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| Greg |
I don't know the first thing about decompiling flash, but the source code lists http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js. The page looks like an analytics overlay, but analysis is something I sort of used to do, so it brought up an interesting possibility for those who were wondering where they got home addresses from for the packages: you add a tracker to any page and you can get IP addresses. IP addresses can be mapped to to the pc, which gives you an address, and then they know all about you. Its probably oog, but google has a new-ish beta for blogger that uses analytics. So it's probably happening all over again. Oh, and incidently, the announcement for this was made at SXSW, which is how Nathan stumbled across Holomove and Your Vegas... Just thought that was an interesting bit. EDIT: has anyone gone over the source code for Nathan's myspace page?  Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 11:31 am |
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| CCS |
Freyja Capital
There is a lot that is suspicious about this company, but I can't see any leads to follow. There does seem to be a Danish connection. (make mine cream cheese) One might assume from the story that Freyja was formed for the sole purpose of acquiring Holomove:
1. Freyja was a newly formed firm when "taken over" by Erik. 2. Freyja's sole acquisition (at least from the press releases) seems to be Holomove. The press releases include references to successful operations, but since we can't read them we really don't know any more about the company. I think we are being told to look deeper, but where? The only clue, I think, is the photo. I can't tell anything by looking at it, except that there appears to be a city bus (?) parked in front. Maybe someone with better photo sw (or eyes) can do better. I did notice that the photo name is "Freja HQ", but the misspelling didn't lead anywhere. (There is a Swedish VC firm called Freja Ventures, but that appears to be real and OOG.) I also sent information to "Contact Us" with no reply. Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 11:09 am |
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| redct-school |
Decompiled Freyja's flash (is it cheating?) but there's nothing of significance.
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:55 am |
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| enaxor |
I sent a flickrmail to the account holder when I first found it. As of this morning, I haven't gotten a reply.
I think you hit the nail on the head, we need to prove we're worthy/capable of helping, plus he is/was a puzzle freak. As for the urgency of the matter, who knows.
Yes, a way to point us to Freyja Capital and Erik Andersen. I'm sure he's Danish.
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:32 am |
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| konamouse |
Traditionally this is not how puzzles are hidden/solved. If there is something in the flash we would have to click on the magic spot to open a new door. Why would this company hide something in their flash on the website? Think about what we are looking for and then we go find it. The flickr clues appear to have been leading us to the company website (which we had already found). But also pointing out that this is the enemy. And there is probably something hidden there. We just haven't found the proper clue to open the webpage (maybe it's as simple as adding something to the end of the url)? You can contact someone via flickr if you login (all you need is a yahoo account). Then you click on the person's profile and there is a link to send flickrmail (I did thiswhen communicating with Sammeeeees characters). Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:17 am |
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| mousekinn |
Has anyone decompiled the flash on Freyja's website? Perhaps this is a nudge we haven't looked hard enough into it.
Sadly, work blocks such things from me *shakes fist* Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:55 am |
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| intersect |
i did on like the first day, nothing back yet...
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:03 am |
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| OwnD |
Has any sent a message on the "Contact Us" page? I haven't heard of anyone doing that yet.
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:57 am |
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| Agent Lex |
Just a domains by proxy, ie no useful information. Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 4:53 am |
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| alexbutterfield |
It is interesting that this new flickr post is 'posthumous' (if it is by Gough) as this means either, it's someone else's account, he's set up a computer program to post it at a certain date and time (why would he?) or that he is still alive and postin'.
Whoever it is behind these puzzles probably sent the starter packs too. Alerting us to an emergency at Holomove. Considering the content of the memo, i find it hard to imagine why Gough would send that out. Also, whoever is behind all these puzzles blatantly trusts puzzle solvers like us to help them with their emergency. So why can't they help themselves? Being dead would answer that, faking your own death and not wanting to expose yourself would also answer that. Or being imprisoned could answer that. So would not wanting to be known as the person who exposed the truth. (cant think of any more solutions) This is someone who knows about the emergency at holomove and cant help themselves. (Gough seems the only candidate - as if he had an assistant he entrusted with, say, a flickr account, why would he need us?) So why is Gough in need of our help? What predicament is he in that means he can post things online but can't just do what needs doing himself? Is there anyway to contact the flickr account holder? I don't have an account but can you get an email address? I mean, not to be a kill-joy, but this all seems unnecessarily convoluted. If one of us left a comment with an email address then Gough or whoever is pos(t)ing these puzzles could just tell us what's going on. (in fact if Gough sent the starter pack too, he could have just sent an explanation along with) Unless the puzzles are a version of the job application - a way for us to prove that we are worthy/capable of helping with the real emergency. But isn't an emergency meant to be urgent? Enough psycho-analysis hackery... What's with the Danish Connection? Copenhagen Airport, Freyja Capital (Freyja being the Norse Goddess of pretty much everything according to Wikipedia) Erik Andersen speaks Danish (one of 7 languages he's fluent in, it is listed first and the others are more commonly learned languages) so could well be Danish. I'm sure there are other references to Denmark too, but I cant find them. Edit: Maybe the answer to the latest puzzle means have you found it yet, physically, not the website. ie. have we found an address. As mentioned theres none listed. What about a Whois, I have no idea how to do one though. Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 3:16 am |
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| enaxor |
It's a type of barcode, you can read about it here. *eta Xnbomb found/used this website to decode and redct found this website that could have been used to encode the message. Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:35 am |
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| OwnD |
Umm....What's QR Code? Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:29 am |
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| shylilembrace |
checked Freyja's source, nothing special but the keywords are kinda interesting, ((prolly OOG though)) http-equiv="Keywords" content="Erik Andersen, Reach The Future, Holomove, Venture, Freyja Capital, Poulopatis"
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:04 am |
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| CCS |
Freyja Capital
There's a photo of the FC corporate headquarters on their main page, but I haven't seen an address to go with it. In the privacy policy, where normally there would be a contact address, they say to use the "Contact Us" page. Has anyone found an address for FC somewhere else? Perhaps we could at least try to match with the photo and see if it's a match.
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:01 am |
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| redct |
After discussion on IRC, the intelcom was figured out as QR code encoding software (http://www.intelcom.ru/2d/english/demo.php). Confirmed that it adds it to all codes it makes.
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:53 pm |
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