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MageSteff
Pretty talky there aintcha, Talky?


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Jaded wrote:
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Just because Ididn't feel like PMing or making a new post or looking anything up...

what's with the "at" sign always being splat?

...@!

and then it appears....

*confuzed*


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:24 am
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MageSteff
Pretty talky there aintcha, Talky?


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Evertonian wrote:
Just had another thought, on the signup page it refers to licking wounds because of the last run-in with the Erasers, have mailed to Kevin, Cypher #75 at the Cyphers splat studiocypher.com.

waiting for a reply! Rolling Eyes


Actually Kevin is the webmaster, if you want to reach him specifically, wemasterSPLATstudiocypher.com is the way to go.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:27 am
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albatross
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 		i didnt know about studio cypher before it happened. I just happened to find it really early on. lucky, i guess!

Make Good Choices!! Shocked

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lpilker
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 		Re: [E-mail] Kevin re: Gray O on mouse over
MageSteff wrote:

Which Thenre already found the cypher page.




Ok, not to be a b!tch, and no offense Thenre, but I found it first!!! Wink

It's just that I'm kinda slow at this sometimes and I was pretty stoked that I actually figured something out for myself! lol!

See my spoiler two posts above Thenre on page 1 of this thread! lol... again, I don't mean this in a mean way, I'm just sayin'...

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Synchronicity
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Nos wrote:
Another thing to add, Hachita is very near to Las Cruces, New Mexico, which is right next to White Sands Missle Range, where the first nuclear bomb was tested. Trinity Site and all. Also, for miles and miles, between Alamagordo and Las Cruces, is military land. As in 'you will be shot if you step over the fence on the side of the road' land. Heh.


I also noticed that, but it looks like it won't matter to the game:

Email rec'd this morning

------------------------------------------

Thank you, Synch!

I wouldn't know about Hachita, personally. Never been there, the others
won't go back or talk about it.

Shunyata near bit my head off when I asked him about it. Good thing he
doesn't like computers, probably hasn't even noticed I mentioned it on the
front page.

Los Alamos has issues, true. I don't know how much they have to do with
Hachita, though.

Some answers will show up soon, I'm sure.

-- K

> Good morning,
>
> That's quite an intriguing website you've put together there. Hachita NM
> also appears to have some interesting inhabitants. I wonder, though, if
> being so near to Los Alamos has had any unusual effects? I know TV
> dinners
> can't be good for you! Wink
>
> Looking forward to watching your website develop.
>
> regards
> Synch

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albatross
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 		i made contact with the web master from studio cypher, and i got some interesting info. Here it is:

Thanks, Andy! I'm pretty excited too!

All I say is "within the week" when you ask about when I can throw the
switch and reveal more. I'm a one person operation down here, y'know? The
rest hardly know how to turn on a computer.

Hachita... to be honest, I'm not sure. Something big. It was before my
time and the others don't talk about it when they think I can hear. Good
thing I can hear better than they think. It had something to do with a
snake. A big snake? A dangerous snake? An ancient snake with wings that
breathes fire? No idea.

And the one time I dared to ask they put me on Chupacabra duty. Ugh. Worst
day ever. I'm going to wait a while before I ask again.

-- K

> hey, I signed up for Studio Cypher a while back, and I just thought you
> should know that I am really looking forward to getting this thing
> started! Can you give me any idea of when this thing will kick off?
> Sorry, im just really excited!! Also, what happened in Hachita, NM?
> (referring to the "talking backwards" line in the paragraph behind the
> rotating dragon-thing.) If you could give me any help at all, I would
> greatly appreaciate it! Also, good work with the site, it really reels
> you in! Thanks so much for your time, and I look forward to learning about
> the Cyphers soon!
>
> Thanks!
> Albatross

so anyhoo, me thinks this could be helpful. Let me know what you think!

Make good choices! Shocked

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 		Shunyata
Śūnyatā, शून्यता (Sanskrit, Pali: suņņatā), or "Emptiness," is a term for an aspect of the Buddhist metaphysical critique as well as Buddhist epistemology and phenomenology. Shunyata signifies that everything one encounters in life is empty of soul, permanence, and self-nature. Everything is inter-related, never self-sufficient or independent; nothing has independent reality.

http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Shunyata/id/573425

Ultimately shunyata is a phenomenological term for the experience of the Absolute Reality. The Absolute Reality is the experience of total freedom from the distortion and limitations of conceptual understanding (vikalpa), it is "empty" or "void" of all such particular characteristics. This Shunyata, according to the great 2nd Century Buddhist dialectician Nagarjuna, can only be described in terms of a paradoxical series of negations. So for example in Absolute Reality (Shunyata) there is neither Movement nor non-Movement nor both Movement and non-Movement nor something other than Movement and non-Movement. Reality embraces all, includes all and transcends all.


http://www.kheper.net/topics/Buddhism/sunyata.htm

"Absolute Reality"? Wink

albatross wrote:
It had something to do with a
snake.


