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[VIRAL MARKETING/ARG?] Pherotones
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Duckie
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 		Just a quickie update, asked the good Dr. whether Pherotones worked more on the Psychological or Biological level. The quick answer? They don't know.
Which is where we "Citizen Scientists" come in, I suppose.

Real or not, I kinda admit I look forward to polling people on campus about which tones turn them on...
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Ofiuco
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 		So is everyone else convinced this is totally and completely an ARG now?

PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:17 pm
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Jackofspades
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 		I got to talk to the doctor
I saw her online but I could not think of anything to say and I had to leave for work . She does not say anything really of importance but she told me her goal is to entertain. This is my first attempt at joining an ARG so I don't really know what to look for or ask.

14:16] mike51cards: hello
[14:17] drpherotone: Yes, hello.
[14:17] mike51cards: I do not mean to bother you but I recently found your website(s) and they seem some what interesting
[14:17] drpherotone: Oh, very good.
[14:18] drpherotone: Do have some favorites?
[14:19] mike51cards: Well i do not remember where i found the original pherotone website from but enjoy psychology as a hobby so the idea that sounds can influence people on a subconscious level was interesting
[14:19] drpherotone: Oh, well, yes...I can see that.
[14:20] drpherotone: I find my website and research are entertaining as well.
[14:20] drpherotone: Perhaps there is more entertainment value in it all? Would you agree?
[14:20] mike51cards: Indeed I did get a small kick out of the commercial that was posted on there
[14:22] drpherotone: well, not a commercial...a "research video"
[14:23] mike51cards: I apoligize, I must have misunderstood the text explaining it.
[14:24] mike51cards: What exactly drives a person like you, how does one get into this line of work?
[14:25] drpherotone: Oh, well...life really.
[14:26] drpherotone: Personal research...
[14:27] mike51cards: Sometimes things just seem to fall into place I guess and you find yourself doing something you are really interested in. I am still looking for that in my life
[14:27] drpherotone: Well, my main goal is to entertain, and delight.
[14:27] drpherotone: Smile
[14:28] mike51cards: I would says that a good goal
[14:31] mike51cards: Well I must be going, I hope to speak to you later
[14:32] drpherotone: Yes, take care. Thanks for visiting!
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teh_lisa
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 		spoke with the doc earlier. i know she keeps saying this isnt a game but....

Quote:
drpherotone: i am suggesting to all of my supportors that any thing they can do to help spread my message, to record their findings will be well rewarded some day.


so......i dunno people still looks like a duck to me

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rebel2k4
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 		More from the Doc....
[17:10] JIBlock: Ah Dr. Vanderwood.
[17:10] drpherotone: Yes, helloQ
[17:10] JIBlock: You have become somewhat of a friend.
[17:11] JIBlock: I do think that I want to be a helper to you somehow. But your website at this time is unable to let me help.
[17:11] drpherotone: Oh, how is that?
[17:11] JIBlock: Well you said you needed "Citizen Scientists" no?
[17:11] drpherotone: Yes, of course!
[17:12] JIBlock: How do you I do that, when I can't order or can't do anything like that
[17:12] drpherotone: well, right now you can spread the word, tell your friends, and stay tunned!
[17:12] JIBlock: You sound happier than earlier.
[17:13] drpherotone: Well, with all the research, and the stress it's been an emotional rollercoaster...that's how you say it, right?
[17:13] JIBlock: Very good.
[17:13] JIBlock: You are right.
[17:15] JIBlock: Your English is improving.
[17:15] drpherotone: Oh, stop with the flattery.
[17:15] JIBlock: Is it working? Smile
[17:16] drpherotone: Maybe better than a Pherotone...
[17:17] JIBlock: Excuse me. I am flattered that I work as good as one.
[17:17] drpherotone: Oh, well...then...
[17:19] drpherotone: I should make a note of this in my research log.
[17:19] JIBlock: excuse me?
[17:21] drpherotone: There.
[17:21] JIBlock: Is my flirtation with you now a note of research?
[17:22] drpherotone: Perhaps. Wink
[17:22] JIBlock: I dont know whether to be flattered or insulted?
[17:23] drpherotone: Flattered.

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SMG3er
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 		On the radio?
I was talking to a friend of mine about ARGs and told him to keep an eye on on the Pherotones website, just in case it turned out to be an ARG. He is a Sirius radio subscriber and told me that Howard Stern had mentioned Pherotones on his show this past week (or maybe it was last week). He didn't really discuss Pherotones, but was using it as an example of guests he had turned down recently. So, it looks like doctor is trying to get booked on radio shows to spread the word.

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SirQuady
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 		Well, i was wondering what it was all about, (ARG? Not an ARG? A hallucination brought on by too little sleep and too much honeycomb?)

That is, until i saw Myra's letter to ARGN.

I think it was:
Quote:
there is no Ian Yarborough here for us to moon over.

That convinced me: This is not a game (i mean that in the "no, it's an ARG" sense, peeps)

Either that, or some clever marketing. Nope, wait. That'd be crazy, next thing you know, they'll be making ARG car ads! (waiit a second!)


