 times while chanting "OOOOOmmmmmmmmmm!" Plug it back in, making
sure that you only use your right thumb and index finger. Turn on the
machine while laying on your back with your head facing exactly 12.5
degrees from the North star. When you see the system startup screen,
avert your eyes, lest the CRT rays lead you astray. After your system
has come up, make sure to push the reset button twice, and sent a Susan
B. Anthony dollar to the Salvation Army anonymously. Presto! Your fears
have been quashed.
BTW - the guys in the white coats outside your door just want to "talk
to you" for a few minutes.
If this was a joke - Never mind!!!!!!!!!
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Pasteboards" !
Lennart Regebro
says...
>I suggest you now call over your village shaman and let him exorcise
>your machine by throwing RAM chips on the floor and reading the way
>they fall. Then power down your machine, unplug it, twist the power
>cord 7 times while chanting "OOOOOmmmmmmmmmm!" Plug it back in, making
>sure that you only use your right thumb and index finger. Turn on the
>machine while laying on your back with your head facing exactly 12.5
>degrees from the North star.
In fact, this is very similar to what was needed to start the three LAN
Manager servers I once managed. (No, I'm not joking.) This was necessary to
make sure that the right computer started as Main domain server. Otherwise
things just didn't work correctly.
The machines were all mounted in a 19" rack, and the best way to get them to
boot correctly was to dance around the rack, chanting Ooooommmmm and burning
resistors.
God I'm so happy my current work has NetWare...
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Jim Dell
>==========Larry Craven, 6/19/95==========
>
>Natasa Manousopoulou (nat...@athena.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr) wrote:
>: Hi everybody,
>
>: I recently made an unbelievable discovery. While using
>: Borland's Winsight for debugging purposes, I accidentally
>: noticed that the timer ID used by Solitaire (the game
>: distributed with Windows 3.1, SOL.EXE) has the value of
>: 666. This was not a coincidence, as the program requests
>: for this specific timer ID. This timer ticks more than once
>: a second.
>: As you can understand I immediately quitted playing Solitaire
>: and after some time edited the binary file to change the timer
>: ID.
>: Just thought that people who care about these things should
>: know. Of course I don't imply nonsense of the style "MS is
>: the company of the devil" and other such crap ! Most pro-
>: bably this is some kind of a joke from the programmer, but
>: it did give me a chill when I saw it - some jokes aren't
>: _that_ funny ...
>
>or trying hard to read significance into every tiny occurrence, this is
>utter nonsense. I, for one, had never even heard of the "devil"
>of the 6's until 10 or 15 years ago, and would be willing to wager that
>a majority of people have never heard of it. As for one individual
>deciding to put a "joke" into a Microsoft program, that joke would have
>to get past a myriad of programmers and many thousands of beta testers.
>
>I guess 666 is one perfectly good number that we will all have to stop
>using just to appease some people. Let's see: 663, 664, 665, 667 (???)
>It'll play hell with math, won't it?
>
>Larry
>
Jim Dell
AT&T GIS
1700 S. Patterswon Blvd.
Dayton, Ohio 45479
Dave Morley
>From: ct...@indy.net (Wilson E. Allen)
>Subject: Re: SATANIC SOLITAIRE (SOL.EXE)
>Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 17:06:05 LOCAL
>Summary: world
>NOW you understand why a deck of playing cards used to be called "The Devil's
>Pasteboards" !
I actually thought that a deck of playing cards were called "The Devils
prayerbook"
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Russell Dickerson
>distributed with Windows 3.1, SOL.EXE) has the value of
>666. This was not a coincidence, as the program requests
>for this specific timer ID. This timer ticks more than once
>a second.
>As you can understand I immediately quitted playing Solitaire
>and after some time edited the binary file to change the timer
>ID.
How anal.
Russell
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Fortune sayeth (and sometimes only Fortune understandeth):
GUY NUSSBAUM
>> the
>> devil' and other such crap", but he quit the game immediately and
>> edited the binary.
>>
>> your machine by throwing RAM chips on the floor and reading the way
>> they fall. Then power down your machine, unplug it, twist the power
>> cord 7 times while chanting "OOOOOmmmmmmmmmm!" Plug it back in, >>
>> making
>> sure that you only use your right thumb and index finger. Turn on >>
>> the
>> machine while laying on your back with your head facing exactly 12.5
>> avert your eyes, lest the CRT rays lead you astray. After your >>
>> system
>> has come up, make sure to push the reset button twice, and sent a
>> Susan
>> B. Anthony dollar to the Salvation Army anonymously. Presto! Your >>
fears
>> have been quashed.
>> BTW - the guys in the white coats outside your door just want to >>
"talk
>> to you" for a few minutes.
>> If this was a joke - Never mind!!!!!!!!!
>
because
>you don't believe it. The devil does exist and is bigger 'n you. Just
>ask the many people who have been saved from possession, witchcraft
and
>and lots of other things you think are superstition. I'd start
>talking to Jesus if I were you.
>
>A lot of occurrences of 666 are probably completely innocent. I have
>been on a flight which cost 666 pounds, wow big deal. I have heard of
>some plan to have a laser made mark put on the skin (invisible to the
>eye) as identification, made up of 3 lots of 6 numbers. Sounds a bit
>like the mark talked about in the book of revelation in the bible.
