Rune wrote:
> "Darren New" wrote:
>> 2 + 2 is ... 10.....
>>
>>   ... IN BASE 4!  I'm *FINE*!
> 
> It did annoy me that that joke doesn't really make sense when spoken out 
> loud. "10" can mean many different numbers but "ten" cannot.

Actually, it makes perfect sense. The computer has been hit by a number 
of missiles. It says "Two plus two is ten."  It then tries to pretend it 
didn't make a mistake, in a rather lame and transparent way.  The joke 
isn't supposed to make sense. The joke is that it's a lame attempt at 
pretending everything is just fine. :-)

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     Remember the good old days, when we
     used to complain about cryptography
     being export-restricted?

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