Hacker Group L0pht Makes a Comeback, of Sorts Jul 28, 2009
(Chosen because the date 01-11-10 works as a binary number. . (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Bits of thought in a terabyte world May 18, 2009
In the binary number system, eight bits together as a byte can represent 256 different letters, numbers and symbols. Thus, it takes one byte to make the letter "a.". (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
DNA Origami Seeds Control Complex Nucleation Processes Apr 10, 2009
The first three seeds each present a distinct pattern (000000, 100001, or 011010) and were incubated with a set of tiles that copy the pattern from layer to layer; the fourth seed was incubated with a set of tiles that constructs each diagonal layer to represent a binary number one larger than the previous layer. Some errors occur. (Science Daily)
Swan=2, lips=3 Apr 8, 2009
28 seconds; memorising in 15 minutes an 819-digit number; memorising in 30 minutes a binary number of 4,140 digits. It is all down to training the memory, says the 32-year-old accountant from Derby, who adds "Anybody can do it. You don't have to be some sort of natural-born genius - I'm certainly not.". (BBC News -- UK)
