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dmax
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 		Becker's desktop at NRU
grumpyboy again came through and got us the name/pass for NRU. I'll let him describe that later. Here are documents in Becker's files under the heading "projects" that I wanted to make sure we saved. More to come from others, I suppose.

The Human Trial log has lotsa stuff in it...

PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 1:47 am
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grumpyboy
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 		as i've mentioned in a post in the puzzle thread, the cbecker username/password combo no longer works (it only worked for 1 hour after my first access). Luckily in addition to the files dmax posted already (thanks dmax!), I pulled everything off of there, including emails and notes (though i did not save the emails which were sent by us players - they're on these boards somewhere anyways). So here they are!!! Very Happy
emails.txt
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notes.txt
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 2:31 am
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addlepated
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 		Here are the dates/locations of the hops, correlated to famous events the best that I could tell. As always, I'm probably wrong on some of these, and there were a couple I didn't find.
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Date Send Date Arrival Time Duration Status Long Lat Post Hop Briefing
Aug 11 2003 Dec 16 1773 0400 9 hours 22 minutes 28 seconds Success 43.35N 71.063W *
Merrill Corners, NH (Typo?) Boston Tea Party?

Aug 19 2003 Aug 8 1962 0500 36 hours 8 minutes 11 seconds Success 38.9102N 77.0179W *
Franklin St. NW Washington DC ??

Aug 26 2003 Jun 28 1914 0500 10 hours 38 minutes 44 seconds Success 43.86N 18.415E *
Sarajevo - Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated

Sep 02 2003 June 1 1989 0300 2 hours 49 minutes 01 seconds Failure 39.912N 116.395E *
Beijing, China - Tiananmen Square

Sep 08 2003 March 5 1836 2300 48 hours 10 minutes 57 seconds Success 29.4697N 98.5294W *
San Antonio, TX - Alamo Attacked

Sep 11 2003 May 9 1950 0500 64 hours 13 minutes 39 seconds Success 40.75N 73.9967W *
Midtown Manhattan ??

Sep 17 2003 Nov 21 1963 1900 18 hours 6 minutes 49 seconds Failure 32.7874N 96.7989W *
Dallas, TX - JFK assassination

Sep 29 2003 Jan 30 1972 0400 8 hours 10 minues 33 seconds Success 54.993N 7.139W *
Londonderry, Ireland 13 civilians shot

Oct 02 2003 Dec 24 1776 2330 16 hours 1 minute 23 seconds Success 40.2193N 74.7619W *
Trenton, NJ Washington crosses the Delaware

Oct 09 2003 Apr 12 1865 0200 28 hours 55 minutes 47 seconds Success 38:54:18N 77:00:58W *
New York Ave. NW Washington DC Lincoln assassinated

Oct 14 2003 Apr 7 1865 0300 17 hours 59 minutes 10 seconds Success 37:21:32N 78:49:36W *
Appomattox, VA - Lee surrenders

Oct 24 2003 Jun 16 1775 0030 25 hours 12 minutes 6 seconds Success 42:22:40N 71:03:45W *
Boston, MA (Bunker Hill Monument) Battle of Bunker Hill

Oct 29 2003 July 1 1947 0300 4 hours 16 minutes 32 seconds Failure 33:23:05N 104:32:00W *
West of Truth or Consequences, NM - UFO crash at Roswell, NM?

Nov 03 2003 May 6 1915 2300 10 hours 1 minute 19 seconds Success 51.705N 8.519W *
Kinsale, Ireland - Lusitania sunk

Nov 05 2003 Aug 28 1963 0400 15 hours 27 minutes 54 seconds Success 38.86N 76.95W *
Forest Glade Ln, Washington DC by the cemeteries - MLK march on Washington & "I Have a Dream" speech

Nov 07 2003 Oct 4 1973 0400 60 hours 20 minutes 6 seconds Success 32.99N 35.5E *
Zefat, Israel - October War, Egypt crosses the Suez Canal

Nov 19 2003 Apr 3 1968 1700 19 hours 22 minutes 48 seconds Success 35.15N 90.05W *
Memphis, TN - MLK assassinated

Nov 25 2003 Nov 18 1863 2200 24 hours 1 minute 49 seconds Success 39.83N 77.23W *
Gettysburg, PA - Gettysburg Address

Nov 28 2003 Dec 28 1890 0500 33 hours 11 minutes 12 seconds Success 43.144N 102.3677E *
Mongolia

