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[gregincal]

I saw the new image and came here to see all the excellent analysis, only to find there isn't even a thread started! Quote from Elon musk with some letters changed.

 

[ElSupreme]

Attached pic here, since Chrome is so overly aggressive about caching images and you still have the old one showing and are too lazy to press f5.

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There are some very small punctuation at the bottom. Here is part of an HTTP ://

Also note there is an 'S' that is partially filled. Will have to figure out what the outline/fill significance is.

 

[jvonbokel]

Also note there is an 'S' that is partially filled.

I think that's just the apostrophe for "it's", but that still doesn't explain why it's overlapped with the 'S'.

Here's the letters split out between outline and fill, with the smaller font punctuation included on both lines.

[FONT=courier new]PE     WI L  UY  HE     J://UST   .C   E  T S A G/R AT C/945 R     W
  OPLE   L  B   T   CAR  ://    BE. AUS  I '       E    /945A . WE [/FONT]

 

[TEG]

Upper case vs Lower Case.
Solid vs Outline.
Italicized or Not.
Lots of permutations could be used for bit values...

Assuming that there should be HTTP before the :// then we could start by trying to figure out how this could be interpreted as "HTTP" :

 

[ElSupreme]

Upper case vs Lower Case.

Worth looking at, but it appears to be part of the font.

Solid vs Outline.

Outlined letters (with relative punctuaition and numbers in position): PEWIL UYHEJ :// UST . CE TSAG / R ATC /945 R . W

Italicized or Not.

It appears that the number of outlined letters and the total number of characters between the :// and the start of italics is the same (25 each). I am thinking an anagram here.

Lots of permutations could be used for bit values...

Assuming that there should be HTTP before the :// then we could start by trying to figure out how this could be interpreted as "HTTP" :

I think we are supposed to just assume the "HTTP://" part and start after it. I am expecting an anagram of the outlined letters should fit the punctuation and numbers up until the italics. The problem is there is no 'O' in the outlined letters so no '.org' or '.com' at the end.

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Here is the breakdown of letters

:// _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / 945 _ _ . _ _ _

Also no "N" in the outline letters either so no '.net'.

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There are only 20 filled letters before the italics start.

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Well I don't think my anagram idea is a good one. I can't seem to come up with a TLD that could work. No 'N' 'O' pretty much ax anything that can work. And .biz, .edu, .mil, and .xxx all don't fit the letter set.

The only one that could work is .tel but it would kill "Tesla" and has specific requirements about interfacing with the telephone network.

 

[rlpm]

I can't seem to come up with a TLD that could work. No 'N' 'O' pretty much ax anything that can work. And .biz, .edu, .mil, and .xxx all don't fit the letter set. The only one that could work is .tel but it would kill "Tesla" and has specific requirements about interfacing with the telephone network.

What about a two-letter country code TLD? Lots of shorteners to use there.

Also, perhaps moving the apostrophe onto the letter S makes it an outlined number 5?

 

[Beavis]

Teslive has a new profile pic. Someone care to try to enhance that pic. TEG?

 

[brianman]

Upper case vs Lower Case.

Each letter is only present in upper or lower case throughout the message. No capital T, no lowercase E.

Thus, I think we can rule out case as part of the decoding process.

 

[PV-EV]

Teslive has a new profile pic. Someone care to try to enhance that pic. TEG?

I tried squinting really hard and it kinda looks like it starts with 'TMC Presents' Hopefully TEG can do better.

 

[TEG]

I am squinting just like you... Maybe "TMC Presents / TESLIVE / In Association with / Tesla Motors" ?

 

[brianman]

Link to the squint picture? Ah, you meant on TMC. Found it.

 

[Johan]

Solved almost:

http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/baconian.php

Baconian cipher

The part before :// becomes HTTP when entered with outlines=A and solids=B: AABBBBAABABAABAABBBA

the next part i get to be d.pr which redirects to Droplr Hello (filesharing site). But can't quite getvthe last bit right... I think it comes to http://d.pr/i/945y but nothing there, tried .jpg also etc. Someone else try? I'm on iPad so it takes for ever... Desktop broke down Damn you ASUS motherboard

 

[Johan]

On track... It must be a d.pr/i/ link. From their site:

