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〃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。〃
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