Randomly Evolved Convention Takes Form

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31 of 37 jharvard@appliance (~): cd Dropbox jharvard@appliance (~/Dropbox): ./find Give me an integer: 3 That is char: ETX jharvard@appliance (~/Dropbox): ./find Give me an integer: 6 That is char: ACK jharvard@appliance (~/Dropbox): ./find Give me an integer: 5 That is char: ENQ jharvard@appliance (~/Dropbox):

The Earth circles the Sun once every 365 days. 3 in ascii computer code is the ETX (End of Text) key on the keyboard. 6 in ascii computer code is the ACK key on the keyboard and 5 in ascii computer code is the ENQ key on the keyboard meaning Enquiry. Therefore, I believe we have the message from ETs: "ET X End of Text, Acknowledge Enquiry�. 


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