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[thedanieljwolfe]

Really need help with this one... We've tried 100 combinations and for nowhere...

One more hint??

[nizzle]

Hope this helps!

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So as others have mentioned, you'll need to convert the binary code.
Here is the website I used: https://www.convertbinary.com/to-text/
Enter the numbers as shown on the book's page.
The "twice?" clue on the bottom right indicates that you'll need to convert the answer you get a second time, the way you'd continue to reduce a fraction.
You'll end up with a number, not a word.
My best guess at the page's illustration is a laptop screen? Perhaps to indicate that unless you're fluent in binary, you'll need a computer for this one...
Good luck!

[Tallis]

This puzzle will require some help from the internet to solve. Below are graded hints leading to the solution.

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To solve the puzzle, you only need to focus on the 8 groups of 8 zeros and ones. The group is a foundational computer code.

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This is 'binary code'. In computing, the elemental unit of data is a 'bit' which is either a 1 or a 0. 8 bits make a 'byte', and a byte is code for a letter/character/number in binary. Google 'binary converter' to enter the 1s and 0s of a byte to reveal which ACSII character each of the bytes represent.

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00110000 is binary for the number 0, and 00110001 is binary for the number 1. What does the sequence of 8 bytes translate to?

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The 8 bytes becomes 00110011, which is another binary code in and of itself. What is this one? (you have to do it a 2nd time or 'twice' as it says at the bottom)

And the solution is below. Do not click if you don't want to know the solution.

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00110011 is the binary code for '3', which is the answer.

[vryko]

Ok I found this one confusing - and some of the hints here also so if you're still struggling and have only just got the book as I have.

hint 1

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Convert just ONE line of binary to text

hint 2

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Then convert that answer into a number

Answer:

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0011 is binary for 3, not 00110011 as suggested above which is actually binary for 51 (binary reads from left to right 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s,32s,64s and so on so there is 0011 meaning 1 one, and 1 two for a total of three.