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  • M Mark_Wallace

    It's Programmer Day[^] today. Developers and Software Engineers need not apply

    And who is the programmer the day's for, anyway?

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    Dalek Dave
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    Only 27 days till we find out The Answer.

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    • M Mark_Wallace

      It's Programmer Day[^] today. Developers and Software Engineers need not apply

      And who is the programmer the day's for, anyway?

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      Johnny J
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      Cool, but I don't get it... 11111111 bin = 255 dec. So why celebrate it on the 256th day of the year?

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      • J Johnny J

        Cool, but I don't get it... 11111111 bin = 255 dec. So why celebrate it on the 256th day of the year?

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        Dalek Dave
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        Because there is no Day Zero.

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        • J Johnny J

          Cool, but I don't get it... 11111111 bin = 255 dec. So why celebrate it on the 256th day of the year?

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          Mark_Wallace
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          Johnny J. wrote:

          Cool, but I don't get it... 11111111 bin = 255 dec.

          It's worse than you think: there are only 31 days in Dec!

          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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          • J Johnny J

            Cool, but I don't get it... 11111111 bin = 255 dec. So why celebrate it on the 256th day of the year?

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            The Man from U N C L E
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            Well, it is the 256th day as non-programers see it, but if we were to select that day from the zero indexed array of days, which we call year, it would of be referenced as this.Year[255] :)

            If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it. Margaret Fuller (1810 - 1850) [My Articles]  [My Website]

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            • T The Man from U N C L E

              Well, it is the 256th day as non-programers see it, but if we were to select that day from the zero indexed array of days, which we call year, it would of be referenced as this.Year[255] :)

              If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it. Margaret Fuller (1810 - 1850) [My Articles]  [My Website]

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              Johnny J
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              OK, that's true - didn't think of that... :) I'll buy that![^]

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              • J Johnny J

                Cool, but I don't get it... 11111111 bin = 255 dec. So why celebrate it on the 256th day of the year?

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                Tom Deketelaere
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                http://www.programmerday.info/FAQ.html[^] Explained on the site itself :)

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                • M Mark_Wallace

                  Johnny J. wrote:

                  Cool, but I don't get it... 11111111 bin = 255 dec.

                  It's worse than you think: there are only 31 days in Dec!

                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                  Johnny J
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                  Seems like the time to dust off This old joke[^] :)

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                  • T Tom Deketelaere

                    http://www.programmerday.info/FAQ.html[^] Explained on the site itself :)

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                    Johnny J
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                    Missed that. Thanks for enlightning me, Tom

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                    • T The Man from U N C L E

                      Well, it is the 256th day as non-programers see it, but if we were to select that day from the zero indexed array of days, which we call year, it would of be referenced as this.Year[255] :)

                      If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it. Margaret Fuller (1810 - 1850) [My Articles]  [My Website]

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                      I think we are safe to abstract the implementation of 'this.year' because the value held at this.year[255] (zero based) remains the same as this.year[256] (one based) and the 256th row if we do a COBOL style start (on 1 Jan) and then a sequential read until 256 days have been read. The 256th day of the year will always be the same. Except on leap years.

                      "If you reward everyone, there will not be enough to go around, so you offer a reward to one in order to encourage everyone." Mei Yaochen in the 'Doing Battle' section of Sun Tzu's: Art of War. .

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                      • M Mark_Wallace

                        It's Programmer Day[^] today. Developers and Software Engineers need not apply

                        And who is the programmer the day's for, anyway?

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                        Lost User
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                        If people could sign it, previous year's 31 st Dec could be every year's Programmer's Day.

                        ...byte till it megahertz...

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                          I think we are safe to abstract the implementation of 'this.year' because the value held at this.year[255] (zero based) remains the same as this.year[256] (one based) and the 256th row if we do a COBOL style start (on 1 Jan) and then a sequential read until 256 days have been read. The 256th day of the year will always be the same. Except on leap years.

                          "If you reward everyone, there will not be enough to go around, so you offer a reward to one in order to encourage everyone." Mei Yaochen in the 'Doing Battle' section of Sun Tzu's: Art of War. .

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                          Richard A Dalton
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                          [ftw]melvin wrote:

                          I think we are safe to abstract the implementation of 'this.year' because the value held at this.year[255] (zero based) remains the same as this.year[256] (one based) and the 256th row if we do a COBOL style start (on 1 Jan) and then a sequential read until 256 days have been read. The 256th day of the year will always be the same. Except on leap years.

                          When I find myself reading and understanding something like that, I have to wonder how I ever managed to marry and reproduce. -Rd

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                          • L Lost User

                            If people could sign it, previous year's 31 st Dec could be every year's Programmer's Day.

                            ...byte till it megahertz...

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                            bleedingfingers wrote:

                            If people could sign it, previous year's 31 st Dec could be every year's Programmer's Day.

                            I'd rather use unsigned integers, because that naturally excludes Java wallahs, without going through the stress of having to break it to them that they're not real programmers.

                            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                              bleedingfingers wrote:

                              If people could sign it, previous year's 31 st Dec could be every year's Programmer's Day.

                              I'd rather use unsigned integers, because that naturally excludes Java wallahs, without going through the stress of having to break it to them that they're not real programmers.

                              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                              Lost User
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                              Even otherwise, isn't binary the basic number system for the computers? That would have to make it 1st or 2nd of Jan of every year. That would show a bit of real character.

                              ...byte till it megahertz...

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                              • T The Man from U N C L E

                                Well, it is the 256th day as non-programers see it, but if we were to select that day from the zero indexed array of days, which we call year, it would of be referenced as this.Year[255] :)

                                If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it. Margaret Fuller (1810 - 1850) [My Articles]  [My Website]

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                                NormDroid
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                                Hence VB users wont be celebrating it.

                                Two heads are better than one.

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                                  Hence VB users wont be celebrating it.

                                  Two heads are better than one.

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                                  Dalek Dave
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                                  Harsh!

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                                    Because there is no Day Zero.

                                    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                                    Gary Wheeler
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                                    January 1st is day 00000000.

                                    Software Zen: delete this;

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                                      January 1st is day 00000000.

                                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                                      Dalek Dave
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                                      Yes, I meant there was no day zero in history. So for Actual Dates rather than numbered by computer dates, day one is number 1. There was no Year Zero either, it ran from 1AD to 1AD. Don't forget that there are 13 months in a year and it is the year 2003. (If you live in Ethiopia).

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                                        Harsh!

                                        ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                                        NormDroid
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                                        But true!

                                        Two heads are better than one.

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                                        • D Dalek Dave

                                          Yes, I meant there was no day zero in history. So for Actual Dates rather than numbered by computer dates, day one is number 1. There was no Year Zero either, it ran from 1AD to 1AD. Don't forget that there are 13 months in a year and it is the year 2003. (If you live in Ethiopia).

                                          ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                                          Dan Neely
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                                          Dalek Dave wrote:

                                          There was no Year Zero either, it ran from 1AD to 1AD.

                                          :doh:

                                          3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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