KC has posted a new pic of TOWTM here: http://www.zombiepodcast.com/forum/s...6511#post56511
So thought I should bump this thread up. :)
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KC has posted a new pic of TOWTM here: http://www.zombiepodcast.com/forum/s...6511#post56511
So thought I should bump this thread up. :)
Aw damn. I'm a week late to this, but I think my head just asploded. I don't even know where to start.Quote:
Originally Posted by cupcakezombie
Can't start now... but thanks for the bump.
Sorry for the gratuitous bump, but* I have a question to ask of the community... I'm looking for a simple and free/open-source art/drawing program that has layering like PS does. It can be as simple as MSpaint, (prefer it actually) as long as it has a layering tool.
I'm brainstorming about this image and I'm about to get serious about investigating and posting my findings. I think it is high time I did... It's been posted for something like six months now.
"Over scienceing" something has been mentioned before... Although I don't disagree, I can't help it. I am a scientist... I may not be what is referred to as "classically trained," but I am nonetheless. I see a puzzle, a mystery, one that might be able to work out for myself and I want to tackle it. It's FUN. It's also something as it turns out, might actually shed some light on the subject at hand.
Having moved "home" to New England, I now have access to those kinds of libraries again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Shirt
As a parting shot for the evening of some of my preliminary findings:
This:
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Appears to be a Hydrogenated Isomer of the Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon Anthracene. It is derived from coal tar, used to produce red dye and it is an organic semi-conductor.
This:
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Appears to be the amino acid Proline.
Can anyone here read/translate (what I think is) Kanji?Quote:
Proline is an α-amino acid, one of the twenty DNA-encoded amino acids.
Proline and its derivatives are often used as asymmetric catalysts in organic reactions.
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*Not so gratuitous after all. Turns out I had more to say than I realized. :)
Hey there,
@Red Shirt:
The second picture you have linked reminds me of a simplified pictogram used to display viruses; but I don't say that this is the meaning in this context.
About your request:
I don'T know for sure, but you might want to look at the programm GIMP. It is open source or at least available for free; and it is available for a variety of different operating systems. I use it to modify my avatars I use on different internet forums, and sometimes for more serious sh*t. But I haven't got into it deeply. What I often here is that it is supposed to be comparable with Photshop. So maybe you want to look at it and try it.
But I warn you: One time I tried to use Photoshop while being used to GIMP; and both programs work very different; so you have to put some effort into GIMP in order to grab its concepts and understand the linking between its functions and features:
www.gimp.org
Best wishes!
Liam
This might help slightly...Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Shirt
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Ooo Nice! A Rosetta Stone. :yay:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
From left to right, top to bottom.
?, Rune("Algiz", 'z' sound), Eye of Horus, ?, Pentagram, ?(Battlestar Galactica's Eye of Jupiter? - nahhh)
The first symbol of the kanji means child.
It actually means a mother protecting its child.
保护 means bǎo h, which has numerous meanings, but they relate to protection in one way or another. Conservation, Patronage, Shelter and ward are a few of the meanings.
Did some investigation over lunch using the Chinese hanzi characters instead of kanji.
Looks like these characters: 保护
I think these translate to (respectively):
保 - protect, safeguard, defend, care护 - protect, guard, defend, shelter
Here's my source info:
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindic...qchi=%E4%BF%9D
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindic...qchi=%E6%8A%A4
Edit: looks like I was a little late and Malador beat me to it.... :)
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Originally Posted by Malador
How the heck are y'all typing those characters?Quote:
Originally Posted by scbubba