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1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

How do I translate that into words?
 
You're missing 1 of the digits, I think. Your message has 47 and it needs to be 48.
 
88chaz88 said:
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
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1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1
 
88chaz88 said:
1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1
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In words that means:

one, one, zero, one, one, one, one, zero, one, zero, one, zero, zero, zero, one, zero, zero, zero, one, one, zero, zero, one, one, zero, one, zero, zero, zero, zero, one, one, zero, zero, one, zero, zero, one, zero, one.

Literally.
 
ASCII to binary, every 8 bits equates to a decimal equivalent of the ASCII code for the number.

Some binary converters only use 7 bits instead of 8 but your string isn't divisible by 7 or 8 bits.
 
0101010001101000011000010111010000100000011010010111001101101110001001110111010000100000011000100110100101101110011000010111001001111001001000000111010001100101011110000111010000101100001000000100001101101000011000010111101000101110001000000101010001101000011010010111001100100000011010010111001100101110
 
damnit, it was a hint for a geocaching mystery cache coord.

I'll never find that one then.
 
I don't think that it is just that he's missing a digit. If you put the first 40 binary digits in, you still don't get anything sensible: "Þ¢3C%" (assuming those special characters come through alright)

Can you link the site directly? It might be numbers (longitude/latitude or something?). You can easily encode an integer number as any-length binary (although it would still have to be divisible by 8 for a computer to understand), because a binary number is just that number in base-2.
 
Maybe decoding the code won't be as necessary as he makes it?



Good luck.
 
Answer (translation):
From Italian: "The cache is the first in a series of five that honors Darwin's multi-cultural history. To find the container, it is necessary to decode the code below."

The original hint is:
be scientific

My more advanced hint is (quite spoiling):
Use the scientific calculator of Windows/Linux/etc to convert this binary into decimal. Then use the digits of this decimal to form a valid geo location.

And the precise direction follows - but reading it will spoil the fun completely, so you may try it out a little bit first. :)
Warning! (SPOILER)
S 12
 
This thread disappoints me. It is only limited to using binary as a surrogate for English.
 
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