Meditative Futility

Question

I was working in a lab, late one night, when I happened upon a slip of paper stuck into my lab partner's desk.

I know, I know! I shouldn't go poking around where I don't belong...

It was just....asking me to read it! Well, now I regret it. The paper is complete nonsense! I bet it's some secret recipe, or -- no wait!! -- His plans for the next prank that he plans to pull on me! If I can figure it out, now, before he gets back, tomorrow, I can try to stave off whatever he has planned, or even make it backfire!

Let's see, here. I'll take a closer look...

gngnbkvtrdbkgnbnbkogrdbkbuvtbkyegybkyewhbkyegybkgy rdbkgnogbkogrdbkgygnbkgnogbkgnbnbkbugybkogrdbkyewh bkvtgybkogrdbkgngnbkvtrdbkyewhbkgnogbkogrdbkgybkbk gygnbkwhbkbkwhbkbkyewhbkgnbnbkgyrdbkgnbnbkogrdbkgy bubkgnbnbkogrdbkgybubkgnbnbkgyrdbkgywhbkogrdbkyewh bkvtvtbkgybkbkyegybkgyrdbkgngnbkgnrdbkvtgybkgngnbk

Well...There definitely seems to be a pattern here - but I don't know what it is. This is going to take me all night to solve, isn't it...

...I might as well get to it...

I'd rather not give that hint, just yet, unless it's needed. — Khale_Kitha, Apr 06 '16 at 16:53
Does a google search. Only results which come up is this page. ^^' — Shuri2060, Apr 06 '16 at 16:58

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 06 '16 at 18:39

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Solution:

7H3 C010R5 U53D 1N 7H15 PUZZ13 W3R3 V3RY 1MP0R74N7

Or:

The colors used in this puzzle were very important

Decoding:

These are 3-band resistor color codes. The corresponding resistance in ohms is the ASCII code of the corresponding character. The two-letter abbreviations in the text are interpreted (per the IEC 60757 Standard as:
bn = Brown,
rd = Red,
og = Orange,
ye = Yellow,
gn = Green,
bu = Blue,
vt = Violet,
gy = Gray,
bk = Black

edited Apr 06 '16 at 18:39

Khale_Kitha

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answered Apr 06 '16 at 17:53

BaSzAt

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Oh no! All this time spent, and wasting my time solving the puzzle was the prank, all along!! I'm going home, now.. – Khale_Kitha Apr 06 '16 at 17:54
I was thinking of that code, but it did't click. – Chris Cudmore Apr 06 '16 at 17:54
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@Khale_Kitha Resistance is Futile! - hint in the title. – Chris Cudmore Apr 06 '16 at 17:56
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@ChrisCudmore Ohm..... Ohm.... Ohm.... – Khale_Kitha Apr 06 '16 at 17:57
@ChrisCudmore There's another puzzle with that title! – f'' Apr 06 '16 at 18:00
@Khale_Kitha I think it's fine now. I thought I was missing a few letters, but it turns out it's indeed PUZZ13R3 – BaSzAt Apr 06 '16 at 18:01
Oh. So i was missing a few letters. Sorry about that. – BaSzAt Apr 06 '16 at 18:03
Np - good job on solving it – Khale_Kitha Apr 06 '16 at 18:03
@Khale_Kitha I think the question is actually missing those letters - I had the same ones missing when I solved it, and the other answer has 47 sets of 3 whereas the complete phrase has 50 characters. – Zandar Apr 06 '16 at 20:09
@Zandar I checked, a third time, with a different method, and was able to pick up those three numbers. I guess the first methods I used weren't enough. Sorry about that. :) – Khale_Kitha Apr 06 '16 at 20:17

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 06 '16 at 17:45

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Does this help anyone 3x47 grid. ?

answered Apr 06 '16 at 17:45

Chris Cudmore

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I see the light – Alessandro Apr 06 '16 at 17:47
Agreed with humn, 47x3 might be better. – f'' Apr 06 '16 at 17:51

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