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trout me...it was on one, but not the other, sorry Smile

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:54 am

rowan · Unfictologist Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 1966

From reading through the Corrupted Text Wiki page, it seems that all of the snippet fragments have been found and placed together (I placed the last bit of danadress.jpg a little while ago). So now I guess we can really start putting the whole story together (unless there is more stuff missing that we haven't found yet).

Rowan

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 12:58 pm

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RobMagus

Goody, storytime! Very Happy

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:06 pm

dishboy

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:41 pm

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Widow, because her husband was killed by the enchantment?

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:46 pm

Orikaeshigitae

Widow >> black widow spider >> SPDR >> system peril distributed reflex

I think this is an analogy for the situation that MAYDAY is in.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:56 pm

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Caterpillar

I still think it's TOBI.

He may be learning, he's been hidden away purposely but as he progresses along the path to "Wide Awake and Physical"....he may be feeling trapped or stranded instead of "hidden" and is locating text that may suggest this.

The sand/silcone connection and this:

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:28 pm

RobMagus

everything that is computerised works by "on/off" - that's what binary code is.

also, aren't they silicon chips? silicon is different from silicone, right?

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:31 pm

Caterpillar

Hey I'm no puter expert when it comes to anything other than using the thing......lol

And yes that's what I meant......silicon. Which is derived from sand is it not? Please correct me if I'm wrong, may be a total misconception on my part. Very Happy

And the on/off argument still stands then..... Very Happy

I'm not saying I am most definitely correct, but I am speccing that this is TOBI.

And as far as "who sent the honey" question.....well imho, Marty isn't dead (identified by only by his MedicAlert bracelet or somesuch).

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:36 pm

RobMagus

*is a chem major*

Silicon is an element on the periodic table of the elements, and is similar to carbon.

Sand contains silica, I believe, which is a silicon oxide.

Coincidentally, there's much speculation as to the possibility of silicon-based life forms, now that I think about it.

In any case, I don't know what computer chips are made of.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:42 pm

Caterpillar

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:47 pm

Caterpillar

How do you get from beach sand to microprocessors?

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:59 pm

RobMagus

nifty.

well, it seems pretty certain that this being is a sentient computer type thing..

but is it TOBI?

EDIT: We should probably move this discussion to another thread.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:01 pm

Caterpillar

No idea........but I think it's possible.

ETA: You're might be right on moving this discussion......I only posted the above because this is the thread (prior to it having its own forum space) that I posted in re:TOBI last Friday and I was speccing on the meaning of the text snippets.

So I'll just drop it at that.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:03 pm

Nightmare Tony

Noptice how each of the off/on things are 6 or 7 statements, which corresoponds to ASCII. You can try considering it as a hex number and go ascii by adding 32, perhaps?

computer chips are made of smoke. IRL, I design and repair arcade games, so I can tell you. If you let the smoke out, it wont work!

Seriously, sand or silica can be metled into glass as you know, or into the silica layers needed for ocmputer chips. By dopng it by adding in chemicals such as boron, you can polarizie the area needed for the computer fuinction.

On, off. On, off. On off 101010 = $2A
on off on off on off on 1010101 = $55
off on off on off on off

(you get the idea, keep it going Smile

**Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:07 am

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