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Software issues

Posted: July 18th, 2021, 1:03 pm
by DrFfybes
Why can't computer programmers tell the difference between Halloween and Christmas?

Because OCT 31 = DEC 25

Re: Software issues

Posted: July 18th, 2021, 1:58 pm
by Mike4
DrFfybes wrote:Why can't computer programmers tell the difference between Halloween and Christmas?

Because OCT 31 = DEC 25


Excellent!

That's even better than the old cracker - "There are only 10 types of people who understand binary"....

Re: Software issues

Posted: July 18th, 2021, 2:19 pm
by DrFfybes
Mike4 wrote:
That's even better than the old cracker - "There are only 10 types of people who understand binary"....


ITYM
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those that understand binary and...

:)

The first one I remember from my Computation days in the 1980s.

Paul

Re: Software issues

Posted: July 18th, 2021, 2:48 pm
by Mike4
DrFfybes wrote:
Mike4 wrote:
That's even better than the old cracker - "There are only 10 types of people who understand binary"....


ITYM
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those that understand binary and...

:)

The first one I remember from my Computation days in the 1980s.

Paul



Dammit yes, I messed it up didn't I?!

I think my wife picked it up from her TOPS govt training course in programming run by ICL at Beaumont, Old Windsor, in 1979!

Re: Software issues

Posted: July 18th, 2021, 5:43 pm
by swill453
And also:

I didn't understand hexadecimal until I was a