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[josiah]

I've updated the reference.

Really sorry for throwing everyone off with the postcard6/postcard20 golden rule thing.

[Myeerah]

Also, poster 10 is in California, we just dont know specifically where yet. Jack told me that jesse.html led to one in Cali..

[PatRol]

I asked Jack about the locations of the posters, wether they haven been posted mainly to the US or not, and this is what he answered. Maybe it is of any help for you:

[smibbo]

maybe this is too easy but...

http://www.epinions.com/content_69920067204

[smibbo]

Postcard #17

holding grey and/or brown filters up to the image and turning it clockwise, one can make out the letters:

DEPCAYH
JACYHASYJC

the only one I'm really unsure of is the second J in the second line. It doesn't look like the first J but there aren't any other letters I could see it being other than S

[smibbo]

err, I meant turn it counter-clockwise. "upside down sideways"

[Myeerah]

[AmberJoy]

I got a postcard today. Someone said it might be part of this game.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amberjoy/100542271/

[smibbo]

Myeerah, perhaps Paramount? Isn't that a city? Or as a joke, El Segundo?

I dunno, I been beating my head up against walls most of the day trying to figure out the still-unsolved cards. Personally, I'd say the clue is a bit too vague/general. Primo means First or Prime or Most or Nicest - lotsa meanings too many!

[goatman]

yay. my first puzzle.

http://anothercontestworthentering.com/postcard2.bmp

the numbers are not (natural) binary because in groups of 8 there is a remainder of 4, so I scoured the internet for 4 digit codes and stumbled on this page.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electronic/numsys.html

As soon as I saw "Gray Code" I figured that must be it since the gray box is circled in the postcard. Converted the numbers from their gray code to their base. Kender nudged me with 0=space, 1=a, 2=b, etc... and you get "name of lab making code"

A quick search online at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_code

and you find Bell Labs.

so the answer is:

[goatman]

After emailing Jason Young about a pest control for fleas, I sent Jack an email informing him of Jason's newly discovered contact info and asked him if he might offer any hints on some of the remaining postcards. Jack offered me this response:

[smibbo]

the only thing that comes to mind from Jack's hint is that what he said is a bunch of adjective opposite words - descriptive antonyms, different viewpoints. He says not to think about what's common, however, what those words represent is what they have in common too, so I'm stumped, as usual.

THe different viewpoints of crop circles is "paranormal/extraterrestrial" and "man-made" but I assume what the postcard represents is more specific than that. So I guess I have nothing useable to add. Just my POV.

[freshness]

I had an idea last night...but it didn't work. I've since emailed Jack about it...maybe he can clear it up.

My idea:

We can consider the crop circle to be just a hub with 5 spokes. Going clockwise from lower right (the spoke with the little nub thing) to upper right (the spoke with the hollow circle at the end) and reading from inside to outside, we can organize the symbols like this:

oooo/ooO/OO/oO/Oo

Now...opposite words --> on/off --> Morse Code...

.... ..- -- .- -. = human

And, http://www.anothercontestworthentering.com/human.html ....doesn't work. So, I haven't been able to figure out anything past there.

[smibbo]

maybe somehow it's binary?