Short Link Structure
Last Updated: Feb 12, 2013 04:11PM UTC
We've had some requests, both from 3rd party developers and from users, to make our links a bit more distinguishable. Today we've made a slight change to the way our links work to support this. Any new Drop on Droplr will now look like this:

http://d.pr/i/code - Image
http://d.pr/v/code - Video
http://d.pr/a/code - Audio
http://d.pr/n/code - Note
http://d.pr/f/code - File
http://d.pr/code - Shortened Link (redirect)

 

[brianman]

Nice work, Johan.

http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/baconian.php
Decrypt
I=J and U=V

AABBBBAABABAABAABBBA
://
AAABB
.
ABBBABAAAA
/
ABAAA
/945
BA
.
BBA

HTTP D PR I Y

Droplr bignews.png

Update: Found it. The "full size" period after "car" is an error in the drop.png file.

 

[Johan]

Oh, capital "Y", not "y"... So close

Anyway, my guess is That's more Baconian. I'd mirror the image and type it into a decoder... If I just had my computer working! Bah...

 

[brianman]

Using the same decoding, I don't get much out of the first line:

AABAABBBAABBAAB ABBBABBAAB ABAABAABAAAAABBAABAA BAAAB AABABABBBAAAABB BABBAAABAABBBBAABBBA BBABABBABAAAABAABBAB BABBAAABAAAABBAAAAAABABBAAAABABBABAABABABA

E P KEDE S FPD YEP CO YEGAYCL

 

[Johan]

Using the same decoding, I don't get much out of the first line:

AABAABBBAABBAAB ABBBABBAAB ABAABAABAAAAABBAABAA BAAAB AABABABBBAAAABB BABBAAABAABBBBAABBBA BBABABBABAAAABAABBAB BABBAAABAAAABBAAAAAABABBAAAABABBABAABABABA

E P KEDE S FPD YEP CO YEGAYCL

That's NOT Norwegian, nor Swedish

 

[brianman]

I think I got it, but I gotta type it all out.

1. Flip the image horizontally
2. Zoom to 50% (MsPaint)
3. Transcribe with Notepad using Consolas @ 10pt
4. Decode with Decrypt / Distinct Codes

