Understanding Binary (A Binary Finger Counting Page!)

(from John Selvia's Binary Tutorial page, instructions at link)
"I learned how to interpret binary from reading Michael Crichton's Andromeda Strain in college. Now, you gotta understand that for an artistic, creative-type like myself, suddenly understanding how binary works was a big deal, worthy of running out of the bathroom stall where I was reading the book and yelling Eureka! Of course, I immediately got a pen from my dorm room and went back and wrote the whole process on the bathroom stall walls for future reference."
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