Don't know if this will help but what the hey, we got to try everything. I was wondering if the dot code at the bottom suggests that if we can figure out how that was formulated we can apply it to this puzzle. Ya never know.

Why are the 6 characters on the bottom a "negative" of the ones on the top? Why aren't they also white shapes on a black background like the cryptogram? I wonder if that has any significance...

I hope you all don't mind my contributions, lame as they are. Who knows? I might accidentally run across something meaningful.

Cycle of triangles builds words

Symbols are diagonally true


Trying to figure what that means.

Symbols could mean those at the bottom so diagonally true could mean the bottom symbols line up two ways to the two glyphs.

Like so, E EN NI II IN N

Looking at the fact that each symbol is "missing" triangles. They are each missing 1, 2, 3 or 4 triangles... Maybe the alphabet is split into 4 sections?

{I'm not positive I got all the numbers right... My eyes are crossing and my husband wants lunch! Imagine that! When I'm doing something so important here!)



[edit on 12-8-2008 by Benevolent Heretic]

Okay, here's my new key.



It gives ICXWMYP_ACFJWYKM_QYBHLWXNIHH_QYPYFUBUTJ_ANIKIY, which I'm going to try playing with with varying offsets. I'm just hoping this one's not based on the keyboard too

EDIT: PS to dahmerjr -- in the last code, did the key advance for the spaces between words?

[edit on 12-8-2008 by americandingbat]

Hi all,
Ive been watching these puzzles very carefully since saturday and im hooked!!!

For this one I feel the only way of distinguishing each character of symbol is to break it into a top and bottom part and then give each a binary number according to the triangles present.

I did the following by using the marker that is present on all pieces to mark the starting point and then move clockwise on the top of the glyph so that the top would be coded as a four bit number and likewise the bottom:

4
3 1 (MARKER)
2
and same for the bottom 4
3 1
2


So for example the first symbol would be 1110
1011


I did the following table:

Clockwise:

1110 1011 1010 0010 0110 1000 1010
1011 1111 0011 1011 1111 1011 1011


1110 1011 0111 1010 0010 1000 1110 0110
1111 1111 1111 1111 1011 1011 1110 1111


1110 1000 1111 1101 1110 0010 1010 1110 1110 1101 1101
1010 1011 1011 1111 1101 1011 0011 0111 1011 1111 1111


1110 1000 1010 1000 0111 1100 1111 1100 1110 1010
1010 1011 1011 1011 1111 1011 1011 1011 0011 1111


1110 1110 1110 1110 1110 1000
1111 0111 1011 1110 1011 1011


I then grouped them in order according to which base was largest etc:

1110 1101 1011 1010 0111 0110
1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111

1110
1110

1110
1101

1111 1110 1100 1010 1000 0010
1011 1011 1011 1011 1011 1011

1110
1010

1110
0111

1110 1010
0011 0011


Now can anybody link this in any way to the legend at the bottom????

Maybe the inversion of colours means to work anticlockwise????

The ATS logo is upside down with something on it. I have flipped the crypt vertically and horizontally, but noticed nothing.

Edit: Thanks, americandingbat (below). You're probably right. Lots of U2U problems.

[edit on 12-8-2008 by Benevolent Heretic]

Originally posted by Kellter
Don't know if this will help but what the hey, we got to try everything. I was wondering if the dot code at the bottom suggests that if we can figure out how that was formulated we can apply it to this puzzle. Ya never know.

You might be on to something. I will work on that angle.