Dec 02 2003 Oct 13 1947 2330 7 hours 14 minutes 28 seconds Success 34.5519N 117.4936W *
Mountain View, Ca - Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier

Dec 03 2003 Jul 1 1937 2300 12 hours 28 minutes 7 seconds Failure 6.44S 146.59E *
Micronesia - Amelia Earhart disappears

Dec 08 2003 Mar 1 1932 0500 22 hours 18 minues 30 seconds Success 40:23:20N 74:45:50W *
Marshall's Corner, NJ - Lindburgh baby kidnapped

Dec 10 2003 May 6 1937 0300 24 hours 45 minutes 55 seconds Success 40.03N 74.35W *
Lakehurst NJ (Cranberry Bog) - Hindenburg explodes

Dec 17 2003 Jun 25 1876 0500 14 hours 53 minutes 2 seconds Failure 45.6082N 107.4698W *
Garryowen, MT - Battle of Little Bighorn


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mysteryjones
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 		whoa
Wow - the NRU really loves visiting some happy times!

And I never realized that 'hopping' could happen through both space and time - I suppose you could factor in the earth's rotation and orbit and all - it would become necessary...

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dmax
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 		Heh. I notice that a lot of these events were pictures in the trailer for ACKeron.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 12:33 pm
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colin
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 		None of the dates/locations match up with the police reports and article.gif

So has someone been hopping off-the-record? Shocked

PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 6:57 pm
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dmax
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 		News from the newsbot at the left of the screen. In no order, which might be a blunder...
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23 dead in Indonesian earthquake

A series of powerful earthquakes measuring up to magnitude 6.9 struck Indonesia's remote Papua province today, killing up to 23 people, injuring as many as 600 and destroying hundreds of houses, authorities said.

The quakes hit hardest in the town of Nabire, damaging the local airport, a bridge, roads and buildings, said Margiono, a seismologist with the Meteorological and Geophysics Agency in the provincial capital, Jayapura.

Margiono said villagers in the area had reported a tsunami, or tidal wave, in the nearby Cendrawasih Bay, but this could not be confirmed.
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Brampton, Ontario – Hailstorm causes injuries, destroys property.

Local emergency officials have responded to what residents are calling a "freak hailstorm" that has sent at least 10 people to the hospital with minor injuries. Hailstones the size of golf balls are being reported in scattered locations west of Toronto, with the majority seen in areas northwest of the city of Brampton. Hail has shattered car windows, toppled trees, and taken down power lines. Residents are advised to stay indoors and report any downed power lines to Hydro One immediately.
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CDC Confirms Powder in Capitol Is Ricin

WASHINGTON (AP)--Unopened mail is being collected throughout the Capitol complex by investigators searching for letters that could be contaminated with the deadly poison ricin--a terrorism-era specter that Congress has learned to dread.

Genetic testing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided further confirmation Wednesday that the white powder found in an office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Monday was indeed ricin.
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Greenwich, England – Royal astronomer observes unusual sunspot activity: unconfirmed

An astronomer based at the Royal Observatory here reported what he called "frightening sun spot activity" yesterday, but his reports are so far unconfirmed by his colleagues or other observatories. Colin Penwith-Meckham is on his second year of his appointment at the Observatory, and his supervisors confide that he is still "a bit green." Penwith-Meckham, however, insists he saw what he saw. "I was on the scope for no more that 10 minutes, when I observed a large black spot creeping over the sun's surface. It looked like the sun was being consumed. I got up from my chair to call over a colleague to observe, but when he looked through the scope, the black spot was gone."
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Hong Kong - Province in panic as new wave of SARS-like illness sweeps through small village.

Guangdong Province health officials have yet to confirm what one WHO representative is calling "another outbreak of SARS". Chinese military forces have completely surrounded a small coastal village, where it is reported that almost all the inhabitants have come down with the virus. Chinese officials have so far refused to let any relief or outside agencies into the area, and information is hard to come by. The WHO representative, who was not identified, reportedly told his superiors that this was the start of another outbreak and that the Chinese government was attempting to cover it up.
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Majuro, Marshall Islands – Long dormant volcano erupts: lava boils sea around small atoll.

