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World Population to Hit 6,666,666,666 in May

livescience.com — To many people, this means nothing. But of course 666 refers to the Beast in the Bible. Heaven knows what ten sixes means.

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  • xdeliriumx, on 04/17/2008, -37/+13Heaven doesn't know... hell does.
    • dynelol, on 04/17/2008, -8/+4Digg users sure do know their sarcasm!
    • ShuttleDisaster, on 04/17/2008, -6/+24Help control the human population...have your children spayed or neutered.
  • mali1, on 04/17/2008, -20/+344Whoop dee ***** doo
    • h1forlife, on 04/17/2008, -1/+55Who cares, its not like anything happened when the population hit 666 6,666 66,666 666,666 6,666,666 66,666,666 or 666,666,666
      • ligyron, on 04/17/2008, -1/+21So you think. I happen to know that anyone that spoke of what happened at those moments in history were executed
      • rficwizard, on 04/17/2008, -1/+80Everyone who was alive at those moments has died. That's a pretty solid correlation.
      • midbc, on 04/17/2008, -0/+6when that number rolls around the whole world gets a oil change
      • w4rh34rt, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Lol, doesn't anyone even care that the number of the beast has been found to be 616. Rendering this article completely useless?! Lol.
      • diggface5000, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1i like semicolons
    • wordglue, on 04/17/2008, -9/+4Laaa dee *****' Daaaa
    • jabberwolf, on 04/17/2008, -10/+2Because ITS A CONSPIRACY !
      Thus it's on Digg, havent you been paying attention to lately?!
    • republicker, on 04/17/2008, -1/+14I wonder when the pop. was 666, shouldve ended then
    • kelmaster1, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5Hooray, lets celebrate an infinitesimal time period until it hits 6,666,666,667
      • woody56292, on 04/17/2008, -0/+12too late it already did. wait now's it back to 6,666,666,666. hooray party again. wait incoming birth...
      • theWrkncacnter, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7you've got about 4 seconds between baby births :)
    • MrFisty, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5Cool, even the devil has 2.3 kids.
      • nyx210, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Something tells me that even Satan himself wouldn't settle for just 2.3...
      • 1timeuser, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Ugh, what the hell does the .3 child look like?
        • ssonicblue, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1For the most part? Two shoes and a census logo, actually.
    • lih65, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2How can you say that? This obviously means the devil himself will come up from the bowels of hell and rape our nostrils! Just like the good book says.
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 04/17/2008, -1/+36,666,666,666 != 666
      999 i= 999`999`999`9
      • affanjam, on 04/17/2008, -0/+15wait how'd you do the upside down 6's??
        • Jemm, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2Print a 6, turn it upside down, scan and OCR it. Repeat 12 times.
      • ssonicblue, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Your math is wrong.
    • coresnake, on 04/17/2008, -1/+4More ppl to rick roll is what it means
    • jmoo1, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3I agree- that many people and I still won't be able to get a ***** date
    • BenKenobi88, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1222 thumbs up? Why, that's a third of 666! Devil!
  • zombird, on 04/17/2008, -12/+131Is that the day we get our national ID cards?
    • amcorona, on 04/17/2008, -1/+33nope... it's when we get rfid implants
    • jacobu9, on 04/17/2008, -1/+24LEELOO DALLAS MULTIPASS!
    • Ockniel, on 04/17/2008, -4/+3Out of curiosity, if the government did start requiring Americans to get some sort of id implanted in their hand or forehead, would you do it?
      • Akaji, on 04/17/2008, -1/+5Of course not. There's no way I'm going to have a mind control chip in my head when Bush Jr. Jr. takes over the throne...
      • aukxsona, on 04/17/2008, -2/+2Nope. I would start killing people..... *evil grin* I'm not kidding.
      • zbarnett, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1There is no way I'd do it.
      • Namaha, on 04/17/2008, -0/+6If the government did, I would volunteer for it, then act bat-***** insane so it appears there is a malfunction. This should make the government at least consider not putting chips in our brains.

        Consider it a service to the people
      • mllawso, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Bring "Old Bessy" out of storage.
    • triont, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2I thought it was the day that LHC goes live?
  • aaaleman, on 04/17/2008, -9/+29The party of the Beast?
  • youtellme8, on 04/17/2008, -26/+162"To many people this means nothing." To me it means at least 4 billion people too many on this planet.
    • MattJF317, on 04/17/2008, -2/+362,666,666,666?
    • leodavinci, on 04/17/2008, -10/+64Well, why don't you take the first step towards that population reduction by removing yourself from the planet? I'm right after you.
      • dubloe7, on 04/17/2008, -22/+15I think bush is doing plenty to reduce the planet's population.
      • KingGorilla, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2What's the second step?
      • schnikies79, on 04/17/2008, -0/+16How about just having less children instead?

        No need to kill people when it would easier to reproduce less.
        • TheWindBlows, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5This is Digg... So lets say this is a closed case.
    • RussellDovey, on 04/17/2008, -2/+10I'm going to tell those 4 billion people you said that.

      ...if they ask.
    • cutekelvins, on 04/17/2008, -11/+2shouldnt it be 4,444,444,444.
    • rhyme22, on 04/17/2008, -4/+5That's pretty dick, dude.
    • KidVicious, on 04/17/2008, -4/+20I'm just interested to know how you arrived at 2.6 billion as the 'correct' number of people on Earth.
      • Darkhacker, on 04/17/2008, -0/+12I'm sure it's just a number he pulled out of his ass, but it's probably a decent estimate. We need less people due to energy needs, food production, and things of that sort. Unfortunately people are still pumping out kids and it usually lies in poor nations where they can't afford to feed the people they already have, as well as religious wackos who want to get their numbers up.
        • travis1982, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Humans are the only living things that actually reproduce even if they can't support their means, no animals do that, if an animal can't find a home/den/nest with a good quantity of food, it doesn't go into heat and refuses to procreate. I am all up for making 3/4 of the men on earth eunuchs...just not north America..cause that would be just stupid.
          • dood, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1It's hard to compare humans to other animals, given the incredible mortality rates in the animal kingdom.
            Why would you exclude North America? Our per capita consumption is incredible.
          • travis1982, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1just for the sole reason that live in north america. I have had enough debates for today, if you can't see my last sentence as a joke..then I'm sorry that I am not funny.
    • MxM111, on 04/17/2008, -3/+6Hey! Everyone knows that the answer is
      4,242,424.2
    • searcade, on 04/17/2008, -2/+3Sorry to be the one asking, are you in china?
    • nemoder, on 04/17/2008, -0/+6I'd like to personally thank 90% of digg users for not adding to the overpopulation problem....
      • frazw, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2Let me guess you would claim to be in the other 10%
    • gritta, on 04/17/2008, -2/+1If you think there's too many people then go live somewhere else - people all bunch up in one place because its the most convenient. You can't have it both ways.
      • gravityboard, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2You do realize this is an article about WORLD WIDE populations, right? go live somewhere else? l don't think this counts as "bunching up in one place".
  • MattJF317, on 04/17/2008, -20/+10Hell knows.
    Heaven doesn't know, their intelligence agency isn't that good.
    • mbrewthx, on 04/17/2008, -1/+4Actually the Vactican has one of the oldest and best intelligence agencies.
      • pradaaddict, on 04/17/2008, -3/+6They're so secret I don't even know what the Vactican is.
      • aukxsona, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4Yes, which is why I am frightened.....that you correlated them with heaven. Ever heard of the Inquisition? No? Think Salem Witch Trials only nastier.
        • nullifidian0, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2It's called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith these days. Doesn't that sound much more pleasant?
  • TheFamousOne2, on 04/17/2008, -19/+8Yes, 666 is the mark of the beast. I guess we're lucky its hitting 6,666,666,666, and not just 666!
  • meruru, on 04/17/2008, -7/+147And before this we hit 666,666,666 people and 66,666,666 people and...
    • ninjasaurus, on 04/17/2008, -3/+117But Digg wasn't around then so it couldn't be submitted!
      • atarijedi, on 04/17/2008, -2/+5We need some retroactive submissions then!
      • herrshuster, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5woah...how about digg custom time?
      • Coded1, on 04/17/2008, -1/+9So before Digg the cake wasn't a lie?
        • AlgnPelotudo, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5before digg you haven't (hadn't?) lost the game.
          • Coded1, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Sorry man that was a bit too deep for you.
    • LemmingJesus, on 04/17/2008, -0/+10Never stops people from submitting ancient stories everyone's already heard before.
    • Squall722, on 04/17/2008, -0/+0Isn't anyone else wondering why this was posted in "General Sciences"?
  • shto, on 04/17/2008, -14/+2unless World War 3 starts until then
  • suzywang3000, on 04/17/2008, -12/+18three and one-third Beasts?
    • ludar, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4its the super beast, spawn of the super devil. before he was shot down
  • Jegzzy, on 04/17/2008, -15/+2BRB
  • TheLakeTroll, on 04/17/2008, -20/+5Hail Satan!
  • zephyear, on 04/17/2008, -10/+19hadron collider
  • BigManOnCampus, on 04/17/2008, -3/+60Welcome to earth, now keep away from my food.
  • Namaha, on 04/17/2008, -2/+85616.
    • bradallen18, on 04/17/2008, -0/+15i was hoping someone would bring this up.
    • reshep, on 04/17/2008, -0/+10ahh i wanted to post it =[ .
      QI FTW

