Incas Used Binary?

Abhijeet Chavan writes "An article in the Independent reports that a leading scholar believes the Incas may have used a form of binary code 500 years before computers were invented. 'Gary Urton, professor of anthropology at Harvard University, has re-analysed the complicated knotted strings of the Inca - decorative objects called khipu - and found they contain a seven-bit binary code capable of conveying more than 1,500 separate units of information...If Professor Urton is right, it means the Inca not only invented a form of binary code more than 500 years before the invention of the computer, but they used it as part of the only three-dimensional written language.'"

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Great! So, SCO itself is in violation??

[jkrise]

After all, SCOde is derived from the binary code which they invented, right? Seeing that a Peruvian Doctor (I keep forgetting his name) wrote that unforgettable letter to MS, we could ask him to speak up for the Incas.

There's no hurry to present any evidence - we can always dig up proof later, and that could take ages.

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[brakk]

Good try to get people to read your journal