Shunyata powersnakes Wink

http://www.audionexus.com/shunyata_research_feature.shtml

Shunyata, the Ultimate Reality, equivalent with God -

http://www.shunyata.net/re970802.htm

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Synchronicity
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 		Re: Shunyata
And ... AHA!!

The endless serpent is one important image found in these alchemy books. It first appeared on a page in Kleopatra's book of 10th century CE. In the space bounded by the snake holding its tail in its mouth was inscribed, "One is the All, and by it, the All, and in it, the All, and if it does not contain the All, then it is Nothing."

This image, called the Ourobouros, appears also in the Codex Marciannus [Mark's reference is to alchemical procedures such as distillation, condensation, 'sublimation' and transformation.

Kekule [1829-1896], the German chemist, had a lucid dream about Ourobouros (while riding on a bus, it is said) that has often been referred to as the most "brilliant piece of prediction" in all organic chemistry. It revealed to him the long-sought carbon ring structure of the benzene molecule.

The endless serpent signifies that all matter is basically interchangeable, and that forms are not absolute. In fact, we have in the Ourobouros the symbol for what is known in Buddhist philosophy as shunyata [Sanskrit] or Emptiness.


http://www.khandro.net/animal_serpent_good.htm

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Nos
Unfettered


Joined: 29 Jun 2005
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Location: missing the desert
Quote:
> Good morning,
>
> That's quite an intriguing website you've put together there. Hachita NM
> also appears to have some interesting inhabitants. I wonder, though, if
> being so near to Los Alamos has had any unusual effects? I know TV
> dinners
> can't be good for you! Wink
>
> Looking forward to watching your website develop.
>
> regards
> Synch


Not that it matters, but Los Alamos is the whole state away from Hachita. Las Cruces is what it's near, and White Sands.
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tipsila
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albatross wrote:
And the one time I dared to ask they put me on Chupacabra duty. Ugh. Worst
day ever. I'm going to wait a while before I ask again.

-- K
About chupacabra or goat-sucker.

Also, I found this: The markor goat of the Himalayas, the name of which is said to come from two Persian words compounded; it means "snake-eater".
Quote:
http://www.iras.ucalgary.ca/~volk/sylvia/goatsucker.htm

when a markhor happens across a poisonous snake, supposedly it not only eats it, but it eats it with relish. Thus one Haughton, author of Sport and Folklore in the Himalayas, mentions three separate stories of natives watching markhor trampling and devouring snakes. One Colonel Cobb (once political agent in Gilgit, entrusted with negotiating an international postal service across the Himalayas between India and Sinkiang) recorded further markhor folklore:

"When a markhor encounters a snake he kills it by stamping upon its head, and then devours it. The poison of the snake causes a cyst to grow in the stomach known as the zahr morah stone. This stone when applied to a snake bite wound absorbs the poison from the blood stream and the cure of the patient is rapid.[...]


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Mountain Girl
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Joined: 16 Sep 2005
Posts: 650

 		Sent this:


Greetings!
>
> I hope this finds you well and solving mysteries. I wanted to
introduce
> myself and offer any assistance you may need. My name is Mountain
Girl,
> and I'm looking forward to working for a just cause.
>
> Blessings Abound,
> MG


Received this in return:

Hello, Mountain Girl.

Hmm, mountain girl. A girl living on a mountain? Or perhaps a female
mountain? I've never seen mountains mate, but who knows what they do
in
their long, slow time?

Your assistance is appreciated. I hope to have your training ready
within
the week, but it's hard to convince Shunyata to give up any little
secrets
to you. But how can you make friends by keeping secrets?

But the cause is just, oh yeah, never fear. After all, I'm involved.
That's just the way of things.

-- K
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GasparLewis
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Location: vicinty of NYC

 		Well, I'm on board, at least to some degree.

*pulls gloves on tight*
*pulls visor down*

Let's ride... Twisted Evil

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Jaded
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Location: Somewhere in that grey area of a shadow

 		hmmm...in regards to the splat...I've seen it on other boards too....so wouldn't it make sense for a spammer to add splat to the search query?