    • gavinonymous, on 04/17/2008, -1/+42"The fragment supports the reading of some Greek New Testament manuscripts that read 616 instead of 666. Why would someone making a copy of the Revelation scroll make such a number change? “Perhaps the change was intentional, seeing that the Greek form Neron Caesar written in Hebrew characters (nrwn qsr) is equivalent to 666, whereas the Latin form Nero Caesar (nrw qsr) is equivalent to 616.” A Latin copyist might have thought that 666 was an error because Nero Caesar did not add up to 666 when transliterated into Latin. He then changed 666 to 616 to conform to the Latin rendering since it was generally accepted that Nero was the Beast. In either case, a Hebrew transliteration nets 666, while a Latin spelling nets 616. Nero was the “man” and either 666 or 616 was his number."
      • carnag3aus, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3Somebody knows his stuff :S.
      • bloggerjul, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2Nero must have been a dick...
        • TripcodeMel, on 04/17/2008, -0/+0He was known for his taste in lighting. (That is, Christians impaled on poles and set ablaze)
    • dubloe7, on 04/17/2008, -1/+11for those who don't get it
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/616_(number)
    • SaladCactusKing, on 04/17/2008, -1/+3Peter Parker is the antichrist?
      • paulisnotdead, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2Spider-man vs Jesus, would be awesome
        .
    • kornwin, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2HEY! That's my area code.
    • hadez2000, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3hehe u took my comment straight out of my head
  • ccrowe1990, on 04/17/2008, -8/+3I say...Bring it on.
  • petebert, on 04/17/2008, -0/+39i thought the world wasnt going to end until 2012?
  • blackdude, on 04/17/2008, -2/+33DO NOT WANT
  • hazard99, on 04/17/2008, -4/+19666 means nothing. Its hebrew numerology...
    • cyks, on 04/17/2008, -9/+3OMG LOL
    • jasonmanley, on 04/17/2008, -15/+3it troubles me that people can be so dismissive of things in such a matter-of-fact way.
      666 does mean something and if it didn't why would it be part of the book of revelation?
      And I'm not totally convinced of the Nero thing either - Revelation was written after the death of Nero (by my workings out)
      But I am not matter-of-fact about it. I am open to other ideas and discussion - I don't claim any special insight into this and therefore cannot make absolute claims.
    • ThinkAloud42, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7You're right, hazard99. 666 is Hebrew numerology symbolizing the evil Roman Nero. It's likely John was just loopy in a bat cave hiding from the Romans, scribbling away at his journal.
      • aukxsona, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3And you KNOW they had good drugs back then with out agents ***** with everyone.
      • hazard99, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1Uh... no he was not loopy. I personally interpret Revelation as a spiritual boost for the Christians at the time, who were being persecuted by Nero. He was writing in apocalyptic language, which the people in that time were generally well versed in. They could understand allusions and numbers better than our current culture can. Had he wrote upfront what he had to say, the letter would have never circulated the way it did, and he most likely would have been executed immediately for writing against the King of Rome. I'm a Christian and have studied this a bit. This is the most logical answer for me.
        • nullifidian0, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2"They could understand allusions and numbers better than our current culture can."

