Binary message in Cisco Digital Network Architecture: Intent-based Networking for the Enterprise (Networking Technology)

I’m waiting for my copy of “Cisco Digital Network Architecture: Intent-based Networking for the Enterprise (Networking Technology)” to arrive. In the meantime, I glanced at the contents on Amazon. Among the dedications, there is a binary message. Add a bit of Erlang magic and the message is revealed.

% And for a bit of fun: 

[ 2#01001001, 2#00100000, 2#01100100, 2#01100101,
  2#01100100, 2#01101001, 2#01100011, 2#01100001,
  2#01110100, 2#01100101, 2#00100000, 2#01110100,
  2#01101000, 2#01101001, 2#01110011, 2#00100000,
  2#01100010, 2#01101111, 2#01101111, 2#01101011,
  2#00100000, 2#01110100, 2#01101111, 2#00100000,
  2#01100001, 2#01101110, 2#01111001, 2#01101111,
  2#01101110, 2#01100101, 2#00100000, 2#01110000,
  2#01100001, 2#01110100, 2#01101001, 2#01100101,
  2#01101110, 2#01110100, 2#00100000, 2#01100101,
  2#01101110, 2#01101111, 2#01110101, 2#01100111,
  2#01101000, 2#00100000, 2#01110100, 2#01101111,
  2#00100000, 2#01100011, 2#01101111, 2#01101110,
  2#01110110, 2#01100101, 2#01110010, 2#01110100,
  2#00100000, 2#01110100, 2#01101000, 2#01101001,
  2#01110011, 2#00100000, 2#01100010, 2#01100001,
  2#01100011, 2#01101011, 2#00100000, 2#01110100,
  2#01101111, 2#00100000, 2#01000001, 2#01010011,
  2#01000011, 2#01001001, 2#01001001, 2#00100000,
  2#01110100, 2#01100101, 2#01111000, 2#01110100,
  2#00101110, 2#00100000, 2#00100000, 2#01000001,
  2#01110100, 2#00100000, 2#01110100, 2#01101000,
  2#01100101, 2#00100000, 2#01100101, 2#01101110,
  2#01100100, 2#00100000, 2#01101111, 2#01100110,
  2#00100000, 2#01110100, 2#01101000, 2#01100101,
  2#00100000, 2#01100100, 2#01100001, 2#01111001,
  2#00101100, 2#00100000, 2#01101001, 2#01110100,
  2#00100111, 2#01110011, 2#00100000, 2#01100001,
  2#01101100, 2#01101100, 2#00100000, 2#01101111,
  2#01101110, 2#01100101, 2#01110011, 2#00100000,
  2#01100001, 2#01101110, 2#01100100, 2#00100000,
  2#01111010, 2#01100101, 2#01110010, 2#01101111,
  2#01110011, 2#00100001 ].

% ...And to everyone else, I hope you really enjoy this book!