Why don't jokes work in octal?

[Mark Lawler]

An oldie, but goodie.  Posted today on Twitter by Women Who Code.   https://twitter.com/WomenWhoCode/status/1497232443778244610?t=D9HtvQtH-lpa3WjVo2vPrw&s=09 

[Chris Davis]

Ha ha that's great I had never heard that.  But in only works in written word, like this one:

"There are 10 kinds of people in this world; those who understand binary, and those who don't."

[Charley Jones]

Ok, I’m being dense.  I know my Octal, Hex, and Binary.

I’m probably overthinking it.

Any hints?

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[Chris Davis]

The original joke:

Why is 6 afraid of 7?  Because 7 8 9! (Seven ate nine).

[Roger Linhart]

Hi Charley.

I believe the joke went, "Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 8 (ate) 9."

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[Walt Perko]

Hi, 

I love the clues!  

[Mike Markowski]

The golden oldie:

Q: Why do computer scientists confuse Halloween and Christmas?
A: Because Oct 31 == Dec 25

:-)
Mike ab3ap

On 2/25/22 2:13 PM, Walt Perko wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I love the clues!
>
>
> On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 10:16:44 AM UTC-8 linh...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hi Charley.
> I believe the joke went, "Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 8 (ate) 9."
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 10:10 AM Charley Jones <data...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Ok, I’m being dense.  I know my Octal, Hex, and Binary.
> I’m probably overthinking it.
> Any hints?
>
>
>> On Feb 25, 2022, at 8:01 AM, Chris Davis
>> <famousd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ha ha that's great I had never heard that.  But in only works
>> in written word, like this one:
>>
>> "There are 10 kinds of people in this world; those who
>> understand binary, and those who don't."
>>
>> On Friday, February 25, 2022 at 9:56:55 AM UTC-6

>> marksl...@gmail.com <http://gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> An oldie, but goodie.  Posted today on Twitter by Women
>> Who Code.
>> https://twitter.com/WomenWhoCode/status/1497232443778244610?t=D9HtvQtH-lpa3WjVo2vPrw&s=09

>> <https://twitter.com/WomenWhoCode/status/1497232443778244610?t=D9HtvQtH-lpa3WjVo2vPrw&s=09>
>>
>> Octal Joke.jpg

[Charley Jones]

Funny story, my dad with a touch dimension, went out for bread and milk  in a snow storm in Boston.  3 days later arrived in Vegas. Forgot all about the bread and milk.  I called mom and said, everything’s ok, dad just arrived.  Want me to stick him on the next flight back?  She said, no, I’ve had him for 40 years, you keep him!

Absolute truth.

Sent from my iPhone 12pm!

Charley Jones, PMP

On Feb 25, 2022, at 4:39 PM, John Galt <furba...@gmail.com> wrote:

A programmer’s wife tells him, “While you’re at the grocery store, buy some eggs.” He never comes back.

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[philipp...@espacericher.net]

My father-in-law was a computer scientist and retired 5 years ago. He gave me this coffee cup, saying that since I was into retro stuff I probably would get a kick out of it. He had it on his bookshelf at the office for the past 40 years, collecting dust...

I have been drinking out of it since then (after cleaning it, rest assured). Most of my collegues don't get the jokes, but some of these are actually quite funny...

Cheers.

Phil

[Roger Linhart]

That is awesome! Thanks for sharing.

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[Walt Perko]

Hi, 

I remember that from back in the day ... I don't remember what year it started, but it was going strong back in the 70's ... It was a common message left on millnet back in the day with people adding their "signatures" to the message.  

Murphy's Laws of Computer Programming

• Any given program, when running, is obsolete.
• If a program is useless, it will have to be documented.
• If a program is useful, it will have to be changed.
• Any non-trivial program contains at least one bug.
• Any program will expand to fill all available memory.
• The value of a program is directly proportional to the weight of its output.
• The complexity of a program will grow until it exceeds the capability of the programmer to maintain it.
• Make it possible for programmers to write in English and you will find that programmers cannot write in English.
• If builders built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
• Inside every small program is a large program struggling to get out.
• If a test installation functions perfectly, all subsequent systems will malfunction.
• Not until a program has been in production for at least six months will its most harmful error be discovered.
• Undetectable errors are infinite in variety, in contrast to detectable errors, which are by definition limited.
• If the input editor has been designed to reject all bad input, an ingenious idiot will discover a method to get bad data past it.
• Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.
• Machines work; people should think.
• A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expected; a carefully planned project will take only twice as long.
• Adding manpower to a late project makes it later.
• The effort required to correct an error increases geometrically with time.
• Only ten percent of the code in any given program will ever be executed.

There is a longer list as the comedy (much of it reality) continued over the years;  

http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-computer.html