function decToBin(value, numBitsInValue) {
      var mask = 1;
      mask = mask << (numBitsInValue - 1);

      var str = "";
      for (var i = 0; i < numBitsInValue; i++) {
        str += (mask & value) ? "1" : "0";
        mask = mask >>> 1;
      }
      return str;
    }
Displays message in the browser's status area. This is the text area in the lower
left corner of the browser. The status() function will only work when the
Processing program is running in a web browser.

@param {String} text      any valid String

@returns none