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skitzophr3ak

I'd rather wait around the house today, waiting for Ty's e-mail but unfortunately I have to go to class in a little bit

**Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:14 am

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f · Veteran Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 105

An email from Ty in reference to the bookcrossing posts

**Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:17 pm

Adam C

Update: I've gotten communicae' with Ty and Jeff Somers.

OOG - From Somers...

**Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:03 pm

Angelus78

now what is that supposed to mean, are you sure you decoded it then?!

**Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:13 pm

Adam C

Well, I've already tried to decode it backword and it's just a bunch of nonsensical numbers and letters. Perhaps I'll try again?

EDIT: NOPE

I tried binarizing the word Chapters and still nothing.

LadyLovelylocks · Decorated Joined: 29 Apr 2005 Posts: 187 Location: Sweden

Just a thought - should I upload the "The Church is a lie"-video for archival purposes, or is that not necessary?

**Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:49 pm

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f · Veteran Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 105

Something interesting. I looked at the squalor page (attached).
Someone wrote that it was just madness over and over.
Actually, its madness1310 repeated 8 times. As far as I can find, 13 and 10 in binary don't have ascii equivalents.
Then the ninth line is either two extended ascii characters that I don't know how to type followed by 29 in binary, or 1498045 in binary.

The madness1310 is repeated twice, followed by madness, then madness1310, then madnes3 (the last s is truncated.

I've tried several different comibnations (madness, madness1310, madnes3, 149805, madness149805) and no luck.

Of course, this wouldn't be decrypted.

**Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:36 pm

Adam C

Until someone can get ahold of that book, or come up with some very enlightened idea, I believe we're officially stuck folks! Crying or Very sad

**Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:54 pm

Vman · Veteran Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 107 Location: Kent

yeah. we've established that we have been stuck for a while. You know its almost impossible just to guess the password because we dont know if its supposed to be in binary or not. So we may have already found the password and tried it, but it was in the wrong form. Hopefully it recognises the binary and nonbinary password. If not, how frustrating. Well, someone post when you figure out the password, because I'm tired of looking. But I'll begin again when you guys find it.

**Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:17 pm

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skitzophr3ak

Got something potentially good here. I e-mailed Ty asking him where exactly we should be looking for the password and here was his response:

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jonascltnc

for what website? Question

EDIT: Does anyone know why there is an ISBN10 and ISBN13? Significant?

http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9780316021722-0

**Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:06 pm

signguy · Veteran Joined: 21 Jul 2007 Posts: 112 Location: Tacoma

Here's my contribution

**Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:28 pm

Angelus78

I was just wondering on the site 'bookcrossing' has anyone actually managed to catch one of the books set out in the wild?

**Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:54 pm

Adam C

Jeff Somers is not Ty, no. In fact, he has little to do with this ARG. He just knows that it's a thing from his publishers. He made a cryptic post about knowing all the answers, but later admitted he knows little of them.

Laughing

**Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:56 pm

Adam C

Hmm more emails?

**Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:59 pm