          What utter bollocks.
    • bullcutter, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7actually it does mean something: six hundred and sixty six.
    • Bartboy919, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1Hebrew Mythology?
    • hcharger, on 04/17/2008, -2/+0 Actually the 666 numerology does mean something. It means no matter how many 6's follow each 6 (up to a million) it will always be short of the perfect number of 7 which was initiated by Jehovah God, who of course is perfect.
      So in simple terms, man will never be superior to God no matter how advanced he becomes.
      666 mark of the beast, does man throughout history in atrocities he has committed to others, not resemble beasts!
      • epiccollision, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1if only you could use your powers for good....
    • hiimsneeze, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2are you saying Judaism is *****??
  • Miamisun, on 04/17/2008, -5/+1What Hecubus???

    EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • uselessexpert, on 04/17/2008, -8/+3Wow...now that's the real day of the devil....
    • dynelol, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5Day!? Someone else is born every......ummm...REALLY *****' OFTEN!
    • BarrettAnderson, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1diablo.. coño! que lo que loco
  • Satanael, on 04/17/2008, -2/+19Only 8 years or so ago they declared 6 Billion people, right? And, the growth is exponential. How long until we're growing by 1 Billion every year?
    • xDecemberFlower, on 04/17/2008, -1/+20about thirty seconds from now.
    • Meltz014, on 04/17/2008, -0/+8A=Ao * e^(kt)
      • Rawler, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5...now substitute values, find the derivative, and solve dA/dt=1 000 000 000.
        • ShempRider, on 04/17/2008, -0/+9I see what you did there.
          /*****. i have no clue.
        • Lutremi, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5It's pretty easy actually, just divide by ze-
        • J3EBS, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2And here I was thinking that Digg would be a good place to take a break from my calculus-exam preparation. You just broke my universe. I hope you're happy.
      • Namaha, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I took a math test 2 days ago that used this formula.

        Then you remind me of it :( I was trying to forget you bastard!
    • RussellDovey, on 04/17/2008, -1/+3The world population is projected to stabilise at around 9 billion people sometime between 2050 and 2100, because as people get richer, they have less children.
      • tchynerd, on 04/17/2008, -2/+2Stabilize? Large populations really don't stabilize. They go through fluctuations. There is no way the planet could support 9 billion people especially if they are rich enough to have fewer children (Capitialism simply doesn't work that way. Pyramid always must stretch further down).
        • BriVaps, on 04/17/2008, -1/+0as they get richer they have fewer children
          as they get poorer rgey have more children
          the rich will be extinct
          humanity will be an ugly festering mass of pestulance
        • woody56292, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1/sarcasm Bri?

