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Nea...@gmail.com

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Mar 26, 2008, 5:11:14 PM3/26/08
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Someone posted this long (4073 bit) binary string in a forum I read. I
wondered if it was random, or code, or something, so I started to
analyse it.

01101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101


I got as far as deciding it is not a simple random stream
(distribtution of ones and zeroes not random)
It does not appear to be ASCII characters (in 8 bit or 7 bit groups)

However when parsing it into 6 bit groups, there appears to be a sort
of pattern, with a frequency histogram, as follows:
ValueFrequency
0 0
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
8 0
9 0
10 0
11 0
12 0
13 0
14 29
15 0
16 30
17 0
18 0
19 0
20 0
21 0
22 0
23 0
24 0
25 0
26 30
27 29
28 0
29 60
30 0
31 0
32 0
33 0
34 0
35 0
36 0
37 0
38 0
39 0
40 0
41 0
42 29
43 0
44 30
45 60
46 88
47 0
48 0
49 0
50 0
51 29
52 0
53 0
54 0
55 59
56 0
57 29
58 59
59 89
60 29
61 0
62 0
63 0


This definitely shows some sort of pattern, but I cannot figure out
the basis.
8 numbers appear about 30 times, 4 numbers about 60 times and 2
numbers about 90 times.

The 'not quite' 30,60,90 totals suggest that the sequence is not
complete and has been truncated somewhat

Anyone any further ideas?

Of course it could all be some kind of human binary virus (read Snow
Crash by Neal Stephenson...)

Nea...@gmail.com

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Mar 26, 2008, 5:57:13 PM3/26/08
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Just noticed I mistook a count. NINE numbers appear about 30 times....

Mensanator

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On Mar 26, 4:57 pm, Neal...@gmail.com wrote:
> On 26 Mar, 21:11, Neal...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Someone posted this long (4073 bit) binary string in a forum I read. I
> > wondered if it was random, or code, or something, so I started to
> > analyse it.
>
> > 011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111­011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101­101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111­100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011­101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011­101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010­101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011­011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111­010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101­110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011­101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111­001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010­111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011­101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110­111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111­011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111­011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111­010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010­011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110­111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011­101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111­011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110­111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111­010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010­011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101­110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100­111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110­111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101­111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101­010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101­110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110­011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000­111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001­110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110­111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011­010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011­101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101­100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100­110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101­101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101­101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101­101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011­110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010­000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110­001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101­110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001­011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111­011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101­101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111­100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011­101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011­101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010­101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011­011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111­01000011101110111011101
> Just noticed I mistook a count. NINE numbers appear about 30 times....- Hide quoted text -
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Have you considered it might be an image map?

jonnie303

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On Mar 26, 9:11 pm, Neal...@gmail.com wrote:
> Someone posted this long (4073 bit) binary string in a forum I read. I
> wondered if it was random, or code, or something, so I started to
> analyse it.
>
> 011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111­011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101­101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111­100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011­101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011­101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010­101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011­011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111­010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101­110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011­101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111­001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010­111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011­101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110­111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111­011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111­011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111­010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010­011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110­111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011­101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111­011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110­111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111­010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010­011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101­110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100­111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110­111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101­111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101­010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101­110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110­011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000­111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001­110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110­111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011­010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011­101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101­100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100­110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101­101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101­101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101­101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011­110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010­000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110­001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101­110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001­011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111­011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101­101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111­100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011­101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011­101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010­101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011­011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111­01000011101110111011101
>

The pattern of 1s and 0s repeats itself exactly every 138 characters.
I don't know if that helps...

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jonnie303
Sevenoaks, UK

Nea...@gmail.com

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On Mar 27, 12:17 am, jonnie303 <john.gri...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Mar 26, 9:11 pm, Neal...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Someone posted this long (4073 bit) binary string in a forum I read. I
> > wondered if it was random, or code, or something, so I started to
> > analyse it.
>
> > 011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111­­01110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110­1­1011001110111011011110101011011101110100001110111011101110101110111011101­11­100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111­011­10110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011­1011­1011010100110111100111011100011101110010110100111011011001110111011011­11010­101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101­010011­01111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110­1110111­0100001110111011101110101110111011101111001101110111011010100110111­10011101­110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010­000111011­10111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111­0001110111­0010110100111011011001110111011011110101011011101110100001110111­01110111010­111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111­001011010011­10110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101­0111011101110­1111001101110111011010100110111100111011100011101110010110100­11101101100111­011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101­110111100110111­01110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110­0111011101101111­0101011011101110100001110111011101110101110111011101111001­10111011101101010­011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101­101111010101101110­11101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110­1101010011011110011­1011100011101110010110100111011011001110111011011110101­01101110111010000111­011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011­011110011101110001110­11100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011­1010000111011101110111­0101110111011101111001101110111011010100110111100111­01110001110111001011010­011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111­011101110111010111011101­11011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111­0111001011010011101101100­1110111011011110101011011101110100001110111011101­11010111011101110111100110­111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011­010011101101100111011101101­11101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101­1101110111100110111011101101­0100110111100111011100011101110010110100111011­01100111011101101111010101101­110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111­100110111011101101010011011110­01110111000111011100101101001110110110011101­1101101111010101101110111010000­1110111011101110101110111011101111001101110­11101101010011011110011101110001­110111001011010011101101100111011101101111­010101101110111010000111011101110­11101011101110111011110011011101110110101­0011011110011101110001110111001011­0100111011011001110111011011110101011011­10111010000111011101110111010111011­101110111100110111011101101010011011110­011101110001110111001011010011101101­10011101110110111101010110111011101000­0111011101110111010111011101110111100­1101110111011010100110111100111011100­01110111001011010011101101100111011101­101111010101101110111010000111011101­110111010111011101110111100110111011101­10101001101111001110111000111011100­1011010011101101100111011101101111010101­1011101110100001110111011101110101­11011101110111100110111011101101010011011­110011101110001110111001011010011­101101100111011101101111010101101110111010­00011101110111011101011101110111­0111100110111011101101010011011110011101110­0011101110010110100111011011001­11011101101111010101101110111010000111011101­110111010111011101110111100110­111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001­01101001110110110011101110110­1111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111­0111011101111001101110111011­01010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101­101100111011101101111010101­101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111­10011011101110110101001101­1110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011­1011011110101011011101110­10000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011­101101010011011110011101­110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010­10110111011101000011101­1101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011­0111100111011100011101­11001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111­010000111011101110111­01
> Sevenoaks, UK- Hide quoted text -

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> - Show quoted text -

Yep, I think that helps a lot. Mr Thicky here did not notice.

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