The problem is that URLs are created in ASCII code bits of 1s and 0s.

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On and off blips of light were used to represent the 1s and 0s of binary computer code.

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Bubble memory, a way of storing 0s and 1s by manipulating energy levels, had been invented in the labs in 1966.

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Holography and optical correlation are both inherently analogue processes that can degrade the clean 1s and 0s required in a digital system.

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To convert the image to the 0s and 1s a computer can understand, the charges on the CCD are run through a microprocessor.

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Oh, and Habring 2 expects to make only 20 Doppel 2.0s this year, so not only is this watch historically important and technically brilliant, it is also rather rare.

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Suddenly we not only had a new form of measurement, reducing events to the binary combination of 1s and 0s, but a pathway (ultimately described by Moore's Law) to making that measurement evermore precise.

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Originally slated to hit the streets sometime later this year, NT 5.0s release has already officially slipped into early next year and most industry pundits dont expect to see it until sometime late in 1999.

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According to new research presented at both the annual Black Hat USA and DefCon conferences this week in Las Vegas, hardware flaws, heat and cosmic rays may be flipping 1s and 0s and changing URL addresses.

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