Joke: Why do nerds confuse halloween and christmas?

BigJ

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Hahahahaahah. Oh man, that's horrible, but I couldn't keep myself from laughing.
 

EvilYoda

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lol...I assumed it was something along those lines...but man is that bad.

Perhaps it's bad enough for away-msg-material...hmmm..
 

Chaotic42

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Originally posted by: Salvatore
Over my head. Something to do with binary? I think you're getting at Oct = 8, Dec= 10, but I'm lost there.

31 in a base-8 number system (octal or oct for short) is the same as 25 in a base-10 number system (decimal or dec for short).
 

her209

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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
31 in a base-8 number system (octal or oct for short) is the same as 25 in a base-10 number system (decimal or dec for short).
Defintely nerd joke. No doubt about it.
 

Martin

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Originally posted by: Salvatore
Over my head. Something to do with binary? I think you're getting at Oct = 8, Dec= 10, but I'm lost there.

the number 31 in the Octal system is the number 25 in the Decimal system. (Also, 19 in Hex and 11001 in Binary, but those two are irrelevant).


Anyway, great joke! :)