OK, have you seen the National Anthem in binary code yet?

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/02/american_national_an.html

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The first two bars!

[redwitch]

1. That's UNAMERICAN!!!

:mad:

[JVS]

4. It's inhuman!

[SteppingRazor]

2. What the hell is next?

You gonna put the anthem in French, you fuckin' commie?!

[William Seger]

5. Osay ancay ouyay eesay....

[sinkingfeeling]

6. I love it! Can you translate the rest?

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. Oh, the humanity!

:faint:

[IntravenousDemilo]

7. Are you counting the pickup as a bar? n/m

[northzax]

8. the Computers are going to take over America!

they're going to turn this paradise into Computopia, where good, god fearing 'muricans will be reduced to second class citizenship! we must fight this growing tide!

[redwitch]

12. "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that for you"

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[northzax]

18. next thing you know, they'll be controlling our elections

hey, wait just one darn minute...

[chaumont58]

9. must be ASCII, not EBCDIC

Every thing is ASCII these days.

[obreaslan]

10. OH, THAT'S IT!!!!!!!!! FIRST IT'S BINARY THEN IT'LL BE HEXADECIMAL!!!

THEY HAVE GONE TOO FAR!!!!!!

DEPORT THE COMPUTERS TO COMPUTERSTAN OR COMPUTANIA OR WHEREVER THEY COMES FROM!!!! SEND THEM BACK WHERE THEY BELONG!!!!

[redwitch]

11. JESUS CHRIST! THAT'S HORRIBLE!

AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT HEXADECIMAL MEANS!!!!!

[No New War]

13. Here it is, in all it's Hex Glory

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:woohoo:

[redwitch]

15. MY EYES!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

[northamericancitizen]

16. Welcome to DU, NO New War

[mtnsnake]

14. I've got two words to say

Bracket!

[imax2268]

17. What about...

the "wing ding" version...


Oh say can you see...