.....   ..  ..
    ..   ..  .. ..
    ..   ..  ....
    ..   ..  .. ..
     .....   ..  ..

The first number is zero, right? Then the first letter of the alphabet is well its hard to show because it doesn't print. It's just an empty set, nothing, a stop bit. We actually do use only 1 bit in digital cpus, but a weird mix of analogue in broad band transmission. I wonder why cpus don't use ternary or whatever. But I wonder why asynchronous CPUs didn't take off, so don't mind me, just being bored.