Again, my explanation of this post is: too little sleep. Too much honeycomb cereal.
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rebel2k4
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 		A CLUE A CLUE
[09:39] JIBlock: been reading your blog have you been getting sleep?
[09:39] drpherotone: (Yawn) goodmorning!
[09:39] JIBlock: I guess not.
[09:40] drpherotone: But it ia beautiful, sunny morning here and after my caffe I look forward to diving back into the research.
[09:41] JIBlock: Sunny...Smile It just snowed 30" here
[09:41] drpherotone: Oh, you must live in the NEw england
[09:41] JIBlock: Not the New England...just New England and yes...I am in NY
[09:42] drpherotone: Ah, of course. Yes, I guess 30" is a lot for the
[09:42] drpherotone: United States
[09:43] JIBlock: Yes it is.
[09:43] JIBlock: Is the deal done yet? Smile
[09:43] drpherotone: Ah, all business we are this morning Wink
[09:43] JIBlock: sorry.
[09:44] JIBlock: looking for pleasure?
[09:44] drpherotone: Oh, no, no do not be sorry
[09:44] drpherotone: I appreciate your continuing interest in my work.
[09:44] JIBlock: That is about 90
[09:44] JIBlock: 90% of it.
[09:45] drpherotone: We are moving forward nicely...
[09:45] JIBlock: thats good. I hope you get what you want/
[09:46] drpherotone: Well, business isn't my forte.
[09:46] JIBlock: I know it's the science and the research.
[09:46] drpherotone: I am a scientist. But, I think, yes, it will work out.
[09:46] JIBlock: So what does a lonely scientist do for Valentine's Day?
[09:47] drpherotone: Work, what else!
[09:48] drpherotone: Have you been able to document any personal experiences with Pherotones?
[09:48] JIBlock: I have been having trouble getting them. Not yet unfortunately.
[09:49] drpherotone: Oh, yes, well as soon as the deal is completed, no one should have problems downloading my pherotones.
[09:49] JIBlock: Did you try to get them mentioned on Howard Stern?
[09:53] drpherotone: Very interesting...
[09:54] drpherotone: I was scheduled to be on the Howard Stern Show.
[09:54] drpherotone: We're still trying to work that out.
[09:54] JIBlock: Very cool.
[09:57] drpherotone: I am struggling with one piece of information...
[09:57] JIBlock: which is?
[09:57] drpherotone: Elkstrom, you know who I speak of?
[09:57] JIBlock: your ex bf?
[09:57] drpherotone: Well, ex, kinda, yes, no...
[09:57] drpherotone: well, he left me a very cryptic message
[09:57] drpherotone: that I havn't had time to work with today.
[09:57] drpherotone: But he said it was urgent.
[09:58] drpherotone: Do you think you could help me with it?
[09:58] JIBlock: sure...where is it?
[09:58] JIBlock: and I can get some of my friends to help.
[09:58] drpherotone: Well, I have to get it up to my blog.
[09:59] JIBlock: The ARGN people(even though they may be looking for something else have a lot of good brains there.)
[09:59] JIBlock: you should post another message there.
[09:59] drpherotone: What do you mean "they may be looking for something else?
[10:00] JIBlock: Again "the ultimate reward" which you said wasn;t there,'
[10:00] JIBlock: yo uknow how stubborn people can be.
[10:00] drpherotone: Not sure I follow.
[10:00] JIBlock: Just forget what I said.
[10:00] JIBlock: I will help you.
[10:01] drpherotone: No, no, it's ok. What were you trying to say?
[10:01] JIBlock: I was saying that the more brains that could decipher the message the better.
[10:01] drpherotone: Well, that makes sense.
[10:01] JIBlock: So when you will have the message up?
[10:01] drpherotone: Today.
[10:01] JIBlock: Ok...
[10:02] JIBlock: When it's up....it will get solved trust me.

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 		i had a short im convo with the doc.
she said that the message was in Danish, and it might well be a riddle.
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aliendial
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 		while we have danish members at UF (not me), I can probably figure out what the message says - where is it?
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teh_lisa
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 		messages is up at the blog http://www.pherotones.blogspot.com/

lisa anne

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Mightyslick
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 		seks = sex....
sig (flip it around) "gis" = guess
vist = fishes

a few i couldn't find translations for so i hope this helps and its down the right path . Peace

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Nadif
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 		Ok, let's jump on this, it was about time. Wink
The words are mostly numbers, plus "north", "west" and the word "sig" that, aqs far as I can say is a reflexive pronoun or something like that, meaning "oneself/himself" (pretty much the same as the Deutch "sich" I suppose).
I'm attaching the translated note.
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Duckie (NLI)
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 		Re: A CLUE A CLUE
drpheretone wrote:

drpherotone: well, he left me a very cryptic message
drpherotone: that I havn't had time to work with today.
drpherotone: But he said it was urgent.
drpherotone: Do you think you could help me with it?


WOOOOOOOEEEEE! Finally some work to do thats not homework. This looks good.

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 		EDIT-------------

DAMNIT!!

i just spent like 20 minutes writing up a post and definitions of the words...and when i posted it, nadif had already beat me to it. lol. oh well...his is better anyways...it came with a lovely picture Smile

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