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rowan
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 		[NEW] a NEW website!!
Found by JoeUser over in this post

First the requisite dns info:

Quote:
Domain ID:D8505980-LRMS
Domain Name:SIMONSUMERIA.INFO
Created On:29-Nov-2004 18:19:46 UTC
Last Updated On:02-Feb-2005 02:08:42 UTC
Expiration Date:29-Nov-2005 18:19:46 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:R136-LRMS
Status:ACTIVE
Status:OK
Registrant ID:C7751980-LRMS
Registrant Name:John Evans
Registrant Organization:ChaoSeed Software
Registrant Street1:146 Manetto Hill Road
Registrant City:Huntington
Registrant State/Province:NY
Registrant Postal Code:11743
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.6313676776
Registrant **************@earthlink.net
Name Server:NS1.DREAMHOST.COM
Name Server:NS2.DREAMHOST.COM
Name Server:NS3.DREAMHOST.COM


Now for the site:

You open it up and that odd symbol from the Idunn game and zork page is back.

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If you advance the frame once, you get the following message:

CSYV
EH
LIVI

which is a ROT-22 for Your Ad Here


That's all I've found so far.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:08 pm
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 		OK, here's some details on what the comments mean. We have 3 pages, each with a single comment:
will.php
Quote:
char *i = "-102050110";

This is C syntax for declaring a string with value "-102050110"

idea.php
Quote:
@p = ("for(l=",";l<1",";l+=",")}printf(\"%3d\",1","+(1","/atoi(strncpy(c,i,","))));i+=",";}");

This is a Perl statement that creates a list of strings, separated by commas. The content of the strings looks like C code, however.

Finally, energy.php
Quote:
for($i=0;$i<8;++$i){$d=$i/8;print $p[$i];if(10%($i+1)==0){print atan2 0,$d;}if($i>0&&($i-1)%3!=0){print (((sin$d+$d)/sin$d)/cos$d);}}

which is more Perl code. Better formatted:
Code:
for($i=0;$i<8;++$i){
    $d=$i/8;
    print $p[$i];
    if(10%($i+1)==0){
        print atan2 0,$d;
    }
    if($i>0&&($i-1)%3!=0){
        print (((sin$d+$d)/sin$d)/cos$d);
    }
}

Essentially this code assembles the strings in the list p. Running this gives us more C code (formatted here):
Code:
for(l=0;l<10;l+=2)} (this should be { )
    printf("%3d",12+(10/atoi(strncpy(c,i,2))));
    i+=2;
}


Combining the C code with the earlier statement, adding some other C stuff that it needs, the result is:
Quote:
2 17 14 22 13

replacing the space with "."
Quote:
..2.17.14.22.13


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FYI: the titles are all ROT-22 for the name of the page.
Eg. ampp = will, mhie = idea, irivkc = energy.

Changing those numbers above into letters:

2 17 14 22 13
B Q N V M

ROT-1 gives Crown.

I'm not sure how that can be used though. Crown.htm,html,php don't give anything new.

Where did the idea for putting in dots come in?

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 		Ahh, good one!
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crown is a keyword back on door_to.php:
the ability to see how the world can be other than it is

The landscape was grey, and bleak. Yet at the same time it shone, like the color you see when you glance at the sun. There was no detail, simply a flat, blank expanse stretching into the distance. But in that distance...

She straightened her accoutrements and faced her goal squarely. Then it was time for the single step...


Edit: oh, and check out the URL it takes you to:
http://www.simonsumeria.info/idea.php?keyword=crown

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 		Just out of curiosity..can the numbers we found on alcove (+057834954193.+791538756018902.+7518963211478) be put through this script with any results. I'd do it myself, but as I am completely inept at this kinda thing, I don't know how. Very Happy
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 		Just to clarify, courtesy M-W.com:

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Accoutrements - a: EQUIPMENT, TRAPPINGS; a soldier's outfit usually not including clothes and weapons -- usually used in plural b : an accessory item of clothing or equipment -- usually used in plural

Can this help in finding the next keyword? Perhaps in the format of:

http://www.simonsumeria.info/will.php?keyword=X
or
http://www.simonsumeria.info/energy.php?keyword=X

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:45 pm
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 		Well here's basically what the C program does:

It takes the characters from "-102050110" two at a time: -1,02,05,01,10.

Then it divides 10 by that number and adds 12, so we get:
2,17,14,22,13.

The numbers from the archives page don't seem to work very well, though I don't know what else to do with them.

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 		OK, there was an update last night on the crown page.
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New comment: jmaczmbwbzgioiqv
ROT-18s to besuretotryagain


What does that mean? Try keywords we tried yesterday?

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 		Okay..you know how the keyword crown takes us to http://www.simonsumeria.info/idea.php?keyword=crown ?

Well, now you can change the page name and get something new.

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http://www.simonsumeria.info/idea.php?keyword=crown

the power to make the world other than it is

3 09 02 05 18 38 31


http://www.simonsumeria.info/will.php?keyword=crown

the drive to make the world other than it is

Dq195 Ta278 Dq805
Dq805 Ta427 Dq805
Dq805 Ta278 Dq380
Dq380 Ta997 Dq195 Ta693 Dq380

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From our original Idunn solve:
1 ? 0
0 = 0
0 ? 2
2 * 1 ?? 2

We don't have symbols for Ta278 and Ta693 yet.

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 		I don't think it really means anything, but:

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3 09 02 05 18 38 31

subtracting 26 from the last two to make them letters could spell out:

CIBERHE(rot-0)
yExanda (rot-22)

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Ta278 would be ≠ (or !=, if we're talking computer code), me thinks.
There's a metric ton of things Ta693 could be, from ≤ to == to ≈. More info is needed to distinguish it from =.

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 		We think too hard at times. Thanks sapagoo.

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3 09 02 05 18 38 31

Compare that to the latest update page:
latest update &imeanitthistime 3 09 02 05 18 35 36

I'm willing to bet this is the update page for the simonesumeria site.

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 		??

Kindly explain where that came from. Thanks!
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Alzheimers wrote:
??

Kindly explain where that came from. Thanks!


The 3 09 02 05 18 38 31 comes from that new simonsumeria page I found today: http://www.simonsumeria.info/energy.php?keyword=crown (which right now reads 4 10 02 05 12 18 42 - which under my theory means the simonsumeria site updated about 5 minutes ago.)

The latest update &imeanitthistime 3 09 02 05 18 35 36 comes from http://daemon.chaoseed.com/door_to.php . Input update for a keyword and it takes you to a page that tells you when the site was last updated (you can see a list of updates on the wiki). I check the update page once a day, but it didn't even register with me until sapagoo said "it's that whacky way of writing the date in other countries" in #unfiction.

Hope that answers your question.
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 		You can check it out on the wiki:
http://deaddrop.us/wiki/index.php/Update

Every time something was updated, the page from keyword "update" would update, which saved a lot of time checking.

3 09 02 05 18 38 31

is 2/9/05, at 18:38:31 (it's PST). So we know nothing has been updated today.

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