          Let's say the Upper Class, Upper middle class hold 10% of the world's population. If they have the same or greater amount of money, but less children, their money will stream down to the middle class, who will then be upper middle class and keep the 10% population of wealthy people.
        • theWrkncacnter, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1I thought there was a finite amount of "wealth" in the world -- so maybe it's better to say that as people around the world become more equal in terms of wealth and standard of living, populations will start to stabilize.
        • blast_flame, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1New technology can create new wealth. For instance the average poor person in america is richer than a king of europe from a while ago. They have hot food, hot baths and entertainment on demand. Now relatively speaking no new wealth has been created but the amount of births does not require high relative wealth, only high real wealth.
    • Ockniel, on 04/17/2008, -1/+3We'll need to start building upwards instead of outwards
    • mousky, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7The population growth rate has been falling for the past 20 years. It's not that we are having more babies, it's that we are living longer.
      • Testiculese, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Tell that to India. One child born EVERY 3 SECONDS in those countries. It's only falling in certain spots. (And we're living longer)
  • ribo, on 04/17/2008, -0/+15it will mean... nothing..? lame. buried.
  • yujie, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4Where is my Armageddon?
  • loker269, on 04/17/2008, -2/+65My time card at work is number 666...everyone that sees me punching at the time clock says they want that number... This does in fact make me the anti-christ! Please do not be afraid I work 9-5 like everyone else and hate my boss just as much as you do...
    • RussellDovey, on 04/17/2008, -0/+25Yeah, but on April Fool's day your "pull soul halfway out of boss's body" prank pwns everyone else's.
  • basevillin, on 04/17/2008, -1/+88In other news when someone counts to 1000 he passes 666 2/3rds of the way through.
    • cyks, on 04/17/2008, -0/+24I am afraid you know too much basevillin.
    • dubloe7, on 04/17/2008, -1/+15unless its in binary, then you're only counting to 8.
    • Meltz014, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5Good thing I've never counted to 1000
    • Lutremi, on 04/17/2008, -2/+4Or don't you mean .66666666666666666666666666... of the way through?
      • YourDoom123, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1he said 2/3 for a reason...
      • scojerroc, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1and it's actually exactly 0.666 of the way through, not 0.666666...
  • cl2yp71c, on 04/17/2008, -1/+8http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html

    Let's count it down.
  • smurf22, on 04/17/2008, -9/+19666 doesn't even mean the devil in numerology. It was the name of a Jew ( his name escapes me at this moment) who persecuted Jesus. I wish religious nuts would learn more about their religion before talking.
    • STKD, on 04/17/2008, -1/+13Just to add to that (which is completely correct), there was an article not long ago that reported the number found in the oldest bibles isn't even 666 at all. Which makes a lot of satanist/metal types look pretty foolish really.
    • Pstall, on 04/17/2008, -0/+6Judas
    • bwtaha, on 04/17/2008, -1/+3well figure out his damn name some of us are curious
    • RustyJ, on 04/17/2008, -3/+3666 means Pontious Pilate? (I'm pretty sure my spelling's right...)
      [citation needed]
      • magicaltrevor, on 04/17/2008, -1/+3Yup. 616 is the true "Number of the beast".
    • Monkeywithacold, on 04/17/2008, -1/+9it was Nero, the person in power when John wrote the book of revelation.
    • mbrewthx, on 04/17/2008, -4/+36 is the number of imperfection. 666 refers to the unholy trinity which tries to minic the holy trinitty, the unholy trinity is the beast (satan), the anti christ (also known as the man of perdition), and the false prophet.
      • rficwizard, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2That sounds like a stretch to me. Do you have a citation?
        • mbrewthx, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1So I will provide scripture verses laying out the above comment I made.
          Then you will say well that's just the Bible how about something outside the bible.
          But I won't be drawn into a tit for tat, because all of these issues are meaningless if you do not believe in God and Jesus Christ as your personal saviour.
          It is not a stretch for someone who believes that the Bible is %100 the written word of God.
          • rficwizard, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Please don't try to predict what I will say. I can't even do that.
        • chellemonkey, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1or maybe rficwizard believes in God/Jesus Christ and doesn't remember seeing that specific information...I would also be interested as where this came from
      • munen123, on 04/17/2008, -1/+7hahahaha

        god and the devil are imaginary friends for adults...
        • epiccollision, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1don't forget jebus and the tax man
      • Testiculese, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Talk about wild inaccuracies! Are people really this ignorant of the world?
    • ChromaVita, on 04/17/2008, -0/+6Some Jew was named 666? That's a pretty stupid name...
    • joesmeat, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Dugg down for being a kill joy.
  • itsthemechanic, on 04/17/2008, -25/+4Great. And the 6,666,666,666th person will most likely be born in some 3rd world ***** hole to some piss poor parents who have no idea how to feed him/her. GG.

