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[TRAIL/PUZZLE] Choose Your Revolution
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Kilroy

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 		http://chooseyourrevolution.com/revolve.php?ucount <-- this will take you directly to the counter

also as pointed out this javascript has some interesting bits in it http://chooseyourrevolution.com/revolve.js

specifically

function hello() {
var clues = new Array();

clues[0] = 'vbjn pbhpu cbgngbrf rkvfg';
}

Here is some info about the domain chooseyourrevolution.com. showing that this was a very private domain registration using a third party to handle the initial purchase ( implies some forethought into covering your butt )

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not to use this data to enable high volume, automated or robotic electronic
processes designed to collect or compile this data for any purpose,
including mining this data for your own personal or commercial purposes.

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Registrant:
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: CHOOSEYOURREVOLUTION.COM
Created on: 01-Jun-07
Expires on: 01-Jun-08
Last Updated on:

Administrative Contact:
Private, Registration CHOOSEYOURREVOLUTION.COMSPLATdomainsbyproxy.com
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
(480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2599

Technical Contact:
Private, Registration CHOOSEYOURREVOLUTION.COMSPLATdomainsbyproxy.com
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
(480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2599

Domain servers in listed order:
NS.PHX2.NEARLYFREESPEECH.NET
NS.PHX1.NEARLYFREESPEECH.NET

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:52 pm
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coffeegirl18
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 		Counter was at 994 when I registered.

My key was: Christian Retirees from Georgia

Looks interesting and I'm not really playing an ARGs now.


Edit Counter now at 1007
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:50 pm
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Farlad
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 		It's currently at 999

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:53 pm
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Farlad
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 		Crying or Very sad It's past 1000 and nothing happened

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Becky
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 		Another key
Atheist Adults from San Marino

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blainehoyt
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 		new (at the bottom):

Quote:
1. Reread my manifesto. You're missing at least 14 clues.
2. Tell me what your key is in a blog entry. Then tell me how you think this revolution will begin. For now, you don't have to be right. Just good enough.
3. Email a blog link to contactSPLATchooseyourrevolution.com.
4. I will respond with the next clue on the blog of whoever comes closest to recognizing the patterns and the meaning behind them.


So apparently there are clues in the manifesto... ooooh...
lets start searching

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:49 pm
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coffeegirl18
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 		Well he did say:

Quote:
So I called ****, who'd invented an Internet application now used, in various forms, by hundreds of millions of people.


I'm thinking that they invented the web browser....or maybe something to do with Napster. I'm currently just guessing. I tried searching about search engines and came up with the below article.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/5/prwebxml241060.php

The guy trying to get the patent is Eric Schneider.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:10 pm
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bhazlewood
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subflea wrote:
Native American men from Kuwait.


If that's not a near-zero subset of humanity, I'll eat a box of Oreo's.

Well, I might eat the Oreo's anyway, but that's besides the point.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:19 pm
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myf
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 		I've stuck all the ones reported so far into a Google spreadsheet here. Thought it might help with finding some kind of pattern.

EDIT - Wikipedia gives the following list of "rich Internet applications":

    Communication
  • Gmail - Webmail client for Google's email service
  • Meebo - An instant messaging client for multiple platforms
  • Outlook Web Access - The webmail client used in Microsoft's Exchange Server
  • RoundCube - Webmail Client Project
  • Yahoo! Mail (beta) - A webmail client for Yahoo!'s email service
  • Windows Live Hotmail - Webmail client for Microsoft's email service

    Document managing, editing, sharing and collaborating
  • EditGrid - A spreadsheet application
  • Flickr - A photo sharing service owned by Yahoo!
  • FORscene - An online video editor
  • Google Docs & Spreadsheets - A document and spreadsheet manager with multiple file support and online storage
  • Wrike - An online collaboration tool transparently intergrated with e-mail
  • Zoho Office Suite - An online office suite
  • Cyclone3 XULadmin - content management system based on XUL

    ERP
  • 24SevenOffice - A ERP/CRM application

    Personal information management
  • 30 Boxes - An online calendar
  • Google Calendar - An online calendar
  • netvibes - A personalised start page with support for XML, iCalendar and RSS
  • Windows Live Favourites - A favourite links manager
  • Zimbra - An online PIM with Mail, Calendar and more

    If I had to pick one, I'd say it's Google, though it's just a guess with no real basis
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:39 pm
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WolfHawk
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 		We are missing at least 14 clues? Don't the PMs know how many clues are in the manifesto?
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myf
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 		That counter at the top (the huge number) is currently decreasing by 6 or 7 every second or so, so it's not a straightforward countdown Confused I didn't pay much attention to it before, so I don't know if it was always doing that
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:03 pm
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Shyshdy
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 		Lol, the invention must be the e-playa on the burningman site!


Lol, I crack myself up.
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myf
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 		Just for completeness, as it's not yet been posted on here, the manifesto is
Quote:
On the night before I graduated college, I raised a glass of brandy for a toast with my three best friends. "To continued success," T. said.

W. then listed our accomplishments: He had turned down all of the top law schools in favor of a top investment bank, I. would be going to Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship, and T. would be going to Kennedy School of Government at Harvard before training to be a diplomat.
And then there was me... "I'm sure you'll find some way to make the world a better place," W. said. They laughed. The world was a good place for them. It didn't need to be better. We drank... but instead of relaxing, I began to envision a world-changing manifesto that would include these opening paragraphs.
Now, three years later, I'm writing it.

