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1984 =

Lots of dots

Message:

Lots and lots of dots and dots

u l g i o w y m s m u e b x g z g e n t<

(Note that dot sizes and distances are not part of the puzzle.)

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  • $\begingroup$ What are you asking though? $\endgroup$ – Gordon Allocman May 19 '16 at 19:45
  • $\begingroup$ Well, saying that would make the puzzle much easier. $\endgroup$ – Yllrauei May 19 '16 at 19:46
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    $\begingroup$ In that case tag enigmatic-puzzle $\endgroup$ – Gordon Allocman May 19 '16 at 19:46
  • $\begingroup$ is it intended that some of the dots are very slightly different sizes than others? (For example the third grouping of the "1984" set - the red and gray dots on the right are slightly smaller than the red dots on the left). Or is that an accidental result of however the image was generated? $\endgroup$ – Paul L May 19 '16 at 20:41
  • $\begingroup$ No, that was just an accident. $\endgroup$ – Yllrauei May 19 '16 at 20:44
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The answer is:

waterfall

Reasoning:

Dots in groups of 7 (2 + 3 + 2 vertical dots) represent a 7-segment digital display (e.g. 8 = all dots red, 9 = lower left gray, etc.).

Hence the bottom message reads 2539 which we need to substitute with corresponding letters of alphabet to get beci.

This in turn is a key for Vigenère cipher to turn the encrypted text into "theansweriswaterfall".

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