ABABAABABBABAAAABBABAAAAAABBAAAABAAABBAB BABBAABAAAABABBABABB ABBBAABBBBAABAAABBAB BBAAAABBBABABAABAAAB AABAABBAAAAABAABAABA BAABBABBBA BAABBAABBBAABAA
ABBBBABBBABAABABAABAABAAAAAAABABAAAABABBABAAABAABBABAAAAABAABAABA ABBABABAAAAAABAABABA BAABAAAAAAAABABAABAA BAABBBAAABAAAAABABABAABAAABABBBAABA BAABBABBBA
BAABBAABBBAABAA ABBAAAAAAABAABABAABBAABAABAAAB BAABA BABBAAAAAABAAABBAAABAABAAABBAB BBAAAABBBABABAABAAAB AAABBABAAABAABAAAABAABBBABABABAABAABAAABBBAAA
BAABAABBBABABAAABBABAAABBBAABA ABAAAABBABBAABBAABAABAAABAABAABAABABAABBABAAAABBABAABBA AAAABBABAABAABB BBAAAABBBABABAA BAAABAABAAAAAAAABABBABABBBBAAA
ABBAAA-BAAAAABBAAABBBBAABB AAAABAABAA ABBAAABBBABAAABAABAA AABAABABBBAAABAABAAABAABBAABAAAAABB AAAAAAAAABABBBABABAABAABB AABBAAABAABAABBBAABBABAAAABBABAABBA
AABBBAABAA-BAAABAABAA AAAAABAABA ABBBABABAABAAAB AABBAAAAAABAABBAABBBAABAABAAABABAAAABBABAABBA AABABABBBABAAAB AAAABBABAAABAAAABABBAAABBABAAAABBABAABBA BAABBAABBBAABAA
BAABBBAAABAAAAAABBABBAABAABBAAABAAABAABABAABAABAAAABBBAABBAB AABBBAAAAABAABA AABBAABBBABAABB ABAABBABAABAABABAABB AAAAA AAAABABAAAAABBA ABAABABBBAABABBBAABB
BABBAAABAA AABBBAAAAABABABAABAA AAAABAABAAAABAAABBAB BAABBAAAAAABABBABABAABAAAABBABAABBA BAABBABBBA BAABBAABAABAABAABABBAAAAA ABBAAABBBABAABBABBBABAAABBAABA
AAAAAABBABAAABB BAABBAABBBAABAABBAAA AABBBAAAAABABABAABAA AAAAAAABBABAAABAABAAAABAAAAABB BAABBABBBA ABBBBAAAAABAAABBAABBABBABAABAABAAAB ABAAAABBAB
BAABBAABBBA-BAAABAABA AABAABABBBAAABAABABBBABAABAABAABAAABABABAABAA BABAABAABAAABAABAAAB AABBAAABAABAABB BAABBABBBAAABBAAABAABAABBAABBBAABAABAAAB BABBAAABAA
ABBABAABAAAA-BAAAAABB AAABAAABAABAAABBAABBAAAAAABAAAABBAB AAAAAABBAAABBBABABAAABBABBAABB ABBBAAABAB ABBBBAABAAABBBAABBBBABABBAABAA BAABBABBBA AAAABBABAAABAAAABABBAAABB
ABBBABABAABAAAB BAABBBAAABAAAAAABBABBAABAABBAAABAAABAABABAABAABAAAABBBAABBAB AAAAAABBABAAABB AAAAAAABABBAABBAABAABAAAB
AAABBABAAABAABAAAABABABAABAABABAABAA-BAAAABBABAABBA ABBAAAAAAAABBABBBAAA ABAAAAAABBAABAAAAAAABAABA ABBBAAABAB BABBAAABBBAAAAABAABB ABBAAABAAAAABBAAABBBBAABB AAAABAABAA ABBBAAABAB
ABAAAABBABBAABBAA-BAABAAABAABAABAABABAABB BAABBABBBA BAABBAABBBAABAA BAABBAABAABAABAABABBAAAAA AAABAABBBAABBAAABBAABABAAABBABABAAABAABBBBAAA BABBAAABAA
BAABBAABBBABBBABABAAAAB-BAAABBBBAABB ABAAABAABB ABBAAABAAAAABBAAABBBBAABB AAAABAABAABAABABAABB BAABBABBBA AAAAABAABAABABA BAABBAABBBAABAA BAABBABAAAABBAAAABAA
ABBAAAAAAAABBABAAAAAAAB-BAAABAAABBAAAABAAABBABBAABB AAABAABABBABBBAAAABAABABA ABBBBAABAAABBBAABBBBABABBAABAA ABAAAABBAB ABBBBAABBBAAAAABAABAAABAA ABBBAABBABAABAA BABBAAABAA
AAAAABAA-BAABABA BBAAAABBBABABAA AAAAABAAABAABAA BAABBBAAABAAAAABABABAABAAABABBABAAAABBABAABBA AAAAA ABABBABBBAABBABAABBA BABBAAAAAABBAAA BAABBABBBA BAABBAABBBAABAA
BAABBBAAABAAAAAABBABBAABAABBAAABAAABAABABAABAABAAAABBBAABBAB BABBAAABBBAAAAABAABB AAAAAAAABABAABBABAAABABABABAAABAABBABAAAAABAABAABA ABBBABAAAB
BAABBAABAABAA-BAABABBAAAAA BAAABAABAAABABBAAAAABAABBAABAAAAABB BAABAABAAAAABBAAABBBBAABBBAABA BABBAABBBABABAAABABBAAABB AABABAAAAABAABAAAABAABAAAABBABAAAAABAABBAABAA
AAAAAABBABAAABB AABAABABBBAAABAABAAABAABBAABAA BBAAAABBBABABAA AAAAABAABB BAABBAABBBAABAA AABAAABBABAAABB ABBBAAABAB BBAAAABBBABABAABAAAB
ABAABABBBABABAA-BAAABABBABAABAABBAAA BBAAAABBBABABAA BABBAABAAAABABBABABB AABABABAAAABBABAAABB BAABBAABBBAABAA BAABBBAAABAAAAAABBABBAABAABBAAABAAABAABABAABAABAAAABBBAABBAB
BABBAABAAAABABBABABB AABBBAAAAABABABAABAA ABABBBABAAABBAAABAAAABBABAAAAABAAABABAAAAABAABAABA AABABBAAABABBBAABBAA BAABBAABBBAABAA BAABBAABAABAABAABABBAAAAA
BABBAABBBABAAABABABBAAABB ABBBAABBAB BAABABAABBAAAAAAABBAAABAA BABBAAABBBABBBA AAABBABBBA BBAAAABBBABABAA BABBAAAAAAABBABBAABB BAABBABBBA BAABAAABAAAABAA
AAAAAABBABAAABB BABBAAABBBAAAAABAABB BABBAABBBABABAAABABBAAABB ABABBABAAAABABAAABAA BAABBAABBBAABAAABBAA BAABBABBBA ABBBABAAABAAAAABAABBAABAA ABBBAABBAB
[COLOR="#FF0000"]ABBBAABBABAABAA BAABBAABBBABAAAABBABAABBA BABBAAABAA AAABBABBBA ABABAABBABABBBABABBA ABAAABAAB[U]B[/U] BAABBAABBBAAAAABAABB BAABBAABBBAABAABAAABAABAA[/COLOR]
BABBAA-BAAAABABBABABB AAAABAABAA BAAABAABAABABBAAAAAABAAABAAABBBAABA AABBAABAAABABABAABAAABBAB AABABABBBABAAAB BAABBAABBBABBBABAABAAABAA BABBAAABBBABBBA
ABBBBAAAAABAAAB-BAABBABAAAAAABAABAAAABBBBAAAAABAABBAABAA ABAAAABBAB BAABBAABBBAABAA AAAAAAAABABAABBABAAABABABABAAABAABBABAAAAABAABAABA ABABBAABAAAAAAAAAABBABAAAABBABAABBA
BABAAABBBB BAABBABBBA BAABBAABBBAABAA AABBAAAAAABAABBAABBBAABAABAAABABAAAABBABAABBA BABBAABAAABAABBAABBB BAABBAABAABAABAABABBAAAAA BAABA
ABBBBAAAAABAAABBAABBA-BAAAAAABAABAAAABBBBAAAAABAABBABAAAABBBAABBAB BAABBAABBBABAAAABBABAABBABAABA ABAABBABAABAABABAABB AABBAABBBABAABB AAAAA ABABBABAAABAABBBAABBABABBAABAA
ABBAAABBBA-BAAABAABAA ABAAAABBABBAABBAABAABAAABAABAABAABABAABBABAAAABBABAABBA

