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[sequoya]

I was wondering if the 'cats' were just referring to the "concatenate" command, "cat"... so like

D = a cat b
E = b cat c
F = c cat d
G = a cat b cat e

But I can't really figure out what to do with it, and it doesn't explain why different cat pictures were used, if that has any relevance. I guess if the A, B, C are binary strings then we could use the above to put it all together? I will give it a go. Which picture is 1, though, and which 0? And what do we do with the empty spaces, are they 1s or 0s?

Just my ramblings, could be nothing

[Mehetabel]

Beth just gave us the 'uplook table': http://stoptoilworndiamond.co.nf/golactic/

It's the URL in this image from the Message #11 update:

[Adm_BlackCat]

Still scratching my head on this one.
At the bottom of the page is

[amandel]

Hi! Maybe Geusa =Usage? Guess the "grid" with the arrow on Beth's photo is helpful tho am also not seeing it.

EDIT: To thank sequoya for noticing the Truth Tables tab below. I'll need to review their BASICS later this evening. Reckon the correct values need to be HTML at Avecira (obvious )

[sequoya]

Lots of interesting clues in that image....

The other tabs in the browser, as well as lolcat related sites there is the Wikipedia entry for Truth Tables. So that might be what the table is?

Definitely think the arrow direction on the post-it is a clue too... hmmmmm.

Edit - Also, haha. The words in the lookup table are all different cat memes. Grumpy cat, Serious cat, monorail cat...

[sequoya]

Hi folks, been working on this all evening and the answer is...

[amandel]

Props on both your reasoning & Excel(lence). Not to deflect this task yet hoping sequoya's headache is A-OK b/c the latest Truth Table has left me speechless.

[sequoya]

Hi! Thanks amandel, a lot better today

Trying to work on this a bit in my lunch break, but I'm struggling a bit. I think I've figured out what the new operators might be:

[sequoya]

Okay, sorry to double post but I've got it! I actually did indeed have it right above, but I made a stupid typo (an equals sign instead of a dash!) and that was causing the 404. The answer below...

[Arenhart]

I just checked trying to sort the monalisa pic acording to the level of red, but I ended up with a scrambled image. It should be so, really, since there are 256 levels of red, and 650 pixels, so many pixels have the same red level and is thus it's impossible to sort them...

[sequoya]

Hey Arenhart. I actually asked Beth how Avecira were progressing with this puzzle when I emailed her about the cat logic solution and she has replied...

[Arenhart]

[sequoya]

Wow, that really does look *almost* like a QR code, though. Look at the top left / top right corners (and to a slightly lesser extent the bottom left corner), you can see starting to take shape those tell tale black squares with a border round them that all QR codes have. Sorry, not a useful comment but I definitely think you are very close here!

Edit - maybe once we first sort on the red level, we then have to sort on one of the others for those where the red level was the same? Red level sort, then green level sort? I have no idea if that would make sense, just a thought.

[Arenhart]

[AUZ505]

I wrote a small java programm, that converts the sanomali image. I get the same result as Arenhart, just with columns and rows exchanged.

I agree that their must be specific way to order the pixels with the same RGB, which I have no idea how to do this.
Like Arenhart has written:

D(1, 3, 7), D(1, 5, 17), D(1, 15, 46), D(1, 21, 18), D(1, 30, 21), D(1, 40, 28), D(1, 46, 30), L(1, 207, 228) --> here the sequence is correct

D(25, 34, 19), D(25, 45, 16), L(25, 254, 236) --> this should be L-D-D

But it is not just about if the Light or the Dark pixels come first.
Another example:

D(19, 10, 3), D(19, 36, 13), D(19, 42, 46), L(19, 233, 206) --> this should be D-L-D-D

Does anyone see a pattern?

Should I post the java program?