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Sylvia · I Have No Life Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 2062

I think the caginess was an assumption. Obviously someone wants Jason to have that info or they would not have sent him those faxes in the first place. He in turn just asked for our help in finding the usb sticks and relaying the info to him. I see no reason to be hiding things from him. But, I'm not actively playing this just following along. so what ever you all do is fine with me. Just adding my 2 cents.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:40 pm

Leyton Stone

**Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:44 pm

MrToasty

Sylvia, while you're here... I noticed an email you were sent along from Bowty in TGR that contained a bunch of gibberish. Did you figure out what that was? We have similar style text (not saying related) here:
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=487123#487123
after deciphering some binary. Any ideas on translating?

**Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:48 pm

uhhhhman · Boot Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 39

still lurking...

**Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:53 pm

Zaranai

It couldn't happen today... His contact couldn't find the right part of the library. Leyton's going there himself tomorrow.

Edit: I'm kind of wondering why we're being quite so heavily cryptic with Jason. The pictures I think would be as useless to him IG as they are to us... No stegging on them, so may as well let him know what they are?

Plus someone said something about the possibility that not everyone who's playing reads the forums - would be good to have the pictures, at least, for them to play with if we do decide to hoard our gibberish. ;P

Shiningfist · Unfettered Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 316

Okay, so now I'm slightly frustrated. I have dismantled, and messed with the binary on the USB stick in as many ways as a human being possible can! Why doesn't it decode to anything?!

**Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:07 pm

Sylvia · I Have No Life Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 2062

**Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:11 pm

Zaranai

We were fighting with it in the chat too... If you put it into Base64, there's bits and pieces that repeat... But pretty much all of it repeats somewhere. Nothing makes sense.

When I left the chat, they'd figured out that .oph actually IS a real extension, having something to do with .opl's... I forget what exactly the details are, Rose found it, but they need another file to be run through a program with, and then it'll work. The going theory at the time, too, was that we need to find the other USB at the other library before we can get anything done. Maaaaajor headdesk moment.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:14 pm

Leyton Stone

Okay a few things before I go complete this weeks Torchwood mission then go to bed.

1: As was said the contact who went for me today found nothing so I'm going in for an extraction ops mission tomorrow morning between 9-11am (GTM) *God I love this 24 style talk lol*

2: I'm beginning to think whatever's @ the second pickup will give us some leads on what to do w/ the USB Binary, everyone seems to have problems w/ this.

3: I am inclined to agree w/ Zaranai... I honestly think giving Jason this stuff [perhaps just the photos and to do list for now] May just speed along things. - You never know perhaps (unlikely but you never know w/ ARGs) we're not sposed to decode the Binary, it's for his eyes (although I have a feeling IG he wont know wtf to do w/ it).

But maybe someone would like to email him and just let him know that you've uncovered the 5 photos and the to-do list?

*Also* I'm thinking the other thing @ 2nd pickup isn't a USB. It seems to be hidden in the book. (Unless it's like in those conspiracy films where the object is hidden in a cut out section of the book?)

**Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:16 pm

moongazer · Boot Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 36 Location: U.K.

The glimpse of the gold statue behind them in the "MeAndBecs.jpg" picture is the top of the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace in London.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Memorial_%28London%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:VictoriaMemorialview.jpg

(You can zoom right in on the Pic, to see the exact detail).

**Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:18 pm

Zaranai

I think libraries would get very upset about cutout books. o.O

I'll send him an email and the pictures... Just have to find the address.

Edit re Moongazer: Righteous. I wondered what-t-f that was.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:20 pm

Leyton Stone

Yeah it all seems to be around that area.

Buckingham Palace... Charing Cross Road (Henry Irving)...

I'm not far from those places either.

Oh about the .oph extension. Apparently it doesn't exist. It's not in the file extension database and this is a list of all file types/extensions beginning w/ .o from http://www.sharpened.net/helpcenter/file_extensions.php?O

**Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:24 pm

Zaranai

**Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:28 pm

Leyton Stone

**Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:30 pm