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[SpartanCavie]

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[myf]

Heh, I'm pleased my GCSE French finally came in handy for something

[AtionSong]

Exciting! We really are getting close to the solve of this one.

Just one thing I've been thinking of-
If somebody were to contact the town hall of the town that I lived in, and my town hall had nothing better to do than to research me, they'd be able to find lots of info. Firstly, they'd be able to give my address, phone number, etc. You know, the info you give when you file taxes and stuff. They'd also be able to find articles from the local newspaper that have mentioned me (there's about a dozen or so). Basically, if they gave this information to somebody, they'd have a pretty good idea of where to find me.

That's situation one.

Situation two -
I took a trip to Tennessee last year for a big improv competition. I did not check into the hotel - the entire reservation was under my team leader's name. Basically, if you did research, there would be no information that I was every in Tennessee.

Unless...you had found an article in my local newspaper about how me, and the other people on my team, were going to Tennessee.

So, unless Satoshi lives in Kaysersberg, we may not be able to get much info on him unless we can figure out where he does live.

Just some two cents worth. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

[AtionSong]

Another idea that I've thought up: the 6 degrees chain-email solution.

I'm not sure if this has already been tried, but I was reading about a study like this in the newspaper.

Directions:
If you want to participate, just copy the following e-mail below, and follow its directions.

[ixalon]

Nice clear explaination. The only thing I would suggest changing is removing the mention of $200,000 which will likely get the email flagged as spam. You need to make it clear that this isn't for monetary gain (chain letters which are to make money are illegal.)

You'll also need to disassociate the cube and monetary reward with finding Satoshi; when putting together b2one.org MC were really keen that either the mention of the prize was removed or a message was added telling people that he's not going to be of any help in the cube hunt.

Also, if you want, you can use http://billion2one.org/satoshi.jpg as the image URL we'll be able to keep a track on how many people are looking at the pic - it'll add to the web visits stats on http://www.billion2one.org/?o=stats

[Cabbage]

[ixalon]

Not that I'm suggesting doing such a thing, but the sad fact is the best way to get an email forwarded is by saying something like "if you send this email to 5 friends in the next 24 hours you'll find love/good-fortune/blah/blah/etc."

I haven't the foggiest why people still forward these things, but you'll get it round a few million kids within a week. I still get the odd one or two from people I've told numerous times to never forward me such things.

[x]

If you want to make a letter people will read. Make it look professional.

Take a hint from emailings that come from big businesses. The ones we do actually read, that could still be considered spam.

Like NCSoft, or Blizzard, or Monster.com ... they all send regular mailings
to people on their lists. These emails have disclamers, and usually use a fancy mix of linked images and text. They look professional.

The idea is ... keep the format EXACTLY like billion2one.org , Use the same yellow background, put a simple link to their page but make it clear that no clicks are needed, link in a pic of satoshi, and remember to name it in a way that if they have images off, it will be clear this is the image of the guy. Really the more professional it looks the more seriously it will be taken.

A straight text email will still get some action, but it wont be taken as seriously, people will assume you are some nutcase and delete it without even checking. (people NEVER check stuff before hitting reply or deleting, This is why so many hoaxes spread so fast, people are too lazy to google apparantly)

So first impressions are KEY, make people know this is no joke. take your time and make the HTML email look REALLY professional. if you take this really seriously, other people who know nothing about it will take it seriously.

PS: Dont ask them not to delete it, thats the first thing that they will do.
Dont ask them to do anything, just present the problem in the best light possible, people will make their own choices, but a friendly entrance to this puzzle will encourage those who could be interested.

[x]

Another quick thought, once you guys come to a finalized version of this emailing. Everyone who has a myspace or other simmilar site, should put it into a Bullitin for all their friends to send around.

Viral Myspace ads spreads SO quickly.

[angadeon]

The List

[Cabbage]

[AtionSong]

I've gotten the HTML completed! X is right, this does look a LOT better. It really looks like an official e-mail, and people are much less likely to delete it. Basically, I just centered it around the color and style theme from billion2one.org.

Just one problem left - How do you send HTML in an e-mail?

[AtionSong]

HTML Email

[x]

Ooh thats perfect!

Here is a page helping outlook users with the process of sending this to
others from the web page (using IE)

http://www.slipstick.com/mail1/html.htm

Its very simple.

There are several ways but in IE, from the web page given above

File > Send > Page by Email,

is the easiest way i can see.

I have sent this out to my family and friends and i will also post this into
myspace. This is gonna work good. chain-letter emailings FTW!!!

[x]

Ive also printed off like 20-30 of these, and im gonna post them up in public places. I suggest you do the same. Think of this like a marketing business, we are selling Satoshi to the public. The more people we hit the better our chances that we hit some people who are interested.

Really if i learned nothing else from doing chain scheme businesses, its how to market successfully. Im rather excited now woot!