Subj : Re: "111 mark 14" [BALANCE OF TERROR] To : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise,alt.tv.star-trek.ds9,alt.tv.star-trek.next-gen,alt.tv.star-trek.tos,alt.tv.star-trek.voyager From : Wouter Valentijn Date : Tue Sep 20 2005 01:02:00 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.ds9 Fozzi wrote: > "Wouter Valentijn" wrote in message > news:4301ba3b$0$11065$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl... >> Bozo the Evil Klown wrote: >>> Wouter Valentijn wrote: >>>> jlwn777@att.net wrote: >>>>> Wouter Valentijn wrote: >>>>>> jlwn777@att.net wrote: >>>>>>> "So, this 111 has some significance?" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I should say so! What a silly question... >>>>>> >>>>>> What does it signify? >>>>>> Other than that it's one seventh of 777. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 3=III=111=7 (so, it follows, 3=7) >>>> >>>> Huh.... >>>> From the Arab 3 to the Roman III... >>>> >>>> And that vaguely resembles the Arab 111. In the old days on old >>>> typewriters you needed to use the capital i (I) or the l (L) to >>>> simulate 1 (one). If it is 50 then it could also be 150. >>>> >>>> And 111 leads to 7? >>>> >>>> Strange logic... >>>> Well eleven rhymes with seven. >>>> >>> >>> >>> 111 in binary equals 7 in decimal. >> >> Ah, another strange leap. >> > > > not realy in this case wouter, 111 is indeed how seven is written in > binary notation, just as, when using binary, you can count to 31 on > the fingers of one hand or 1023 using the fingers of both. > Not that in itself but the entire reasoning. It's like translating something in a strange way. "I am Ben" in Dutch would be "Ik ben Ben". One might suddenly say "Ik ben Ben" is translated into: "I am Am". -- www.Wouter.Valentijn.name www.zeppodunsel.nl www.scifics.com www.nksf.nl liam=mail .