shinkansen Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 I've been trying to solve this but so far haven't managed to... Maybe someone on here has an idea. I think it's either numbers or letters. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Smash72 Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Looks a bit like braille, but not quite right, and don't know what the colors have to do with it. But no I can't solve it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Smokeydragon Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 It is riddles like this that can make one really feel stupid!! I don't have the faintest idea ..... any geniuses out there that can help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 shinkansen Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 I thought braille, but braille is in pairs of columns.. there are 11 columns in this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 I'm not particularly good at puzzles like this, but some context might help. Is this riddle part of a story? Or one in a series of riddles where the previous riddles or answers might give us an idea of what it's getting at? Or from a website about the game Twister? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TheChad08 Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 I'd look at this in context of a mix between braille and being colour blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Shinkansen, we can go farther and faster with you if you can provide answers to Plasmid's questions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TheChad08 Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 I'm seeing some braille letters, but they are backwards. Looking only at the browns I'm seeing a left-right mirror of the letters: W (Is an R without the shift), S, N (has the same shape as a Z but different switching), the final could be K L R O W based upon which colours you use and the shift.. There are two types of 'colour' blindness that may be relevant. There is a red-green type and a yellow-blue type. The use of colours and braille both seem to refer to a sort of 'blindness' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 (edited) Shinkansen, it strikes me that you are a Bullet in Training. We need you to go faster in answering our questions! As plasmid asked, what is the context of this puzzle--where did it come from, what else was near it? Where did this appear? * in a book? * was it puzzle number 142, for example? * was it identified as a puzzle at all? * on a website? * in an email/mail to you from an acquaintance? --a railroad acquaintance? --a fabric acquaintance? --a chinoiserie acquaintance? * a homework assignment? --what kind of class? What sort of puzzle? * geocache puzzle * kid's magazine puzzle * MENSA puzzle Is this the original form of the puzzle? * I notice the horizontal spacing between the 4th and 5 columns is less than the others, and that between the 8th and 9 is greater than the others. Did you copy this, shinkansen? Material * It looks like cloth. * Was there more cloth? * Is it repeated? * was it on the edge of the bolt of cloth? * did you see it at a fabric store? We are leaning forward in our seats, flying towards an unseen destination, eager to leave the tunnel! Please shed some light so that we can see the right track, Shinkansen! Edited September 20, 2012 by CaptainEd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ~andy~ Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 its a new bar code Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ~andy~ Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 its a new bar code Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ~andy~ Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 sorry, just trying out the spoiler, wasn't sure how it worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TheChad08 Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 I think it is fairly obvious that this guy just wanted an answer and that's it. He's never coming back. His only posts were in this thread and a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I've been trying to solve this but so far haven't managed to... Maybe someone on here has an idea. I think it's either numbers or letters. Any thoughts?
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