aePrime
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Mon Oct-31-05 03:54 PM
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Why do computer scientists confuse Halloween and Christmas? |
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Because OCT 31 = DEC 25
Hahaha! *sigh*
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Mon Oct-31-05 03:58 PM
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1. wow, that's pretty obscure |
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I just barely get what it PROBABLY means!
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Mon Oct-31-05 04:02 PM
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Not a joke for the masses. It's along the same lines as the old classic:
There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
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Mon Oct-31-05 04:04 PM
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wow my CS degree is paying off finally :P
for you guys that aren't geeks:
the number 31 in octal is equal to 25 in our decimal system
HEX 19 HEX 19 HEX 19 HEX 19
beware of the number 19 on halloween and christmas!!
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Mon Oct-31-05 04:11 PM
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I have a CS degree too, and am a couple months away from another! I'm starting a collection.
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Mon Oct-31-05 04:20 PM
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6. what degree you working on now? |
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just curious....doing a masters in CS or something different?
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Mon Oct-31-05 04:22 PM
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7. Currently the master's |
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but I have the coursework for the Ph.D. done. I'm still waiting for them to approve my application.
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Mon Oct-31-05 04:12 PM
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Mon Oct-31-05 04:23 PM
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if you don't get the joke - you don't want to. I got it, but I didn't laugh. :pals:
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Mon Oct-31-05 04:30 PM
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Mon Oct-31-05 04:33 PM
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Mon Oct-31-05 04:23 PM
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It's just an obscure bit of math that most people will never need to know.
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Mon Oct-31-05 04:31 PM
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Math was never, ever my strong point. :D
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Mon Oct-31-05 04:22 PM
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8. Yeah, but how many programmers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? |
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None. That's a hardware issue.
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Mon Oct-31-05 04:23 PM
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Tue Nov-01-05 01:35 AM
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19. Funny you should post this cuz my techie hubby was all pleased with |
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himself the other day, showing this same joke to his other computer geeky friends.
It totally went over my head, but whatever.
:)
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Tue Nov-01-05 01:52 AM
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20. Microbiologists/Virologists are worse. |
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I dated one last year. I went to a faculty party with her, and jokes were along the lines of:
Q: How many nonidentifiable protiens does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: None! The results of this work imply that the parapoxvirus causing contagious ecthyma in Norwegian semi-domesticated reindeer belongs to the species orf virus and that the orf virus crosses the host species barrier from sheep and goat to semi-domesticated reindeer.
At which point the forty or so mictrobiologists in the room would burst into hysterical laughter.
:shrug:
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Tue Nov-01-05 03:28 PM
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That's funny. Not the joke -- the concept :)
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Tue Nov-01-05 03:28 PM
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22. I should hang out with your hubby n/t |
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