Anyone up for a challenge?

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If anyone can say exactly what my new avatar means then I will use an avatar of that persons choice for a whole day - provided it is allowed by the WP rules.

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No, I have no clue, but I have just noticed it in other threads and I was about to say that it distracts me A LOT, too stimmy !

I'll change it to something less stimmy if someone cracks it.

1001000 = H
1100101 = e
1101100 = l
1101100 = l
1101111 = o

It is the text string 'Hello' in seven-bit ASCII code, and set in an endless loop.

For that avatar ... a simple, readable, English text string that reads "Fnord Rules!" will suffice.

Well, you've got the first word, but there are more. It isn't just one word repeating.

Game over!


IAmNotAParakeet just won in the off the wall forum, last one to post wins thread. The answer was:


H 72 1001000
e 101 1100101
l 108 1101100
l 108 1101100
o 111 1101111

W 87 1010111
o 111 1101111
r 114 1110010
l 108 1101100
d 100 1100100

T 84 1010100
a 97 1100001
l 108 1101100
l 108 1101100
y 121 1111001

M 77 1001101
a 97 1100001
N 78 1001110
I 73 1001001
s 115 1110011

H 72 1001000
e 101 1100101
r 14 1110010
e 101 1100101
. 46 0101110

Wrong. It's:

1001000 = 48 = H
1100101 = 65 = e
1101100 = 6C = l
1101100 = 6C = l
1101111 = 6F = o
1010111 = 57 = W
1101111 = 6F = o
1110010 = 72 = r
1101100 = 6C = l
1100100 = 64 = d
1010100 = 54 = T
1100001 = 61 = a
1101100 = 6C = l
1101100 = 6C = l
1111001 = 79 = y
1001101 = 4D = M
1100001 = 61 = a
1001110 = 4E = N
1001001 = 49 = I
1110011 = 73 = s
1001000 = 48 = H
1100101 = 65 = a
1110010 = 72 = r
1100101 = 65 = a
0101110 = 2E = .

I took screenshots, then transcribed each 5-character block directly fron the images. Please note the spelling of the final word.

"Fnord Rules!" please.

If you look close it is 'e' not 'a' I can see what you've done, you've accidentally mixed hex and decimal. If you look at your transcription of the first word, 'hello' the 'e' is 65 hex. But in the last word you are showing 65 hex as 'a' but 65 is decimal for 'A'.

Aw, cr^p! You're right!

I concede the point.

I would've converted it from binary to decimal and looked up the ASCII reference code translate it. Just as easy to avoid the hexadecimal code too...

Then why didn't you? I, at least, tried.