1 Topic by The Yell (edited by Chris_Balsz 05-Oct-2009 06:10:06)

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Topic: Compression Method

in binary the sequence runs
512/256/128/64/32/16/8/4/2/1

so that 63 would be written  "0000111111"

now notice that any pair of binary integers can be described by 4 characters

00 a
01 b
10 c
11 d

so 63 might be written  "aaddd"

the numbers 0-15 can be described with 16 pairs of letters,

0000/aa/e
0001/ab/f
0010/ac/g
0011/ad/h
0100/ba/i
0101/bb/j
0110/bc/k
0111/bd/l
1000/ca/m
1001/cb/n
1010/cc/o
1011/cd/p
1100/da/q
1101/db/r
1110/dc/s
1111/dd/t

then 63 could be written "aht" and 256 as "bee"

if we introduce "z" as meaning "no significant integers to the left of the following" then we can have as large a number of binary integers in the system as we like, 63 being "zdt" and 256 being "zbee", 15378 being  a 14 digit binary number rendered as "zdqfg"

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It's called hexadecimal and it's every 4 pair of binary that can be put together .

Not many people know this, but I own the first radio in Springfield. Not much on the air then, just Edison reciting the alphabet over and over. "A" he'd say; then "B." "C" would usually follow...

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I fail to see any compression :S.

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Did Flint e-mail this to you, Chris? yikes

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Re: Compression Method

aht and bee would be represented by 011000010110100001110100 and 011000100110010101100101

http://www.tekmom.com/buzzwords/binaryalphabet.html

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oh so that's what hexidecimal is

gimme another 20 years and I shall invent a method for converting differing magnetic resonances into some sort of 3D image

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lol

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omg a lol smiley

lol

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lol Elro roll

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Re: Compression Method

I compressed the Finnish national anthem into "88"

^^ I was gonna delete this because it was so mean

because "88" is neonazi code for "heil hitler" since Heil Hitler starts with 2 H's and H is the 8th letter in the alphabet

then I realized that wasn't my idea, some americans thought Heil Hitler needed compression and encryption

then I remembered the saucers came here first yikes

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Also note the 88-millimeter cannons, one of Nazi Germany's most awesome weapons (could be mounted on tanks or aircraft, or could be used as an anti-tank weapon or as a flak cannon).

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....i just found this on wikipedia when i was looking up the reference to "88 is neonazi code for heil hitler" (as in UK we have "combat18" with the 1 being an "A" to represent "adolf") and i found this too....

>88 is used as shorthand for 'hugs and kisses' when signing a message in Amateur (ham) Radio. It is used in spoken word (radiotelephony) morse code (radiotelegraphy) and in various digital modes. It is considered rather more intimate than '73', which (roughly) means 'best wishes', and therefore 73 is more often used.<

....lol...."88 is more intimate than 73"....so in a way 88 will wine and dine you while 73 will stick it's finger up your arse big_smile

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They also put 125mm cannons on rifles!

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@Deci

http://worldwartwozone.com/forums/air-warfare/14338-ju-88-88-mm-cannon.html

Hell, I was just as surprised as you.  smile

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yikes Zarf pwnd us all yikes

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*hands chris a life*

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I'm more hurt by not knowing they mounted a 88mm on a plane

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It's a crappy plane, but it's a plane with a damn 88-millimeter cannon strapped to it.

Negative points for probably tearing itself apart whenever it shoots.  Positive points for badassness.

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Shame it was only a prototype, and it kind of made the fearsome JU88 less dangerous as the original could fire both forwards and backwards, making the only safe approach from below... but I do like their thinking.

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