I might be a writer

[bonanova]

FF?

[Wilson]

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Norma Stits?

 

[bonanova]

26 minutes ago, Wilson said:

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Norma Stits?

Not who I had in mind, although I can see where you're headed on this.

 

[Wilson]

9 hours ago, bonanova said:

 

Yeah, I knew it wasn't gonna be her.

I do know however that you are a genius with numbers  and that the answer will probably come from that realm....?

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FF(hex), 255(dec), 11111111(binary)

Still trying to parse this into an answer. On the right track?

[bonanova]

Yes, sir, that is exactly the right track.

[Shakeepuddn]

Is it some sort of . . .

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Verilog code?

 

[Wilson]

Best I've got......

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2^8 kinda hints at 2^B  .....so is it ....2B or not 2B?  William Shakespeare?

 

[bonanova]

15 hours ago, Wilson said:

Best I've got......

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2^8 kinda hints at 2^B  .....so is it ....2B or not 2B?  William Shakespeare?

 

That's the answer I'm looking for. If you put your two posts together, you've got it.

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FF?

1. What does FF? mean?
   It clearly means "FF" is the question.
    
2. Seriously. What does "FF" mean?
   It's a hexadecimal number.
   Hex numbers have digits { 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F } with values 0-15 and
   binary representations { 0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 }.
   That said, FF can be expressed as 1111 1111.
    
3. I'm waiting for something useful
   OK. Now we have to do some reverse engineering.
   Recall that 2 (hex) is 0010 and B (hex) is 1011?
    
4. *Tapping fingers*
   Almost done.
   In binary logic, "not" changes 1 (true) to 0 (false) and vice versa.
   And "A or B" is true if either of A or B is true.
    
5. Seriously dude. This was a word riddle?
   OK I could have posted it in the logic puzzle thread.
   But you solved it, didn't you?
    
6. If you say so, but I don't see
   2B = 0010 1011.
   Not 2B = 1101 0100.
   (2B) or (not 2B) = 1111 1111 = FF.
   That, as we have just shown, is the question.
   And Willie S. just might be a writer.
   Very nice solve.

 

 

[Wilson]

Thanks bonanova  for indulging my flawed logic, and  for explaining the steps that I was clueless about :-)