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The '''machine language time code''', or simply the '''time code''', is a code appearing in a tattoo on [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]'s butt, that causes release of the [[time sphere]] from the [[Galactic Entity]] ([[Bender's Big Score|BBS]]).
The '''machine language time code''', or simply the '''time code''', is a code appearing in a tattoo that was on [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]'s butt, that causes release of the [[time sphere]] from the [[Galactic Entity]] ([[Bender's Big Score|BBS]]).


== Form ==
== Form ==
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=== Observations ===
=== Observations ===
As you can tell, it is mirrored over the first three columns over to the last three and inverted over the first three rows to the last three.  If you remove the last three columns, you can see that the first three columns are actually just the numbers 1 to 6 in binary.
As you can tell, it is mirrored over the first three columns over to the last three and inverted over the first three rows to the last three.  If you reduce it to its top-left corner of 3x3 bits, you can see that the first three columns are actually just the numbers zero, three, and five in binary.


It is interesting to note that it has yet to be truly explained where the time code comes from or how it ended up on Fry's butt in the first place.  The code was put on the frozen Fry's butt by [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]], using a flap of skin from [[Lars Fillmore|Lars]], but it only existed on Lars' butt because he is a paradox time copy of Fry. This is an example of the {{w|bootstrap paradox}}.
It is interesting to note that it has yet to be truly explained where the time code comes from or how it ended up on Fry's butt in the first place.  The code was put on the frozen Fry's butt by [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]], using a flap of skin from [[Lars Fillmore|Lars]], but it only existed on Lars' butt because he is a paradox time copy of Fry. This is an example of the {{w|bootstrap paradox}}.
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=== Trivia ===
=== Trivia ===
*Other examples of the bootstrap paradox include your future self travelling back in time and giving you something, Lars Fillmore, and Fry becoming his own grandfather.
*Other examples of the bootstrap paradox include your future self travelling back in time and giving you something, Lars Fillmore, and Fry becoming his own grandfather.  
*The binary numerals were originally going to be part of a much more complex plot, but the idea was cut.
*The code was originally meant to be a set of winning lottery numbers but was changed for plot purposes.
*The first half of the first line of the code is binary for one, the second line is two, and so on to six.
*The writers remembered that the code had to be the same backwards as forwards, otherwise Fry would not have been able to read it from a mirror.  
*The code was originally meant to be a set of winning lottery numbers but was changed for plot purposes. The writers remembered that the code had to be the same backwards as forwards, otherwise Fry would not have been able to read it from a mirror.
*The first half of each row adds up to 21, and since the code is the opposite in reverse, the second half also adds up to 21, giving the number 42, made famous as the ultimate answer in ''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}''. <!-- I don't understand this one; how does it add up to 21? -->
*The first half of each row adds up to 21, and since the code is the opposite in reverse, the second have also adds up to 21, giving the number 42, made famous as the ultimate answer in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
*Also, in the programming "language" L33T, the code looks like Bender.
*Translated from binary the code means "1 I", a possible reference to Leela.


=== Appearances ===
=== Appearances ===
*{{f|1}}
*{{f|1}}
*{{e|117}}


=== See also ===
=== See also ===

Revision as of 21:59, 26 November 2014

Machine language time code
Time code.jpg
TypeProgram
InventorProbably the Galactic Entity
UsageSummoning the time sphere
First appearanceBender's Big Score
Film
Current statusAt least one remaining photocopy

The machine language time code, or simply the time code, is a code appearing in a tattoo that was on Fry's butt, that causes release of the time sphere from the Galactic Entity (BBS).

Form

The code appearing in the film is as follows.

001100
010010
011110
100001
101101
110011

Observations

As you can tell, it is mirrored over the first three columns over to the last three and inverted over the first three rows to the last three. If you reduce it to its top-left corner of 3x3 bits, you can see that the first three columns are actually just the numbers zero, three, and five in binary.

It is interesting to note that it has yet to be truly explained where the time code comes from or how it ended up on Fry's butt in the first place. The code was put on the frozen Fry's butt by Bender, using a flap of skin from Lars, but it only existed on Lars' butt because he is a paradox time copy of Fry. This is an example of the bootstrap paradox.

Additional Info

Hidden in a smelly mirror

Trivia

  • Other examples of the bootstrap paradox include your future self travelling back in time and giving you something, Lars Fillmore, and Fry becoming his own grandfather.
  • The code was originally meant to be a set of winning lottery numbers but was changed for plot purposes.
  • The writers remembered that the code had to be the same backwards as forwards, otherwise Fry would not have been able to read it from a mirror.
  • The first half of each row adds up to 21, and since the code is the opposite in reverse, the second half also adds up to 21, giving the number 42, made famous as the ultimate answer in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
  • Also, in the programming "language" L33T, the code looks like Bender.
  • Translated from binary the code means "1 I", a possible reference to Leela.

Appearances

See also