KLINAMEN WILL OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE
POSSIBILITIES NICK SAFE TRAVELS TO
THE MASTER S WARREN YOUR DISCOVERY
SOUNDS INTERESTING BUT YOU REALLY
MIGHT BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING
HERE AS OUR GATHERING FOR BUILDING THE
TRANSMISSION HAS GOT JUST A BIG JOLT
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO TESLA MOTORS
AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO PARTNER IN
THIS EXCLUSIVE USER GET TOGETHER WE 
NEED CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TO BUILD
OUR TRANSMISSION AND AFTER
DISCUSSING MANY IDEAS OF WHAT MIGHT BE OF
INTEREST TO THE TESLA COMMUNITY WE
THOUGHT IT MIGHT BEST TO ASK THE TIME
MANAGEMENT CLOCK PEOPLE IN PHASE ONE WE
ASK YOU ARE TRAVELING A LONG WAY TO THE
TRANSMISSION WHAT ACTIVITIES OR
TESLA RELATED SIGHTS WOULD FASCINATE
AND EXCITE YOU AT THE END OF YOUR
JOURNEY YOU WILL FIND THE TRANSMISSION
WILL HAVE LUMINARIES FROM THE TESLA
WORLD ON STAGE WHO DO YOU WANT TO SEE
AND WHAT WOULD LIKE THEM TO ORATE ON
[COLOR="#FF0000"]ONE THING WE DO KNOW I[U]T[/U] THAT THERE[/COLOR]
WILL BE REWARDS GIVEN FOR THOSE WHO
PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES LEADING
UP TO THE GATHERING WITH TESLA S
PARTICIPATION THINGS JUST GOT A LITTLE
MORE INTERESTING

In the red line, the "IT" should be "IS" (see the underlined character) is clearly a typo that then got encoded. Other than that it came out clean, it seems.

 

[Johan]

So was the new TESLIVE profile pic somehow a reference to Bacon???

 

[NigelM]

I am squinting just like you... Maybe "TMC Presents / TESLIVE / In Association with / Tesla Motors" ?

TMC Presents
TESLIVE
in Partnership With
Tesla Motors​