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crouchosarus
Veteran
Joined: 25 Nov 2005 Posts: 76 Location: Waselei Station
[TROUT] Ebay mentioning of Orbicon http://members.ebay.com.au/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=orbital_colony
Owned by Orbital Colony huh... will they be selling trips to space over ebay
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:12 pm
MexicanHunterD
Greenhorn
Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 4
Hmmm...interesting.
That image means something, my gut tells me. Gonna have to check it out. Looks like a code or replacement for the alphabet...
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:17 pm
crouchosarus
Veteran
Joined: 25 Nov 2005 Posts: 76 Location: Waselei Station
wow i joined not even an hour ago and found two thing good for me and hmm, never thought about the picture...
also maybe coincidence but it is .com.au
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:18 pm
MexicanHunterD
Greenhorn
Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 4
Decoded that picture.
The images were 3-D, so I rotated them until the closest side was flat, facing us.
The resulting symbols had to be looked at for a moment (drawing them out on another piece of paper helped), but it said this in continuous letters
GOTOORBITALCOLONYCOM
Go to orbitalcolony.com
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:29 pm
Abraxas
Unfettered
Joined: 27 Aug 2005 Posts: 736 Location: Cologne, Germany
Hey, cool find!
Subtle promotion there.
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:41 pm
Thunderwolf
Unfettered
Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 419 Location: The Sprawl
Was this not already discussed months ago in the trailhead thread, or am I just suffering from insane deja-vu (I have just got in from work and it's 4:30 AM).
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:28 am
rowan
Unfictologist
Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 1966
Yes it was: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4617
Please don't forget to do a search before posting if you decide not to read through all of the old threads.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:03 am
Giskard
Sassypants
Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 2066 Location: Chicago
Just to clarify, I locked this thread because this Ebay bidder-profile has already been found over a year ago (read about it by following the link Rowan posted above).
The code spells out GOTOORBITALCOLONYCOM and was the first lead to the start of Orbital Colony.
I realise it's pretty easy to get excited about stuff you find, especially for the folks that haven't followed the early beginnings of OC, but please remember to [search] before you post so we can keep the forums as tidy as possible. Thanks!
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 10:39 am
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