Dec 4 2023 - 8888

 

How many angel numbers can there be?  There's an 8888 angel number.  I was thinking of computer displays.   Port numbers in computer networking represent communication endpoints. Port 8888 seems to show up a lot. And there is an 8888 Uprising in Burma - 1 million protestors in Yangon...coup against the military-led government. The protests peaked in August 1988. 8888 is used in various secret features. In Samsung, 8888 #  is used to display the hardware version. What I am thinking about is called seven-segment display - a form of electronic display device for displaying decimal numerals that is an alternative to the more complex dot matrix displays.  Digital clocks, electronic meters, and other electronic devices use this approach.  it has been around for a few decades in our consumer clocks and electronics. The format was patented starting in 1903. They started off printed on tape in a segmented format.  Fast forward and here we are with the standard displays everywhere.   Of course it has to be precise and organized.  Here is the basic format.   We take the display format for granted  They form numbers, letters, and words.  There are games for coding and decoding numbers to letters, etc.   Here's a sunshine flower - only grown in botanical greenhouses now.  It is Salpiglossis.

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Jan 20 2022 - Trojan Horses Still Around

 

Wouldn't the Trojans understand something was up?  Yes. Despite the warnings of Laocoön and Cassandra, the horse was taken inside the city gates. The Greeks had left behind Sinon who persuaded the Trojans that the horse was an offering to Athena (goddess of war) that would make Troy impregnable.  Sinon tells the Trojans that the Horse was built to be too large for them to take it into their city and gain the favor of Athena for themselves. Thirty of the Achaeans' best warriors hid in the Trojan horse's womb and two spies in its mouth. Other sources give different numbers: The Bibliotheca 50; Tzetzes 23 and Quintus Smyrnaeus gives the names of 30, but says there were more.  That's a bog horse. The Trojan Horse would have been around 10 feet broad (3 meters). This is based on the breadth of the largest gate unearthed in the Troy remains. The Horse would have been at least 25 feet (7.6 meters) tall based on the fact that the Trojans had to tear down the higher walls in order for the horse to enter the city. Trojan horses today are malware that infects computers, usually via email.  I found this one that is part of warfare. This story from uk.norton.com HERE:  "Stuxnet is easily the scariest virus on the list as it was built by government engineers in the US with the intention of obstructing nukes from being built in Iran. Yes, you read that right. Who needs to target email when they can gun for nukes? Stuxnet spread by a USB thumb drive and targeted software controlling a facility in Iran that held uranium. The virus was so effective it caused their centrifuges to self-destruct, setting Iran’s nuclear development back and costing a lot of money.  Stuxnet is the first real venture into cyberwar and it definitely asks the question as to what will come next. The idea of digital weaponry is pretty scary, isn’t it? Cost of the malware: Unknown. So there you have it: while viruses and malware might seem like a myth drummed up by tech companies, they are a very real threat that have caused billions in damage." Salpiglossis, a delicate annual flower.

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