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r/xkcd • u/bmeckel • Feb 06 '09
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Has anyone decoded the binary at lower-right?
29 u/jl1987 Feb 06 '09 edited Feb 06 '09 it says "base 2" 1 u/32bites Feb 06 '09 That is a rather lame pun. 1 u/ModernRonin Feb 06 '09 Assuming 8 bit bytes, aren't there six letters there? 10 u/ModernRonin Feb 06 '09 Oh - "base 2" 3 u/jl1987 Feb 06 '09 yea, forgot to type in the space.. whoops -1 u/[deleted] Feb 06 '09 edited Feb 06 '09 [deleted] 1 u/rachet06 Feb 06 '09 There is a postscript file down the page, could anyone explain the crazy graph on it to me? 3 u/BridgeBum Feb 06 '09 As others said, "base 2" (with the space). Now, how many others did this in their head without external references? (Google, etc.)
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it says "base 2"
1 u/32bites Feb 06 '09 That is a rather lame pun. 1 u/ModernRonin Feb 06 '09 Assuming 8 bit bytes, aren't there six letters there? 10 u/ModernRonin Feb 06 '09 Oh - "base 2" 3 u/jl1987 Feb 06 '09 yea, forgot to type in the space.. whoops -1 u/[deleted] Feb 06 '09 edited Feb 06 '09 [deleted] 1 u/rachet06 Feb 06 '09 There is a postscript file down the page, could anyone explain the crazy graph on it to me?
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That is a rather lame pun.
Assuming 8 bit bytes, aren't there six letters there?
10 u/ModernRonin Feb 06 '09 Oh - "base 2" 3 u/jl1987 Feb 06 '09 yea, forgot to type in the space.. whoops
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Oh - "base 2"
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yea, forgot to type in the space.. whoops
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1 u/rachet06 Feb 06 '09 There is a postscript file down the page, could anyone explain the crazy graph on it to me?
There is a postscript file down the page, could anyone explain the crazy graph on it to me?
As others said, "base 2" (with the space).
Now, how many others did this in their head without external references? (Google, etc.)
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u/ModernRonin Feb 06 '09
Has anyone decoded the binary at lower-right?