How come it seems that I always end up first to see these new messages? :-) Anyway, here's the patented line by line translation of Message 8. Again, there may be a mistake in the numbers, so be gentle. '9' is part of '0' (number) Y units of X are equal to Y units of X [the counting numbers (without the Q delimiter) are the same as normal, rational numbers (with the Q delimiter)] TCEarth is x x x x . . x x . x . x x . . x x x x The temperature of the inner thing is 4156 TCtemp units (~-21 deg C) The temperature of the outer thing is 4618 TCtemp units (~7 deg C) [Interesting...we've sorted stated that the surface temperature is ~-21 deg C..is that outer ring a moon?] life is a part of TCEarth life is a part of '797' TCians are a part of TCEarth TCians are not a part of '797' [This is strong evidence for 'w' = life or living. Also, we also know that '797' is life supporting, but not habited by the TCians] 1 electron is part of hydrogen 2 electrons are part of helium 3 electrons are part of beryllium (Atomic Number 3) [Verifcation of ? being an atomic number delimiter] The temperature of solid iron is 1413 deg C The temperature of liquid iron is 1413 deg C The temperature of liquid iron is 2838 deg C The temperature of gaseous iron is 2838 deg C [This is iron. Furthermore, the numbers, although not an exact match, are close to the mp and bp of iron (1535 deg C and 2750 deg C respectively. Also, remember that TCEarth may not be at the same atmospheric pressure as Earth, so the bp and mp will be different. This also gives '.' = solid, '/' = liquid, and '\' = gas] Liquid is a fluid Gas is a fluid Liquids are not gases Fluids are not solids [A good definition of 'z' being fluid] It is true that gases are a part of 'zyz' It is true that liquids are a part of 'zyz' It is not true that solids are a part of 'zyz' It is true that gases are a part of 'wyw' It is true that liquids are a part of 'wyw' It is not true that solids are a part of 'wyw' ['zyz' and 'wyw' are gas giants.] [Now it gets *weird*] TCEarth '-' TCEarth TCians '-' of infinity is "0 + X = X' '-' of infinity is part of '3' For that last part, the only thing that I can get out of it is that '-' represents 'an element of', or 'all elements of'. This is really confusing. Oh well.