Just to make sure people know the updated diagram

https://9ol.es/deb26/

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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   ;-)
> --
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>
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