Thursday, September 13, 2007

Sesame Street would be weird in Binary...

"I’ve found it’s actually NOT a good idea to use your fingers to count in binary. People tend to punch you when you get to 4. Weird."

Explanation:

Okay, so this is the second consecutive nerdy entry. For those of you who can't count in binary, alow me to use this visual aide in counting to 4. "!" will indicate a raised finger, while "." will indicate a lowered finger. I think you'll get the idea.

1: !...
2: .!..
3: !!...
4: ..!..
5: !.!..
6: .!!..
7: !!!..
8: ...!.
9: !..!.
10: .!.!.

Yesterday's Explanation:

I'm actually kinda glad only 2 people figured out yesterday's message. It takes a special blend of nerdinesses to put the two pieces together.

The first thing to know is how to read and/or speak in Lolcat, a viral internet meme that has lasted far beyond its useful purpose. Some of them are fairly amusing though.

Second is the gedanken experiment known as Schrodinger's Cat" in which a cat in a closed box is both alive and not alive at the same time, and the only way to know or sure is to open the box.

Yesterday's message is a whimsical combination of both...creating Schrodinger's Lolcat.

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