Mysterious Suburban Chicago Crop Circles

NBC 5 Chicago ^ | 7/26/02 | NBC 5 Chicago

[_Jim]

Some crop circle researchers have studied the image and have decoded what they claim to be a binary message:

WHICH binary code:

Did it utilize a fixed number of bits/baud per 'character'?

Then it would fit in with these codes:

• 5-level Baudot code
• EBCDIC
• 7-bit ASCII
• 8-bit ASCII IBM-extended character
• 16-bit Unicode

And what ISO alphabet character-set did they transliterate to

Or did it use a variable number of bits per character - like Morse code uses?

What?

Was it decoded in a uniform manner - or did the researchers 'cheat' and skip around some in order to get the bits to "fit a pattern"?

[_Jim]

Don't forget the MAGNETOMETER....

All you're going to see with that is a *static* magnetic field - NOT an EM wave! (You really DON'T know your physics, do you?)

And the biggest 'field' you'll see with that is the one produced by Mother Earth!

But, while you're on the subject of measuring static (or non-changing fields as opposed to dynamic or 'changing' fileds) -

- how about I bring along an Electrometer like one of the fine models built by JCI (John Chubb Instrumentation)?

Note: JCI builds devices using field-mill (rotary chopper and DC restoration) techniques, not like the cheap 'field meters' meters sold by most firms ...

[FormerLurker]

All you're going to see with that is a *static* magnetic field - NOT an EM wave!

No kidding _Jim bob. Whoever said that a magnetometer WOULD "see" a EM wave? What was said is that within arguably REAL crop circles, the magnetic field is ELEVATED in relation to the Earth's magnetic field. Apparently, the magnetic field abnomality follows the geometry of the formation.

As far as the EM irregularities, I'm not sure what they used to detect that phenomenon, but I'd guess that it was a spectrum analyzer...

(You really DON'T know your physics, do you?)

Why don't you tell me a little about the following equation and what it demonstrates...

^{B . dA = 0}

[FormerLurker]

Cat got your keyboard _Jim, or don't you know enough about Physics to answer the question?

[FormerLurker]

Gee whiz _Jim, I'm STILL waiting for an answer....

[FormerLurker]

Ok _Jim, I'm giving you until the morning. If you can't answer the question, I'll answer it myself, and it'll be known for sure that you don't know Physics at all...

Regards,

FL

[FormerLurker]

Ok _Jim, I've given you over three whole days to answer my question. I would have to assume you are unable to answer it, and that you have no idea as to what the equation that I had asked you about relates to.

It is known as Gauss's Law for Magnetism, and is also one of Maxwell's Equations.

The equation demonstrates that there are no magnetic monopoles. You DO know the difference between a dipole and a monopole, don't you _Jim? A bit rusty on your Physics?

BTW, you DO know what type of integral that is, don't you _Jim? Or are you a little rusty on your Math as well?