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Broklynite
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I am really of the opinion that that is not an S. Too many dots don't match up. I also think that the letter after it is a Q and after that a U.

Searching for encomsquestionop turned up a company called Encom Wireless. No, really. I'm fairly sure it's a real company.

Just my 2 cents worth.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:40 pm
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WolfinPDX
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Broklynite wrote:
thomashood10 wrote:
To follow up on the magnetic stripe theory. I think the card would have to be plastic, otherwise the data on it would probably get wiped. Magnets apparently wipe the data off some magnetic stripe cards.

So yeh I don't think swiping it through a magnetic stripe reader is gonna do much.


Not so. Here in New York, we have single-ride metrocards which are printed on paper, including the strip.


Yup. I think when I was in San Francisco last, there were cards like that for the BART.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:42 pm
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Agent Lex
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MOVIELORD101 wrote:
Btw, i think the letter after "s" might be an "R". It looks a LOT like one!

MOVIELORD101 wrote:
Anything to report, guys? Smile

Just wanted to note that these posts are one after the other, and 17 minutes apart. Trust me, moviedork, if people had something to report in 17 minutes it would have been reported here! Face it, the forums don't move at chat speed... heck even the chat's been dead for over an hour and nobody's asking for "reports".

Also, just to quickly add, I got my Kraz-Bot postcard today. Same dot pattern as usual, of course, but I might up and edit madopal's version of it since having the card to hand I can see the dots more accurately.

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Ping Cruft
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Somebody see if they scan then!

Hey any chance it could be a ... actually no it wouldn't relate to the hello flynn server. in game it's not something FL has fully explored.

Still. Nice to get some free swag (pity it's not poster sized art... that would definable go on my wall.)

PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:50 pm
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netsolo
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Attempting a guest post here sorry, but I got one of the Kraz-Bot cards... compared to a braille alphabet which doesn't seem to work. Has anyone explored binary? Are they binary digits?

PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:04 pm
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Distraction
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ok..i finally got mine...Astro Gunner..whats weird is that there is no postmark....which im not too overly excited about, being it could be something simple as a machine jam at the post office when they were date stamping...

for those without blacklights...if you look at the strip in the sun..at a certain angle...youll be able to see the dots. thats how i did it..(and of course...they are the same as the others...)

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MOVIELORD101
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Agent Lex wrote:
MOVIELORD101 wrote:
Btw, i think the letter after "s" might be an "R". It looks a LOT like one!

MOVIELORD101 wrote:
Anything to report, guys? Smile

Just wanted to note that these posts are one after the other, and 17 minutes apart. Trust me, moviedork, if people had something to report in 17 minutes it would have been reported here! Face it, the forums don't move at chat speed... heck even the chat's been dead for over an hour and nobody's asking for "reports".

Also, just to quickly add, I got my Kraz-Bot postcard today. Same dot pattern as usual, of course, but I might up and edit madopal's version of it since having the card to hand I can see the dots more accurately.


That's movieLORD to you!

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Ping Cruft
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I noticed a difference in reflectivity where the spots are. Couldn't make heads nor tails of it though so just kindof slinging ideas out to ee if anything jogs loose for anyone that actually knows how to make any of this happen.

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Broklynite
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MOVIELORD101 wrote:
Agent Lex wrote:
MOVIELORD101 wrote:
Btw, i think the letter after "s" might be an "R". It looks a LOT like one!

MOVIELORD101 wrote:
Anything to report, guys? Smile

Just wanted to note that these posts are one after the other, and 17 minutes apart. Trust me, moviedork, if people had something to report in 17 minutes it would have been reported here! Face it, the forums don't move at chat speed... heck even the chat's been dead for over an hour and nobody's asking for "reports".

Also, just to quickly add, I got my Kraz-Bot postcard today. Same dot pattern as usual, of course, but I might up and edit madopal's version of it since having the card to hand I can see the dots more accurately.


That's movieLORD to you!


Please please please let's not start this crap up again.

