On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 03:09:52AM +0200, Ilu wrote:
> Am 21.07.26 um 22:56 schrieb Christopher McKenzie:
> > It has been brought to my inattention that the UNL ATE hotel has the
> > perfect aspect ratio to serve as a canvas for the Debian swirl logo.
> > 
> > With a colleague from the icy north of Winnipeg we constructed a guide for
> > lighting up the hotel with a Debian swirl.
> > 
> > We propose doing this Wednesday night from 8 p.m. until potentially 9
> > (unless you need to use the room I guess).
> > 
> > We will give these plans to the hotel so they can facilitate access to
> > unoccupied rooms.
> > 
> > By utilizing curtain technology we can get 4 whole bits of brightness per
> > window! Here is what it looks like: beautiful in a monospace font and goofy
> > in a proportional font.
> > 
> > ................................
> > ........##################......
> > ....##########################..
> > .########.......#####....######.
> > #####.......##########.....####.
> > ####........##........##...####.
> > .###........#####..##.#######...
> > .#####........###########.......
> > ..######........................
> > .....######.....................
> > .........#########..............
> > 
> > With shell magic we have our marching orders! Here is the room number
> > followed by one of the following:
> > 
> > 0000: You stay in darkness
> > 1111: Curtains wide open, lights on.
> > (the other numbers) - 0 is where your curtain is. Your lights remain on.
> > For example, 0110 is curtains half open closed on the two sides and open on
> > the middle.
> > 
> > 1001 0000
> > 1002 0000
> > 1003 1111
....     1111
> > 1006 1111
> > 1007 1100
> > 1008 0000
....
> 
> great idea, I just don't know how to decide which is left and right and
> whether its seen from the inside or outside:
> first digit = leftmost curtain part seen from the inside or rightmost
> curtain part seen from the outside?
  
As I see it:   See it from a distance.   [1]

Rooms:  1006 1007 1008
Lights: 1111 1100 0000
Makes:  #### ##.. ....



> > source for calculation and inspection is at
> > https://9ol.es/tmp/deb26-lights.tgz
> > 
> > It will be marvelous!
 
Yes, send the pictures.


Groeten
Geert Stappers
[1] Pun intendent   ;-)
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