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Re: binary code

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[quote="angelo"][quote="Phaedra"][quote="angelo"]

Phaedra wrote:

Spoiler (Rollover to View): Wait -- is there a standard alphanumeric value assigned to these sets of five digits?

Yes, yes there is....

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angelo wrote:

Phaedra wrote: Spoiler (Rollover to View): Wait -- is there a standard alphanumeric value assigned to these sets of five digits? Yes, yes there is.

Oh. That would have ...

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[quote="thebruce"]angelo, you're not a geek... that was fun

[spoiler] taking the first five bits of each of the bytes below, arrives at alphanumeric values 1-26, the alphabet... each line in tur...

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Re: Decrypting cryptograms

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thebruce wrote:

in that case, ... beshrew: "invoke evil upon," "curse", "wish harm upon" me if this has not in fact been thread-jacked by Phaedra

My work here is done. <bow>

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thebruce wrote:

language tidbit for the day

My word for the day is "beshrew." It has all sorts of interesting Coworker Annoyance Applications: "Well, beshrew me if it isn't Anne and ...

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You were right, I was wrong.

It is "to kill one in ten." Oh well. The above were the words that died, then, rather than the survivors.

It's odd that the meaning that the word has today is...

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[quote="CoffeeJedi"]i thought that it meant to kill every tenth man in a line, so 1 out of every 10, you eliminated 9 out of 10

apparently this was the Roman army's way of dealing with mutinies[/qu...

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CoffeeJedi wrote:

decimate your post? be glad to!!!!

But you didn't, at least you didn't decimate it in the original sense of the word, and I'm feeling originalist today.

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[quote="Gestas"]Also, in the above statement, Phaedra's use could mean an unexpected outcome, based on the situation presented, as we move into the realm of dramatic or situational irony. By someone h...

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[quote="CoffeeJedi"]

Phaedra wrote:

Argh. Can't go! <sob>

that sucks.... i was just telling Autumn: "there's probably going to be this girl Phaedra there, you'll like her, she's some...

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[quote="Gestas"](Edited to remove request for the solution method to Phaedra's puzzle - I confess I am too lazy for my own good... but sitting down with my notepad and the solutions Angelo and S...

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Argh. Can't go! <sob>

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johnny_Nitro wrote:

How does Melissa thread jack? Unless you count SP posts on ILB....creepy.

SEE!

Told you it was rigged.

Wouldn't it be ironic if I threadjacked ...