[intersect]

new puz from the blog is this

[OwnD]

CodeWtrN8 Blog Update!

[danteIL]

Re: N8 blog update

[ineffabelle]

Well I can't decode or desteg anything but I can cook... up a chef resume. I haven't heard back yet. Maybe I should call and see if they got it?

[Kayberry]

So it's been said, attempts to desteg images on freyja capital turn up negatives, with the exception of the freja_HQ image, which returns an error message in stegdetect concerning a bogus quantization table in the image. Did some research, eliminated the most likely cause of this error - due to Photoshop's way of managing preexisting meta data - by removing all metadata from the image headers, same error. The image has a distinct band of distortion running horizontally on it, but other than that I would say there's nothing that is supposed to scream hidden message, unless you want me to post the quantization tables of the image derived from jpegsnoop for your own personal curiosity in searching for any notable pattern. I'm more inclined to wait on a response from the contact form than to grasp at threads.

Wireless - Post #45 of this thread, and I still have no clue to its relevance.

[Wireless]

This might sound odd but has anyone tried looking over the site and pictures with 3d glasses? You know the red and blue lens things, might be a message hidden that can only be seen that way, I haven't got a pair lying around to test this.


Also, is there anything in the music on the Holomove.com website, it's rather irritatingly regular.


This is only my second arg after Halo3 IRIS so I'm fairly new to this.

[alexbutterfield]

I get the impression that Andersen started Freyja in 2002 (perhaps along with Poulopatis.)

Firstly Andersen is Danish, Freyja is a Scandinavian word, and his Bio says he is the founder and CEO. Also (i dont know what its called technically) but the little yellow popup that describes that internet page and also the tab title in firefox is: Freyja Capital: venture capital firm founded by Erik Andersen.

Both Andersen and Poulopatis seem to have been to the same school (probably where they met). Anderson went to INSEAD, and Poulopatis' bio lists him as studying at Wharton which is an INSEAD campus in Pennsylvania.

In 2005 'our partners' acquired the 27% stake in the Freyja shares.

I read this to mean the company partners (like lawyers are considered partners in a legal firm). In the Holomove News section under Archives, Poulopatis is described as: "partner at Freyja Capital".

Which results in a sentence saying that they acquired 27% of their own shares.

Unless... it's a typo and meant to say that the acquired 27% of shares in HOLOMOVE.

[redct]

tygr20 wrote:

redct-school wrote: Decompiled Freyja's flash (is it cheating?) but there's nothing of significance. red: my thoughts on decompiling(others' ideas may differ)- I don't have a problem with decompiling flash, but generally, I don't want to do it until we're honestly stuck on something. Even then, I would do it only to get a direction. If you ever decompile flash and make a major find, make sure you go over in your head- "How could I find this legitimately?" Never just blurt an answer found directly via decompiling. Example: Tom Tooman had several VERY large gaps in action. I felt it necessary at some points to decompile to look for anything we may have been missing. Granted, if there's something the devs don't want you to find, and they're any good, you won't find it anyway. They can store all the files off-site and then lock that site. Point being, I don't find decompiling directly cheating. Just remember, again, if you do decompile and find anything, as hard as it is(that's what she said) just keep it inside until you can find a legitimate way to reach that solution. Maybe we should have a meta discussion on this topic?

I think there has been a discussion in the past. I don't remember the outcome, though. :/

@Greg

Analytics can get your IP address, but you can't do much more than get the location of the local routing station (or neighborhood DSLAM, at best). So, you can narrow down city and possibly neighborhood, but not address. Unless the PM works for the government or the local telco, which isn't really probable.

For example, when you do a reverse IP on mine, it comes out as being about 9-10 miles northwest of where I am, which is the local routing station.

[OwnD]

GAH - beat me to it....

Oh well..I've been mentioned

Didn't do anything wrong did I? (Still waaaay inexperienced at ARG's - just have to make sure O.o)

P.S. If I did, try not to yell at me TOO much

[Sylvia]

N8 blog update

[CCS]

I took that sentence to mean that Freyja Capital was founded in 2002 and acquired its license in 2004 (perhaps under Litton). Then a year later, new management (Andersen/Poulopatis) took control by acquiring a 27% controlling interest in Freyja Capital. After that, Freyja/Andersen took control of Holomove.

The headlines in the press section are somewhat scattered and misleading, for example referring to Andersen as "founder". I agree that it is very strange for them to be numbered, rather than dated. What good is a news story if you don't know when it happened?

