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1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

Nope, not a problem at all.  I just didn't understand 🙂  All me!

Now if I still had Adobe Creative suite installed, it would have been a kick-ass flag in a few minutes.

MS paint sucks when you just wanna throw something together.

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4 hours ago, jmwhite33 said:

I'm surprised nobody translated it;

The American Flag

01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000001 01101101 01100101 01110010 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101110 00100000 01000110 01101100 01100001 01100111

 

13 stripes represent the original colonies

00110001 00110011 00100000 01110011 01110100 01110010 01101001 01110000 01100101 01110011 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101111 01110010 01101001 01100111 01101001 01101110 01100001 01101100 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101100 01101111 01101110 01101001 01100101 01110011

 

50 stars represent the states

00110101 00110000 00100000 01110011 01110100 01100001 01110010 01110011 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01110011 01110100 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110011

How does that work?

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1 minute ago, jmwhite33 said:

It's binary code, the most rudimentary computer language there is.

each 1 or 0 is a bit, 8 bits per character, for example;

the capitol letter T = 01010100 in binary.

I know what binary is, and I actually know how to get a number in binary, but how do those numbers make the flag?

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2 minutes ago, KidKid said:

I know what binary is, and I actually know how to get a number in binary, but how do those numbers make the flag?

 

4 hours ago, jmwhite33 said:

it doesn't, it's an explanation of what the elements stand for and I did it just for the absolute hell of it.

Ya know, tech forum, binary code, fourth of July.

Hopefully that isn't a problem?

 

3 hours ago, jmwhite33 said:

Now if I still had Adobe Creative suite installed, it would have been a kick-ass flag in a few minutes.

MS paint sucks when you just wanna throw something together.

 

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On 7/3/2025 at 11:03 AM, KidKid said:

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Sorry it isn't copy and paste, but it wouldn't copy in color.

Redo this!  

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18 hours ago, YellowJersey said:

I once got a 30 day FB ban for "hate speech" for posting that exact sentence.

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On 7/8/2025 at 10:19 AM, jmwhite33 said:

Now if I still had Adobe Creative suite installed, it would have been a kick-ass flag in a few minutes.

MS paint sucks when you just wanna throw something together.

you should try Paint 3D then... oh wait they delisted it from the Microsoft Store

it has excellent creative potential

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Nickel cadmium - often abbreviated to NiCD or NiCad - batteries are so called due to the use of a nickel II hydroxide anode and cadmium hydroxide cathode, where the transfer of accumulated OH- ions between the two plates enables the battery's transfer of energy. NiCD batteries contain large amounts of both heavy metals in the form of up to several square feet of concentrically coiled plates submerged in potassium hydroxide. Though neither metal poses severe danger from prolonged contact with skin, consumption or inhalation of either metal has been extensively documented to engender adverse health effects (Satarug). 

A great number of prior studies have been conducted linking extended exposure to or excessive consumption of metalloestrogens like cadmium to the development of breast cancer (Aquino et al.) - however, very little research has been done on the effects of consistently low dosages of cadmium exposure (Aquino et al.). Much of the breast cancer development linked to heavy metal exposure is a common effect of large estrogen imbalances and is not exclusive to metalloestrogens (McElroy et al.). Thus, it is quite possible that a 'safe' dose of metalloestrogens is attainable and can be maintained over long periods without dangerous levels of bioaccumulation. 

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10 minutes ago, danalog said:

you should try Paint 3D then... oh wait they delisted it from the Microsoft Store

it has excellent creative potential

 

 

yeah but "back in the day" I knew Adobe CS3 like the back of my hand and could have banged out a kick-ass flag in minutes, but honestly not worth the time investment in this case.  

remember, I'm old.

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5 hours ago, danalog said:

you should try Paint 3D then... oh wait they delisted it from the Microsoft Store

it has excellent creative potential

 

 

 

5 hours ago, jmwhite33 said:

yeah but "back in the day" I knew Adobe CS3 like the back of my hand and could have banged out a kick-ass flag in minutes, but honestly not worth the time investment in this case.  

remember, I'm old.

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2 hours ago, notabitail said:

Cool.

I agree.

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On 7/8/2025 at 7:29 PM, YellowJersey said:

I once got a 30 day FB ban for "hate speech" for posting that exact sentence.

Cool.

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