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[Rand0m]

Has anyone with the resources done all the checks for UV ink and suchlike?

[ahdok]

I shall hand it to the "I work in a science lab" part of my team once I'm convinced I can't solve it another way. there appear to be shiny marks on the card, but I don't think they were there when I first opened it, so it's possible someone in the house dropped something on it.

[ahdok]

well, I managed to create a second pretty felt-tip pen trace of the card. Still no dice though.

also, I've managed to generate evil skeleton mickey mouse. Doubt this has anything to do with solving the card though.

[modern_hero]

looking at this card, the theory of collective consciousness comes to mind.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_consciousness have a look.

That last line makes me sit up and think too... "It is a way of describing how an entire community comes together to share similar values" seems to link in with the whole community aspect of pxc.

[EvilGenius]

[thalamus]

solve page says

[donxkey]

It's strange how the "faces" are only looking in four different directions.

[ahdok]

[Curlytek]

The other thing that is interesting from a perspective point of view, is that bigger balls appear underneath smaller ones (the opposite to what would be expected if we were considering a 'depth' to the image)....except for one pink ball in the top left area, its on top of a smaller green ball.

I guess (as others have mentioned) that some colour or size based order could be important to this puzzle, perhaps in terms of increasing size or colour density/RGB values.

Also, does it appear that the ones with less rings around them have 'inner' rings removed rather than 'outer', from the spacing trends? These initially reminded me of ripples, such as when a rock is thrown into water. Now as I sit here looking at it I am reminded of photoelectron spectroscopy, which I am sure is completely off track....this is indeed a very puzzling puzzle!

[Guin]

ive looked at it under a uv

[EvilGenius]

Rats - I don't got it after all. Carry on

[ramsfan]

I agree with donxkey that the most noticeable feature is that there are only 4 directions of gaze, which fits with the clue that the eyes have it. This compares with ? no colour agreement, different sizes and ripples. I've tried joining up similar gazes with no success. They look a bit like a spot the ball competition where you deduce the position of the ball from gazes, but some are looking the opposite way from their neighbour. There are a lot of headrush links on the net; a film, music, games, asychronous programming/learning techniques and a book.
I can confirm it isn't

[Hunting4Treasure]

One person (Trevor Jarvis) solved it today.
Hopefully, he'll come in and nudge us in the right direction... ?

[Stratman]

Just for reference, I make it 41 spheres altogether

14 are looking down/right
7 are looking down/left
13 are looking up/left
7 are looking up/right

Thought it might be quarks making up the protons and neutrons in an element
(proton = 2 up quarks one down quark)
(neutron = 1 up quark two down quarks)

Close to nitrogen and carbon 14, but not close enough!

[thalamus]

carbon 14, y'say ?

looked at the back of the card ? reckon that might poke you in the right direction ?