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    From Burkhard@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 31 17:13:14 2024
    Q: Why do programmers confuse Halloween with Christmas?

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  • From =?UTF-8?B?QW5kcsOpIEcuIElzYWFr?=@21:1/5 to erik simpson on Thu Oct 31 20:16:12 2024
    On 2024-10-31 16:31, erik simpson wrote:
    On 10/31/24 10:13 AM, Burkhard wrote:
    Q: Why do programmers confuse Halloween with Christmas?

    That's a programming error.  When the Halloween object is instantiated,
    it contains the date.  Similarly with Christmas.

    On the other hand, merchants bleed together both, including Thanksgiving
    for countries that recognize that

    It's worse in Canada. Our Thanksgiving is in October and it provides
    absolutely no buffer between Halloween and Xmas. We get two months of Xmas.

    André

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  • From Burkhard@21:1/5 to Burkhard on Fri Nov 1 10:56:04 2024
    On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:13:14 +0000, Burkhard wrote:

    Q: Why do programmers confuse Halloween with Christmas?

    A: Because Oct 31 = Dec 25.

    (and I have NO idea why the answer did not show im the first post...)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to Burkhard on Mon Nov 4 17:17:28 2024
    On Nov 1, 2024, Burkhard wrote
    (in article<9dcb5b2d40d0247a971cd593bda61b7c@www.novabbs.com>):

    On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:13:14 +0000, Burkhard wrote:

    Q: Why do programmers confuse Halloween with Christmas?

    A: Because Oct 31 = Dec 25.

    (and I have NO idea why the answer did not show im the first post...)

    I guess it is also Hex for one.

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    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “Mary walks down to the water’s edge and there she hangs Her head to
    find herself faded a shadow of what she once was” (Sarah McLachlan)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 4 17:24:36 2024
    On Nov 4, 2024, David Dalton wrote
    (in article<0001HW.2CD96A6000CAC26C700002E8F38F@news.eternal-september.org>):

    On Nov 1, 2024, Burkhard wrote
    (in article<9dcb5b2d40d0247a971cd593bda61b7c@www.novabbs.com>):

    On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:13:14 +0000, Burkhard wrote:

    Q: Why do programmers confuse Halloween with Christmas?

    A: Because Oct 31 = Dec 25.

    (and I have NO idea why the answer did not show im the first post...)

    I guess it is also Hex for one.

    oops, I was thinking hex is base 6 but it is base 16, so

    instead it is Hex One Neuf (hex one Newf),
    where Newf is short for Newfoundlander.

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    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “Mary walks down to the water’s edge and there she hangs Her head to
    find herself faded a shadow of what she once was” (Sarah McLachlan)

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