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手机浏览器扫描二维码访问

第25部分（第4页）

But　Harry　clapped　his　hands　in　delight。　〃Excellent；〃　Harry　said。　〃This　is　extremely　helpful。〃

〃It　is？〃

〃Of　course。　Now　I　have　a　fighting　chance。〃

〃You　mean　to　break　the　code。〃

〃Yes；　of　course。〃

〃Why？〃

〃Remember　the　original　number　sequence？　This　is　the　same　sequence。〃

〃It　is？〃

〃Of　course；〃　Harry　said。　〃Except　its　in　binary。〃

〃Binary；〃　Ted　said；　nudging　Norman。　〃Didnt　I　tell　you　binary　was　important？〃

〃Whats　important；〃　Harry　said；　〃is　that　this　establishes　＇＇166＇＇　the　individual　letter　breaks　from　the　original　sequence。〃　〃Heres　a　copy　of　the　original　sequence；〃　Tina　said；　handing　them　a　sheet。

00032125252632　032629　301321　04261037　18　3016　06180821

32　29033005　1822　04261013　0830162137　1604　08301621　1822　0

33013130432

〃Good；〃　Harry　said。　〃Now　you　can　see　my　problem　at　once。　Look　at　the　word：　oh…oh…oh…three…two…one；　and　so　on。　The　question　is；　how　do　I　break　that　word　up　into　individual　letters？　I　couldnt　decide；　but　now　I　know。〃

〃How？〃

〃Well；　obviously；　it　goes　three；　twenty…one；　twenty…five；　twenty…five。　。。。〃

Norman　didnt　understand。　〃But　how　do　you　know　that？〃

〃Look；〃　Harry　said　impatiently。　〃Its　very　simple；　Norman。　Its　a　spiral；　reading　from　inside　to　outside。　Its　just　giving　us　the　numbers　in…〃

Abruptly；　the　screen　changed　again。

＇＇167＇＇　〃There；　is　that　clearer　for　you？〃

Norman　frowned。

〃Look；　its　exactly　the　same；〃　Harry　said。　〃See？　Center　outward？　Oh…oh…oh…three…twenty…one…twenty…five…twentyfive　。。。　Its　made　a　spiral　moving　outward　from　the　center。〃

〃It？〃

〃Maybe　its　sorry　about　what　happened　to　Edmunds；〃　Harry　said。

〃Why　do　you　say　that？〃　Norman　asked；　staring　curiously　at　Harry。

〃Because　its　obviously　trying　very　hard　to　municate　with　us；〃　Harry　said。　〃Its　attempting　different　things。〃

〃Who　is　it？〃

〃It；〃　Harry　said；　〃may　not　be　a　who。〃

The　screen　went　blank；　and　another　pattern　appeared。

＇＇168＇＇　〃All　right；〃　Harry　said。　〃This　is　very　good。〃

〃Where　is　this　ing　from？〃

〃Obviously；　from　the　ship。〃

〃But　were　not　connected　to　the　ship。　How　is　it　managing　to　turn　on　our　puter　and　print　this？〃

〃We　dont　know。〃

〃Well；　shouldnt　we　know？〃　Beth　said。

〃Not　necessarily；〃　Ted　said。

〃Shouldnt　we　try　to　know？〃

〃Not　necessarily。　You　see；　if　the　technology　is　advanced　enough；　it　appears　to　the　na？ve　observer　to　be　magic。　Theres　no　doubt　about　that。　For　example；　you　take　a　famous　scientist　from　our　past…Aristotle；　Leonardo　da　Vinci；　even　Isaac　Newton。　Show　him　an　ordinary　Sony　color…t