world wide WHATEVER

So I'm sitting in Last Drop, enjoying an iced mocha and reading from The World Wide Web and Contemporary Cultural Theory when this guy comes up to me and asks, "Is that a textbook?" I reply, "Yes." He then says, "Do you know what the letter 'W' means in Hebrew?" Me: "Um, no." Him: "It's the number 6. Think about that. Have a good day." Yes, the web is the mark of the beast. I sometimes hate that I have to interact with people...