tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349653650482188023.post660672128459463150..comments2024-02-18T22:30:19.655-10:00Comments on Vaka Rangi: 11100011 10000010 10110001 11100011 10000010 10100100 00100000 11100011 10000011 10100110 11100011 10000011 10101010: 11001001Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03828341842948036592noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349653650482188023.post-29818101340378446782014-11-19T22:33:04.042-10:002014-11-19T22:33:04.042-10:00I would have had absolutely no idea what the code ...I would have had absolutely no idea what the code meant! Interesting that this episode was meant to be before The Big Goodbye, as the Holodeck for me is one the powerful transformative tools in the show, and the Bynars were such beautiful characters. Lovely essay.Daruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870910268972702784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349653650482188023.post-59829656659658763162014-10-13T09:11:24.137-10:002014-10-13T09:11:24.137-10:00Way to give it away :-P
Well, I'm happy someo...Way to give it away :-P<br /><br />Well, I'm happy someone took it upon themselves to translate all that out at any rate :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828341842948036592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349653650482188023.post-82958529932852466082014-10-13T05:43:43.342-10:002014-10-13T05:43:43.342-10:00It's binary code, which if converted to ASCII ...It's binary code, which if converted to ASCII (the default international method for encoding text) turns out to be two pairs of Japanese characters separated by a space. Transliterating those, they turn out to be "Kei Yuri." Froborrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349653650482188023.post-33888504013688585202014-10-13T03:20:09.566-10:002014-10-13T03:20:09.566-10:00Sorry, but you're going to have to explain the...Sorry, but you're going to have to explain the title to this dummy.Dustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05700354417187065072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349653650482188023.post-58132952195278548292014-10-13T00:55:31.080-10:002014-10-13T00:55:31.080-10:00*looks at title of article*
*converts binary to A...*looks at title of article*<br /><br />*converts binary to ASCII*<br /><br />*feeds resulting hiragana into Google Translate*<br /><br />...bastard.<br /><br />No, but seriously, a good piece. The Bynars are one of my strongest memories of Season 1; I'm surprised you didn't make more of their obvious visual similarity to the Talosians. To me they've always seemed to be implying that the technofetishistic singularity ("The Rapture for Nerds") has more in common with that particular portrayal of the dead-end future than said nerds like to think about.<br /><br />I'm curious as to where you're going to go with the Borg. I've always seen them as a dark mirror of the Federation, imperialist, conformist technophiles who consume other cultures to add to their own in a relentless quest for smug perfection.Froborrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.com