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germanfryfan
The Listmaker
Urban Legend
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« Reply #6 on: 03-13-2005 21:36 »
« Last Edit on: 03-13-2005 21:36 »
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Ok, let me try to explain what Nor said: Binary is not a form of text, it is just a system of expressing numerals. Binary is the way computers do it, since all they "know" and "understaind" is either power on (1) or power off (0). So if you see a code of 0 and 1 it probably is a number expressed in binary, also called "in base 2". If it is a set of more than one zero or one (bits) it builds a "word". A word of 8 bits long is called a byte. With a byte you can express numbers from 0 to 255, so it is possible that it relates to a character of the ASCII chart.
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nickersonm
Crustacean
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Most likely not, as a 2-state system is the most error-proof one available. Even quantum computers use 2-state systems. Changing would make no sense unless they discovered a 3rd orthogonal state (i.e. not a combination of 0 and 1), such as somehow creating an imaginary number in reality . - nickersonm
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freik
Crustacean
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by the way in Hell is other robots bender prays in binary hmmmmmmm so he can talk more than wheres the bathroom in binary
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Yes, and Bender can recognise numbers, individual letters, etc, but he can neither speak nor read Binary. Originally posted by Roddney: No but then do the scientists??? LOL The point is, even though Bender's brain might be programmed using a binary code of some such, doesn't mean he understand the spoken lanuage Binary. In the same token, human DNA is composed of strings of exactly 4 different kinds of biologic acids (commonly known as C, G, A and T). Depending on how they're arranged, they code for heaight, eye color, hair color, etc. Even though we all are made of these "codes" and all our cells contain them, very few people can read a DNA string.
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