>Who knows? Might not happen anyway.
>
>I implore you not to dismiss the bible as crap. It is, if not anything
>else, an historical document which challenges your view of life, and
>makes you ask some difficult questions.
>
>I also challenge you to read one of the gospels, and really read it.
>Ask why it was written and the motives behind it.
>
This is pathetic I can't believe we are in the age of the P6 and win95
and there are still people that think like you, what the hell (just an
expression, don't be afraid) is going on in this world, and what the
hell are people like you doing on the net?
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>-- Computer Science Department, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. --
>-- --
>-- Email: t...@aber.ac.uk --
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GUY NUSSBAUM
THOMAS WILLIAM LUCAS
> In article <natasha....@estia.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr>
> nat...@athena.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr (Natasa Manousopoulou) writes:
>
> >
> > I recently made an unbelievable discovery. While using
> > Borland's Winsight for debugging purposes, I accidentally
> > noticed that the timer ID used by Solitaire (the game
> > 666. This was not a coincidence, as the program requests
> > for this specific timer ID. This timer ticks more than once
> > a second.
> > As you can understand I immediately quitted playing Solitaire
> > and after some time edited the binary file to change the timer
> > ID.
> > the company of the devil" and other such crap ! Most pro-
> > bably this is some kind of a joke from the programmer, but
> > it did give me a chill when I saw it - some jokes aren't
> > _that_ funny ...
> >
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Colin Radford
>I wouldn't knock what you don't know about, if I were you, just because
>you don't believe it. The devil does exist and is bigger 'n you. Just
>ask the many people who have been saved from possession, witchcraft and
>and lots of other things you think are superstition. I'd start
>talking to Jesus if I were you.
Actually atheism and lack of superstition have saved me from being
possesed by demons and witches casting spells on me. You are quite
entitled to your views on religion etc.and who knows you may be right.
Your values are just as valid as anybody elses, and conversely anybody
elses values are just as valid as yours.
The original post was implying that the number '666' in a program
could make you a slave of the devil or something. If this is in fact
true (which I doubt) don't read this message 'coz it contains the
number '666' twice!
Johan Wiltink
>t...@aber.ac.uk (THOMAS WILLIAM LUCAS) wrote:
>>I wouldn't knock what you don't know about, if I were you, just because
>>you don't believe it. The devil does exist and is bigger 'n you. Just
>>ask the many people who have been saved from possession, witchcraft and
>>and lots of other things you think are superstition. I'd start
>>talking to Jesus if I were you.
>Actually atheism and lack of superstition have saved me from being
>possesed by demons and witches casting spells on me. You are quite
>entitled to your views on religion etc.and who knows you may be right.
>Your values are just as valid as anybody elses, and conversely anybody
>elses values are just as valid as yours.
>The original post was implying that the number '666' in a program
>could make you a slave of the devil or something. If this is in fact
>true (which I doubt) don't read this message 'coz it contains the
>number '666' twice!
And could we move this thread to alt.religion.advocacy NOW!
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>In article <1995Jun19....@schbbs.mot.com>, epg...@email.mot.com (Gary Barth, ZooKeeper at the Animal Farm) writes:
>> In article <natasha....@estia.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr>
>> nat...@athena.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr (Natasa Manousopoulou) writes:
>>
>> > Hi everybody,
>> >
>> > I recently made an unbelievable discovery. While using
>> > Borland's Winsight for debugging purposes, I accidentally
>> > noticed that the timer ID used by Solitaire (the game
>> > distributed with Windows 3.1, SOL.EXE) has the value of
>> > 666. This was not a coincidence, as the program requests
>> > for this specific timer ID. This timer ticks more than once
>I wouldn't knock what you don't know about, if I were you, just because
>you don't believe it. The devil does exist and is bigger 'n you. Just
>ask the many people who have been saved from possession, witchcraft and
>and lots of other things you think are superstition. I'd start
>talking to Jesus if I were you.
>A lot of occurrences of 666 are probably completely innocent. I have
>been on a flight which cost 666 pounds, wow big deal. I have heard of
>some plan to have a laser made mark put on the skin (invisible to the
>eye) as identification, made up of 3 lots of 6 numbers. Sounds a bit
>like the mark talked about in the book of revelation in the bible.
>Who knows? Might not happen anyway.
>I implore you not to dismiss the bible as crap. It is, if not anything
>else, an historical document which challenges your view of life, and
>makes you ask some difficult questions.
>I also challenge you to read one of the gospels, and really read it.
>Ask why it was written and the motives behind it.
Oh, will you people GROW UP??!?! It's just a computer program that
happens to have 666. BIG DEAL!!! GROW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>Natasa Manousopoulou
>
This is all funny coming from someone whose first name is 'A Satan' spelled backwards...
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Lance Hendrix
>>Natasa Manousopoulou
>>
I was just reading through this thread and was wondering if anybody
caught the "A Satan" thing. It is really pretty good. It reminds me
of a series of books called the "Incantaions of Immortality" or some
such by Piers Anthony. A really good set of books covering this
entire thread.
If that is your name, and you are that concerned about 666, then I
would suggest changing your name.
I also go a kick from one of the tag lines, the one about Senator
Exon.