    It won't be long until we have to build electrified fences around most of the civilized world and post armed border guards to keep these ***** out.
    • lacreme, on 04/17/2008, -0/+10stfu
    • BlueCadenza, on 04/17/2008, -1/+5If there already stuck in a 3rd world country why the heck would you take the time to build a fence to keep something thats not even coming in out?

      Of course, you must be one of those irrationally prejudiced lowlives. One of those whose arguments are constantly littered with obscenities, as if they actually make your argument more concrete and irrefutable.
  • schnikies79, on 04/17/2008, -3/+10To me it does mean something.

    There are about 3 billion more people than there should be.
  • P1um, on 04/17/2008, -3/+21I would love to be th 6,666,666,666th baby. "GET ME A RING POP OR ILL SEND YOU TO THE LAKE OF FIRE!"
    • inverselogic, on 04/17/2008, -3/+0get me a ring pop or ill send you to a nirvana song?
  • chubbybubba, on 04/17/2008, -3/+5This evil must be stopped. Quick, someone call Ben Stein.
  • Flashman, on 04/17/2008, -1/+33With the birth rate being what it is, the population will only be 6,666,666,666 for about 0.3 seconds.
    • jasonmanley, on 04/17/2008, -3/+0Maybe the anti-christ will be the 6,666,666,666th person born.
    • h4mx0r, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Then factor in the death rate...

      I think the anti christ passed by a looooong time ago if you do that math...
    • yelofnivek, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1just enough time to cause total destruction...
  • bwtaha, on 04/17/2008, -4/+7HOLY ***** *****!!! TEN SIXES?!?!!?

    i knew i shoulda read the bible
    • idslite, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1Don't be shocked when you only see 666.
    • nullifidian0, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2I've read it, it's rubbish. The deus ex machina ending is a real cop-out and mark of an amateur.
  • malex, on 04/17/2008, -1/+28Dugg down because even if I believed in the Book of Revelations and Numerology, the number of the beast has nothing to do with the estimated global population. The article is being silly.
  • troycott, on 04/17/2008, -2/+7I can't believe they would have such an accurate number of the earth's population at any time, let alone May 10th.
  • LanEvo, on 04/17/2008, -7/+8go ***** yourself and your 666 *****.
    • dynelol, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7self-***** sounds complicated enough. how do you go about ***** "666 *****"?
      • achoi, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2In a very sloppy and unsanitary manner. But I'm sure there's gotta be someone around that's into this freakish bovine scat porn.
  • MedicalMatt, on 04/17/2008, -3/+12Me thinks we, DIGG users, should drink 6,666,666,666 beers to celebrate. Who's with me?
    • AmICoolNow, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7Take one down, pass it around, 6,666,666,665 bottles of beer on the wall!...
      • elfaralfreds, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4Take one down, pass it around, 6,666,666,664 bottles of beer on the wall!...
        • terriblelie, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4Take one down, pass it around, 6,666,666,663 bottles of beer on the wall!...
        • Patrickdnj, on 04/17/2008, -2/+6C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!!!!!
        • mrm3x1can, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1take one down, pass it around, 6,666,666,662 bottles of beer on the wall!...
        • TheWindBlows, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2someone just write a bot to do this...
          html
          ?php
          for($i = 6666666666, $i >= 0, $i -= 1)
          {
          $comma_i = number_format($i);
          echo "take one down, pass it around, " . "$comma_i" . " bottles of beer on the wall!..." . "br /"
          }
          ?
          /html
          • elfaralfreds, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1would actually be funny to put in 6+ billiion comments into the digg database :p
          • psykiv, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1*wonders if digg uses unsigned 32 bit integers*
            digg's database would explode about 2/3 of the way through :(
  • InvaderDem, on 04/17/2008, -2/+3Repent! For three three sixes easily spells doom!
  • JaqMs, on 04/17/2008, -3/+5FTA: "In 1915, there were only 100 million of us."

