Should department agree to change Mark of the beast PPS Number ?

4068ac1elhodqr · 05-02-2016 05:36PM

Auction it off to someone else, perhaps of Chinese descent where 666 can mean "everything goes smoothly". Or to fans of Kabbalistic Judaism, 666 is the number which represents the creation and perfection of the world.

Tell her also to avoid roulette establishments (it's the sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel) 0 through 36.
Offer her the binary alternative: 1010011010(2).
Then send her to the medics for hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.

Mesrine65 · 05-02-2016 05:40PM

666 is not the number of the beast, she lives in Fingal & I deleted her number from my phone when I finished with her.

cowboyBuilder · 05-02-2016 05:42PM

I hope they stick with the NO, superstitious nonsense is given too much attention.

Im still fuming over the ridiculous 13X plate system that has now carried on ... what a joke!!!

wendell borton · 05-02-2016 05:47PM

"Woe to you, oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast with wrath,
Because he knows the time is short...
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast
For it is a human number,
Its number is Six hundred and sixty six."

Ruu · 05-02-2016 05:48PM

should make it all 6s.

Fratton Fred · 05-02-2016 05:51PM

osarusan wrote: »

Where did you hear she is Nigerian?

And what relevance is it.

eeguy · 05-02-2016 05:56PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Shouldn't have to, they do it for one and next thing they'll have to do it for everyone who either doesn't like the number they get or wants their lucky Lotto numbers put in.

Sure what does it matter.
They generate hundreds of pps numbers every day

How hard can it be to change one number. They should do it because they can and it's probably easy.

RayCon · 05-02-2016 05:56PM

wendell borton wrote: »

"Woe to you, oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast with wrath,
Because he knows the time is short...
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast
For it is a human number,
Its number is Six hundred and sixty six."

"I left alone, my mind was blank.
I needed time to think, to get the memories from my mind.
What did I see?
Can I believe that what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy.
Just what I saw in my old dreams
Were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me?
'Cause in my dreams it's always there
The evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair"

:cool:

Chain Smoker · 05-02-2016 05:58PM

Mildly surprised the system for generating the numbers doesnt ensure any remotely objectionable sequence can't come up

whisky_galore · 05-02-2016 06:00PM

eeguy wrote: »

Sure what does it matter.
They generate hundreds of pps numbers every day

How hard can it be to change one number. They should do it because they can and it's probably easy.

Because it creates a precedent and idiots may want designer numbers for all sorts of reasons.

Kindly fuck off, take your allocated number same as the rest of us and like it.

ohnonotgmail · 05-02-2016 06:02PM

Chain Smoker wrote: »

Mildly surprised the system for generating the numbers doesnt ensure any remotely objectionable sequence can't come up

why would it? its a number. it has no meaning. numbers are not objectionable. people thinking a number having special significance on the other hand is objectionable.

The Raptor · 05-02-2016 06:08PM

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

666 + 666 + 666 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 2016

:eek:

Did anyone else use a calculator after reading this?

Chain Smoker · 05-02-2016 06:08PM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

why would it? its a number. it has no meaning. numbers are not objectionable. people thinking a number having special significance on the other hand is objectionable.

Because it'd be **** all work and would save someone a lot of time from having to deal with some idiot like this.

ohnonotgmail · 05-02-2016 06:10PM

Chain Smoker wrote: »

Because it'd be **** all work and would save someone a lot of time from having to deal with some idiot like this.

but there is a much better way to save someone a lot of time from having to deal with an idiot like this;Just ignore them.

my friend · 05-02-2016 06:10PM

Mr Sea Wolf wrote: »

An Nigerian woman based in limerick wants her babies pps number changed on religious grounds because it contains the numbers 666, however Joan Burtons department is refusing to do this.

Tell her to use one of the other numbers she has for them

eeguy · 05-02-2016 06:12PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Because it creates a precedent and idiots may want designer numbers for all sorts of reasons.

Kindly fuck off, take your allocated number same as the rest of us and like it.

Why would it be a problem? Sure it doesn't matter what your PPS number is. It's just a mostly unique series of numbers and a letter.
What would it matter if you got to pick your own?
What if you want a number that's easier to remember?
What if your PPS number is your abusive ex's birth date?

It makes hardly a note of difference so why are you so adamant your number should never be changed?

maudgonner · 05-02-2016 06:15PM

eeguy wrote: »

Why would it be a problem? Sure it doesn't matter what your PPS number is. It's just a mostly unique series of numbers and a letter.
What would it matter if you got to pick your own?
What if you want a number that's easier to remember?
What if your PPS number is your abusive ex's birth date?

