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Nope - the extra 1000 implies it's already happened. Oh well, it was a fun millenium while it lasted...

If by "the antichrist" you mean "the iPod", then it appears to have already begun. Apple's marketshare numbers continue to hover somewhere between "sueprmajority" and "Kyoto no-confidence". Take a look around any location where hip, fashionable people gather (especially a large college campus) -- the armies are marching lockstep, following orders from their white heaadphones.

Hellooooo!!! Black shirts all the time? Steve Jobs IS the Antichrist, and getting us all conditioned to accept form over function, beauty over substance.

I, on the other hand, have not contributed to his movement via Itunes, and am quite happy with my Sandisk player and have over 1666 songs, paying nary a penny for them. My conscience is blackened, but it's hip to be square (and not have that blasted mark of the beast that is the Ipod).

"Two men standing on a hill, one disappears and the other left standing still... I wish we'd all been ready."

Those are the lyrics to a popular Christian song from back in the day (1970's at the start of the "Jesus Movement"). The song is talking of the rapture of God's people. But we have since learned what it is truly about:

The man left standing still is the Ipod owner, while all the other mp3 player owners are up in heaven, eating barbecue and stuff and avoiding tribulation (Job's coming battle with Gates, when both companies enter the nuclear design business in an effort to expand profit streams).

1665: The neighbor of the beast.

Mike:

1665.95 -> Manufacturer's suggested retail price of the beast?

1666?
Nothing to do with the beast dear. Just be glad the song wasn't "London Calling" or something like that. The gizmo might have burst into flame.