analyzing signal polarization shifts. bingo. a second layer, nested within the main signal; possibly. a picture? product of three primes. definitely three dimensions, either a hologram or a two- dimensional picture that moves in time; a movie. in ancient times when parchment was in short supply people would write over old writing. it was called a palimpsest. there's no way of knowing. without a key -- a primer, to help us, maybe never. we've repeated. a few minutes ago the message cycled back to page one. no primer. i don't know. maybe there is a fourth layer in there somewhere, but if there is, i sure as hell can't find it.