Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:16:05 -0400 From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:57:17 -0400, Joseph S D Yao <jsdy@center.osis.gov> wrote:

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On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 11:36:41AM -0400, Joe Loiacono wrote:

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Notice the date: October 10. That is the Indian equivalent of our

April 1.

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Ah. Culture clash. Therefore the story can be relegated to the

same

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coop as the IP-carrying pigeons.

The sole justification for asking this is to help us all remember

this

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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

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