Even amongst my college friends, I was an outsider. While they studied hard, achieved well-defined milestones, and planned a straight line through their lives and careers... I fought against a status quo that built usable skill sets and helped keep the world a habitable place for most people, but didn't enable us to solve major problems that require new, creative thinking.
"Why are you writing a play for your Quantum Mechanics final?" T. asked. "Just take the test like everyone else." But the story was more powerful than the math because it helped people to understand abstract concepts that might otherwise be daunting. Either a play would do or the final wasn't worth doing.

"Why are you walking around in subzero temperatures with just a t-shirt on?" W. asked. "We have a micro-economics final tomorrow and we need to study." But there were fundamental problems with envisioning the world as a micro-economy. And I couldn't regurgitate the details of premises that I refused to accept (and which are now, finally, being proven wrong).
"Why did you have to ask me out by writing poems about a chocolate chip cookie," S. asked. "You could have just asked me in person like everyone else." But she was beautiful and smart, and had been asked out by many men, almost all of whom she'd turned down. The poem got me a date - and a girlfriend (at least for a little while).
I couldn't imagine complying with a world in which we are explicitly taught that the best answer is the same answer - the "good enough" answer. Because that's illogical. The best answer is the one that works better than the others. And if it flies in the face of conventional wisdom, then so what. So did E = mc 2 .

My first attempt at making the world a better place lasted less than two years. I had a fun idea, an endless well of passion, and eventually a big audience. But the attempt came to an end when I realized that I'd only found a partial solution to the mega-problem I was trying solve. That wasn't good enough. People needed a total solution... and I was determined to find it.
So I called ****, who'd invented an Internet application now used, in various forms, by hundreds of millions of people. I'd heard about him through a few friends. "He's the smartest man in the world," one friend told me. "But he's crazy...like nobody you've ever met," another friend said. I was encouraged by their words.

I told him about the mega-problem that I'd set out to solve, and about the mega-obstacle that I'd run into. I was about to tell him that if, together, we could dream up and implement a solution, the world would be a better place. But he interrupted me, "We can do this," he said. "And the solution will make people's lives better, and perhaps bring together the world."
We happened to live just a few miles from each other. So we met an hour later, shared a bottle of wine, shook hands, and prepared for the journey ahead. We started building the next morning.
Now, over a year later, we've created a solution.
It's a website unlike other websites, powered by a technology unlike other technologies. Its single, fundamental task is to enable people and communities to communicate with each other in ways that were previously impossible.

Last night, as ***** and I talked about how to introduce this website and technology to you, we agreed that the status quo isn't worth doing. "This is about revolution, it's about change, and it's about another in a long series of power shifts to the people," he said.

Then I remembered half-heartedly swigging that glass of brandy three years ago, and envisioning the world-changing manifesto that I'd write someday. "Fu**," I said. "That's it!"
And I walked out of our office (my apartment), and sat on the front step. **** laughed because, well, I can be a little dramatic sometimes. Eventually he left and went home. I don't remember when that was. But long after he'd left, I was still sitting on the step thinking about words on a computer screen, possibility undefined, and communities that get to choose their own revolutions.
This morning, I started putting words on the screen with the hope that I am able to communicate this possibility, and that you are willing to root for the underdog, challenge the status quo, and choose this revolution


That "choose this revolution" at the end links to the signup form, which reads
Quote:
*huge number counting down*

To choose this revolution, enter a username, password, and e-mail address below.

* username:
* password:
* (confirm)
* email:
* submit

At 12 midnight New York time on June 12th, you'll receive an email directing you to the place where this revolution begins.

If just 100 people sign up before then, that's a good start. But if 1,000,000 people sign up, we will together compel others to recognize a new way of thinking - of knowing - that makes this world better.
*small counter - presumably counting signups*

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 		There are 15 asterisks in the manifesto.
And the following 16 quoted statements:
Quote:
"To continued success,"
"I'm sure you'll find some way to make the world a better place,"
"Why are you writing a play for your Quantum Mechanics final?"
"Just take the test like everyone else."
"Why are you walking around in subzero temperatures with just a t-shirt on?"
"We have a micro-economics final tomorrow and we need to study."
"Why did you have to ask me out by writing poems about a chocolate chip cookie,"
"You could have just asked me in person like everyone else."
"good enough"
"He's the smartest man in the world,"
"But he's crazy...like nobody you've ever met,"
"We can do this,"
"And the solution will make people's lives better, and perhaps bring together the world."
"This is about revolution, it's about change, and it's about another in a long series of power shifts to the people,"
"Fu**,"
"That's it!"
Anything else seem to be appearing in like amounts?

ETA: The paragraph where s/he talks about their college friends sure seems "kloo-ish". Like they're defining an application "cookies" for a browser, etc. Maybe something like Google?
Or a group of people who might be known by those traits (Think Gates, Jobs and crew or the some of the Open Source icons).
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Quote:
So I called ****, who'd invented an Internet application now used, in various forms, by hundreds of millions of people. I'd heard about him through a few friends. "He's the smartest man in the world," one friend told me. "But he's crazy...like nobody you've ever met," another friend said. I was encouraged by their words.


I believe his friend is Bram Cohen, inventor of Bittorrent and the Bittorrent protocol. There are many forms of Bittorrent out there now. From wikipedia:
Quote:
Cohen's hobbies include original origami and juggling up to five balls, but his main interest is in recreational mathematics. Cohen maintains a blog where he frequently discusses trust metrics with Raph Levien, as well as money systems, games of skill, and other math-related topics. He is also a twisty puzzle enthusiast. He types using a Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout.


Puzzle enthusiast, games of skill.

Oh, and trust metrics is a sociological study of how members of a group trust each other.

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