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[UPDATE] Rainmain Group
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silverthistle
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[UPDATE] Rainmain Group

The title's been changed to:
Welcome to the Rainman Group - G1 3BA SCOTLAND WHERE THE RAIN MAN RAYMOND LIES!!
And 'G1 3BA' is also commented.

There's also a 'Press Release - Mr. Rainman Steps Down' audio. It's just stuff we already knew though.

Transcript:
Quote:
It is with a heavy heart that I take over as Chief Executive Officer of The Rainmain Group. Mr Rainman was both a friend and a mentor to me. Sadly, his vision conflicted with the future of the Rainman Group and we were forced to make a change of leadership. He will still have access to the company system as he was actively involved with many of our home-grown(?) projects. On a personal note, I want to say Rodger has done many great things in life. And he told me that maybe now, he can relax a little bit, which is the least he deserves.


And there's a crowd in the background.

EDIT: Is it just me or is there a hidden message in it when it's played backwards?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:09 am
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GabrielBlade
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Take a look at what Callista said a while ago in the Chat. To steal a cliche.. mysteriouser, and mysteriouser..
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:28 am
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silverthistle
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This is what I hear somewhat clearly on it:
it is illegible... how long have you planned... found... our original (life?)... involved... (recent?)... imminent... any less... (who the hell?)...

'It is illegible' and 'how long have you planned' is very clear. That can't be a coincidence, can it?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:46 am
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cornetchap
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The postcode that has been added does not appear to exist (I tried checking on www.streetmap.co.uk and www.royalmail.com).

I'm in Glasgow today so if it did exist I'd try and get over there before I left this evening.

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cornetchap
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cornetchap wrote:
The postcode that has been added does not appear to exist (I tried checking on www.streetmap.co.uk and www.royalmail.com).

I'm in Glasgow today so if it did exist I'd try and get over there before I left this evening.


Turns out I was wrong. Google shows that the Borders bookstore at 98 Buchanan Street, Glasgow has the postcode G1 3BA.

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hkdl
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Callista came in and said

Quote:
[9:34pm]« Callista » Update detected...
[9:35pm]« Callista » Informed noticed to employees... done...
[9:35pm]« Callista » Be prepared for the hiring sequence...



Rainman site has a mega update...all kinds of info on it.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:47 pm
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sux0rbiscuit
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Rainman group's website came up yesterday. Go check it out at http://www.rainmangroup.com
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cornetchap
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I don't know how I got it, as I can't find it again, but there is a page on the Rainman site that comes with the boxes in what looks like Latin:

"Voluptatem accus antium doloremq laudantium, tota mremetyp aperium, eaque ipsa quae illo entore veritatis earchi tecto beatae vitae"

This doesn't seem to translate cleanly and some additional spaces are required I think and the dropping of some letters, but using an online translator gives:

"Pleasant to accuse to surpass pain laud excel? tota mremetyp open and? herself which for that entore truthfulness build? happiness life"

Further boxes contain:

"Voluptatem accus antium doloremq laudantium, tota mremetyp aperium, eaque ipsa quae illo entore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae. dicta sunt explicabo emo enim ipsam voluptatem quia dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet quasi architecto beat..."

which translates to:

"Pleasant to accuse to surpass pain laud excel? tota mremetyp open and? herself which for that entore truthfulness and as if build? happiness life. things dictated are explanation to buy in fact herself pleasant because pain itself because pain he is amet as if build? happiness"

and:

"Perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accus doloremque laudantium, tota mremetyp aperiam."

which translates to:

"Perspiciatis whence all that to be born error he is pleasant to accuse pain and laud surpass tota mremetyp open."

As you can see there are some common phrases and some words which don't translate at all. The most common phrase seems to be:

"Accus antium dolorem que laud antium"

which could be the company motto:

"To accuse, to surpass pain and excel"

Thoughts?

PostPosted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:50 am
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Nadif
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LOL

Sorry, no offense at all, but that was fun! Smile

Here's the text:
"Sed ut perspiciatis und omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit..."

Now try googling a piece of this text. Have a look at the resulting sites.

Then go there:
www.lipsum.com
to discover that "lorem ipsum", as it's called quite since the invention of press, is the universally used dummy text.
(Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC.)

Wink

M.

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cornetchap
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Oh bum!

As it didn't begin Lorem Ipsum I discounted that text.

Anyways I can't get it to come anymore.

What I have further noticed though in my quest to recover the latin is that the bottom left hand box is/will also be used for signing up to a newsletter.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:26 am
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cornetchap
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I sent the an e-mail to Rainman Group via their privacySPLATrainmangroup.com asking about the nature of their privacy policy. Initially I got an autoresponse from Callista saying:

Quote:

From: Callista <privacy@rainmangroup.com>
Subject: Your request has been registered

Hello,


This is an automatic response generated by Callista to let you know that your e-mail was recieved and is in processing. We will get back to you as soon as possible.


Thank you,
The Rainman Group


This morning I received a follow up e-mail as follows:

Quote:

From: The Rainman Group <privacy@rainmangroup.com>
Subject: Re: Your Privacy Policy

Dear Greg:

We apologize sincerely. Our servers were recently hacked and our
website was recently sabotaged. The privacy policy you saw was the
malicious act of a few unnamed individuals. We have the new, correct
privacy policy online, viewable on our public website.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

-The Rainman Group


The Rainman Group website has had its privacy policy updated and clause 3 now reads:

Quote:

3. Legality Issues
The Rainman Group is the legal owner of everything on this site, and everything is copyrighted by our team of lawyers. We appreciate that if you use any content on this site for anything you are using to possibly promote our company that you contact us in advance to let us know and approve of your promotion.


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InSoM
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update

You can now click on ARCADA in the companies partners box.

Takes you to a finnish polytechnic.

Is this ingame?

PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:17 am
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cornetchap
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Don't think so. It looks like all the links work but I think they're all likely to be OOG.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:43 am
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