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Something that always bothered me about this transmission is the fact that the numbers at the top are said to represent 1-10 in binary format. However, when I l
by Rooster61 8y ago
Something that always bothered me about this transmission is the fact that the numbers at the top are said to represent 1-10 in binary format. However, when I look at this, when you get to the 8th digit, it shoves the next block out to the side, representing an overflow so that additional numbers can be represented. Is this not representative of the very definition of how to express numbers in a different base? This isn't binary, it's octal. When you rollover after the 7th digit, you have a new set of 8 characters that can represent a discreet unit. I sort of understand how they are passing this off as binary, but without reading an explanation of what this represents, my first instinct is to consider it octal.
- lisper 8y ago> This isn't binary, it's octal Potato, potahto.
- 8bitsrule 8y agoNot if you own a Heathkit H-8, it isn't. (Possibly the only computer made ...note that qualifier, please ... that required most users to learn a number base in order to operate it.)
- LoSboccacc 8y agoyeah it's weird, first they encode numbers one to ten, then the information is in binary, then is pictographic, there's no key to split the sections by encoding, and the key at the beginning is not used.
- cup-of-tea 8y agoDon't get too hung up on notation of numbers. It is just notation after all. If you group binary digits into fours is it octal? When we group decimal digits into threes are we really using base 1000?