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[Whalewashingdolphin]

Good job, good job!! Hmmm...maybe we need to think of an item used in construction?? Like a hammer?

[Mudbrother]

could be, I'm also thinking we should be looking for the 'building blocks' of a network. I've tried any number of combos so far. Even gigaPoPs which is the name given to an Abilene network node.

[Russell]

So infuriating, great work, so close but yet no cigar yet. Have tried every word I can think of related to building networks or actual buildings. Still brick walling (and yes ive tried bricks! )

[Russell]

<Double posted to make people aware>

Ok the picture is now updated with the word Syn at the bottom right...

Im guessing Syntax:

# the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
# a systematic orderly arrangement
# studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences

Maybe we transcribed or translated incorrectly

[cvk_0]

Actually, isn't syn. usually the abreviation of synonym.
Maybe we only need "construction object" -> ??

[Mudbrother]

Yeah, good catch cvk.. we're just onto that now ourselves. Any ideas of a synonym? I know Russ has tried brick, and probably a dozen others knowing him.

We did check my grammar, and it is correct as far as I can tell. So I'm going with synonym.

[Mudbrother]

Sorry for the double post, wanted to make sure everyone got the update.

I've finally solved the abilene and 3 branches puzzles:

Abilene:

[Russell]

ok thats really annoying, the first thing i did when we got that pic was do a fill on it and nothing, infact i have the original and just retried grrrr. great catch though....Ahhhh the fill was next to the Syn word, thatll be why it wasnt there in the first instance

[ancalime]

I've just been looking at the ISP Compliance puzzle, which has a number of (surprise) ISP names "hidden" in it. I've found AT&T, Savvis, Qwest, Verizon, Level3, and Sprint, and can't find any others like NTT or SBC...

[EDIT] "NTT" is Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, silly me.

It looks like it may get down to a hex string once enough ISPs are marked.

[Hunnter]

Just to let you know, the "GOOGLE?" part should be added to that list since they are providing free wireless access around them, hence the question mark, hehe.
So that takes the lower line out.

I'm shocked i never checked that new picture update for the map, heh.
I done it with the other two versions, even the continents!
That colors thing is confusing though, can't get my head around that at all.
I've tried coloring the dots, tried inverting, tried a few others, can't find anything useful.
edit: also tried rainbow.html and /rainbow/

[ancalime]

I figured the "Google?" line was out as either a provider or a suggestion -- as for the rest, I think it might just be the Tier 1 ISPs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_ISP) in which case I've now got them all highlighted.

The text left behind is: e5di2ps7rcge9ln4$b8t1c6ab

And, of course, the date above still hasn't been addressed.

[Russell]

Ok rance missed it so incase anyone else did the hidden text on Sewer updates page is:

[Mudbrother]

ok, we busted the Colors! puzzle only to find another under it...

here's the solution to the image puzzle:

[equi_design]

Sewer/log_updates

[Hangman42]

Arrrgg - I catch the flu and sleep for a day and look what happens!

Congrats and good work all - will get stuck in, tho my head still feels like mush

Storyline theories :