Local fisherman were the only witnesses to what they say is a dead sea volcano come back to life about 100 miles north of the islands. The atoll—presently un-named—rose from the sea rapidly, and the astonished fishermen were forced to flee the area. They told local officials that the sea was "boiling" around the atoll, and that fish and other sea life had risen to surface, apparently killed in the sudden temperature change. Scientists have been unable to get near the atoll to investigate, as the heat and ash makes the air unhealthy to breathe.
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Malamapattu, India – Meteor falls into village well, water contaminated

Relief efforts are underway to help a rural village south of Chennai, whose only source of clean drinking water was destroyed by a meteor last week. The unusual case is being investigated by a team of scientists from IIT-Madras. "We don't understand yet what happened to the water," says Sanjay Saraswaram, a chemical engineering expert. "The meteor itself has also not been recovered." Residents reported the meteor fell to earth in the middle of the night, waking them from their beds with an earthshaking explosion. They found their village well completely destroyed from the impact, with smoke rising from the wreckage.
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Medanos, Argentina – Wildfires rage in Pampas: cattle herds threatened.

Fire crews continue to battle out-of-control wildfires in this region, while cattle ranches scramble to find safe havens for displaced herds. An estimated 1,000,000 head must be relocated, say agricultural officials, but they claim there is little they can do to help. Property losses already exceed $20,000,00, but could go much higher the longer the fires burn. The fires started last week, when lightning ignited a field south of Buenos Aires. Drought conditions have made containment difficult, and the fires have spread to an area of over 1300 square kilometers.
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Minsk, Belarus – Locust swarm decimates wheat crop

Wheat futures skyrocketed in Asian markets yesterday after Agricultural Minister Yvgeny Plotov confirmed that nearly 25 percent of the small republic's winter wheat crop had been consumed by fast moving locust swarms. Scientists report that swarms are becoming larger and more destructive, and seem to travel farther, making control and elimination difficult if not impossible.
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Portland, Maine – Red tide threatens local fishing industries

Another outbreak of deadly algae bloom known as "red tide" has shut down shellfish beds all along the coast, from Kittery to Penobscot Bay. In addition to shellfish, this outbreak is affecting local fish populations, and may ground fishing fleets for weeks. National Marine Fisheries Service scientist, Edna May LeBreque, calls it "the worst outbreak in Maine in the past 10 years." Local relief agencies are making appeals to help fill coffers for what they expect to be a record demand for assistance from fisherman, unable to work.
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Prince Albert, South Africa – Freak windstorm destroys fig crop

Unusually high and gusting winds blew through the small farming village of Karroo yesterday, uprooting trees and causing an estimated 11,000,000 rand in damage. Located just north of Prince Albert, the area is known for its large fig plantations. Local farmer, Ndinge Obabwe, reports that his entire crop was ruined by the unseasonal storm. "The wind blew all the green fruits right off the trees. It is a total loss for us."

I'm hoping that I got them all. For what reason, I dunno.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 8:29 pm
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MageSteff
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 		Compete records
Dmax has posted the gif files found the the Personal section, Grumpyboy has posted the txt files for the notes and messages:
Here is the record from Beckers desktop with my notes on where the gifs and pdf files are located...
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2004 1:30 am
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grumpyboy
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 		FYI, after the solve I emailed Jake and CT asking them to show up in chat to discuss the contents of Becker's intranet desktop (I also sent them selected files from the desktop). I suggested Sunday night 10pm mountain time. Neither of them have replied to me yet though.

PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2004 5:51 am
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 		Sorry for nit-picking - Dmax wrote:
Quote:
News from the newsbot at the left of the screen. In no order, which might be a blunder...
they're alphabetically sorted (unless dmax sorted them that way)

PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2004 10:29 am
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lurker
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 		Oops that last post was me. Two other stories in the newsbot (I'm guessing they will keep adding stories that seem suitably depressing / apocalpytic):
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UN experts fear global spread of bird flu

The deadly avian flu that has killed 16 people in Asia is moving uncontrolled through the region and could spread elsewhere without aggressive steps to halt it, United Nations agencies warned yesterday.

The appeal for a concerted emergency response to stamp out the lethal H5N1 virus from Asian poultry stocks came jointly from the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the World Health Organisation and the World Animal Health Organisation.
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Rail station suicide bomb blast kills 40

MOSCOW: About 40 people died and at least 100 were injured when an explosion tore apart a carriage in the Moscow subway during morning rush hour yesterday, with police saying it was probably a suicide bombing.

PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2004 10:43 am
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dmax
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 		Keep the nits, they're yours as a memento.

When I dragged the news articles to my desktop, they automatically get arranged in alphabetical order, and I just posted them one after another - that wasn't necessarily the order in which they appeard in the newsbot.

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