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Binary Pines computer camp

posted 17 years ago by HopliteKing
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It's interesting that Mr. Van Welker calls the computer camp "Binary Pines" because Christopher Lloyd who stars in this film also starred in Back To The Future. Why is this interesting? Binary includes the prefix "Bi" which means two, so the camp's name means Two Pines. In the movie Back To The Future before Marty goes back in time the mall where he meets Doc Emmett Brown for the time travel experiment is called Twin Pines Mall. So, Binary Pines is a clear reference to Back To The Future.

[–] thegunslingingdude 17 years ago

...or it could be because binary is also computer language.

[–] HopliteKing 17 years ago

Could be...but I doubt it.

[–] december_roses 12 years ago

OP, I think you're putting too much thought into it.

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[–] tw2113 17 years ago

I'd put more money on the computer reference than the back to the future reference. the 2nd one is just coincidence

[–] realitytvrox13 17 years ago

WOW-uh

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[–] non-41 17 years ago

Wow, you must be really, really, really bored. Binary is a base-two numbering system used mostly by computers because they use electricity to store information. Being electricity can only polarize something as positive or negative you could only use a base-two system. Therefore, when someone mentions binary for anything, 99.99% of the time it is a computer reference. I understand the twin pines mall thing, breathing pine trees, etc. It's possible. Just so far removed that it would be a stupid reference to make IMHO.

Edit: I had to edit this to say the obvious: yes, I am also really, really, really bored.

[–] JustaGrrl 14 years ago

I like the way you think.
well, the way you thought. back in 2007.
:/

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[–] callmechia 10 years ago

Sorry all the rest of you naysayers, I'm with the OP on this. Clearly a reference to twin pines... Duh.

[–] Vega_Lyra 10 years ago

I'm with the OP on this one. Don't forget "Biff" was in this film too. Nothing is coincidental.

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