UAs, Barnacles & other mysteries Thread 7 - The Canonn

[MadDogMurdock]

One argument against the sphere being a planet is that latitude lines do not bend towards the equator.
The horizontal lines on our sphere do (in the same way as the HUD compass).

 

[CapitanAceRimmer]

It is a simplistic view/approach which I felt was indicated by the symbols in the corners representing numbers in binary, (you cant get much simpler than that).

Not necessarily a planet but a planetary body which is perhaps the most outstanding spherical object in a game of this genre.

 

[Raisa]

Can't get into Open on Merope 5c at the moment, hope its just my connection

 

[cottons]

Much said in canonn is not canon!

Canonical

 

[Colonel Kenney]

Can anyone provide the proof that this picture is about merope 5c? I've seen people assume it but not proof yet.

 

[Ratbone]

I would like to add my little contribution :

To me, the only part of the message that could lead to numbers is the "binaries" in the corners of the central image. The rest of the picture is not precise enough, because of the way the message has been enclosed.

I'm thinking the central part of the image is some kind of basic map, precise enough to give us strong reference point at galaxy level. The "binaries" is maybe the part where we get to narrow the search.
The left part of this triptych could be a little story about them.
The right part, maybe a description of where they live.

Something else to consider is what is the purpose of this message? Who is it destined to ? Is this an bottle in the galactic ocean, is this an invitation, a first contact, a simple greattings, a test or maybee a mayday signal?
The feds are up to no good so maybee they're involved. Is there a way to investigate in this direction to ?
I'm pretty sure of one thing, these are not Targoïds or else it's probably a trap

Anyway this is kind of basic and probably wrong, but my point is to bring some new ideas, to inspire the smart ones.

Without further adew, I present to you, the ETA CARINA theory !!!

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[Atrox Lux]

Thanks Cmdrs,
Just cant help feeling were over thinking this somewhat. I believe everything we need is in the "message" part of the signal.
We've been given a celestial body (Merope, then Merope 5c)
We have a number/distance: radius of planet 5c (bottom right)
We have possible unit: 1/4 of circumference top left
We have universal constant 3 1 4 2 which any inteligence would know order of...(including how to spell intelligence)
We have another distance marked (bottom left)
We have possible product/multiplication, (top right)
We may have a calculation order (symbols around outside with 1 of 4 starting points)

So I thought I'd fiddle about with these numbers when I get chance and see what falls out.
To what end I don't know.. but hay, why not?!

Yes, please fiddle with those numbers! I went to art school, so this breaks my brain.

Is there enough info now to pull a set of co-ords, or even a narrowed down search area? That's the question!

Good luck number crunching! [up]

 

[Hugeness]

Whilst I admit there are a few things which could tempt us to make assumptions about the circle in the pic definitely representing a planet; and hazarding a guess that it's Merope 5C in particular - until we first have a reliable way to get some location marker and potentially a bearing from the image that doesn't involve ley lines, a following wind on a tuesday, or more assumptions, then it's pointless.

If there is indeed a location or whatever in there, then we won't need an idea of the planet first, we just need to identify how that information is encoded, read it, and be happy with a reasonable explanation as to why that makes sense.

After that, then we talk planets I think.

I take your point completely, it was just a bit fiddling with some numbers to see if anything obvious fell out. We need more I agree, but I believe we have "the message" (or a least the first of some messages) and I'm sure it's not going to be quite as complicated as we're making it, all the information is there.
God knows Ive been very, very wrong before.



Ive also been very, very drunk!
But not today... yet.

 

[edd]

Gypsy12: it isn't clear to me why you need the exactly 44kHz sample. Just ignore the aliased frequencies above 22kHz - the ones below should still be fine, shouldn't they?

 

[LordZoltan]

Can anyone provide the proof that this picture is about merope 5c? I've seen people assume it but not proof yet.

no - because there isn't any.

The reason most people do is because the UP points specifically at 5c. The relevance of that to the diagram in the spectrogram is debatable, though.

The thing is - it could be, but until we can get more out of the image, kt makes no difference either way!

 

[hammerreborn]

I still sorta like the theory that those bottom two "numbers" are really the lines seen in super cruise.

 

[Hugeness]

Can anyone provide the proof that this picture is about merope 5c? I've seen people assume it but not proof yet.

Err, actually... No

 

[LordZoltan]

I take your point completely, it was just a bit fiddling with some numbers to see if anything obvious fell out. We need more I agree, but I believe we have "the message" (or a least the first of some messages) and I'm sure it's not going to be quite as complicated as we're making it, all the information is there.
God knows Ive been very, very wrong before.



Ive also been very, very drunk!
But not today... yet.

Get more drunk! That always provides inspiration!

 

[Allant Doran]

Back from work. Anything new discovered or are we still staring at the UP image?

 

[Jpotter]

Get more drunk! That always provides inspiration!

Good tips from a respected Canonn member!! Too bad I'm only allowed time for inspiration on weekends...

 

[Connolly91]

Nothing quite like the internet to make you humble. Despite having a pretty intellectual job and going to a good university and generally being considered quite smart by your peers, all you need to do is read this thread to realise you're not actually all that clever.

 

[edd]

FWIW, I've been throwing bits of the audio at multimon-ng as well but nothing seems to stick. I wasn't optimistic, but tried anyway.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Nothing quite like the internet to make you humble. Despite having a pretty intellectual job and going to a good university and generally being considered quite smart by your peers, all you need to do is read this thread to realise you're not actually all that clever.

*holds off on fart joke he was about to make*

 

[Hedonism Bot Omega]

Here is what I managed a couple hours ago at work...

http://imgur.com/gallery/O1BZN

I am completely new to using a forum so I apologize for the formatting.

If you look at the Red and Green lines, they might be that famous honk and ye shall be answered with TWO things (the push and the audio message), the Blue line however penetrates the planet (Probe), so I was thinking a mining laser? Did someone test this?

 

[Colonel Kenney]

no - because there isn't any.

The reason most people do is because the UP points specifically at 5c. The relevance of that to the diagram in the spectrogram is debatable, though.

The thing is - it could be, but until we can get more out of the image, kt makes no difference either way!

Then there we go - maybe we need to look for another body that matches the information.