Sphere (深海圆疑) 原版小说-第31章
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〃Something the matter; Harry?〃 Norman said。
〃I hate squid;〃 Harry said。 〃I can't stand them。〃
〃I don't care for the taste myself;〃 Ted said。
〃Terrible;〃 Harry said; nodding。 He resumed eating his eggs。 The tension passed。
Then Tina shouted from D Cylinder: 〃I'm getting them again! I'm getting the numbers again!〃
00032125252632 032629 301321 04261037 18 3016 06180
82132 29033005 1822 04261013 0830162137 1604 083016
21 1822 033013130432 00032125252632 032629 301321 0
4261037 18 3016 0618082132 29033005 1822 04261013 08
30162137 1604 08301621 1822 033013130432 000321252
52632 032629 301321 04261037 18 3016 0618082132 290
33005 1822 04261013 0830162137 1604 08301621 1822 03
3013130432 00032125252632 032629 301321 04261037 1
8 3016 0618082132 29033005 1822 04261013 0830162137
1604 08301621 1822 033013130432 00032125252632 032
629 301321 04261037 18 3016 0618082132 29033005 1822
04261013 0830162137 1604 08301621 1822 033013130432
0003212525252632 032629 301321 04261037 18 3016 06
18082132 29033005 1822 04261013 0830162137 1604 083
01621 1822 033013130432 0003212525632 032629 301321
〃What do you think; Harry?〃 Barnes said; pointing to the screen。
〃Is this what you got before?〃 Harry said。 〃Looks like it; except the spacing is different。〃
〃Because this is definitely nonrandom;〃 Harry said。 〃It's ''146'' a single sequence repeated over and over。 Look。 Starts here; goes to here; then repeats。〃
00032125252632 032629 301321 04261037 18 3016 06180
82132 29033005 1822 04261013 0830162137 1604 083016
21 1822 033013130432 00032125252632 032629 301321 0
4261037 18 3016 0618082132 29033005 1822 04261013 08
30162137 1604 08301621 1822 033013130432 000321252
52632 032629 301321 04261037 18 3016 0618082132 290
33005 1822 04261013 0830162137 1604 08301621 1822 03
3013130432 00032125252632 032629 301321 04261037 1
8 3016 0618082132 29033005 1822 04261013 0830162137
1604 08301621 1822 033013130432 00032125252632 032
629 301321 04261037 18 3016 0618082132 29033005 1822
04261013 0830162137 1604 08301621 1822 033013130432
0003212525252632 032629 301321 04261037 18 3016 06
18082132 29033005 1822 04261013 0830162137 1604 083
01621 1822 033013130432 0003212525632 032629 301321
〃He's right;〃 Tina said。
〃Fantastic;〃 Barnes said。 〃Absolutely incredible; for you to see it like that。〃
Ted drummed his fingers on the console impatiently。 〃Elementary; my dear Barnes;〃 Harry said。 〃That part is easy。 The hard part is…what does it mean?〃
〃Surely it's a message;〃 Ted said。
〃Possibly it's a message;〃 Harry said。 〃It could also be some kind of discharge from within the puter; the result of a programming error or a hardware glitch。 We might spend hours translating it; only to find it says 'Copyright Acme puter Systems; Silicon Valley' or something similar。〃
〃Well。。。〃 Ted said。
〃The greatest likelihood is that this series of numbers originates from within the puter itself;〃 Harry said。 〃But let me give it a try。〃
Tina printed out the screen for him。 〃I'd like to try; too;〃 Ted said quickly。
Tina said; 〃Certainly; Dr。 Fielding;〃 and printed out a second sheet。
〃If it's a message;〃 Harry said; 〃it's most likely a simple substitution code; like an askey code。 It would help if we ''147'' could run a decoding program on the puter。 Can anybody program this thing?〃
They all shook their heads。 〃Can you?〃 Barnes said。
〃No。 And I suppose there's no way to transmit this to the surface? The NSA code…breaking puters in Washington would take about fifteen seconds to do this。〃
Barnes shook his head。 〃No contact。 I wouldn't even put up a radio wire on a balloon。 The last report; they have forty…foot waves on the surface。 Snap the wire right away。〃
〃So we're isolated?〃
〃We're isolated。〃
〃I guess it's back to the old pencil and paper。 I always say; traditional tools are best…particularly when there's nothing else。〃 And left the room。
〃He seems to be in a good mood;〃 Barnes said。
〃I'd say a very good mood;〃 Norman said。
