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[Puzzle/Image] New challenge (4-16-05)
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Atomicbomb22
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 		I have a very good idea... i think the answer isn't in the barcode it is in the faint black dots above the barcode(zoom in and u'll see) i dunno me and my speculation agian

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doobiedo
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noideaforausername wrote:
Hyperion wrote:
Apologies for the double post, perhaps I should actually register an account. Razz

I think the pianola idea could be on the right track. It seems to me like the one theory about the holes so far that seems plausible.


again i say to you sir, punchcard punchcard punchcard

(although i have no way to back this up, as i have nothing that can read one.. but yes, i also concur that the piano music is as plausible an idea. music box too?)


punchcards are roughly the same dimensions as a dollar, wide and short. also if it was punched with the overlaps shown in the picture then i doubt it would be read so i don't think its likely

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noideaforausername
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doobiedo wrote:
noideaforausername wrote:
Hyperion wrote:
Apologies for the double post, perhaps I should actually register an account. Razz

I think the pianola idea could be on the right track. It seems to me like the one theory about the holes so far that seems plausible.


again i say to you sir, punchcard punchcard punchcard

(although i have no way to back this up, as i have nothing that can read one.. but yes, i also concur that the piano music is as plausible an idea. music box too?)


punchcards are roughly the same dimensions as a dollar, wide and short. also if it was punched with the overlaps shown in the picture then i doubt it would be read so i don't think its likely


bugger:(

and to the guy who posted above, what faint dots?
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Bonusuk
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 		What's with the white space?

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agonline
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 		I still think that whoever converted it to a barcode was on the right track.

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Bonusuk
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 		Morse code?

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Exulus
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Bonusuk wrote:
What's with the white space?


Well, it is not just the black bars which indicate a number, but also the lack of black bars.

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Atomicbomb22
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 		Jesus do u like things on a silver platter....
save the barcode as an .jif image and zoom in like 600x times and ull seee black dots that look like braille. its right above the barcode u can't miss it at first i though it was a word but it isn't.

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noideaforausername
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Atomicbomb22 wrote:
Jesus do u like things on a silver platter....
save the barcode as an .jif image and zoom in like 600x times and ull seee black dots that look like braille. its right above the barcode u can't miss it at first i though it was a word but it isn't.


you mean the barcode image that someone made from the picture, which is actually not the picture itself?
yeah, okay dude, calm down

and welcome to compression artifacts
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yerond
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 		the guy who made the http://www.xs4all.nl/~edje01/colony/barcode.JPG changed it a little after looking at the pic more. He might be wrong though :p

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noideaforausername
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yerond wrote:
the guy who made the http://www.xs4all.nl/~edje01/colony/barcode.JPG changed it a little after looking at the pic more. He might be wrong though :p


i see, he's added the half ones at the bottom.

yeah, i'm looking, and seeing that they're all in even rows, there's not a bar that crosses a row, or is in a random placing. i'm thinking maybe not a barcode, but also starting to lean towards the musical piece.
it looks like something that's meant to be read in one row at a time, like how a music box or pianola would play something
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Exulus
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 		It's definitely not a barcode! I've just checked and the widths don't work..some are *1 and a bit* long and so the barcode theory hath failed.

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JoeOE18
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doobiedo wrote:
the series of little white rectangles reminded me of a player piano roll of music. i've found a site with some software (mk3a) that allows you to scan a series of holes and convert it into a midi file.

http://members.shaw.ca/smythe/rebirth.htm

i don't have a scanner but if someone feels like giving it a go it may prove fruitful

Anyone tried this yet?
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yerond
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 		http://www.pattonhq.com/ibm.html

punch card info site.

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 		I tried to scan the barcode using a powerful reader. I can not get any part of it to scan. Just to let you guys know, this thing can read any barcode thrown at it Sad I think the barcode idea is bunk.

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