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Update exercises/practice/intergalactic-transmission/.docs/introduction.md
Co-authored-by: Erik Schierboom <[email protected]>
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But transmission over such long distances faces many obstacles.
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Pesky solar flares, worm holes, temporal distortions, stray forces, heck even the flap of a space butterfly wing can cause a random bit to flip during transmission.
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The difference between an "o" and a "k", a "[" and "{" or a cowboy emoji and a clown emoji can have huge ramifications, from missed orders to Galactic Stockmarket crashes.
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It is important for the receiver to know when the message has been corrupted so that the receiver can ask for the message to sent again.
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It is thus important for the receiver to know if a message has been corrupted so that the receiver can ask for the message to be sent again.
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One day, an important message comes through.
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People have just heard about the legend about a way of transmitting in such a way that the receiver can tell when bit flipped ... the parity bit ...

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