It makes hardly a note of difference so why are you so adamant your number should never be changed?

It should never be changed once you've started to use it. Otherwise it could screw up all kinds of records. Your PPS number is the most important official number you'll ever have and the system is based on the assumption that it doesn't change.

Changing it for a baby, very soon after it's been issued might be different.

ohnonotgmail · 05-02-2016 06:18PM

eeguy wrote: »

Why would it be a problem? Sure it doesn't matter what your PPS number is. It's just a mostly unique series of numbers and a letter.
What would it matter if you got to pick your own?
What if you want a number that's easier to remember?
What if your PPS number is your abusive ex's birth date?

It makes hardly a note of difference so why are you so adamant your number should never be changed?

because the PPSN is in a particular format that includes a check digit and is understood and can be validated by every piece of software that records it. You think we should change all of this software because you cant remember it or you have assigned some special meaning to it? this is the most ridiculous thing i've heard today. and its been a trying day.

Fleawuss · 05-02-2016 06:18PM

Tell her the beast never answers the phone anyway.
Tell her the beast was sold at the mart.
Tell her that the Archangel Melodeon appeared to Joan Burton in a dream and told her that the beast changed its number a few years back.
Tell her to FCUK off.

_Kaiser_ · 05-02-2016 06:25PM

Many Garda stations in Dublin have 666 in their phone numbers - make of that what you will! :eek:

RobertKK · 05-02-2016 06:32PM

Good thing she wasn't born in June 1966 - 6/66.

She might have grown horns with cloven feet

RobertKK · 05-02-2016 06:39PM

They should have asked if she prayed and if she said yes, then they should have sent this prayer to her, and if she still had problems ask why does she doubt God?

Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in the hour of conflict.
Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God restrain him, we humbly pray;
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
thrust Satan down into hell and with him all the evil spirits
who wander through the world for the ruin of souls.
Amen.

baba_bear · 05-02-2016 06:40PM

The PPS number should not be changed in this instance - such an utter waste of public resources.

juneg · 05-02-2016 06:45PM

My child was due on 06/06/06
I remember the Doctor saying you'll have your legs crossed that day!!

Capt'n Midnight · 05-02-2016 06:56PM

Her PPS number is a lot more than six hundred and something.

There are 7 digits in a PPS number so there are 5 positions in which 666 could occur. So that's 5 per thousand. So over 23,000 people, actual

ly more if you take into account people who've emigrated.

The "number of the beast" has also been described as 616. And are also we to accommodate the 6% of PPS numbers potentially assigned to triskaidekaphobics ? And what of the Asian lucky numbers or the death digit 4

or

the number that is one more than seven and one less than nine, two to the power of three , the same as the number of legs of a spider :eek:

There isn't a problem. Her number isn't 666 or 616.
And she doesn't have to use the number. She can keep paying emergency tax or refuse to accept state benefits.

Or allow her to change the number, once she has paid the appropriate fee.

endacl · 05-02-2016 07:03PM

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

666 + 666 + 666 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 2016

:eek:

Run to da Hills? Is that you?

05-02-2016 07:10PM

Apparently when bar codes came out first some evangelical groups in the US were convinced that bar codes contained the numbers 666 and bar codes were the work of evil.

Chain Smoker · 05-02-2016 07:11PM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

but there is a much better way to save someone a lot of time from having to deal with an idiot like this;Just ignore them.

"Just ignore them" seems like a much less certain permanent solution than having private in-built measures to avoid some potential future case of ridiculous hysteria. It only takes one case of someone being allowed to change their number to set a precedent that would wreck the whole system, so why not ensure everyone will be as apathetic about their number as possible.
Now, I can't think of any reason a sufficient number would find remotely acceptable for such a request, but I still see no reason not to safeguard against it as much as one can.

I'd damn near guarantee there's already measures in place to prevent a helluvalot of combinations from coming up.

Oranage2 · 05-02-2016 07:17PM

I have a feeling if she wasn't nigerian people would think there's no problem about changing it.

I myself would not be happy with a 666 number so I can see where she's coming from .

jimbis · 05-02-2016 07:20PM

My pps has 666 in it and I've just recently realised it's also the serial number to a powerful rifle.
Time to purchase one and go do the devil work! :P

Should department agree to change Mark of the beast PPS Number ?

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