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MrToasty
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 4310 Location: Des Moines, IA
No other active groups that I know of, but I'll leave it to others who know the scene better to be the definitive answer. There were a few at Something Awful that were following at the start, but they seem to have died down. Not sure about people following along on Facebook. So far all of the drop pickups (save one apparently given to an IG character) and puzzle solves have come from uF.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:37 pm
ariock
Has a Posse
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 762 Location: SF East Bay
I'm off ETA 1045.
I'll be in touch with celina. I'll be prepared with a couple of cameras and I'll do my best to blend in. More to come...
_________________"It says, 'Let's BEE friends'...and there's a picture of a bee!" -Ralph Wiggum
When the Apocalypse comes, it'll be in base64.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:57 pm
Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
Re: Blog Post? Yesterday at Noon?
ariock wrote:
Are there other non-UF groups following this game? Has this already been picked up? I'd rather not run out there if this is a done deal.
We're not even sure if it's a "pick up". It's something on a BULLETIN BOARD. Could be a key to another puzzle or something; no guarantee that it'll be a tangible object.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:51 pm
celina63
Entrenched
Joined: 28 Sep 2002 Posts: 909 Location: San Diego, CA
In contact with Ariock - he's on-site and looking...
ETA: He's found it! Binary code on a piece of paper... details to follow.
ETA2: Here's the code (first byte had missing "1" - added):
01110011 01101011 0111101 01101110 01100101 01110100
01100101 01101101 0110010 01100101 01100100 01100100 01100101 01100100 01101110 01100101 01110100 01110111 01101111 01110010 01101011 01000000 01100111 01101101 01100001 01101001 01101100 00101110 01100011 01101111 01101101
ETA One More Time: Ariock translated it to
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
"skynetembeddednetwork@gmail.com"
(added spoiler tag just in case)[/spoiler]
_________________Politicians are like diapers - they should be changed often, and for the same reason.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:54 pm
Last edited by celina63 on Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:05 pm; edited 1 time in total
Ariock-at-the-library
Guest
Fixed Code...
celina63 wrote:
In contact with Ariock - he's on-site and looking...
ETA: He's found it! Binary code on a piece of paper... details to follow.
ETA2: Here's the code (first byte had missing "1" - added):
01110011 01101011 0111101 01101110 01100101 01110100
01100101 01101101 0110010 01100101 01100100 01100100 01100101 01100100 01101110 01100101 01110100 01110111 01101111 01110010 01101011 01000000 01100111 01101101 01100001 01101001 01101100 00101110 01100011 01101111 01101101
ETA One More Time: Ariock translated it to
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
"skynetembeddednetwork@gmail.com"
here:
01110011 01101011 01111001 01101110 01100101 01110100
01100101 01101101 01100010 01100101 01100100 01100100
01100101 01100100 01101110 01100101 01110100 01110111
01101111 01110010 01101011 01000000 01100111 01101101
01100001 01101001 01101100 00101110 01100011 01101111
01101101
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:26 pm
Ariock-at-the-library
Guest
Response Skynet is responding in binary:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
010010010100010001000101010011100101010001001001
010001100101100100100000010110010100111101010101
0101001001010011010001010100110001000110
plaintext:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
"IDENTIFY YOURSELF"
What should I do???
(edited to break up window stretchy binary ~ enaxor)
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:40 pm
Ariock-at-the-Library
Guest
More from Skynet: Another message after I identified myself as ARIOCK (in binary, of course).
Not posting the binary this time.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
RELAY YOUR MISSION STATUS / LOCATION / COMPLETED OBJECTIVES. SYSTEM PREPARING AN ESCALATION OF PROCEDURE FOR ENITECH STAFF AND IMAGERY TERMINATION MISSION. ADVISE.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:49 pm
enaxor
I Have No Life
Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 2395
I answered Cromartie and got the same response as Airiock.
_________________10/05/2007, 04/23/2009, 07/02/2015
The world is a much dimmer place.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:51 pm
Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
We have to *answer* in binary... ***sigh...***
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:57 pm
celina63
Entrenched
Joined: 28 Sep 2002 Posts: 909 Location: San Diego, CA
I replied (in binary) "banshee" but haven't received a response... maybe Skynet doesn't like Banshees?
ETA: should I post this on the EniTech blog?
ETAA: just posted that the item recovered was a piece of paper with binary code on it... will see if anyone responds
_________________Politicians are like diapers - they should be changed often, and for the same reason.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:58 pm
Last edited by celina63 on Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:20 pm; edited 1 time in total
Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
They seem to be doing live responses, so give it a bit before going completely public. Let's bask in whatever responses we get for now.
My response:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
IDENTITY: NIGHTHAWK. STATUS: SUBJECTS JACOB GUSTAR, MIKE SHELTON AND ANNE KIES TERMINATED. AWAITING FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:03 pm
celina63
Entrenched
Joined: 28 Sep 2002 Posts: 909 Location: San Diego, CA
I've emailed the Resistance to let them know that we've apparently intercepted communication with Skynet and asking for their assistance...
_________________Politicians are like diapers - they should be changed often, and for the same reason.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:15 pm
celina63
Entrenched
Joined: 28 Sep 2002 Posts: 909 Location: San Diego, CA
Reply from Skynet (even without providing mission status, etc):
SKYNET PRIORITY 28 IS NOW TERMINATING THE SURVIVING ENITECH RESEARCH EMPLOYEES AND DESTROYING ALL STORED DATA WITHIN THE COMPANY VAULT. DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE ENITECH VAULT STORAGE?
Uh oh....
ETA: Sent email to EniTech warning them to GET OUT NOW, and responded to Skynet: NO ACCESS TO ENITECH VAULT. ADVISE. (in binary, of course)
_________________Politicians are like diapers - they should be changed often, and for the same reason.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:27 pm
Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
Why do I sense a "nuke from orbit" coming?
SkyNet doesn't want to talk to me... I'm the programmer 'round here; it must fear me.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:34 pm
celina63
Entrenched
Joined: 28 Sep 2002 Posts: 909 Location: San Diego, CA
Nighthawk wrote:
Why do I sense a "nuke from orbit" coming?
SkyNet doesn't want to talk to me... I'm the programmer 'round here; it must fear me.
HAHA... I'm QA, they should ph33r me more!!
_________________Politicians are like diapers - they should be changed often, and for the same reason.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:37 pm
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