Re: Broadband ISPs taxed for "generating light energy"

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu>]

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:57:17 -0400, Joseph S D Yao <jsdy () center osis gov>
wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 11:36:41AM -0400, Joe Loiacono wrote:
> > Notice the date: October 10. That is the Indian equivalent of our April 1.
>
>
> Ah.  Culture clash.  Therefore the story can be relegated to the same
> coop as the IP-carrying pigeons.
>
> The sole justification for asking this is to help us all remember this
> for any further similar postings that might otherwise cause lengthy and
> weighty discussions on something so lightweight.
>
> Why is 10 October their 01 April?
It's 10/10, which if viewed as the binary number 1010 is 10 base 10.
Surely that has to mean something!  (Well, I just made it up, but it
sounds goodd....)


                --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb