Senlis on 05 November 2008
ha, a translator is cheating. This is how you do it.
label each place for a 1 or 0 with a number. That number starts with 1 to the right, and then 2 to the left of one, and then it starts doubling. For 8 bits, that is
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
Then you think of light switches below each number. When the switch is turned on, that number is added to the total. When it is turned of, it is not. 1 is on(true) and 0 is off(false).
Therefore, 01010100 is 64 + 16 + 4 = 84.
If you look that number up in a ASCII chart, it represents the letter "t"
Needless to say, this is the only way computers have to represent numbers and letters. Most people here already know this.
