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[kksweety]

hey hey, in regards to the microscopic writing, i've had a look using a handy lil pocket microscope... cant see anything, just looks like a black background with lines of dots.... can anyone direct me to something they may have seen so i have an idea what i should look for?


Edit: ok ignore me, i got bored and have been trailing through all 35 pages of this thread so far *yawn* so tired

[Michael]

locqust - Great Just done a hi res scan of the card but could not find anything on it, execpt lots of dots and card fibers. The Scan resolution i used was 7200dpi if anyone has a higher one it may pull more out of it, im going to scan all the card in to see if any other parts may contain a clue or two.

[Gibbet]

Not having the card, I don't know if this suggestion will make any sense.

WRT the lines of dots, any chance the width of the lines and spacings between them could make up some form of morse?

Used to play The Stone and there were often random bits like this which could be interpreted in many diff ways from morse to dates, to all sorts of other things.

Of course if they are different on all the cards then i guess that would blow this idea apart.

[kksweety]

Hey again, i was seeing pixels in my sleep last night after staring blankly at that margin bit for god knows how long under a microscope... just wondering, plz excuse me if im being blonde here, but i have this microscope thingy, and it can see alpha dots? ok, i dont actually know what alpha dots are but i did a quick google and it came up stuff to do with labeling and coding, does anyone think it would be worth me giving the card a fine toothcomb with my lil thingy? or am i being totally stupid?

[hairysocks]

Back on page 15 of this topic, on Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:47 pm, hturan noted that the wording on the solve page was not the usual. This has changed since then and the solve page is now as shown in the attached image.

[Guin]

Being picky about the semantics of this - was this not "enter your proof here" originally? If so perhaps it is a change due to the proof reading idea - just a thought. But equally, "Show your proof here" makes me wonder about the answer we are meant to be inputting. This makes me think we are meant to exhibit the answer. Just thinking aloud.

[manleym]

RE: My Earlier Post On Card Scan

[friscodude]

Oh boy. This is my first attempt to contribute to anything here. And it is a silver leveled card. Joy. I can say I have read this whole thread though and I hope what I'm about to suggest isnt totally redundant and previously mentioned. Upon a dictionary.com search of the word solve though, an extra definition at the bottom piqued my interest.

Solve- Parallel object-oriented language

Seeing as how one of the previous e-mails from the Perplex City Staff says you simply need to solve the hypothesis. Which is not a simple task. Maybe we need to translate or do something with the equation/hypothesis to get it into this language?

I doubt this is right but maybe its on the right track?

[donstobbart]

Got a fairly definitive answer when I emailed MC abouot this puzzle.

[Fuseunderground]

Thanks Don,

Glad that this is finally cleared up,
I thought it might be something like that
(as I tried to imply in my previous post)
An ultimate challenge for all puzzle solvers!

And on the point of the message hidden in the dots;
I can't see much myself, but there still could be something there,
as all the hidden information found on other cards
(Kurt's Web address, Sente's Note, etc.)
has been separate to the solution of the puzzle.

So I for one will keep staring at larger and larger
blow-ups of lots of grey squares

Rich

[AngusA]

Is there a chance they're yanking your chain?

[European Chris]

I very much doubt it. Still a good card though. I read a book about Reimanns and learnt a bit about it because of the card.

[Jakeo]

[Guin]

[donstobbart]

I would be there with my pitchfork if you've got torches!!!

Am disappointed that this is what we actually have to do, but I suppose that I can see why. It IS the ultimate puzzle to be solved.

Don