[Groop]Questions to the Groo Gurus
E C
mightyhero@mail.com
Wed, 02 Oct 2002 06:28:47 +0100
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><FONT size=2>Hi guys/grrls!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Fred wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><FONT size=2>>#1 Does the binary writing in the panels of</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><FONT size=2>>groo 41 </FONT><FONT size=2>page </FONT></FONT><FONT face="Courier New"><FONT size=2>5 </FONT><FONT size=2>mean anything or are they just</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><FONT size=2>>random binary digits?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Here's how to read binary:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>0000 = 0</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>0001 = 1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>0010 = 2</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>0011 = 3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>0100 = 4</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>0101 = 5</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>0110 = 6</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>0111 = 7</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>1000 = 8</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>1001 = 9</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>1010 = A</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>1011 = B</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>1100 = C</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>1101 = D</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>1110 = E</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>1111 = F</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Exponents with base "2".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>The 4th digit is 2^0 = 1.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>The 3rd digit is 2^1 = 2.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>The 2nd digit is 2^2 = 4.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>The 1st digit is 2^3 = 8.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Examples:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>0000 = 0*8 + 0*4 + 0*2 + 0*1 = 0</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>0001 = 0*8 + 0*4 + 0*2 + 1*1 = 1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>0010 = 0*8 + 0*4 + 1*2 + 0*1 = 2</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>0011 = 0*8 + 0*4 + 1*2 + 1*1 = 3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>0101 = 0*8 + 1*4 + 0*2 + 1*1 = 5</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>1001 = 1*8 + 0*4 + 0*2 + 1*1 = 9</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Of course, you can extend it to more</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>than 4 digits.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>11001</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>would be</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>1*2^4 + 1*2^3 + 0*2^2 + 0*2^1 + 1*2^0 =</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>1*16 * 1*8 + 0*4 + 0*2 + 1*1 =</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>25</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Or, if it is grouped in 4s, this would</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>be (000)1 1001 or "19".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>It's possible that Sergio could have made</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>a different code, </FONT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>something other than</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>classic binary.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Example:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>00000 = A</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>00001 = B</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>00010 = C</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>00011 = D</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>00100 = E</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>00101 = F</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>00110 = G</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>00111 = H</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>01000 = I</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>01001 = J</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>and so on ...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>or something like that ...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>See you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Eric</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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