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Posted By: Locucious <locucious@mail.com> In Response To: Clues to circle 1 and 5 (The Tiny Toad)
Date: 28 May 2001, 15:38
> Circle 1 is a I (presumably it means 1, roman digits) inside a [ sort of
> thing. Well I think this is Mayan too; it's some sort of code they used
> and it means different things depending on what direction it's faced...
> Can't remember what, though. Does anyone know this?
Perhaps Egyptians. They read things based on which direction a prominent figure in the text was facing. However, this is likely to be of little consequence to a single symmetrical figure. (an "I") I think that's barking up the wrong tree.
> The symbol inside circle 5 looks like an & sign, which is used in
> Boolean algebra to illustrate...uhh... As you might guess all the things I
> know I studied for a test in school and then I forgot all about it. It
> comes back in little pieces now that it's necessary. So help me out. It's
> Boolean algebra.
The & sign is similar, but not it. & has a plethora of meanings, not just boolean algebra. It is used in normal text, logic, algebra, calculus, and very heavily in programming. "&&" translates to a logical AND, while "&" translates to an entire bitwise AND calculation.
This symbol is not an ampersand, otherwise it would have been straighter. It seems particular care was taken to make this symbol as curvy as it is. I think is is slightly reminiscent of an Arabic numeral, but I know nothing on this subject. It's worth a look though.
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