Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.szaf.org!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!news.eyrie.org!beagle.ediacara.org!.POSTED.beagle.ediacara.org!not-for-mail From: David Dalton Newsgroups: talk.origins Subject: Re: Happy Hallow-mas Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:17:28 -0330 Organization: Eternal September Lines: 19 Sender: to%beagle.ediacara.org Approved: moderator@beagle.ediacara.org Message-ID: <0001HW.2CD96A6000CAC26C700002E8F38F@news.eternal-september.org> References: <9f599af80475b8c0d99be89afae28e39@www.novabbs.com> <9dcb5b2d40d0247a971cd593bda61b7c@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: beagle.ediacara.org; posting-host="beagle.ediacara.org:3.132.105.89"; logging-data="46188"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@beagle.ediacara.org" User-Agent: Hogwasher/5.24 To: talk-origins@moderators.isc.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:CwVgdz9OUxLyNYhCVdJCkz5Lwc0= Return-Path: X-Original-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org Delivered-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org id CF23B229782; Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:47:37 -0500 (EST) by beagle.ediacara.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A74CA229765 for ; Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:47:35 -0500 (EST) id 3F9F75FD4C; Mon, 4 Nov 2024 20:47:34 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: talk-origins@moderators.isc.org by mod-relay.zaccari.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0F83E5FD4B for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2024 20:47:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mod-relay.zaccari.net 0F83E5FD4B (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-256)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.eternal-september.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D89335F889 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2024 20:47:30 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: name/D89335F889; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=nfld.com id 61362DC01A9; Mon, 4 Nov 2024 21:47:30 +0100 (CET) X-Injection-Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:47:30 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Sender: U2FsdGVkX1+LucFcLnHeUxRiWARtK6rSq59pCgaPqYc6cjuSzJcQhg== tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_BLOCKED, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_IN_WELCOMELIST, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 smtp.eternal-september.org Bytes: 3129 On Nov 1, 2024, Burkhard wrote (in article<9dcb5b2d40d0247a971cd593bda61b7c@www.novabbs.com>): > On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:13:14 +0000, Burkhard wrote: > > > Q: Why do programmers confuse Halloween with Christmas? > > A: Because Oct 31 = Dec 25. > > (and I have NO idea why the answer did not show im the first post...) I guess it is also Hex for one. -- David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “Mary walks down to the water’s edge and there she hangs Her head to find herself faded a shadow of what she once was” (Sarah McLachlan)