On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:57:17 -0400, Joseph S D Yao <jsdy@center.osis.gov> 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....) --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb