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[Flynn]

Here *passes over a straw* have another that I've just spent an hour grasping at. If you ignore the rows that have zodiac signs in them and list the remaining letters you get:

Inner circle: b d z t k m s (p/f) q (sh)
Outer circle: (sh) q o n l (y/l) (ch) (vau) d b

So, with mounting excitement, I noticed that the first and last two letters of each circle match. "Yes", thought I, "progress!". Then I remembered that the two rows were in reverse order. Anyone got a spare straw?

Seriously though, the fact that this match happens only in the first and last two letters may have some significance... or not. *sigh* Could someone with more brain than me please solve this. Pretty please. With roses, and everything

[enaxor]

[Guest]

I didn't see this point made under this topic yet, but as this is my first post (longtime lurker), I'm prepared to be beat about the head and shoulders with a large trout. Here goes:

The sequence in Grumpyboy's (brilliant) partial solve of the first ring of Mayan numbers, in my opinion, contains an error. Trout me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't the tenth number in GB's sequence be "7" and not "26". On the orb itself, we have one bar and two dots which is "7" using the PMs' faux Myan numbering system (Note: "26" would be written as five bars and a dot, four bars and six dots, etc. In my opinion, the difference between writing "7" and "26" in "Myan" numbers is too significant to be a mistake by the PMs.

Using the number 7 as the tenth number in the sequence (after converting the numbers to letters and ROTing it - again, kudos to GB) the string would read: irustopphfsivsstoplogonstop.

If we translate this to "nru stop physics stop logon stop" as GB has done, we need to replace the first ("i"), tenth ("f"), and thirteenth ("v") letters in this string with "N", "Y", and "C" respectively. Do the letters N,Y, and C have a special significance to the game, other than as an acronym for New York City?

When I typed in "[/url]nru.us/physics/logon/nyc [url]", I got the following message:

Multiple Choices
The document name you requested (/physics/logon/nyc) could not be found on this server. However, we found documents with names similar to the one you requested.

Available documents:

[/url] /physics/logon.gif/nyc [url] (common basename)
[/url] /physics/logon.html/nyc [url] (common basename)

Unfortunately, both urls return a 404 error. Am I on to something, or is this a wild goose chase? [Joe braces himself for flurry of trouts]

[alogicnamedjoe]

Sorry, the above "Guest" post is mine (expert lurker, but new to posting).

[MageSteff]

[Flynn]

Magesteff said:

[MageSteff]

[AnthraX101]

This is an error page. It is part of 1&1's error/spelling correction. You can find another page here: http://www.nru.us/images/nru/nyc or even on my site, http://s88749232.onlinehome.us/uf/reggie/test. It is trying to make a "best guess" about the proper URL that you want to go to. It will do something similar if you try and go to http://www.nru.us/images/obr.jpg (and send you to the "orb", not "obr" page). The server is returning a 300, so I doubt that this is just a placeholder, it's really telling you there is an error (just like a 404). I'm not quite sure what you're seeing Magesteff.

I don't think that this is a clue, but don't let it discourage you, alogicnamedjoe. We could always use a few more heads thinking about these things!

AnthraX101

[alogicnamedjoe]

I'm not discouraged AnthraX, not at all (well...). But, I still think "N Y C" has some relevance to this puzzle or some other aspect of the game. However, until its relevance becomes clear, put it on the back burner for me O.K.

[grumpyboy]

[MageSteff]

[grumpyboy]

[MageSteff]

Hiding in plain sight

[grumpyboy]

relevant lines were:

[colin]

here is a smaller version of the orb which shows the recurring texture of the paper