macAlba's Diary Comments

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Ground Zero of ARPANet, Grandfather of the Internet (OSM's Platform)	over 6 years ago	It’s hexadecimal in binary form. Break the bits into bunches of 8: 01000001 01010010 01010000 01000001 01001110 01000101 01010100 Break each byte into two 4-bit parts (nibbles), then each nibble into decimal. 01000001 = 0100 0001 = 4 1 = 41 Look up the decimal in a hexadecimal table. eg https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/hex-to-ascii.html The resulting word is “ARPANET”.
Ground Zero of ARPANet, Grandfather of the Internet (OSM's Platform)	over 6 years ago	It’s hexadecimal in binary form. Break the bits into bunches of 8: 01000001 01010010 01010000 01000001 01001110 01000101 01010100 Break each byte into two 4-bit parts (nibbles), then each nibble into decimal. 01000001 = 0100 0001 = 4 1 = 41 Look up the decimal in a hexadecimal table. eg https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/hex-to-ascii.html The resulting word is “ARPANET”.
Armidale	over 16 years ago	Indeed, Armidale (New South Wales) is named after Armadale (Skye). Armidale even has a Macdonald Park for a similar reason. Gordon