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xoxoxoBruce

01-26-2013 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Trilby (Post 850179)

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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Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 850185)

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. :p:

Happy Monkey

01-26-2013 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 850185)

A bit more than that. 25 in decimal, which can be abbreviated to DEC 25, is equal to 31 in octal, or OCT 31.

Trilby

01-27-2013 07:54 AM

ohferchrissakes.

Why is a writing desk like a raven?

answer me that one and I'll be impressed.

Clodfobble

01-27-2013 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

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.

Chocolatl

01-27-2013 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Trilby (Post 850317)

Why is a writing desk like a raven?

Because Poe wrote on both.

Happy Monkey

01-27-2013 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lewis Carroll

"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.

Other answers (all from this awesome book):

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam Loyd

because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes

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Originally Posted by Aldous Huxley

because there is a 'b' in both, and an 'n' in neither.

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Originally Posted by David B. Jodrey, Jr

Both have quills dipped in ink.

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Originally Posted by Cyril Pearson

Because it slopes with a flap.

Trilby

01-27-2013 10:29 AM

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!

Happy Monkey

01-27-2013 02:15 PM

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.

Happy Monkey

02-01-2013 09:45 AM

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footfootfoot

02-01-2013 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 850329)

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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