    That's only off by about 1.7 billion.
    • petard, on 04/17/2008, -2/+3talking about US population there
      • burnstyle, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5"Also worth noting as we head toward 7 billion people on Earth: In 1915, there were only 100 million of us.)"


        i dont see where he specified he was talking about the US population
  • lololol1, on 04/17/2008, -2/+77 BILLION GET!
  • killbert24, on 04/17/2008, -5/+6The world is going to end, hopefully.
  • floridiot2, on 04/17/2008, -13/+7It's like 9/11 TIMES A THOUSAND.
  • D3koy, on 04/17/2008, -7/+1Oh noes! 3 1/3 beasts!
  • OldSchoolNinja, on 04/17/2008, -7/+7In other news, Vatican scientists announced today that the devil is not the greatest threat to salvation, due to last weeks discovery of the Super Devil. Religion reporter Dallas Houston has the story.
  • Misinformant, on 04/17/2008, -7/+2Yeah no, the world pop is already more than 7b
  • XxXKUL, on 04/17/2008, -9/+4wow.... its just ten 6's in a row......

    May Christians around the world commence the FREAKOUT!!!!!
  • stinkypyper, on 04/17/2008, -5/+8This should be the most important news on Earth and should be no cause for celebration.
    • nullifidian0, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1No it isn't.
    • danbloom, on 04/17/2008, -0/+0http://sixbillion101.blogspot.com
      Speaking of 6,666,666,666 billion people on planet Earth, have you
      heard of the Global Roll Call initiative? We are attempting to compile
      a list of all the people on Earth at the present time, and it's a
      self-nominating
      process, DIY, just visit our blog and sign your name in the comments
      section, no registration necessary and anonymous log-in okay, but
      please to read our blog
      and sign in if you wish to be included on the Global Roll Call. Maybe
      an impossible task, but there's a method to our madness. Read on

      GOOGLE NEWS: Climate change website "Global Roll Call" to list names
      of all 6.6 billion people on Earth......
      And if some newspaper picks up the story and
      sends out an alarm by reporting the news about the Global Roll Call,
      more people might be made ...................
      http://sixbillion101.blogspot.com
  • daEXpress, on 04/17/2008, -5/+7if 3 sixes represents the beast, would 10 represent 3.3333333333333 beasts?
  • Lavarock, on 04/17/2008, -13/+13People are ***** stupid, were always ***** stupid, and will always be ***** stupid.
    • RajDhillon, on 04/17/2008, -7/+7No, you're just ***** stupid.
    • Lavarock, on 04/17/2008, -5/+11In other news, if you are Catholic you *better* not make a big deal out of this because the Vatican says directly that this number is attributed to Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, and no other man. Effectively, 666 is dead and gone, and you should shut your ***** face up about it. Many Protestant churches also hold this to be true. Others do go on freaking out at numbers. If you are not part of these groups, then shut your ***** hole forever.
      • RajDhillon, on 04/17/2008, -3/+1I am the reincarnation of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, now eat a dick and get off the computer.
      • ukfan, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2"The Vatican" does not "say directly" that the number 666 refers to Nero. Even if that was the opinion of the Pope, he would not and has not made a declaration like that.
    • bullcutter, on 04/17/2008, -1/+5actually this was the most relevant comment i've seen in here so far
    • Asmodeus04, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2Umm...point and case?
    • JordanE, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2I concur
    • ssonicblue, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1A person can be smart. People are beyond stupid.
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