〃Maybe a little too good;〃 Ted said。 〃A little manic?〃
〃No;〃 Norman said。 〃Just a good mood。〃
〃I thought he was a little high;〃 Ted said。
〃Let him stay that way;〃 Barnes snorted; 〃if it helps him to crack this code。〃
〃I'm going to try; too;〃 Ted reminded him。
〃That's fine;〃 Barnes said。 〃You try; too。〃
TED
〃I'm telling you; this reliance on Harry is misplaced。〃 Ted paced back and forth and glanced at Norman。 〃Harry is manic; and he's overlooking things。 Obvious things。〃
〃Like what?〃
〃Like the fact that the printout can't possibly be a discharge from the puter。〃
〃How do you know?〃 Norman said。
〃The processor;〃 Ted said。 〃The processor is a 68090 chip; ''148'' which means that any memory dump would be in hex。〃
〃What's hex?〃
〃There are lots of ways to represent numbers;〃 Ted said。 〃The 68090 chip uses base…sixteen representation; called 'hexadecimal。' Hex is entirely different from regular decimal。 Looks different。〃
〃But the message used zero through nine;〃 Norman said。 〃Exactly my point;〃 Ted said。 〃So it didn't e from the puter。 I believe it's definitely a message from the sphere。 Furthermore; although Harry thinks it is a substitution code; I think it's a direct visual representation。〃
〃You mean a picture?〃
〃Yes;〃 Ted said。 〃And I think it's a picture of the creature itself!〃 He started searching through sheets of paper。 〃I started with this。〃
001110101110011100111010100000 111101011101
11110110110101 100110101010100101
100101111010000 11010010100010101100000
111011111110101 1001010110 1001101010101101
1000111101000010101100101 10000100
1000111101000010101 1001010110
111111011011101100100000
001110101110011100111010100000 111101011101
11110110110101 100110101010100101 10010
1111010000 11010010100010101100000
111011111110101 1001010110 1001101010101101
1000111101000010101100101 10000100
1000111101000010101 1001010110
111111011011101100100000
001110101110011100111010100000 111101011101
11110110110101 100110101010100101 10010
1111010000 11010010100010101100000
111011111110101 1001010110 1001101010101101
1000111101000010101100101 10000100
〃Now; here I have translated the message to binary;〃 Ted said。 〃You can immediately sense visual pattern; can't you?〃
〃Not really;〃 Norman said。
〃Well; it is certainly suggestive;〃 Ted said。 〃I'm telling you; all those years at JPL looking at images from the planets; I have an eye for these things。 So; the next thing I did was go back to the original message and fill in the spaces。 I got ''149'' this。〃
? ?00032125252632? ?032629? ?301321? ?04261037? ?18?
?3016? ?0618082132? ?29033005? ?1822? ?04261013?
?0830162137? ?1604? ?08301621? ?1822? ?033013130432?
?00032125252632? ?032629? ?301321? ?04261037? ?18?
?3016? ?0618082132? ?29033005? ?1822? ?04261013?
?0830162137? ?1604? ?08301621? ?1822? ?033013130432?
?00032125252632? ?032629? ?301321? ?04261037? ?18?
?3016? ?0618082132? ?29033005? ?1822? ?04261013?
?0830162137? ?1604? ?08301621? ?1822? ?033013130432?
?00032125252632? ?032629? ?301321? ?04261037? ?18?
?3016? ?0618082132? ?29033005? ?1822? ?04261013?
?0830162137? ?1604? ?08301621? ?1822? ?033013130432?
?00032125252632? ?032629? ?301321? ?04261037? ?18?
?3016? ?0618082132? ?29033005? ?1822? ?04261013?
?0830162137? ?1604? ?08301621? ?1822? ?033013130432?
?00032125252632? ?032629? ?301321? ?04261037? ?18?
?3016? ?0618082132? ?29033005? ?1822? ?04261013?
?0830162137? ?1604? ?08301521? ?1822? ?033013130432?
?00032125252632? ?032629? ?301321? ?04261037? ?18?
?3016? ?0618082132? ?29033005? ?1822? ?04261013?
?0830162137? ?1604? ?08301621? ?1822? ?033013130432?
?00032125252632? ?032629? ?301321? ?04261037? ?18?
?3016? ?0618082132? ?29033008? ?1822? ?04261013?
?0830162137? ?1604? ?08301621? ?1822? ?033013130432?
?00032125252632? ?032629? ?301321? ?04261037? ?18?
〃Uh…huh 。。。〃 Norman said。
〃I agree; it doesn't look like anything;〃 Ted said。 〃But by changing the screen width; you get this。〃
Proudly; he held up the next sheet。
? ?00032125252632? ?032629? ?301321?
?04261037? ?18? ?3016? ?0618082132? ?29033005?
?1822? ?042610134; ?08301621