I dunno

OKies...I got a reply to my e-mail I sent

Email Correspondance wrote:

Great Lord
to webmaster
More options Apr 9 (18 hours ago)
Hello Hello.

I look forward to being a part in our grand mission.

Hmm...

I saw the movie Eraser...starred Arnold Schwartzaneger (OMG SP?!)

Though, sadly, he is now CA's Governer.

Anyways, back to our problem on hand.

Or at least one of the problems on hand. Well, it really depends on who's hand...gah, I'm confusing myself

Well, I'm Jaded, and look forward to stopping the Erasers...To be unique is to be divine

Do we have an ETA on Training by any chance?

I prefer Chinese food to TV dinners any day

--
~Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition~

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webmasterSPLATstudiocypher.com
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More options 7:35 am (4 hours ago)
To be unique IS to be divine. So very, very true.

I love Chinese food too! There's this little place on seventh that... woah
hoah. I'm not supposed to say where we are. Um... if you know of any
cities with a Chinese place on 7th street... that's probably not where we
are. Yeah, that's the ticket. (If that place also has egg rolls to die
for, that's DEFINITELY where we aren't.)

Welcome to the nut house, Jaded!

Training will be... soon. That's all I can say right now, since it's out
of my hands at the moment.

-- K
- Show quoted text -

> Hello Hello.
>
> I look forward to being a part in our grand mission.
>
> Hmm...
>
> I saw the movie Eraser...starred Arnold Schwartzaneger (OMG SP?!)
>
> Though, sadly, he is now CA's Governer.
>
> Anyways, back to our problem on hand.
>
> Or at least one of the problems on hand. Well, it really depends on who's
> hand...gah, I'm confusing myself
>
> Well, I'm Jaded, and look forward to stopping the Erasers...To be unique
> is
> to be divine
>
> Do we have an ETA on Training by any chance?
>
> I prefer Chinese food to TV dinners any day
>
> --
> ~Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition~
>



Reply Forward Invite webmasterSPLATstudiocypher.com to Gmail


Your message has been sent.

Great Lord
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More options 12:26 pm (0 minutes ago)
Though I have to admit, home made korean food does come close to chinese food.

hmm...

I don't think we'll be finding your location any time soon

Results 1 - 10 of about 47,200,000 for chinese place on seventh. (0.39 seconds)

Wink

MMmm...nut house, right at home. I do enjoy some hunny-roasted cashews every once in a while.

Will there be complimentary nuts at our taining?

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 		Tattoed faces, Shunyata, and snakes -

http://tattoos.iloveindia.com/purpose-of-tattooing/protection.html

The snake clan of Pakokku, Burma, has made a science of protection tattoos. For centuries these Buddhist snake handlers have tattooed their bodies to protect themselves against the vipers and cobras that share their town. But they hold these deadly snakes in high esteem: Buddhist legend tells of a giant cobra sheltering a sleeping Lord Buddha during a rainstorm, and there is even a snake pagoda in nearby Mandalay. The town also regards the snake as its fertility God. Currently about a dozen members strong, the snake clan of Pakokku claims that no member has ever been killed by a snake no small feat considering these men are responsible for capturing snakes by hand and releasing them unharmed miles from town. Their secret is the tattoo. Each member undergoes weekly tattooing, a ritual that involves prayer, a very large metal needle and black ink mixed with snake venom. The venom, collected from snakes found in town, acts as an inoculation against snakebite. Arms, legs, chest, back, face and even the scalp are tattooed with Buddhist symbols, each mixed with venom cobra venom for tattoos on the upper body, viper venom for the lower body to help build the bearer's antibodies.
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Preon neKaskth
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 		Sent a message to Kevin enquiring over the possible significance of the Ouroboros. Got this reply:
Quote:
Hey, Preon!

The webmaster address is for official business, so I'd recommend sending
future emails to my personal address (kevinSPLATstudiocypher.com). Shunyata
probably wouldn't mind, but why take chances?

I don't know if the Ouroboros has significance to the Cyphers as a whole,
but it sure says something to Shunyata. He came down from on high and
said that it had to be prominently displayed on the website. And what
that cat wants, that cat gets, you dig?

-- K

> Hey Kevin,
>
> Feeling pretty good about this whole thing and I was just wondering about
> the significance of the Ouroboros on the mainpage of the site, such as
> does
> it have any particular value to the Cyphers?
>
> Yours,
>
> Preon neKaskth
> Cypher


Make of it what you will.

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