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KiltDaddy wrote:

My first thought was paper tape too (from my early days sitting at a ASR33 teletype). But it was 7-bit code. If the little bits are the registration holes, there would only be 5 bits available. But as with most computer information coding, somebody came up with the lower number bit codes I give you 5 bit paper tape codes! http://homepages.cwi.nl/~dik/english/codes/5tape.html#start

KiltDaddy, you are a GENIUS!!!!

[KiltDaddy]

My first thought was paper tape too (from my early days sitting at a ASR33 teletype). But it was 7-bit code. If the little bits are the registration holes, there would only be 5 bits available. But as with most computer information coding, somebody came up with the lower number bit codes

I give you 5 bit paper tape codes! http://homepages.cwi.nl/~dik/english/codes/5tape.html#start

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Re: WHAT DOES IT SPELL?

[davecobb]

WHAT DOES IT SPELL?

[MOVIELORD101]

I think I can make out some of the letters (note: dash marks means "can figure out yet"):


"Cluopo-----c------x"

That's about as much as I can figure out. I could be wrong on some of them, but I don't know for sure until my postcard arrives or if more of the message is revealed!

[booba]

One example of what a 6x6 could look like:

[mutant_pie]

Flynn Lives:PostCard Puzzle

[Clu Program]

Rogi Ocnorb wrote:

How about this... Place the postcard in a window envelope with the UV-reactive bar showing. Illuminate with a UV source and mark the pixels and corners/borders on the clear plastic using a permanent marker. Scan the marked-up window , crop the scanned image and post it here.

this is a good idea.

the result will be accurate sea.

[Mr.Dandy]

Astro Gunner Images

[MrSinistar]

thebruce wrote:

I think it may just be easier to try to get straight and even photos of the grids, then resize them all to match on a overlay... I just took the four and did a bit of finagling, and this is how I think they're aligned so far: (also, keeping this page updated with finds) Looks kind of like... CH?O?SR??S??TT? maybe ENCOMSRA??????? could be 6x6 letters with one column between each. A couple more patterns and I think it'll make itself clear...

Yeah, there's gotta be more postcards. I'd love to get an Intruder one.

I wonder if this update will shine any light on the ISO programs.

[Rogi Ocnorb]

How about this...
Place the postcard in a window envelope with the UV-reactive bar showing.
Illuminate with a UV source and mark the pixels and corners/borders on the clear plastic using a permanent marker.
Scan the marked-up window , crop the scanned image and post it here.

[thebruce]

I think it may just be easier to try to get straight and even photos of the grids, then resize them all to match on a overlay...
I just took the four and did a bit of finagling, and this is how I think they're aligned so far:



(also, keeping this page updated with finds)

Looks kind of like...

CH?O?SR??S??TT?
maybe
ENCOMSRA???????

could be 6x6 letters with one column between each. A couple more patterns and I think it'll make itself clear...

[AKComic]

mach1monorail wrote:

i just measured, i believe its about a millimeter per pixel. just fyi i think that the height of the pixels on row 3 may be a bit shorter than the other rows, but the widths are the same (1 mm)...i could be mistaken, anyone concur?

Yup - I just noticed the same thing. I received the Kraz-Bot postcard today, and I noticed that the pixels in what appears to be Row 4 are approximately half as tall as the other 7 rows. If you look at one of the graphics with the Kraz-Bot pixels that others have posted - the second pixel from the left is in what I am calling "Row 4" - all pixels in that same row seem "stunted". Might not mean anything, but...?

[mach1monorail]

i just measured, i believe its about a millimeter per pixel.

just fyi i think that the height of the pixels on row 3 may be a bit shorter than the other rows, but the widths are the same (1 mm)...i could be mistaken, anyone concur?

[Euchre]

Drewsko wrote:

Here's a question: seeing as the last time we needed backlights was during Flynn's Arcade during last year's Comic Con, do you think they'll only send these to members who were at the arcade?

The collector cards in the wallets from Gridlock Rendezvous (Zero Hour) had blacklight stamps on them, although they did not act as specific clues to the game.

Could someone take a ruler and lay it alongside a row of the pixels? If we could get a fairly precise measurement of a given pixel's size, we could do more effective scale correction on the images everyone contributes. I also think the pixels might be of a size that fits some grids you see on drafting templates, which might mean we can lay those over some examples for even more precise compositing.