Alien binary code

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alrite so heres the deal. my physics professor showed us this paper with a bunch of symbols on it and told us that what we saw on the paper is what nasa was transmitting into space about 10-15 years ago. i cant post the picture but heres what the binary on the page translates into

2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 

23 29 31 37 41 43 47 53

79 61 67 71 73 79 83 89

24021477?1

the question mark in the last line is there because there is a new character introduce that isnt shown in the translation portion of the code. the binary is in 4 bit. here it is:

0010 0011 0101 0111 0001 0001 0001 0011 0001 0111 0001 1001 0010 0011 0010 1001 0011 0001 0011 0111

0100 0001 0100 0011 0100 0111 0101 0011 0111 1001 0110 0001 0110 0111 0111 0001 0111 0011 0111 1001

1000 0011 1000 1001 0010 0100 0000 0010 0001 0100 0111 0111 ???? 0001

any help would be appreciated thanks a million =)

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I think you talk about the

I think you talk about the Arecibo message, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_message

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that could be it!

so how would i figure out if this code i have makes a picture?

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More information here how

More information here how you can figure that out: http://www.physics.utah.edu/~cassiday/p1080/lec06.html

The question is how many columns and corresponding rows you should use.

 

 

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The binary 4 bit codes are

The binary 4 bit codes are binary-coded decimal numbers.