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amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
And I put Herman Hollerith and just about everything else in his "About Me" section through Hidden in Picture with no luck.
**folding,tearing and bending virtual punch card**
_________________ "I could write a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent."
"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:40 am
sowasred2012
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Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 662 Location: London, UK
amandel wrote:
And I put Herman Hollerith and just about everything else in his "About Me" section through Hidden in Picture with no luck.
**folding,tearing and bending virtual punch card**
**joins in beating the crap out of the card - throws petrol on it and threatens it with a naked flame**
I don't suppose the titles of the pictures have already been exhausted as clues? Sunset, Winter, Stonehenge, abstract and dimension?
EDIT - Have been doing a whole load of research into this Hollerith dude, found this: http://homepages.cwi.nl/~dik/english/codes/80col.html
which shows a couple of tables that look a hell of a lot like the one we had to use for the original facebook code. I can't tell how it's relevant now, since it's making my head hurt to look at all that stuff.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:54 am
LatentMoths
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Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 523 Location: Texas
Alright so I did a search for 8 by 26 punch cards and came across this .
I hope it's not leading us to a dead end but it's the only 8 by 26 punch card I could find. Maybe this will help somebody with the puzzle because I haven't a clue as to where to go from here.
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81 117 105 116 32 108 111 111 107 105 110 103 32 97 116 32 109 121 32 65 83 67 73 73 33
http://twitter.com/LatentMoths
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:11 am
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
On the IG forum,clairenor (Props) posted a sweet link The card below is (IMO) of the most interest....
@ilikepucks--interesting. @sowasred2012--skimmed some of the vaporous whatever on the IG forum and found your comments there interesting also.
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_________________ "I could write a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent."
"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:36 am
vapor
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Joined: 03 Jun 2008 Posts: 1188 Location: Dallas, TX ya'll
Neflyte is now on the IG forum. Wonder if he's just checking in or if he'll post something of interest.
Edit: Mission Four has arrived! Woot!
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:53 pm
Vancanek
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Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 205
New link to a letter emailed from Neflyte:
http://experiencethenode.com/leapyear/
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:53 pm
sowasred2012
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Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 662 Location: London, UK
I don't have photoshop or paintshop here, but this screams overlay to me... try putting the abstract pdf over the top of it, see if it cuts letters off cleanly.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:02 pm
MrToasty
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 4310 Location: Des Moines, IA
Here you go. Read off the numbers.
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:09 pm
sowasred2012
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Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 662 Location: London, UK
Beat me to it Mr. Toasty! I'd just grabbed my housemates photoshop and done the same thing!
EDIT - Only... I don't know what the numbers mean...
EDIT AGAIN - Never mind...
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:35 pm
vapor
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Joined: 03 Jun 2008 Posts: 1188 Location: Dallas, TX ya'll
sowasred2012 wrote:
Beat me to it Mr. Toasty! I'd just grabbed my housemates photoshop and done the same thing!
I was frantically refreshing my email. Haven't even got it yet. So the extra layer was part of it, huh?
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EDIT - Only... I don't know what the numbers mean...
EDIT AGAIN - Never mind...
Well, it isn't what I thought it was. Damn you guys are quick.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:57 pm
sowasred2012
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Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 662 Location: London, UK
vapor wrote:
sowasred2012 wrote:
Beat me to it Mr. Toasty! I'd just grabbed my housemates photoshop and done the same thing!
I was frantically refreshing my email. Haven't even got it yet. So the extra layer was part of it, huh?
Quote:
EDIT - Only... I don't know what the numbers mean...
EDIT AGAIN - Never mind...
Well, it isn't what I thought it was. Damn you guys are quick.
I never got the email either, just used the link that was posted here... Still doesn't explain the punchcard though?
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:02 pm
vapor
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Joined: 03 Jun 2008 Posts: 1188 Location: Dallas, TX ya'll
Another reference to 1984 by George Orwell? Anyone have a copy of the book?
EDIT: NM http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021.txt
EDIT AGAIN: The text in the image 4891.jpg is from chapter four of the book. Not sure of the connection, though.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:19 pm
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Vancanek
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Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 205
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I never got the email either, just used the link that was posted here... Still doesn't explain the punchcard though?
Huh... I received the email twice. Maybe it was another unintentional leak by the PM's like in Mission 2.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:20 pm
vapor
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Joined: 03 Jun 2008 Posts: 1188 Location: Dallas, TX ya'll
Vancanek wrote:
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I never got the email either, just used the link that was posted here... Still doesn't explain the punchcard though?
Huh... I received the email twice. Maybe it was another unintentional leak by the PM's like in Mission 2.
Neflyte said in the briefing message that more instructions would be included in the email. But, yeah, I will post contents of the email here if they are different than yours.
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:22 pm
clairenor
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Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 107
The text at http://experiencethenode.com/leapyear/
is from chapter four of George Orwell's 1984
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:33 pm
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