My Custom Binary Themed Calendar for 2010
I found twelve free stock images — all with binary themes — and made a custom calendar for 2010. Here’s May:
My Custom Binary-Themed Calendar For 2010
Articles in the ‘Binary code’ Category
Binary Code on the Pioneer 10 Spacecraft
The Pioneer 10 (also known as Pioneer F) spacecraft, launched in 1972 and now on a very long journey towards Taurus, has a plaque mounted on it which is designed to inform alien civilizations about the spacecraft’s origin. The plaque contains a diagram of our solar system, the trajectory of the spacecraft, a drawing of a man and woman, and groups of vertical and horizontal strokes — you guessed it, binary code — that gives information about how to find us:
Pioneer 10 Plaque (click image for higher resolution).
How Do You Pronounce “Binary”?
According to Merriam-Webster, there are two ways to pronounce binary:
- “bye’ nuh ree” (rhymes with “winery”)
- “bye’ nairy” (flows like the words “bye Mary”)
