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easthowle · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:18 pm

KJIC?

ParityBit · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:14 am

Aha! That, of course, makes perfect sense. I should have considered that possibility as there are two obvious partial letters at the top left and top right of the card, and then the rest of the card body is black.

Nice one. Smile

Hunting4Treasure · Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:13 pm

Hunting4Treasure wrote:

ParityBit wrote:

Anyone noticed the slight colour change of the writing? In #10, the 'POK' of 'POKE' is fainter/greyer than the rest, and in #9 'Origin' is fainter apart from the very top of the 'O' and the dots for the 'i's.

I think we can assume this is not a printing inconsistency.

Good catch! I'm guessing one of those partial greyed letters is there, like at the top of this card. How in the world we could figure out what it is, because the background is black, is beyond me. Unless we just wait until we have all the cards and fill in the missing character(s)? Confused

Ahh! Mystery solved, thanks to thebruce's visual. The grayed numbers and partial words in the bottom left corner, that ParityBit first asked about, is the top right quarter of an 'E'! Wink

There's also, apparently, the top left quarter of an 'H' in the bottom right corner of this card. Shocked

Hunting4Treasure · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:40 pm

ParityBit wrote:

Anyone noticed the slight colour change of the writing? In #10, the 'POK' of 'POKE' is fainter/greyer than the rest, and in #9 'Origin' is fainter apart from the very top of the 'O' and the dots for the 'i's.

I think we can assume this is not a printing inconsistency.

Good catch! I'm guessing one of those partial greyed letters is there, like at the top of this card. How in the world we could figure out what it is, because the background is black, is beyond me. Unless we just wait until we have all the cards and fill in the missing character(s)? Confused

neuromancer · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:40 am

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WolverineFan · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:52 pm

ParityBit wrote:

Tried a reasonable magnifying glass - the paler letters are made up of dots, rather than the solid white of the others. From what I could see, there wasn't any lettering, though possibly higher magnification would be needed.

Darn, I was hoping the text (if any) would be readable with a magnifying glass. I have no idea how small they can make text these days though.

ParityBit · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:30 am

tanner wrote:

try frying it with garlic - serve with hot buttered toast Very Happy

I switched between thinking 'that sounds pretty tasty' and 'I wonder if that would work? Perhaps there is some kinda hot garlic invisible ink'.

Shocked

tanner · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:00 am

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Can anyone who's experimented tell me the safest maximum temperature for the cards? And how long should they cook?

try frying it with garlic - serve with hot buttered toast Very Happy

ParityBit · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:56 pm

Tried a reasonable magnifying glass - the paler letters are made up of dots, rather than the solid white of the others. From what I could see, there wasn't any lettering, though possibly higher magnification would be needed.

Also tried cooling/freezing, and cooking up to 220 degrees C. Nothing popped up.

Can anyone who's experimented tell me the safest maximum temperature for the cards? And how long should they cook? Very Happy

What I haven't tried is anything like ultra violet (as I ain't got that!).

WolverineFan · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:33 pm

ParityBit wrote:

Anyone noticed the slight colour change of the writing? In #10, the 'POK' of 'POKE' is fainter/greyer than the rest, and in #9 'Origin' is fainter apart from the very top of the 'O' and the dots for the 'i's.

I think we can assume this is not a printing inconsistency.

Could this be some of that fabled super tiny text? Can someone with this card look at it under a really powerful magnifying glass or a microscope?

ParityBit · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:15 pm

Anyone noticed the slight colour change of the writing? In #10, the 'POK' of 'POKE' is fainter/greyer than the rest, and in #9 'Origin' is fainter apart from the very top of the 'O' and the dots for the 'i's.

I think we can assume this is not a printing inconsistency.

AAFIE · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:44 pm

Its killing me as its ringing a massive bell... don't know why but I am bordering on sure its from the NES era and entered on a password screen... I know there was a few with short passwords... but its eluding me.... don't know if this helps....

drendar · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:01 pm

Was brainstorming instead of working today...and came up with these thoughts.

Is there any possible way that KJIC could stand for something in a different langauge, like Japanese? (building on the kick/jump/etc idea)

Or, even though I think it's highly improbable, could KJIC be ROT-15 or ROT-17 for ZYAR or BAZL respectively? (You know, Caesar shifting.)

Maybe for N64, since it had the z trigger button?

But I question myself because none other of the codes were encrypted like that or anything. Hrm.

Equinox · Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:57 pm

Well Slap me with a fish, it is mentioned. Damn slimy those things.

oliverkeers13 · Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:08 pm

Re: KJIC