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[yanka]

Lol, STOP THAT! In order to post the sequence for you, SOMEBODY would have to search for it through this thread. So, why not do it yourself? It's somewhere between p. 30 and here. There are also 2 .doc attachments that list the files in more detail.

[Guest]

Just a theory I have had for a while, but had 17 pages since last night to read....

[Makkura]

I'm pretty sure what's in the pictures aren't really that important. I think the pictures, and all the files, are to just represent each one of the hackers that are meeting on this FTP site.

The only thing I think the pictures mean is a clue as to each one of the hackers are... their own calling card, if you will.

I don't think we're supposed to put them all together, and decode one giant clue.

[yanka]

[chancesend]

Because we're assuming these aren't left as "puzzles" by the PMs, but rather as calling cards by these hackers we're tracking. In the Matrix, a hacker has a bit of a mythical connotation, being very mysterious and rogue-like. What better way to be cool/mysterious than to leave a very cryptic calling card who's only point is sort've like a digital signature?

It's kind of like analyzing graffitti. You could go pretty deep, but in reality it's just someone's sig. I believe that if this game progresses on for a long time, we're going to start becoming very familiar with these characters. Perhaps a puzzle in the future will be to figure out which calling card WASN'T left by a member of the baker's dozen (digital forensics, eh?).

How many numbers do people suppose might be in a MetaCortechs employee ID? In the crossword puzzle, the Answer ID is #1031631. Perhaps this is the employee login they are getting ready to strike?

[yanka]

That would be sad, imo. First, because we would never really be sure if a clue is a clue, or if it's just "there". Second, because... let's suppose that you and I were to "meet" like this. So you would sit on some chat, waiting for me, and then suddenly you would see something like "asdkjfnwjfd". From that, you would conclude that that was my message to you. Wouldn't you try to decipher it? Would you really just conclude that there is no body to the message on the FIRST time? And the second time you saw "lkngowertj", you would just dismiss the context and presume "she's not really saying anything, just letting me know she's there"?

I guess I may just be stubborn or something, but given that we have no idea what the "meeting" was about, why it was significant, what we are even chasing after - it just seems very... efortless (can't find the right word)... to take for granted that there are no messages, only signatures.

[chancesend]

I'm not saying we shouldn't try to decode it. Heck, I've been looking them over off and on. But from the texts/images that seem relatively straight forward (Texel is here, beth@littleboxes is here also., etc.), and because the first picture asked for a roll call, I feel the next link/clue will come from one of the paintover images (either 'eye see' or one of the two Oct9th images). Specifically, the stegged text file in the cabinet.

We'll probably see for sure the next "meeting place" we find. If the hackers all post identical / similar messages or not.

But you probably are right to criticize me for jumping to conclusions based on the first set of signatures we find.

[Marl64]

[BrianEnigma]

[Marl64]

[Marl64]

There's a post in the updates page

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2675
regarding "new" pictures

menttioned at http://mitglied.lycos.de/Gumpraider/metacortex/index.htm

Might be a non-story but I thought I'd draw you attention to it.

(just in case you don't get out much)

[thebizrock]

New update at USH website on the Terms of Use page. They are unhappy with our hacking attempts on their websites. Very interesting.

http://www.underscorehosting.com/terms.html

[Chinghis]

Sounds kind of legalistic and real - like it never occurred to them that folks would break in and potentially do stuff, like regular hackers.

[GOD]

*ROTFLMAO*

[yanka]