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[PUZZLE] The SILVIA Files
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Dr Wily
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 		Or it could be a directory or a filename or a username...

...ugh.

This ARG has caused me to have profound doubts about my own intelligence...

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Pierre
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 		It has caused that on me too...

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 		In between, in relation with aquapolis... anyone ahve checked the news there. The hacker was probably talking of that....

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Azathoth666
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 		Could well be... although a security system wouldn't spike out a subnet like they were talking about... unless the security system was something far more sinister...
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 		Why evacuating an entire complex when the security system close 9 watertight door. Also they are saying that only 2 compartment were flooded. Isn't it strange that a security system close 9 door when they could have close only 4 to prevent... and also why attacking the outer blukhead resulting to get 2 compartments flooded? To have time getting something there or on the server? Sounds like something hidden. Now, after we find the sylvia files talking about the spiked and all the other stuff with whirl.... whirl can be found in water....

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IAmMeIAm
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 		I was looking at the Graff file with the moon and the tarot cards, and I saw what I think is a 3 in the moon. It looks like it was intentionally added, to my eye, but I can't tell if I'm crazy or not.

So, I've attached a JPEG. On the left is the moon as it appeared in the image, on the right I've monkeyed with the brightness and contrast, in an attempt to make the 3 stand out more, and circled the three.

Is it a clue? Or am I just seeing things?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 2:35 am
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 		Well you are not crazy... thats a 3....

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Azathoth666
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 		3 in a moon... 3 moons? Jupiter has three, doesn't it? (or is Jupiter only two, and Pluto is 3?)

Unless it's referring to 3 cycles of the moon, ie, 3 months? Nice spotting... I still haven't had much of a chance to look at this one.
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L'Maut
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Jupiter has three, doesn't it? (or is Jupiter only two, and Pluto is 3?)


Pluto has only one moon that I know of. Jupiter, I believe, has 39 moons and counting.

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IAmMeIAm
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 		Because I really have nothing better to do...
Nice to know other people can see the 3, too.

I've ID'd three of the tarot cards in the picture, of the four that are relatively clear.

One is The Queen of Cups, and one is The Nine of Wands, and one is The Devil.

I can't match the fourth one up to any of the cards in the deck, and I'm not even going to begin to guess the meanings, since I know nothing about tarot.

Attached is a copy of the picture, with the three cards labeled. The text is upside down, because all of the cards are upside down from the perspective of the shot (Which would make them right-side up for the person whose elbows we can see in the shot.)
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L'Maut
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 		Well done, I Am. Some reading material:


Tarot Cards Quick Reference

Tarot Cards Commentary

Crowley's Liber LXXVIII: On the Tarot


Also, here is the Thoth spread and its explanation. Note that there are 15 cards in this spread, so it may be that I've misidentified the spread, or there may be variations on it, or we may not be seeing all there is to see.

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L'Maut
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So we saw this flux and burst of activity, and then down to nothing. Well, we saw the echoes, anyhow.

Definitely not a human footprint.


Speculation here ... Book II of the Temple of Solomon the King describes two temple guardians. The guardian without the temple is known as the Sentinel, the inner guardian is known as Kerux (a Greek word meaning "herald," "proclaimer," "preacher").

It may be that what left the footprint is a guardian programme. I shouldn't be surprised to see the name Kerux turn up someplace.

A quote from Book II of the Temple of Solomon that seems appropriate to the game:

Quote:
Obsessed by the chimera of his mind, lost in the labyrinth of his
imagination, man wanders on through the shadowy dreamland he himself
has begotten, slothfully accepting or eagerly rejecting, but ever
seeking some unobtainable freedom, some power which will release him
from those shackles he has in his studied folly and capricious
ignorance welded to his thoughts.


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Pierre
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 		Tarot
I've seen the image you attached, IAmMeIAm.. The fourth one looks like the Fool to me... But I may be wrong...

What I see is a figure with a red cap and bent knees. It may be wearing yellow pants and a blue vest, but I'm not sure... The background is definitely yellow, though...

I can't understand the meaning of the 3 on the moon, though I see it clearly now... Perhaps it's an assotiation of words... The moon has other names, such as Luna, Lune, Selene... Or is it a reference to Apollo 3?

As for the aquapolis, well... I don't undertand about computers, so I didn't understand what really happened with that spike thing.. Where was it detected? At the Aquapolis or somewhere else?

It seems that they are hiding something... They say it was an accident, but I'm not buying it. Sounds like an attack by someone who doesn't like the idea of having that resort finished...

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Pierre
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 		Taking a second look on that card, it may be the Weel of Fortune too, but not very likely...

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levendus
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 		I'm a little late to this thread but here's my two cents.

AI has already been created. Metacortex uses one as security system. (news 9/29/03)

Alternative hypothesis for beth's archives: Malicious individual attempted to erase the unsecured archives. Archives were semi-saved when she pass worked them. Subsequent e-mails detail a plan for her to gain superuser access to labyrint 1.0 build. This access is to take place after her archives were tampered with. Conjecture: Labyrinth is a program that makes correlations between data sets. Beth wants to use it to establish some kind of pattern for her paranormal archives.

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