T Puzzle: Whoa -- I have a Migraine! (temporary title)

by Jofish Kaye

Hints:

  1. If only there was some sort of standard code for this.
  2. Look beyond the text. You have to see it for yourself.
  3. Relax. Let your eyes unfocus.

Answer:

This puzzle is a stereogram. In order for it to work, however, the solver must notice that the first and last lines are identical; each one contains no spaces and no repeated characters. Sorting the columns so that the top/bottom are in (increasing) ASCII order gives:

/0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
@leA sep in asr@leA sep in asr@leA sep in asr@leA sep in asr@leA sep in asr@
m[_r i xarag htm[_r i xarag htm[_r i xarag htm[_r i xarag htm[_r i xarag htm
uring funt 3;P uring funt 3;P uring funt 3;P uring funt 3;P uring funt 3;P u
do wlea KAL\ ftdo wlea KAL\ ftdo wlea KAL\ ftdo wlea KAL\ ftdo wlea KAL\ ftd
ipe^c repas s nipe^c repas s nipe^c repas s nipe^c repas s nipe^c repas s ni
INgFO n2ta por INgFO n2ta por INgFO n2ta por INgFO n2ta por INgFO n2ta por i
ipng rota aL3T ipng rota aL3T ipn rota oaL3T ipn rota oaL3T ipn rota oaL3T i
rlAn Guid Guag[rlAn Guid Guag[rlAn Guid Guag[rlAn Guid Guag[rlAn Guid Guag[r
ot at teNinet Po] at teNinet Po] a teNinet sPo] a teNinet sPo] a teNinet spo
kan ip h7pP JoIkan ip h7pP JoIkan ip h7pP JoIkan ip h7pP JoIkan ip h7pP joik
le pAst ydeg nole pAst ydeg nole pAs ydeg cnole pAs ydeg cnole pAs ydeg cnol
n0c1m5 oti dio n0c1m5 oti dio n0c1m5 oti dio n0c1m5 oti dio n0c1m5 oti dio n
z/\ rACs rees Lz/\ rACs rees Lz/\ rac rees pLz/\ rac rees pLz/\ rac rees pLz
sMa bBb8 ntips sMa bBb8 ntips sMa bBb8 ntips sMa bBb8 ntips sMa bBb8 ntips s
Ut0 solip ccw bUt0 solip ccw bUt0 soli ccw abUt0 soli ccw abUt0 soli ccw abU
J=wdeg oXoldto J=wdeg oXoldto J=wdeg oXoldto J=wdeg oXoldto J=wdeg oXoldto J
up xref RET of up xref RET of up xref RET of up xref RET of up xref RET of u
q ginoH sub w4Lq ginoH sub w4Lq ginoH sub w4Lq ginoH sub w4Lq ginoH sub w4Lq
iN5t1nkpink [r iN5t1nkpink [r iN5t1nkpink [r iN5t1nkpink [r iN5t1nkpink [r i
CK evo of3PL BOCK evo of3PL BOCK evo of3PL BOCK evo of3PL BOCK evo of3PL BOC
7q:n in lhr cR17q:n in lhr cR17q:n in lhr cR17q:n in lhr cR17q:n in lhr cR17
l a tr3f Rad5ill a tr3f Rad5ill a tr3f Rad5ill a tr3f Rad5ill a tr3f Rad5ill
orsrv Has r>e? orsrv Has r>e? orsrv Has r>e? orsrv Has r>e? orsrv Has r>e? o
3ng s__v Taki p3ng s__v Taki p3ng s__v Taki p3ng s__v Taki p3ng s__v Taki p3
ptn DuR0cwed h3ptn DuR0cwed h3ptn DuR0cwed h3ptn DuR0cwed h3ptn DuR0cwed h3p
[2]trpXY onts g[2]trpXY onts g[2]trpXY onts g[2]trpXY onts g[2]trpXY onts g[
A intld r3^cstMA intld r3^cstMA intld r3^cstMA intld r3^cstMA intld r3^cstMA
/0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Now it is a standard stereogram. Staring gives "rota teNinet ydef rees ccw." The answer is ROTATE NINETY DEGREES CCW."