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> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:16:05 -0400 > From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <[email protected]> > > On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:57:17 -0400, Joseph S D Yao <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 11:36:41AM -0400, Joe Loiacono wrote: > > > Notice the date: October 10. That is the Indian equivalent of our April 1. > > > > > > Ah. Culture clash. Therefore the story can be relegated to the same > > coop as the IP-carrying pigeons. > > > > The sole justification for asking this is to help us all remember this > > for any further similar postings that might otherwise cause lengthy and > > weighty discussions on something so lightweight. > > > > Why is 10 October their 01 April? > > > It's 10/10, which if viewed as the binary number 1010 is 10 base 10. > Surely that has to mean something! (Well, I just made it up, but it > sounds goodd....) My wife (Korean) tole me yesterday that the past weekend was "Chusok" (or Korean 'Thanksgiving' - Actually, the Harvest Festival)... So maybe India has something similar...? > > > --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer Cadence Design Systems | Direct: 408.576.3609 555 River Oaks Pkwy M/S 9B1 San Jose, CA 95134 I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today. "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." - Benjamin Franklin "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton
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