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Just FYI - got my Astro Gunner Card, no postmark, but a 28 cent polar bear stamp. Aren't stamps like 42 cents now? The black(light) strip is probably like everyone elses. I am half tempted to drive down to the post office and mail it to myself, but i'm just bothered as to how I got this in the mail...
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Cado
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Re: 2 cents

totallynotmyname wrote:
my coworker had the idea to mirror it over top of itself; that revealed a bit more in the way of characters. I'm not sure if it'll work but i thought i would at least try and throw my 2 cents in

Code:

.X..X. X....X ..X..X .XXXX. X.XX.. .XX.XX ..XXXX X..... .X.... .XXXX. X....X ...X.. .XXXXX ..X.XX XX..X.
X..... X....X ..X... X....X X....X X..... X....X X....X X..... X....X .....X .....X ...X.. .....X .....X
.XXX.. .....X ..X... .....X X....X ....X. X....X X....X .x..XX .X.... X..... X....X ...X.. .....X .....X
X..... X..... ..X... X....X .....X ....X. XX..X. X....X X....X .X.... X....X X..... ...X.. X..... ..XXX.
X..... X..... ..X... X....X X..... X....X .....X X....X X....X .....X X....X X....X ...X.. X....X .....X
.X..XX XX.X.. XXXX.. ..X... X....X .XXXX. ....X. .....X XXXX.. XX.XX. ..XX.X .XXXX. ...X.. X....X .X..X.


Guys, this feels right.... I don't know why. Can someone flip/slide this horizontally onto itself again?

PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:18 pm
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Broklynite
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Re: 2 cents

Cado wrote:
totallynotmyname wrote:
my coworker had the idea to mirror it over top of itself; that revealed a bit more in the way of characters. I'm not sure if it'll work but i thought i would at least try and throw my 2 cents in

Code:

.X..X. X....X ..X..X .XXXX. X.XX.. .XX.XX ..XXXX X..... .X.... .XXXX. X....X ...X.. .XXXXX ..X.XX XX..X.
X..... X....X ..X... X....X X....X X..... X....X X....X X..... X....X .....X .....X ...X.. .....X .....X
.XXX.. .....X ..X... .....X X....X ....X. X....X X....X .x..XX .X.... X..... X....X ...X.. .....X .....X
X..... X..... ..X... X....X .....X ....X. XX..X. X....X X....X .X.... X....X X..... ...X.. X..... ..XXX.
X..... X..... ..X... X....X X..... X....X .....X X....X X....X .....X X....X X....X ...X.. X....X .....X
.X..XX XX.X.. XXXX.. ..X... X....X .XXXX. ....X. .....X XXXX.. XX.XX. ..XX.X .XXXX. ...X.. X....X .X..X.


Guys, this feels right.... I don't know why. Can someone flip/slide this horizontally onto itself again?


Near as I can see...It looks like a mirror through the middle, then flipped upside down.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:21 pm
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Broklynite
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Re: 2 cents

Cado wrote:
totallynotmyname wrote:
my coworker had the idea to mirror it over top of itself; that revealed a bit more in the way of characters. I'm not sure if it'll work but i thought i would at least try and throw my 2 cents in

Code:

.X..X. X....X ..X..X .XXXX. X.XX.. .XX.XX ..XXXX X..... .X.... .XXXX. X....X ...X.. .XXXXX ..X.XX XX..X.
X..... X....X ..X... X....X X....X X..... X....X X....X X..... X....X .....X .....X ...X.. .....X .....X
.XXX.. .....X ..X... .....X X....X ....X. X....X X....X .x..XX .X.... X..... X....X ...X.. .....X .....X
X..... X..... ..X... X....X .....X ....X. XX..X. X....X X....X .X.... X....X X..... ...X.. X..... ..XXX.
X..... X..... ..X... X....X X..... X....X .....X X....X X....X .....X X....X X....X ...X.. X....X .....X
.X..XX XX.X.. XXXX.. ..X... X....X .XXXX. ....X. .....X XXXX.. XX.XX. ..XX.X .XXXX. ...X.. X....X .X..X.


Guys, this feels right.... I don't know why. Can someone flip/slide this horizontally onto itself again?


Played around with it a little bit and getting nothing but nonsense.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:28 pm
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Broklynite
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In case anyone is wondering, closest I've come to something appearing to actually BE something is below.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:33 pm
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ArtGuy 84
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Got an Astro Gunner card in the mail today, very cool stuff. For those of you that haven't received any postcards yet, give it some time for the holiday weekend to blow over. I can imagine once this long weekend is over, there will be a better chance of various cards getting sent out to more varied locations. It could also be possible that 42E wanted to stagger mailings on these so as not to stand the chance of a good amount of people having a big ah-ha moment and figuring out the puzzle already. Everybody has been doing a great job thinking outside the box on this one, I just think we need to wait around a few more days and see how things develop with either a new set of cards being sent out, or one of the ARG sites being reactivated again with some clues on how to solve this one.

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