On 26 Mar, 21:11, Neal...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Someone posted this long (4073 bit) binary string in a forum I read. I
> wondered if it was random, or code, or something, so I started to
> analyse it.
>
>
01101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011=
1011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101=
1011001110111011011110101011011101110100001110111011101110101110111011101111=
0011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110=
1101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101=
1010100110111100111011100011101110010110100111011011001110111011011110101011=
0111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111=
0011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000=
1110111011101110101110111011101111001101110111011010100110111100111011100011=
1011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011=
1010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010=
0111011011001110111011011110101011011101110100001110111011101110101110111011=
1011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011=
1011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111=
0111011010100110111100111011100011101110010110100111011011001110111011011110=
1010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001=
1011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111=
0100001110111011101110101110111011101111001101110111011010100110111100111011=
1000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110=
1110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001=
0110100111011011001110111011011110101011011101110100001110111011101110101110=
1110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110=
1100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100=
1101110111011010100110111100111011100011101110010110100111011011001110111011=
0111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110=
1010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101=
1101110100001110111011101110101110111011101111001101110111011010100110111100=
1110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011=
1011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110=
1110010110100111011011001110111011011110101011011101110100001110111011101110=
1011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101101001=
1101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011101110=
1111001101110111011010100110111100111011100011101110010110100111011011001110=
1110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011011101=
1101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101111010=
1011011101110100001110111011101110101110111011101111001101110111011010100110=
1111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111011101=
0000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011101110=
0011101110010110100111011011001110111011011110101011011101110100001110111011=
1011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011100101=
1010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010111011=
1011101111001101110111011010100110111100111011100011101110010110100111011011=
0011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011110011=
0111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011101101=
1110101011011101110100001110111011101110101110111011101111001101110111011010=
1001101111001110111000111011100101101001110110110011101110110111101010110111=
0111010000111011101110111010111011101110111100110111011101101010011011110011=
1011100011101110010110100111011011001110111011011110101011011101110100001110=
1110111011101011101110111011110011011101110110101001101111001110111000111011=
1001011010011101101100111011101101111010101101110111010000111011101110111010=
1110111011101111001101110111011010100110111100111011100011101110010110100111=
0110110011101110110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101011101110111011=
1100110111011101101010011011110011101110001110111001011010011101101100111011=
10110111101010110111011101000011101110111011101
>
> I got as far as deciding it is not a simple random stream
> (distribtution of ones and zeroes not random)
> It does not appear to be ASCII characters (in 8 bit or 7 bit groups)
>
> However when parsing it into 6 bit groups, there appears to be a sort
> of pattern, with a frequency histogram, as follows:
> ValueFrequency
> 0 0
> 1 0
> 2 0
> 3 0
> 4 0
> 5 0
> 6 0
> 7 0
> 8 0
> 9 0
> 10 0
> 11 0
> 12 0
> 13 0
> 14 29
> 15 0
> 16 30
> 17 0
> 18 0
> 19 0
> 20 0
> 21 0
> 22 0
> 23 0
> 24 0
> 25 0
> 26 30
> 27 29
> 28 0
> 29 60
> 30 0
> 31 0
> 32 0
> 33 0
> 34 0
> 35 0
> 36 0
> 37 0
> 38 0
> 39 0
> 40 0
> 41 0
> 42 29
> 43 0
> 44 30
> 45 60
> 46 88
> 47 0
> 48 0
> 49 0
> 50 0
> 51 29
> 52 0
> 53 0
> 54 0
> 55 59
> 56 0
> 57 29
> 58 59
> 59 89
> 60 29
> 61 0
> 62 0
> 63 0
>
> This definitely shows some sort of pattern, but I cannot figure out
> the basis.
> 8 numbers appear about 30 times, 4 numbers about 60 times and 2
> numbers about 90 times.
>
> The 'not quite' 30,60,90 totals suggest that the sequence is not
> complete and has been truncated somewhat
>
> Anyone any further ideas?
>
> Of course it could all be some kind of human binary virus (read Snow
> Crash by Neal Stephenson...)
Just noticed I mistook a count. NINE numbers appear about 30 times....


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