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I like that, keep at it! :)

Posted By: Miguel <bs@bungie.org>
Date: 6 June 2001, 17:21

In Response To: Call me crazy... (Tursas)

> Ok, I know this is going to sound a little hair-brained, but here goes.

> Perhaps the solution to the puzzle is iterative.

> Look at the center of the 7th glyph. It's Myan for 74. Does anybody have
> any idea what this means and how it relates to the puzzle? Not that I can
> see (and this is where things get hair-brained).

> In ASCII, 74 corresponds to the letter J. The center of glyph 5 vaguely
> resembles a letter J rotated a bit. How much is it rotated? At first
> glance it would appear to be about 45 degrees counterclockwise. On second
> glance, rotating it that much would be TOO much. It would appear that
> instead of rotating it 45 degrees clockwise, one would rotate it half
> that, 22.5 degrees clockwise, to make the proper orientation. DING! That's
> our magic number from glyph 3.

> Now this next part is going to sound even worse, but bear with me.

> See the 0's in the rings of glyphs 3 and 5? These zeros, I propose, are
> reference points for rotation! Rotate 22.5 degrees clockwise from the 0 on
> the third glyph and you get a bearing of East South East. Rotate 22.5
> degrees clockwise from the 0 on glyph 5 and you bring the J into it's
> proper orientation!

> Of course, "proper orientation" can be debated here.

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