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[Kurt Wall]

On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 10:23:56PM +0800, Man-wai CHANG wrote:
> >> Q: "Why do geeks get Hallowe'en and Christmas confused?"
> >> A: "Because OCT 31 == DEC 25!"
> > My old age is showing badly.I needed Kurt's hint before the light bulb went on.
> 
> 1031, 1225.... ???? Halloween is about opening of the gate to death.
> Christmas is about birth of a saint. hmm....

OCT 31 means "octal 31"
DEC 25 means "decimal 25"

The octal value 31 (that is, 31 in base-8) is equal to decimal 25.

Kurt