[Ignu5]

alexbutterfield wrote:

The second is that sentence about the partners acquiring a 27% stake in Freyja Capital. Maybe I don't understand at all, but why are Freyja Capital buying themselves, and only 27% of themselves? Where is the other 73%.

The way that I read that was that someone whom they were working a big deal with (read as Holomove) aquired a 27% stake in the companies (Freyja's) stocks.


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[spec]
Maybe this is why Dr. Gough is missing. Perhaps he didn't want to partner with Freyja, despite Freyja offering them a nice piece of stock in the company. Thus, he was "removed from his position" for the better of the company.
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[alexbutterfield]

Going through Freyja Capital with a fine-tooth comb. Using the logic that they wouldn't be hiding puzzles here, as all the other puzzles have realistic origins, and why would FC hide a puzzle that would drop themselves in it?

But there must be something...

There are only 5 pages.

The Home Page

there is a picture. Freja_hq.jpg which doesn't seem too helpful. and the mission statement.

Quote:

Freyja Capital is a US-based venture capital fund that provides a diverse range of investment banking services to the companies in our portfolio. Founded in 2002, we acquired a banking license in 2004. A year later, we concluded a significant transaction, where our partners collectively acquired a 27% stake in the issued shares of Freyja Capital. Our strategic goals and objectives are to be recognized as a distinctive specialist banking group through our deep domain expertise and entrepreneurial culture, which is balanced by a strong risk management discipline and an intrinsic ability to be nimble and innovative. We aim to build value-added businesses that serve the needs of select markets where we can compete successfully.

Now I never did understand high finance especially when it's vague, Brent-worthy, manager-speak, but there's a couple of things in this that grab my attention, I've emboldened them.

The first is just the use of the plural 'companies'. Does this mean that there is more than just Holomove in their portfolio? Or just an embellishment to make the company seem more established.

The second is that sentence about the partners acquiring a 27% stake in Freyja Capital. Maybe I don't understand at all, but why are Freyja Capital buying themselves, and only 27% of themselves? Where is the other 73%.

Also if this means it is floated on the stock market, can we track anything down that way? Dont companies on the stock market have to make their annual report public or something?

The Company Profile

Simply listing employees Erik Andersen, Mathew berg and Timothy Litton.

There are Linked In profiles of all 3 names, but all appear OOG.

While all the schools are legit, none of the publications that Berg authored show up on google.

New and Press

Its weird that none of these headlines link to anything. Also it would make sense if headline 01 was the oldest, ie. the first. but if thats the case then stories 10 and 13 are listed out of sequence. Poulopatis, as CEO of Holomove expresses sympathy for Goughs death before he gets the job at Holomove.

Also, it is odd to me that when making a list like this you would label stories 01, 02...12, 13. instead of 1, 2...12, 13. that is why are the single digits listed as double digits? that limits you to 99 stories. This could just be the PMs knowing they would only have 13 or so stories before the game expires, but it could be that there is a way of reading these stories using those numbers as a suffix or something. (wild guess, i know)

Contact Us

Several players have used this form to no avail as yet.

Privacy Policy

As pointed out, it's lifted from the BBC. This cold be significant or it could be a simple way for them to get a quick privacy policy.

[mousekinn]

Eehh. No offense meant by it, just curious. I've been poking around the site as best as I can, and I fail to see anything clue worthy.

Maybe we're ahead of their schedule

I am somewhat curious about "Founded in 2002, we acquired a banking license in 2004. A year later, we concluded a significant transaction, where our partners collectively acquired a 27% stake in the issued shares of Freyja Capital." Wonder what that transaction was all about.

Straws, see me grasping.

[tygr20]

redct-school wrote:

Decompiled Freyja's flash (is it cheating?) but there's nothing of significance.

red: my thoughts on decompiling(others' ideas may differ)-

I don't have a problem with decompiling flash, but generally, I don't want to do it until we're honestly stuck on something. Even then, I would do it only to get a direction. If you ever decompile flash and make a major find, make sure you go over in your head- "How could I find this legitimately?" Never just blurt an answer found directly via decompiling. Example: Tom Tooman had several VERY large gaps in action. I felt it necessary at some points to decompile to look for anything we may have been missing. Granted, if there's something the devs don't want you to find, and they're any good, you won't find it anyway. They can store all the files off-site and then lock that site. Point being, I don't find decompiling directly cheating. Just remember, again, if you do decompile and find anything, as hard as it is(that's what she said) just keep it inside until you can find a legitimate way to reach that solution. Maybe we should have a meta discussion on this topic?