The Ala'Moana Lantern Festival

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Every Memorial Day, the city of Honolulu holds a lantern festival in Ala'Moana Park.

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The public is invited to light floating lanterns in memory of passed loved ones.

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People write messages for their loved ones on the lanterns.

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Nerdy Addendum: We saw this sign before the activities started. The intended interpretation was to signal people where to drop off their lanterns. I was in the presence of a fine lady, so I resisted my nerdy jokes. Maybe some of our CS followers will appreciate the wit and humor that could have been spewed forth here...

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Possible jokes include:
(1)-- "Is that IEEE 754, or Natural (floating) Log representation?"
(2)-- (re: The sign being a flag) "So that's what a floating point flag looks like."
(3)-- (re: The arrow pointing the wrong way) "I thought they fixed the Pentium FDIV bug years ago."

Classic.