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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread octal #4244 07/19/2000 7:20 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 37 Newcastle, Australia. screen newbie screen newbie Joined: May 2000 Posts: 37 Newcastle, Australia. As the telephone/ascii queries have tapped a cache of teckie knowledge amongst verbivores, could someone please explain how to count in octal? Here is the puzzle: a two-handed alien counting with his fingers discovers that 15+5 = 22. How many fingers has the alien on each hand? Answer: 8 total, 4 on each hand. (15+5=22 in octal) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted octal screen 07/19/2000 7:20 AM Re: octal tsuwm 07/19/2000 2:49 PM Re: octal Jackie 07/19/2000 4:41 PM Re: octal tsuwm 07/19/2000 6:31 PM Re: octal Jackie 07/19/2000 7:48 PM Re: headache AnnaStrophic 07/19/2000 7:53 PM Re: 42 jmh 07/19/2000 6:50 PM Re: 42 tsuwm 07/19/2000 7:09 PM Re: 42 jmh 02/23/2001 7:55 AM Re: 42 tsuwm 02/23/2001 2:15 PM Re: 42 jmh 07/23/2000 8:19 AM Re: octal Jazzoctopus 07/19/2000 9:35 PM Re: octal jmh 07/19/2000 10:22 PM Re: octal tsuwm 07/20/2000 2:07 PM Re: octal jmh 07/23/2000 8:12 AM Re: octal Jackie 07/24/2000 2:08 AM Re: octal screen 07/24/2000 4:32 AM Re: octal AnnaStrophic 07/24/2000 5:50 PM Re: octal tsuwm 07/24/2000 5:56 PM Re: octal Jackie 07/25/2000 11:28 AM Re: octal screen 07/20/2000 7:05 AM Re: octal tsuwm 07/20/2000 2:15 PM Re: octal screen 07/20/2000 2:42 PM Re: octal Jackie 07/21/2000 1:17 AM Re: octal screen 07/21/2000 2:17 AM Re: octal nounish 07/23/2000 5:50 AM Re: octal screen 07/23/2000 11:36 AM Re: octal wow 02/23/2001 2:32 PM Re: octal maverick 02/23/2001 6:38 PM Re: octal wow 02/23/2001 6:51 PM Re: octal of troy 02/23/2001 7:03 PM Re: octal Jackie 07/24/2000 2:05 AM Re: octal screen 07/26/2000 3:22 PM Re: octal Bingley 07/27/2000 4:57 AM Re: octal emanuela 07/27/2000 6:33 AM Re: octal Bingley 07/27/2000 10:30 AM Re: octal tsuwm 07/27/2000 1:40 PM Re: octal screen 07/27/2000 2:32 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,266 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 7 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,126 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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