It’s time again, for Kat Myrman’s wonderful challenge, to write a story, inspired by her picture prompt, in 280 characters or fewer.
Here is this week’s prompt and my contribution.
Check out all the fabulously creative entries here and, if you’ve never had a go, why not try a story of your own? You may surprise yourself!
Photo by Geralt at Pixabay.com
She was expert in Octal, and knew that octal numerals can be made from binary by grouping consecutive binary digits into groups of three (starting from the right). She was using that to solve the problem that could save Earth.
A pity that her magnetism was distorting the monitor!
(280 characters)
Gosh. A tale for number nerds. Translation required! (No, it’s OK. I get the drift …. 😉 )
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I could tell you the whole story, but then I’d have to eliminate you!
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I can see the distortion, but at least she didn’t wipe out the hard drive.
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Nicely told Peter! 😊
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There’s safety in numbers, although they may all be somewhat twisted…..
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Sounds like you’re an expert in octal as well. Reminds me of lessons we had at school in binary, octal and hex!
Now she needs an expert in magnetism to sort out her other problem…
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It all depends how you count. If you count fingers then you have a decimal system. If you count the gaps between fingers (as some people do!) then you have an octal system. Simples!
Of course, for hexadecimal you need a friend because it’s based on 16.
Each hexadecimal digit represents four binary digits, also known as a nibble, which is half a byte.
I shall be testing you first thing on Monday morning so make sure you take adequate notes!
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Um… if you count your toenails you get a hexanibble… got it!
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THe only part I understood is that it’s gonna be a mess!
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Maybe it wasn’t magnetism, could it be that she was assuming that the original binary code to which we all refer was written in Hebrew!
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I need to ponder on that. I may be some time!
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Of course she was confused…just reading your explanation confused me! Great job!
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I confused myself too!
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Superior tale!
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I am honoured m’lud!
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It’s a pity she’s having issues. But maybe she’ll find a way to offset that magnetism. Good one, Peter.
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With my interests in all things Chinese, I would have started from the left, threatened the survival of Earth, and awakened the hitman in you. There is value to schooling in which the teachers rap knuckles of the lefties.
A nice story demanding the reader pay attention.
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