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Originally posted by eyeoftruth
Hi, I posted this in the other thread regarding this code. thought it might be a better topic of discussion in here. Just wanted to put a few thoughts I had on this "code" This is purely speculation on my part, as it couldn't be anything else simply due to the topic here in. If this UFO wasn't piloted by a biological entity, but was perhaps a remote controlled device for lack of better terms, there are many reasons a code was implemented rather than a straight forward statement or mathematical equivalent. No, I don't believe it was to give credibility to there existence, if that was the goal they'd land at the White House. If, as an extraterrestrial I sent a message to another world, but in my language, I'd obviously want it translated to the simplest form of expression. So programmed into this craft is a universal translation program with parameters to locate the local primitive language and relay the message in simplest terms to the inhabitants. If this craft came into contact with say, one of our satellites which is easily understandable, and in doing so came to the realization that a computer code was relaying the information, it could easily think this would be a readily understandable form of communication. It may not have realized it was only being converted into binary for the computers and that the end users were using alphabet (English in this case). So upon contact it merely relayed the message in the language it found being used in most of the world, let's face it the US and UK have many more satellites than the rest of the world, all using the same alphabet, thus the same binary code. The message was relayed as the craft was programmed to do, in what it thought to be the most widely understood language of the planet.
At the top left of the plate is a schematic representation of the hyperfine transition of hydrogen, which is the most abundant element in the universe. Below this symbol is a small vertical line to represent the binary digit 1.
[...]
On the right side of the plaque, a man and a woman are shown in front of the spacecraft. Between the brackets that indicate the height of the woman, the binary representation of the number 8 can be seen (1000, with a small defect in the first zero). In units of the wavelength of the hyperfine transition of hydrogen this means 8 × 21 cm = 168 cm.
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The radial pattern on the left of the plaque shows 15 lines emanating from the same origin. Fourteen of the lines have corresponding long binary numbers, which stand for the periods of pulsars, using the hydrogen spin-flip transition frequency as the unit. Since these periods will change over time, the epoch of the launch can be calculated from these values.
Originally posted by Smugallo
reply to post by sparrowstail
Well. If they were ET's and they use binary that's fair enough. But they would have to have written it in ACii first. Otherwise the words wouldn't translate back into anything we would understand. Binary isn't a language thats the same universally. They would have to be English talkin aliens. So if it was an ET message that was 'intercepted, then the binary would have to decode into something in their language not ours. If it was a message meant for humans, then they would have to speak English in the first place.
Originally posted by arbitrarygeneraiist
reply to post by spikey
Oh trust me, I love this stuff. I am probably willing to believe it more than most people are But I still like all aspects of a UFO case to be presented, evidence and all, even by hardcore skeptics who feel that they can completely disprove it.
Originally posted by Snippy23
reply to post by XPLodER
Alarm bells ring when either Nick Pope or Linda Moulton Howe push themselves into a case. Both appearing together in this attempted Rendlesham revival is just plain disturbing.
Originally posted by Snippy23
I've seen the programme and read through the thread, and important facts in three areas - facts key to beginning to believe in this unlikely tale - appear to be missing. Maybe someone out there can help.
First, who conducted the regression?
Originally posted by Snippy23
Is there a recording or transcript available?
Originally posted by Snippy23
And given that regression is notoriously inaccurate in recovering memory, is totally unacceptable in courts, and is more likely to find confabulation than truth, why has it been used here?
Originally posted by Snippy23
Second, what laboratory/expert tested the age of the paper containing the binary code. Is there a written report available?
Originally posted by Snippy23
Third, has the binary code been tested/interpreted by anyone more professionally engaged and qualified in this work than a guy who happens to have a very simple site on the Internet?
01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 00101100 00100000 01000001 01010100 01010011 00100000 01010111 01101111 01110010 01101100 01100100 00100001
Originally posted by skeptic_al
reply to post by XPLodER
Gee, what's the chance of another civilization in another Universe is actually using Ascii for their computers. And why Binary and not the Equivelent Hex Codes, and he even grouped them into 8 Bits
I reckon this story is 01001011 01110101 01101100 01101100 01110011 01101000 01101111 01110100