Re: what's my number?
 

... each yellow stripe itself stand for "1" unit ...
... so yellow is years and green is months ...
:nod: That's right.
(In my first version I had only the green bar, but found it too hard to figure out, so I added a 'years' bar - for the rough impression.)

Hey, now you know the time span the current "head" is in power... ;)

Re: what's my number?
 

Grey bars: 'number of heads' within a certain 'group' :thinking:?

So, 12 persons of a certain group 'reigned' one after the other for altogether 64 months, then lost to a second group of 8, who only lasted 20 months though and gave over to the third group, that held out for 184 months etc.?

Still have to place the males/females though ;)

Re: what's my number?
 

... Grey bars: 'number of heads' within a certain 'group' ?
Seeing how the quotes make this a very vague expression, I'm tempted to be sneaky and say 'yes', but that would lead to false conclusions. We do have 'reigns' - 64 months, then 20, then 184, etc. - here; however, there's no such leader group (or sequence) within an item. As for the 'heads' in this chart, the system is even simpler, actually.

... place the males/females ...
Their presence in the chart isn't essential for the solution. I've included them because the actual idea for this puzzle started with wondering about their configuration (if any) and if there would be a pattern. After investigation, which has cost me quite some time, I just didn't want to discard this information. After all, these persons are really closely related to the particular items, so they might at least be useful for confirmation, if not identification.

Re: what's my number?
 

If I understood correctly:
1. The yellow hyphens have no real meaning (and are there just to confuse us...:silly:)
2. The male/female division are true, but are not important to the solving of the chart (and are there just to confuse us...:silly:)
3. Can I assume that the total number of 'figurines' is important?

Re: what's my number?
 

The yellow hyphens should have helped identifiying the unit 'month' in the green bar - well, that already worked. :)

As for the figurines, here's the slightly extended datasets...
- m m m m w X m m w w
- X
- X
- m m m w w w w w X
- m m m m m X m
- m X m w w w w w w m
- m m X
- X
- m w X w
- w w w X m w w m m m w m m
- m X m
- X m m w
- m w X
- m w X
- X m m w w
... being a tad more specific concerning the item (depicted as X).

And a final hint: the total number of items is 266. ;)

Re: what's my number?
 

-Sorry to be a tad lacking...how do you get 266 items?
-Another thing: The first line of you extended data for the figurines is NOT like what you have on the original chart
-Also: the last line on your extended data have is number 15 and in the original chart there are only 14


- Does the chart represent one organization?
- If yes, is it a global organization
- If the grey squares do not depict time, do they depict event?

Re: what's my number?
 

... how do you get 266 items?
As mentioned in #318, this chart shows the tail of a list - which happens to have 266 elements (today) and will certainly keep growing.

... extended data ...
... first line ...
Ah, ok. I remember that - after finally having found the correct sequence (m m w m m X w w m m) for this item - I've drawn its figurines, but must have forgotten to update it in the written notes too.
... last line ...
The 15th chart item is partially visible (clipped) at the bottom of the pic.

... represent one organization ...
Technically the items represent one organization (has organized structures), yes, though 'institution' would be a better term. And yes, its influence is global.

... grey squares ... depict event ...
Not quite. They act as a counter, much like the '3' in 'Toy Story 3'.

Re: what's my number?
 

If we cannot see the distribution of all the items that total 266, because we can see only part of the whole chart, why is it important? Unless the number itself should tell us something...266 = 2*7*19 :confused:

You use the word "item" for different purposes, I think, which add to my confusion... on the original chart "Observed items: 14". I took that to understand that there are 14 "units" each containing green, yellow grey and sometimes figurines. Later you claim that "the total number of items is 266"...

In all honesty: the extended database, where you added the X's, confuses me even more...

I am one confused dudette...Helanren! are you a confused dude?

Re: what's my number?
 

... cannot see the distribution of all the items ...
Of course not. On an image with only 300x300 pixel I just couldn't fit all 266 items.

... the number ... should tell us something ...
By factorizing it? No.
But it's an additional information that you could, for example, incorporate in your Google searches.

... use the word "item" for different purposes ...
Let's try to phrase it this way:
The space on my image is restricted, so the chart can only show (or observe) a fraction of the whole list.
That's why you're shown only 14 items (plus the partial one at the bottom) out of a total of (actually existing) 266 items.
Call it units or items, we're talking about the same thing.

... where you added the X's ...
Ok, it's time for little hint anyway: the figurines (plus their X) are siblings...

Re: what's my number?
 

We haven't established that the chart is about humans. Is it?