Brain teaser: What I Did on Summer Vacation

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Aug 18 2008, 1:20 pm (Edited on Aug 19 2008, 1:51 pm)
Keywords: miscellaneous
During my week in Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula I discovered these odd, possibly blasphemous, glyphs. Tonight I wrote a simple BYOND program to display them.

I'll be happy to share the program with anyone who wants it -- but first one of you has to figure out exactly where I found these disturbing things! Post your answer in the comments.

[update, from comments] HINT 1: The glyphs aren't unique to the Upper Peninsula... they can be found in many places, if you know where to look.

[update 2] The riddle is solved! See comments for the answer. Here's the code to create your own: http://www.byond.com/members/DreamMakers/files/2008%2Dmisc/ enneaglyphs_src.zip


Aug 18 2008, 1:22 pm
I see nothing :o
Aug 18 2008, 1:29 pm
If the image doesn't display you can download it from here: http://www.byond.com/members/DreamMakers/files/2008%2Dmisc/ glyphs.png
Aug 18 2008, 1:30 pm
He means that he can't see anything out of those glyphs. >_>
Aug 18 2008, 1:40 pm
Did you find them in the primitive land that is Canada?
Aug 18 2008, 1:44 pm
Europe :D
Aug 18 2008, 2:24 pm
Fiborn Krast?
Aug 18 2008, 2:25 pm
During my week in Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula I discovered these odd, possibly blasphemous, glyphs

During my week in Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula

Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula

HMM...
Aug 18 2008, 2:37 pm
The glyphs aren't unique to the Upper Peninsula... they can be found in many places, if you know where to look.
Aug 18 2008, 2:57 pm
Woah, when my eyes started blurring a bit, it looked like a skull with an X >_>
Aug 18 2008, 2:58 pm
North Afica? possibly Egypt?
Aug 18 2008, 5:39 pm
You saw them in Delta County at the base of a 140 foot limestone cliff on Big Bay De Noc of Lake Michigan? That's my best guess. =d
Aug 19 2008, 1:49 am
I myself have two answers and they are: France or Greece?
Aug 19 2008, 3:29 am (Edited on Aug 19 2008, 3:36 am)
Maybe some sort of Word Fonts?
Aug 19 2008, 4:58 am
The glyphs are permutations of the numbers 1-9, but so far I can't discern any particular pattern to them. They're not magic squares, at least. I'm not sure if there's any relationship to the blank spaces.

Given that this is laid out on a 9x9 grid, at a guess I'd say this is related to sudoku.
Aug 19 2008, 5:02 am
Lummox JR wrote:
The glyphs are permutations of the numbers 1-9, but so far I can't discern any particular pattern to them. They're not magic squares, at least. I'm not sure if there's any relationship to the blank spaces.

Given that this is laid out on a 9x9 grid, at a guess I'd say this is related to sudoku.

I have another guess. It's an ancient Canadian game of sudoku!

Or it's an ancient Japanese form of sudoku?
Aug 19 2008, 5:05 am
Lummox JR is the winner! Each glyph was created by drawing a path through the numbers 1 through 9, in order, in one box of a completed Sudoku puzzle.

Congratulations, Lummox! Your prize is... that now you have something mildly entertaining to do after you've completed a Sudoku puzzle. (Actually it's a pretty decent way to check your solution without turning to the back of the book and doing a tedious comparison. If each box contains the numbers 1 through 9, you probably got the right answer.)
Aug 19 2008, 5:08 am
Gughunter wrote:
Lummox JR is the winner! Each glyph was created by drawing a path through the numbers 1 through 9, in order, in one box of a completed Sudoku puzzle.

Congratulations, Lummox! Your prize is... that now you have something mildly entertaining to do after you've completed a Sudoku puzzle. (Actually it's a pretty decent way to check your solution without turning to the back of the book and doing a tedious comparison. If each box contains the numbers 1 through 9, you probably got the right answer.)

Can I have the Hostfiles/Source of this Program, I definately Want to give it a go. Maybe you can update the Article with the Link?

SubZeroChaos

Aug 19 2008, 5:14 am
Can I have the Hostfiles/Source of this Program, I definately Want to give it a go. Maybe you can update the Article with the Link?

No problem! I'll put it up tonight. Be aware, though, that this doesn't create Sudoku puzzles; it just lets you enter a string of numbers from a Sudoku box (e.g., 528973614) and draws the appropriate icon. Still, there are probably lots of ways this could be used in a game.
Aug 19 2008, 1:52 pm
Here's the source code! Use it however you like. Enjoy!

http://www.byond.com/members/DreamMakers/files/2008%2Dmisc/ enneaglyphs_src.zip