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Binary Puzzle

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A friend of a friend posted this on Facebook. I'm totally stumped, but thought he would eventually post the answer, but it turns out he doesn't know either :roll:
The question marks are either 0 or 1, but can any of you intelligent people tell me which they are, and why?



1 1 0 ? 1 1 0
0 1 0 ? 1 1 0
1 1 1 ? 0 0 0
1 0 0 ? 1 0 1
0 1 0 ? 1 1 1
0 0 1 ? 0 1 1
1 1 0 ? 1 1 1
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1,10,11,100,101,110,111,1000,1001,1010,1011,1100,1101,1110,1111.
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Liam, that's awesome. Nicely done :D
It was driving me (and a few others) absolutely nuts, so thanks very much.
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How pissed off would you be if I told you it took me about 10 seconds to spot it?
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Liam Tiernan wrote:How pissed off would you be if I told you it took me about 10 seconds to spot it?
Two seconds? Man you're quick.
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Liam Tiernan wrote:How pissed off would you be if I told you it took me about 10 seconds to spot it?
Not pissed off at all, just very impressed. Might be inclined to be a tad peeved if you're being slightly smug (you're probably not) and implying I'm a bit dim (you're probably right) :lol: ;)
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Liam Tiernan wrote:1,10,11,100,101,110,111,1000,1001,1010,1011,1100,1101,1110,1111.
You've solved the puzzle and then posted your answer in the form of a puzzle that people still have to work out. Was that intentional?
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Gavin Chipper wrote:
Liam Tiernan wrote:1,10,11,100,101,110,111,1000,1001,1010,1011,1100,1101,1110,1111.
You've solved the puzzle and then posted your answer in the form of a puzzle that people still have to work out. Was that intentional?
I don't think it was intentional. I think he just found the original puzzle so easy and trivial that he assumed everyone would immediately know that his answer was the numbers 1,2,3,...,15 written in binary.
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