Just to make sure people know the updated diagram https://9ol.es/deb26/
This is now the canonical reference Thanks! On Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 08:49 Geert Stappers <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ;-) > -- > Silence is hard to parse > >
