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**Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:10 pm

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Wait - is this the shroud of Turin?

**Posted:** Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:12 pm

lurker · Boot Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 52 Location: uk

Outer ring added?

addlepated

The outer ring had the Mayan numbers in it that led to the backdoor page.

**Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2004 5:34 am

grumpyboy · Unfettered Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 660

this is NOT the solve for the rest of orb.jpg, just so nobody gets excited. But did you know the mayans invented ascii ? Very Happy

**Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2004 10:54 am

lurker · Boot Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 52 Location: uk

Not sure if this is likely to be relevant, but the background image used for the 'verifying login' page has changed from http://www.nru.us/physics/bg.jpg to http://www.nru.us/physics/q.jpg.

There's definitely text in the background of q.jpg, although my image manipulation skills aren't nifty enough to get more than the odd word.

**Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:55 am

grumpyboy · Unfettered Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 660

I recognize that!!! The text on q.jpg is the text from the questionaire in the pre-game (attached below).

For those who were not around back then: The first letter of each sentence in the questionaire spelled out "embeded code" and the barcode on the upper right of the envelop (last page of the pdf) was a baudot code that decrypted to "http://www.geocities.com/meghanstarkey". That was the last of 6 tests in the pre-game...

**Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2004 12:10 pm

MageSteff

**Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2004 2:41 pm

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bagsbee · Unfettered Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 417 Location: NYC

The red background is the Nebra disk, see this image and this thread

I would imagine that would make 'nebra' the password? anyone got a logon?

edit: better image of Nebra disk here courtesy of grumpyboy in the above thread

**Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2004 5:59 pm

MageSteff

**Posted:** Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:17 pm

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addlepated

Quick thought:

Reggie mentioned sightseeing in Cancun. Probably the most famous attraction in Cancun is the site of Chichen Itz�. There is a pyramid there which is angled so that on the Autumnal and Spring equinoxes, there appear to be giant shadow snakes crawling down them.

The background of the orb is the Nebra disk. The constellation of stars known as the Pleiades depicted on this disk is in the orientation it would be on the Autumnal equinox.

The fall equinox usually happens around 9/22. When we discovered Jake's return.html blog on 9/23, it said he was coming home. Could he have hopped on the equinox?

**Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:26 am

addlepated

Here is 1.jpg, cleaned up and bolded a little to see if the colors might be misleading.

**Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:44 am

enaxor1 · Guest

I can't get to picture 1.jpg from Reggie's blog page anymore, it only redirects to 2.jpg. I've tried entering it in the url address, but still redirects to 2.jpg. Could someone check it please? If 1.jpg is gone what does that mean?

**Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:23 pm

rosebud · Guest

above post

**Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:43 pm

rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

9/11

**Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2004 1:02 pm

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