[blackfeathers]

speaking of which, they've been playing around with the source code. note the following from the about page (and there might be more):

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[blackfeathers]

thebruce wrote:

The pixel position doesn't look to have changed (I didn't check the actual x/y of the initial spot though) I believe it was mentioned above that the findme.gif has not changed. It is still 237 frames (and I believe the content is identical)

just confirming both gifs are/were identical. i compared it side-by-side, frame-by-frame noting where the colour changes occurred just now.


editing to add the css code for reference:

Code:

#page_about #twinkle {   background-attachment:initial;   background-clip:initial;   background-color:initial;   background-image:url(https://www.weylandindustries.com/img/findme.gif);   background-origin:initial;   background-position:initial initial;   background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat;   height:1px;   left:174px;   position:absolute;   top:361px;   width:1px; }

[Minz]

@enaxor, I initially thought so too but it does not have the start and ending bars that are characteristic for a barcode.

I have however transcribed the morse from that image (. being white and - being black) and have come up with the following so far :

Code:

..  .- --  - .... .  ... - . .- --. .- -------..--...-----....-........-....------........-..---..--...--...-------..------........-........-....-.......-------...--..-.........-----....-.........-.........-........------..---..--...--..---..----------

The upper part that already has spaces spells

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I AM THE STEAGA

Alternatively the morse could be arranged as :

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..  .- --  - .... . .. .- ..---..--------..--...-----....-........-....------........-..---..--...--...-------..------........-........-....-.......-------...--..-.........-----....-.........-.........-........------..---..--...--..---..----------

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I AM THEIA Theia being a Greek goddess and a Titan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theia) Prometheus being the son of Titans (Iapetus and Themis) makes this also quite plausible

Keep in mind that this is still only a theory an I could be totally wrong xD

[thebruce]

The problem is those mid-range greys... They're not consistent, and interspersed seemingly at random, as if they were like anti-aliased pixels between on and off.

With most other frames being solid, on or off, those rare lighter greys throw off absolute certainty in any obvious decoding method...
What do they meeeeeaaaan?

[r.m]

enaxor wrote:

With the images Mr. Toasty posted here, it looks like a barcode.

I thought so too - especially if stretched and converted to black and white like this:



But I tried reading it with a barcode scanner on my phone and got nothing. Maybe I did something wrong though.

[SevenSonicStructures]

I'd like to think this is binary code because of what someone a few posts above said, math is the most basic language, and binary could be deemed as "universal".
What throws me off is that there's 4 different shades of grey in the concatenated .gif file posted by MrToasty, 3 if we assume one of them is the alpha layer. In any case it we could consider white layers as 1 and everything else as 0, then try to translate that to ASCII and see what comes up.

[enaxor]

With the images Mr. Toasty posted here, it looks like a barcode.

[thebruce]

The pixel position doesn't look to have changed (I didn't check the actual x/y of the initial spot though)

I believe it was mentioned above that the findme.gif has not changed. It is still 237 frames (and I believe the content is identical)

[SevenSonicStructures]

Where exactly in the page was the original morse code .gif? Earlier in the thread someone said "bottom left", but it seemed too vague for me and it was the reason I bumped into this change.
The position of the .gif could be a clue, since it's not random.

Also I saw someone earlier posted the layer sequence of the .gif. Is "findme.gif" the same as the former one?

[thebruce]

A thought crossed my mind perhaps a star map, but I don't think the visible stars on that image are based on our actual sky

We could be making that out to be more than it's intended... might just be a fiction element on the theme of finding a lost ship in space. *shrug*

wonder if the creative team is watching this thread...

[SevenSonicStructures]

What I meant with the star was findme.gif, actually. I've attached a picture that shows where the gif is, in the main Earth picture. As you can see by the coordinates, it's about the height of Australia, just not positioned over it.

I'm not sure if it has been tried already, but has anyone opened the .gif in an image editor to view the separate frames as morse code?

[BitGamer]

I do not see any picture of a star or Australia or anything when I click the link here to the findme.gif. I only see the morse code image.

[blackfeathers]

SevenSonicStructures wrote:

Hey guys, I haven't posted here since the Cloverfield ARG... I'm feeling kinda nostalgic Anyway, I registered again seeing as I forgot my previous account, and I've been checking the WeylandIndustries website. For starters, I can't seem to find the morse code gif anywhere on the site, I checked on the source code (even inside the .css file), so I'd like to know where are you guys getting this info. https://www.weylandindustries.com/img/_.-.-..--.--..----.-.gif <- this throws a 404 error for me. That aside, I did found something that might be the same you guys are seeing, it's a gif called "findme.gif" and it's here https://www.weylandindustries.com/img/findme.gif This gif is a star absolutely positioned 174px to the left left and 361px from the top, on the Earth picture, at Australia's height. I'm posting this because it differs a lot from what you guys have been doing, which might indicate a change in what the site is now. Feel free to correct anything. Edit: it's actually not THAT much of a change, but they definitely renamed the file. Unsure why.

hi sevensonicstructures

just saw you post right now.

i can also confirm the findme.gif. i also found it, opened it with a hex editor and quicktime. i can also confirm the morse code gif is gone too.

https://www.weylandindustries.com/img/findme.gif
vs 404 now
https://www.weylandindustries.com/img/_.-.-..--.--..----.-.gif

[MarshallTeller]

SevenSonicStructures wrote:

That aside, I did found something that might be the same you guys are seeing, it's a gif called "findme.gif" and it's here https://www.weylandindustries.com/img/findme.gif This gif is a star absolutely positioned 174px to the left left and 361px from the top, on the Earth picture, at Australia's height.

Interesting that they've changed the filename as well as the OGG file in the span of a day since they launched...

It's the same exact file. I checked. Clearly the filename is not the message. :B

[SevenSonicStructures]

Hey guys, I haven't posted here since the Cloverfield ARG... I'm feeling kinda nostalgic

Anyway, I registered again seeing as I forgot my previous account, and I've been checking the WeylandIndustries website. For starters, I can't seem to find the morse code gif anywhere on the site, I checked on the source code (even inside the .css file), so I'd like to know where are you guys getting this info.
https://www.weylandindustries.com/img/_.-.-..--.--..----.-.gif <- this throws a 404 error for me.

That aside, I did found something that might be the same you guys are seeing, it's a gif called "findme.gif" and it's here https://www.weylandindustries.com/img/findme.gif
This gif is a star absolutely positioned 174px to the left left and 361px from the top, on the Earth picture, at Australia's height.

I'm posting this because it differs a lot from what you guys have been doing, which might indicate a change in what the site is now. Feel free to correct anything.
Edit: it's actually not THAT much of a change, but they definitely renamed the file. Unsure why.