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catherwood-offline
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Omnie wrote:
So, remember I mentioned the bg8+6.jpg thing? Well, I was playing with it, and observe...
Omnie, I have found six versions of this image:
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8+6.jpg, 8-6.jpg, 8x6.jpg, 8_6.jpg, and 8.6.jpg
and it looks like all of the gaps are filled.

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Omnie
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 		Oh, neat. Clicky for new overlapping pic.
Seems there's a gap between the e-u?

What I'm seeing:
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oicsveloneve_ummowwow
Several of those earlier letters look more like a smudge than a letter...so the "i" and the "c" especially are really just rough guesses. Also, the "n" kinda hovers between "b" and "h." And why is the first "e" capitalized and backwards?

Ummowwow is reminiscent of the MU credits address (mumowmow, not that I remember where it came from).


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Caterpillar
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Omnie wrote:
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oicsveloneve_ummowwow
And why is the first "e" capitalized and backwards?


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It looks like a forward lower case "e" to me, the part that I can sorta make out looks like svsioneve....which is this part of what you see oicsveloneve_ummowwow. I think you're right about the ending, something a non-MU (me ; ) would never have gotten.


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Muffin
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 		Two thoughts, not much help but...

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1) Isn't there a 'l' after the space and before the ummowwow?

2) Everytime I look at the first arrangement I see vpisteve. Anyone else?


C'mon someone, solve this! Smile

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Muffin wrote:
2) Everytime I look at the first arrangement I see vpisteve. Anyone else?

As do I. As do I--but I flip-flop between that and "oh, I see."
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catherwood
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 		Any reason why we're not showing our cards to one another? I have a zoomed in view of the composite picture -- I'll put what I see in spoilers just to be polite.
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D i ? s v s i o n e v e _ u m m o w w o w
The ? is too small and blurry for me to see a 'c'. The leading char is more oval than the other 'o' on the board, which is why i'm calling it a capital 'D'.

(oh, and now I realize that uploading an attachment is not possible at this time. Temporarily stored here )

(oh, and the streak between the gap and the 'u' is on all of the views, so it is not an added letter.)

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catherwood wrote:
(oh, and now I realize that uploading an attachment is not possible at this time. Temporarily stored here )


I wish I had better net access right now, as I cannot upload this image to my website. Basically, I loaded each of the five images into Photoshop as separate layers (with a sixth transparent background layer), then changed each layer's mode from "Normal" to "Difference," which basically subtracts the colors values from one layer to the next. What I ended up with seems a bit more sharp than the above linked image, and I am seeing slightly different letters:

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a y a' l o h (a or s) v e (space) u m m o w w o w

If that (a or s) is an "a," then you get either "have" or "aloha" there.

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Shad0
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 		Re: stick figure
Muffin wrote:
To recap:

1) Quote by Vincent Van Gogh, missing the word 'line'.
2) Latin quote roughly translated as "Is truth when we consider thoroughly".
3) Symbols round the outside of the picture, in an unknown font.
4) A wood effigy of a man a la Blairwitch (is that a wicker man?).
5) A grate next to a kerb, some snow & with a yellow 'no entry' (IMHO) symbol on.

Okay. That helps not much.

Maybe I can not help too. The stick figure is not the Blair Witch stick figure. The Blair Witch figure looks like this:



It sure looks familiar, though. Haven't placed it yet. Mad
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Muffin wrote:

To recap:


5) A grate next to a kerb, some snow & with a yellow 'no entry' (IMHO) symbol on.


no drain ==> draino?

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drizjr
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 		The stick figure looks something like the Japanese character for "great".
great on grate? Dunno
edit: Here's an annoying aboutdotcom site that shows the symbol.

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BriEnigma wrote:
I wish I had better net access right now, as I cannot upload this image to my website...

I am home now, and here it is--layer diffs of the relevant section expanded to 200% of its original size.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:35 pm
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Omnie
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 		Whoo!

If nothing else, I have now learned that the "difference" option is totally awesome.

[edit] Here's what I got playing around with "difference" in Paint Shop Pro: clicky. [/edit]

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always to have ... ummowwow

leading to...
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http://www.lessonstolearn.net/alwaystohave/ummowwow

comments spoilered, just in case:
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Endgame. Sad I <3 Random. And the PMs (heh, both sets of 'em).

Gallons of warm fuzzy feelings all around!!! Mr. Green

Also...
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THE BOOK!!!!! It's up! Whoo! And, wow, the walkthrough is long. And lovely. Very Happy


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 		Wow. Just, Wow! Shocked

You guys are absolutely great. I want to buy you dinner, or flowers, or.......aww.

I love you guys, man.
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Gwen314
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 		Wow. Hooray for unsolvable puzzles, lol. Very nice work.

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 		I am completely and utterly gobsmacked. Wishi, Giskard, yanka, xnbomb. All other cohorts and writers of the book: thank you.

This has been one of the most beautiful, touching things I have ever experienced. From the first bits to the labyrinth to the last IRC chat for the Paintover kids ...

Thank you.

What a gift.

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