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The Binary Code In Canada's Gov-Gen Coat of Arms
Lev13than writes "Dr. David Johnston, formerly the president of the University of Waterloo, was installed as Canada's new Governor-General on Friday. As de facto head of state and the Queen's representative in Canada he is required to design a personal coat of arms. One modern detail has attracted particular attention - a 33-digit palindromic binary stream at the base. Efforts to decode the meaning of the number using ASCII, Morse, grouping by 3/11 and other theories has so far come up empty (right now it's a toss up between random, the phone number 683-077-0643 and Morse code for 'send help - trapped in a coat of arms factory.') Is 110010111001001010100100111010011 the combination to his luggage, or just a random stream of digits?"
The downside is that what's gibberish to you and me, may be legible to someone else, and what's worse is it may convey a terrible message.
While I've only HEARD of people who's had "chop suey £3.99" tatooed in chinesse, I've actually seen phtotos of a guy who thought he had some bitching Viking runes tatooed, and they were horribly mispelled (I will not divulge the nature of the error, but suffice to say, he's not likely to hook up with any women who can read any scandinavian language)
So I only hope it's not random, but rather something we have not decifered yet.
--- To err is human... Am I more human than most ?
And after reading the article, it seems they noticed the same thing!
Wonder why that option was left out of the summary, as it seems the most likely. Silly editors
Canada won't have the possibility of being a democracy till the Queen is excised from all Canadian institutions. It's no longer acceptable to have political structures dominated by fantasies of Monarchy from God, conquest or tyranny.
How the monarchy came to be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAaWvVFERVA