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Chelseyrl
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| Chelseyrl wrote: | Nevermind, it's doing that for me too.
Here:
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Ahem.
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JellyFish72
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I held an index card up to the computer screen and outlined the paragraphs. If I had a scanner I'd show it, but when the paragraphs are outlined, they look kinda like guns. Maybe it means that the Order is armed, or was prepared to kill them if they didn't leave?
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blendedchaitea
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, thank you Chelseyrl.
If we're going to talk about the number of words in each line: All the lines have an even amount of words except for two, which are "trust Daniel" and "superconductivity." They have 13 and 11 words respectively. If we're going to link that to the periodic table, those are Aluminum and Sodium. Bah, I can't see the connection. |
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dixiemccoy
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| soccerstar wrote: | Some sentences cut half way and have only three words while other sentences are crammed in. That's just weird and not the way a person normally writes. But what could it mean?
The periodic table thing is a great find and definitely worth investigating further. Good thing I paid attention in science class! |
Has anyone tried using the note as an overlay on a periodic table to see if anything pops out? It could be that Bree's dad put a blank paper over the periodic table, marked something on the elements that would spell out his message, and filled in the rest.
In other words, it looks similar to a Cardan Grille: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardan_grille - using the periodic table as a second step.
Someone good with a graphics program want to try this and see ig anything jumps out? |
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Chelseyrl
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| JellyFish72 wrote: | | Well, I held an index card up to the computer screen and outlined the paragraphs. If I had a scanner I'd show it, but when the paragraphs are outlined, they look kinda like guns. Maybe it means that the Order is armed, or was prepared to kill them if they didn't leave? |
Taylor was saying we shouldn't be grasping too far.
I totally sound rude, I'm sorry.
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JellyFish72
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Chelseyrl wrote: | | JellyFish72 wrote: | | Well, I held an index card up to the computer screen and outlined the paragraphs. If I had a scanner I'd show it, but when the paragraphs are outlined, they look kinda like guns. Maybe it means that the Order is armed, or was prepared to kill them if they didn't leave? |
Taylor was saying we shouldn't be grasping too far.
I totally sound rude, I'm sorry. |
No, don't worry about it! I really was grasping at straws there - I just threw the idea out there.
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blendedchaitea
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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| dixiemccoy wrote: | | soccerstar wrote: | Some sentences cut half way and have only three words while other sentences are crammed in. That's just weird and not the way a person normally writes. But what could it mean?
The periodic table thing is a great find and definitely worth investigating further. Good thing I paid attention in science class! |
Has anyone tried using the note as an overlay on a periodic table to see if anything pops out? It could be that Bree's dad put a blank paper over the periodic table, marked something on the elements that would spell out his message, and filled in the rest.
In other words, it looks similar to a Cardan Grille: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardan_grille - using the periodic table as a second step.
Someone good with a graphics program want to try this and see ig anything jumps out? |
It's a good idea, but we'd have to have the same periodic table Bree's dad used. They all have the same information, but the format can vary widely. |
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krmurr87
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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| well it's deff something to do with spacing, siz and word count....have we had any puzzels like this before? |
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krmurr87
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alright since i'm apparently the only crazy person up right now...with probably the least amount of experience doing this.
I counted the number of words in each line before the periods:
6
10
11 7
4 9
6 4 ->
2
3 5 4
7 2 1 1
2
so if we're going with the codes A=1 B=2
F
J
KG
DI
FK
B
CED
GBAA
doesn't look right
so just couting the words in each line with out periods:
we've got F, J, R, M, J, B, L, K
soooo i'm stumped see if you all can come up with something else |
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Chelseyrl
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:26 am Post subject: |
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This whole thing is giving me a horrible headache. 
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JellyFish72
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| Chelseyrl wrote: | | This whole thing is giving me a horrible headache. |
I totally agree. *bangs head on periodic table. yes, it's a table that appears periodically. bah duh tshhhh*
Maybe we need a different point of view? Someone who thinks differently?
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Chelseyrl
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I think maybe deagol needs to get back in here. He seems to be a flippin' genius at this stuff.
ETA: Umm, I could be wrong on this, and it probably isn't of any importance, but it seems the way the letters lean, Bree's father was a right handed person. Just a little thing I thought I'd put out there. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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JellyFish72
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:43 am Post subject: |
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| Chelseyrl wrote: | | ETA: Umm, I could be wrong on this, and it probably isn't of any importance, but it seems the way the letters lean, Bree's father was a right handed person. Just a little thing I thought I'd put out there. Correct me if I'm wrong. |
I'm pretty sure your right; I think I read somewhere that right handed people slope to the right, but I and everyone I know who're right handed slope to the left unless they're writing cursive, and sometimes even then.
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Chelseyrl
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:45 am Post subject: |
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| JellyFish72 wrote: | | Chelseyrl wrote: | | ETA: Umm, I could be wrong on this, and it probably isn't of any importance, but it seems the way the letters lean, Bree's father was a right handed person. Just a little thing I thought I'd put out there. Correct me if I'm wrong. |
I'm pretty sure your right; I think I read somewhere that right handed people slope to the right, but I and everyone I know who're right handed slope to the left unless they're writing cursive, and sometimes even then. |
I think you meant left handed people slope to the right. I'm right handed and I slope to the left.
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:46 am Post subject: |
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I'm left handed, and I slope to the right. If it helps at all. :]
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