Why do computer scientists confuse Halloween and Christmas?

[aePrime]

Because OCT 31 = DEC 25

Hahaha! *sigh*

[nickinSTL]

1. wow, that's pretty obscure

I just barely get what it PROBABLY means!

[aePrime]

2. You're right

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.

[Lethe]

3. lol

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!!

[aePrime]

4. Ahh, a fellow CS'er

I have a CS degree too, and am a couple months away from another! I'm starting a collection.

[Lethe]

6. what degree you working on now?

just curious....doing a masters in CS or something different?

[aePrime]

7. Currently the master's

but I have the coursework for the Ph.D. done. I'm still waiting for them to approve my application.

[Mutley]

5. I feel dumb.

:cry:

[billyskank]

11. Don't worry

if you don't get the joke - you don't want to. I got it, but I didn't laugh. :pals:

[Mutley]

13. Thanks billy.

:D :loveya:

[aePrime]

16. He's right

It's a bad joke.

[aePrime]

12. You're not dumb

It's just an obscure bit of math that most people will never need to know.

[Mutley]

14. I know... but still.

Math was never, ever my strong point. :D

[no name no slogan]

8. Yeah, but how many programmers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

None. That's a hardware issue.

[aePrime]

10. Hehehe

I love that one. :)

[billyskank]

9. Oh for fux sake

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[redqueen]

15. Awwwwww... geeks.

:loveya:

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Bwuhahahahahaha!

I love it!

[BlueWolf]

18. I like that

:rofl:

[Shine]

19. Funny you should post this cuz my techie hubby was all pleased with

himself the other day, showing this same joke to his other computer geeky friends.

It totally went over my head, but whatever.

:)

[CanuckAmok]

20. Microbiologists/Virologists are worse.

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:

[aePrime]

21. Hahah

That's funny. Not the joke -- the concept :)

[aePrime]

22. I should hang out with your hubby n/t