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Old 01-26-2013, 01:13 PM   #61
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I don't understand this...I mean your answer. I don't get it. What's with all the magic symbols, etc?

Why IS Christmas like Halloween? All your mathematics don't tell me a thing.
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All it really says is that the number 25, when converted to base 8, is written 31. They could just as easily ask why is St. Patrick's Day (17) like Martin Luther King Day (21, at least this year,) or why is Valentine's Day (14) like Emancipation Day (16)...
Bitch bitch bitch, it's the mathematical answer to Zen's question.
Hey, look at the top of the thread, does it say Philosophy? Noooooooooo, it says Mathosophy.
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Old 01-26-2013, 10:43 PM   #62
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All it really says is that the number 25, when converted to base 8, is written 31. They could just as easily ask why is St. Patrick's Day (17) like Martin Luther King Day (21, at least this year,) or why is Valentine's Day (14) like Emancipation Day (16)...
A bit more than that. 25 in decimal, which can be abbreviated to DEC 25, is equal to 31 in octal, or OCT 31.
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Old 01-27-2013, 08:54 AM   #63
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ohferchrissakes.


Why is a writing desk like a raven?

answer me that one and I'll be impressed.
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Old 01-27-2013, 09:27 AM   #64
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A bit more than that. 25 in decimal, which can be abbreviated to DEC 25, is equal to 31 in octal, or OCT 31.
Oh that's true! I didn't notice that part. I'm used to seeing it written 318, with a little subscript 8.
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Old 01-27-2013, 09:29 AM   #65
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Why is a writing desk like a raven?
Because Poe wrote on both.
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Old 01-27-2013, 11:21 AM   #66
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"Because they can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!" This, however is merely an afterthought; the Riddle, as originally invented, had no answer at all.
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because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes
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because there is a 'b' in both, and an 'n' in neither.
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Both have quills dipped in ink.
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Because it slopes with a flap.
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Old 01-27-2013, 11:29 AM   #67
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Ha! I even have that book (the Annotated Alice) but haven't looked at it in years and years. got it when I was in my teens!
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Old 01-27-2013, 03:15 PM   #68
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Read it! I would probably say it is my favorite book. Some of the notes added in the most recent addition aren't all that great, but all of the original annotations are fascinating.
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Old 02-01-2013, 10:45 AM   #69
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Old 02-01-2013, 11:45 AM   #70
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Oh that's true! I didn't notice that part. I'm used to seeing it written 318, with a little subscript 8.
I'm used to seeing it written 318, with a little subscript 8.

I'm used to seeing it written

How far apart our worlds are. I've never even heard of it until now.
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Old 02-10-2013, 02:15 PM   #71
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