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faeryqueen21
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nobuofanxiii wrote:
I seriously doubt it Faery


I know...that's why it was a joke...*sniff* I guess I'm just not funny.


Anyway, I've been madly Googling things I could think of concerning Tripoli, Iowa and this case. I've tried things with nuclear power and DoD and come up with nothing. Back to the drawing board for me...
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:38 pm
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Areia
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 		I just noticed the favicon for the bullerman site (favicons are those little images that show up in your favorite listing for a site):

http://bullerman.net/favicon.ico

hm? hn? Does it look like anything to anyone?
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 		I was just gonna say that! If it's supposed to be letters it could be hn, or m with a long top. Or maybe it's could be a text representation of a nuclear power plant. It just reminds me of a long smoke stacky-thingy or whatever it's called that emits smoke from a factory.
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Ayeso
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 		can someone post it? im at work and it doesnt showup
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 		It's very small - I just added it to my earlier post.

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faeryqueen21 wrote:
nobuofanxiii wrote:
According to the whois, the site was registered and done yesterday and the registration is private. So now we have a name, JB.


JASON BOURNE!!!! He he...I wish...


lol, maybe not too off there! Maybe the "J" in JB DOES stand for Jason. Or, JASON.

I had thought that maybe Tripoli lined up with one of the X's on the map, but I guess not, after overlaying the two (thanks to Google maps). Rargh. Someone's got to talk to Jeff.

EDIT: Upon looking at his blog, obviously someone did (thanks Ayeso). He replied pretty plainly, just standard stuff, but here's something I found interesting.
Quote:
As for tripoli city... I don't really know. It must mean something. tripole tripole tripole. hmm, i dont know.


I instantly thought "triple 'E'"! And rushed to the zip file, but no cigar. Anyone else think of something?

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 		I did notice his intentional mispelling of Tripole.... but thats it...
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 		just noticed this
just caught up on this thread... count me in

just read the last post in his blog with ayeso's letter he did misspell tripoli.. hmm

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 		Maybe JB is J. Bullerman?

Also i did a quick search on tripole and I got a bunch of things on magnetics.
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Will 2.0
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 		Chatted with him a while ago, forgot to post:

Quote:
TidusIA (6:16:14 PM): Will
nobuofanXIII (6:16:32 PM): Yes sir?
TidusIA (6:16:54 PM): Did you see bullerman.net?
nobuofanXIII (6:17:30 PM): Yes.
nobuofanXIII (6:17:31 PM): I did
nobuofanXIII (6:17:39 PM): JB. Know anyone by that name?
TidusIA (6:17:59 PM): dont think so
nobuofanXIII (6:17:53 PM): It was made yesterday too.
TidusIA (6:18:09 PM): the site?
nobuofanXIII (6:18:06 PM): Yes
TidusIA (6:18:17 PM): hmm
TidusIA (6:18:29 PM): i guess im more worried about finding the next pill again
nobuofanXIII (6:18:33 PM): You have a week
TidusIA (6:18:43 PM): i should have went to the power plant a while ago
nobuofanXIII (6:18:36 PM): This guy is a sick fuck
TidusIA (6:18:49 PM): yeah no kidding
nobuofanXIII (6:18:46 PM): Did you talk to anyone else yet?
TidusIA (6:18:55 PM): i have no idea what he wants
TidusIA (6:19:00 PM): no, you are the first one
nobuofanXIII (6:19:39 PM): Did you see the/file page?
nobuofanXIII (6:19:49 PM): There's a clue, I think.
TidusIA (6:20:04 PM): i didnt see the page
TidusIA (6:20:05 PM): i heard of it
TidusIA (6:20:10 PM): you got a file?
nobuofanXIII (6:20:03 PM): Tripoli City
nobuofanXIII (6:20:05 PM): Yeah
TidusIA (6:20:16 PM): hmmm
nobuofanXIII (6:20:16 PM): You need a password to open the file though.
TidusIA (6:20:27 PM): are you guys working on it?
nobuofanXIII (6:20:20 PM): Can't hack it.
nobuofanXIII (6:20:24 PM): Trying to figure it out.
TidusIA (6:21:01 PM): i almost thought you guys would give up!
TidusIA (6:21:05 PM): thanks for all the help
nobuofanXIII (6:21:00 PM): Oh
nobuofanXIII (6:21:06 PM): We found out what that voicemail said
TidusIA (6:21:29 PM): what did you guys think?
nobuofanXIII (6:21:22 PM): If you didn't know already
nobuofanXIII (6:21:25 PM): It was hard to haer
nobuofanXIII (6:21:26 PM): hear*
TidusIA (6:21:38 PM): i had an idea
nobuofanXIII (6:22:19 PM): "You took the Pill Jeff, good. Yes I am watching. You better find more.Here's what you have... You owe me what I want, and I own your life
TidusIA (6:22:47 PM): gives me chills......
nobuofanXIII (6:23:06 PM): Me too
TidusIA (6:24:28 PM): bah i dont know what to do
nobuofanXIII (6:24:34 PM): Me either
nobuofanXIII (6:24:36 PM): How you feeling?
TidusIA (6:24:54 PM): im alright for now
TidusIA (6:25:53 PM): just worried i guess
nobuofanXIII (6:27:39 PM): Yeah
nobuofanXIII (6:27:42 PM): Don't blame you
nobuofanXIII (6:27:48 PM): Ask steve about JB?
TidusIA (6:28:10 PM): im gonna have to
nobuofanXIII (6:28:13 PM): Best idea
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[edit - fixed the quote - kona]

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Ayeso
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 		OH one thing i did notice...

Steves email was "oilerfan271@hotmail.com"

Oilers most likely referring to Edmonton Oilers... I live in edmonton.. see where this is going Wink haha
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miki_38x1
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 		Okay, so the link that shows up on the /file.htm page titled Tripoli City leads me to believe that the file is, almost definitely, a map of Tripoli City with maybe some more coordinates to where Jeff should go with his camera. Did Jeff ever go to Duane Arnold? Considering nuclear power plants are like, super high security, Jeff cannot simply walk into Duane Arnold. (LOTR, lol. I'm sorry. Haha.)
Also, did anyone decode the comment that was left in Jeff's blog? I couldn't find it in the thread. It could be a hint to the password.

EDIT: Just got this email from Steve. Since I don't have that advanced cypher program (accursed mac) can someone decode it for me?

Quote:

--- Steve Chalmers <oilerfan271> wrote:


gZvHJ/Uii3kIS54LqdGTetBEkh61XOiDrJzelNjri0M=


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Areia
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 		I ran the decode on Steve's email, but it's still in code:

E4A6D8A4D6E8D5E6A8A4D6E8

Hex maybe?

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 		Didn't get anything with Hex.
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miki_38x1
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 		That really looks like Hex though... I don't know. Argh.

EDIT: If we split this up every other one, we get...

E4 A6 D8 A4 D6 E8 D5 E6 A8 A4 D6 E8

I'm guessing that doesn't help in the least, but hey. It looks nicer. And pairs 4-6 are the same as the last 3 pairs.
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