But can you find a code for "gullible" with it?

So I saw this advertisement in the webclips area of my gmail, and I clicked on it just out of curiosity.

But wow, what I found…

Introducing the CodeFinder 'Millennium Edition' Bible Code Software

CodeFinder Millennium Edition is simply the world's fastest and most powerful Bible Code Software. It is the Bible Code Software of choice for many newcomers and experts alike and is the subject of many presentations in TV documentaries and books about the Bible Code.

Is there anyone out there who is, for one moment, capable of taking this stuff seriously?

Some of the Bible Codes discovered with CodeFinder

• See the remarkable detail regarding the World Trade Center disaster.
• The JFK Assassination, Assassination or Execution?
• Roswell and Aliens in the Bible Codes.
• The Titanic, destined to sink?
• Evidence that the Anthrax Outbreak was caused by a USA Biological Weapon?
• War in Heaven and the Precise Orbital Details in the Book of Revelation!
• Popes Past, Present and Future. Who killed Pope John Paul I? Could Lustiger have been Pope?

Conspiracy theories a go-go!

And looking at some of the examples given for the software, it shows the English text of the Bible chapters in question, laid out like one of those word-find puzzles where you're supposed to circle the hidden words that may be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal amid fields of random letters. I can't help thinking that if someone were leaving hidden messages in the Bible that could be found by reading it vertically or whatever, they would be found in the original language version, not created magically by lining letters up from one of many English translations.

People will believe what they want to believe, I suppose.

Seeking players for Universalis game

Anybody want to try a chatserver game of Universalis? I'm thinking of running a live demo of it at a local con, but in order to do that I really want to have at least one run of it under my belt so I know for sure how it works.

You don't need to have Universalis itself to play—between the help of those who do, plus the first chapter available on-line and the copious essays and play aids on the game's Resources page, you should be able to get enough of a handle on it to play it all right without. I will ask, though, that you be willing/able to install a custom Java chatroom client for the interaction (I'll provide the URL to the group after they sign up), and the ACE collaborative text editor for the shared notetaking.

If you would be up for it, please contact me via this email form.