"Brooks R. Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Okay, I claim to be geeky, but I've missed it. Huh? >
<snip> > > Why do we geeks celebrate Christmas today? > Because Oct 31 = Dec 25 > Oct=October=Octal (base 8); Dec=December=Decimal (base 10) If you convert the octal number 31 to base 10, you get 25... Or, you can always run kcalc and switch radio buttons for the different bases :-P So, as was stated, Oct 31=Dec 25
