while there is a bit of a lull in the progress..... can someone fix the spelling error on the subject line of this thread
[TRAILHAED] Findings Cedar Rapids...
Not a big deal.... but does it bug anyone else???
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:12 pm
faeryqueen21
Has anyone spoken with Steve lately? Nobou, weren't you asking if you could get some answers from him? Has he replied?
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:08 pm
Ayeso
Yeah, I've spent the last hour playing with the cipher to no avail...
Ive tried, changing it into decimal maybe for a long/lat, no luck...
Ive tried converting to decimal in halfs, backwards etc.. no luck...
Its CLEARLY hex once you convert it... but what the hex represents is beyond me.. there isnt enough clues... there is an email that just gives the code.. thats it... but if steve is helping us why wouldnt he give more detail?
E4A6D8A4D6E8D5E6A8A4D6E8 <-- Hex after using advanced cypher
89272838800200220000 <-- Decimal representation
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:37 pm
Areia
It took a little digging through the Linn County Park website, but I found the park map. It's a tiny park, unless we want him to go into the area beyond the road to the east; so assuming that's where we're sending him it shouldn't be that hard.
Still don't get that pseudo hex code from Steve's email though. Here are some random ideas I've been researching that the code could represent. None of them led me anywhere, but they might spark an idea for someone else.
- map coordinates (for the kind of maps with letters and numbers on the edge)
- chess board squares (the way chess games are recorded; maybe with the alphabet overlaid on the board?)
- guitar chords
glad i read sylvia's last post or I would ahve gotten my first trout. Was there ever a mention of their first project together so far.... and do we know of any ititials of SNI?
JB, Seems we have a friend or two. No matter. I found the
ending of the previous clip I sent you. Its on the appropriate page.
I'll be setting up another page for us to transfer files and mail.
Remember the first project we were on together?
sni
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:17 am
nextday
While looking at the code and thinking about the map coordinates and it occured to me... The code sounds a lot like battleship coordinates. Maybe we could divide a map our something into plots A-E horizontally and 1-8 vertically.
By the way I am so glad this is still going. I really want to finish my first ARG!
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:26 am
Jas0n
Re: so the marsh it is
Sylvia wrote:
E4 A6 D8 A4 D6 E8 D5 E6 A8 A4 D6 E8
dunno why it would be, but I'm thinking musical notes. "E4 A6 D8" shows up under a google search for a "tab" - I can get a midi generator to create it but the 8s are converted to 7s...
here is an image of Duane Arnold and Palo Marsh with the each set of the co-ordinates marked.
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:03 am
Sylvia
so the marsh it is
going back to the voice mail that said:
Quote:
Look at your map go see Duane Arnold at the Power Plant. He will direct you toward the marsh.
Then we had the co-ordinates for Duane Arnold Power Plant parking lot and those for a parking lot at Palo Marsh. Then we get these from Steve.
E4 A6 D8 A4 D6 E8 D5 E6 A8 A4 D6 E8
My thinking is that these are directions to the next pill, either starting from the parking lot of the Power Plant or the Marsh. Maybe there is something at the plant that will point the way. I am updating my Google Earth and will have a closer look in a few. Right now we need to find out how the above code might be directions.
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:25 am
Will 2.0
There was a reason Doug. I'll leave it at that.
Game on.
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:04 am
Doug52392
Just chatted with Tidusia, for some reason he was shown on AIM as offline even though he was online.
Quote:
(10:25:02 PM) Doug52392: hi
(10:25:21 PM) TidusIA: hey doug
(10:25:57 PM) TidusIA: hows it going?
(10:26:16 PM) Doug52392: I've been away for a few days.
(10:26:41 PM) TidusIA: a lot has gone on!
(10:27:03 PM) Doug52392: I know
(10:27:17 PM) Doug52392: Where did your blog go?
(10:27:45 PM) TidusIA: not quite sure...something must have happened
(10:28:02 PM) TidusIA: i dont remember doing anything to it...
(10:29:17 PM) Doug52392: It looks like someone either hacked into it and terminated your account or it was pulled for some reason
(10:29:37 PM) TidusIA: yeah...i dont know what is up
(10:30:31 PM) Doug52392: You took the pill?
(10:30:47 PM) TidusIA: i did
(10:30:54 PM) TidusIA: i felt much better for a while
(10:31:00 PM) TidusIA: starting to get a cough again
(10:31:59 PM) Doug52392: Do you know what the website bullerman.net has to do with this?
(10:32:25 PM) TidusIA: no, you guys found it in a voicemail...encoded in morse code
(10:32:33 PM) TidusIA: it had weird videos on it
(10:34:38 PM) Doug52392: Did you find out anything new about what caused your illness?
(10:35:28 PM) TidusIA: no, all i know its a virus...and the person/ persons? behind bullerman.net might be the ones sending me pills
(10:36:05 PM) Doug52392: They send you pills on a regular basis?
(10:36:23 PM) TidusIA: they hid another one somewhere
(10:36:26 PM) TidusIA: dont know where yet
(10:36:31 PM) TidusIA: i have under a week to find it
(10:36:37 PM) TidusIA: or else....i guess i die...
(10:37:22 PM) Doug52392: Have you ever brought one of the pills (or a small part of a pill) to a lab and have it analyzed?
(10:37:46 PM) TidusIA: i asked the doctor to analyze....he told me its a destuctive test
(10:37:51 PM) TidusIA: they would have to use the whole pill
(10:38:03 PM) TidusIA: i didnt want them to take it from me thinking i stole some narcotic or something anyway
(10:38:28 PM) Doug52392: that sucks
(10:38:39 PM) TidusIA: i know
(10:39:16 PM) Doug52392: Do you have any ideas as to where the pill could be?
(10:39:52 PM) TidusIA: well, coordinates have been given and you guys figured out 2 places in iowa
(10:39:55 PM) TidusIA: a power plant
(10:40:03 PM) TidusIA: duane arnold....and a marsh by the plant
(10:40:43 PM) Doug52392: So it's a mater of choosing which one to search?
(10:41:21 PM) TidusIA: not sure if i can get in the power plant....
(10:41:27 PM) TidusIA: im thinking the marsh
(10:41:28 PM) TidusIA: but where in the marsh?
(10:45:28 PM) Doug52392: I've seen some old spy movies, sometimes they do a "dead drop" exchange to give each other stuff without actually meeting. Usually an object is hidden in a rock, loose brick, holes in trees, etc.
(10:46:03 PM) TidusIA: ill have to keep an eye out for anything suspicious like that
(10:46:31 PM) Doug52392: Have you made any new videos?
(10:46:49 PM) TidusIA: i havent. ive been so busy with moving out of my apartment
(10:48:59 PM) Doug52392: Your moving?
(10:49:22 PM) TidusIA: yes, i needed to get away from that crazy place
(10:49:42 PM) Doug52392: When are you going to go to the marsh?
(10:49:53 PM) TidusIA: doug, i have to get going. I will have to catch up with you later. I will be going to the marsh hopefully this weekend.
(10:50:11 PM) Doug52392: ok, be careful.
(10:50:22 PM) TidusIA: thank you i will. let me know if you hear anything else
(10:50:28 PM) Doug52392: ok
(10:52:38 PM) Doug52392: bye
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:12 pm
