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The original joke goes like this: Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 8 [ate] 9. In octal, this reads "Because 7 10 11", which doesn't work because our t
by mhartl 14y ago
The original joke goes like this:
Why is 6 afraid of 7?
Because 7 8 [ate] 9.
In octal, this reads "Because 7 10 11", which doesn't work because our tendency is to read it as decimal, yielding "seven ten eleven".
- hkmurakami 14y agoThanks! now it all makes sense :)
- Fishkins 14y agoI like another variant of the joke (which would work in octal): Q: Why was 6 afraid of 7? A: Because 7 was a registered 6 offender