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(gdb) p /o 25thedoc wrote:How is that?ForCruxSake wrote:Why do some mathematicians go 'trick or treat'ing on Christmas Day?
Because they know 31 oct = 25 dec .
thedoc wrote:How is that?ForCruxSake wrote:Why do some mathematicians go 'trick or treat'ing on Christmas Day?
Because they know 31 oct = 25 dec .
Thedoc finds "simple" a bit challenging, you're going to have to spell it out for him.ForCruxSake wrote: If I told you the joke works on being able equate sums using different numeric bases, could you work it out? (It's simple maths.)
My math is a bit rusty, but 31 in base 8 is 24.8 and 25 in base 10 is 25, so it's not quite a match unless you round up. Or did I miss something, I really don't feel like putting a lot of effort into it.ForCruxSake wrote:thedoc wrote:How is that?ForCruxSake wrote:Why do some mathematicians go 'trick or treat'ing on Christmas Day?
Because they know 31 oct = 25 dec .
If I told you the joke works on being able equate sums using different numeric bases, could you work it out? (It's simple maths.)
thedoc wrote:My math is a bit rusty, but 31 in base 8 is 24.8 and 25 in base 10 is 25, so it's not quite a match unless you round up. Or did I miss something, I really don't feel like putting a lot of effort into it.ForCruxSake wrote:thedoc wrote:
How is that?
If I told you the joke works on being able equate sums using different numeric bases, could you work it out? (It's simple maths.)
I see my mistake now, 30 in base 8 is 24 plus 1 in base 8 is still 1 and that all equals 25.ForCruxSake wrote:thedoc wrote:My math is a bit rusty, but 31 in base 8 is 24.8 and 25 in base 10 is 25, so it's not quite a match unless you round up. Or did I miss something, I really don't feel like putting a lot of effort into it.ForCruxSake wrote:
If I told you the joke works on being able equate sums using different numeric bases, could you work it out? (It's simple maths.)
[Base 8] 30 = 3x8 = 24 [Base 10]
[Base 8] 31= (3x8) + 1= 25 [Base 10]
How you got that 31, in base 8, is 24.8 is beyond me???
You get it now?
Actually the joke's on me, as when I wrote that, I believed that you had started this thread.Walker wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2017 8:16 pm Finally, evidence likely accidental appears to indicate that the usual lack of relevant analysis can in fact be appropriate, such as when latching onto a conclusion so highly dubious that it defies relationship with any rational process that could conceivably be based on a non-delusional premise.
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