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Sylvia
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hi jrod, welcome aboard. as the main page says new comers are to start here: http://www.thegatereaction.com/julie.htm
If you have trouble everything is in spoiler tags in this thread or you can contact bowty25 @ gmail.com for hints or ask one of us.

for everyone else the page has updated: with a new mp3 Feb22hike.mp3

Quote:
Gone for a hike


Be good while I'm gone.


The roster

Newcomers are to take this Test

Questions? Comments? Bowty25 @ gmail.com


edit: for those who don't have speakers all it says is:
Quote:
See you on Sunday.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:22 pm
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Sylvia
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email from Stu

Stuart Washburn to me wrote:

Ms. Sylvia

I don't have much time to reply to this, as I am on a busy schedule, but I will make a few things clear. This Bowty fellow seems a little creepy and I can't shake the feeling that he has something to do with this virus, however how I obtained all of these files on this virus, I do not think it was in his wishes. I am thinking that I have received everything that I have received from the Lazarus Union; I have gotten e-mails from a TelatherCreed @ lazarusunion.org before I was given the files and I only remembered recently. I had tossed them aside as if they were spam, but I had inadvertently missed one of them. The e-mail simply says:

Quote:
rajtrfap bpaae
rxyaa ymky


I have no idea what that's supposed to mean, but I hope it helps. As for this Isabella, that name sounds familiar. Maybe it is in my documents. If I have time later, I'll look through the files.

Stu.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:33 pm
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R00tie
Boot

Joined: 21 Feb 2008
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I wonder what Sunday is about. Hi everybody, by the way. Loooong time lurker, though it'd be fun to play for once Smile . I haven't gotten a reply from bowty yet though. Mad

PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:38 pm
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Sylvia
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you can get access to the Lazarus Union Main with the code in the email above. I want spoil it unless you need me too.

Edit to Add: When everyone is ready we will discuss the contents of that page.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:42 pm
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Sylvia
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R00tie wrote:
I wonder what Sunday is about. Hi everybody, by the way. Loooong time lurker, though it'd be fun to play for once Smile . I haven't gotten a reply from bowty yet though. Mad

Sunday is the deadline for all of those on the roster to have their pictures in and then they will get a chance to ask a question.
Sorry I got that wrong. the 26th is the deadline to have our pics in then once he acknowledges that then we can ask a question.

Sunday will probably be another puzzle. just guessing.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:45 pm
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R00tie
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I thought I read that he had new assignments on Sunday. Oh well, it was late, time to re-read. And to work on rajtrfap bpaae
rxyaa ymky

PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:49 pm
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R00tie
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With help:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

telather creed
tybee bomb


Which leads to:

Quote:

http://www.lazarusunion.org/Main/LU198463/

Access granted.
Files being transferred from main server: http://www.lazarusunion.lz.gov.
Await next message from Endrid Mercy to be posted here.
This site is secure; Bottan cannot gain access.

Connection Terminated.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:43 pm
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Oriza
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Huh. So it sounds like whatever Lazarus is, it's not going to let Jacob get into it.
That means, though, that Lazarus is clearly NOT connected to Bowty, because Bowty apparently values Jacob quite a lot.
So we've got Lazarus and Stuart on one side, Bowty/Jacob on the other....
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shrtyscott3
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Well Isabella last name is Bottan, Isabella Bottan. So it is either her husband, brother, father or herself who Endrid is talking about. I'm a bit lost but it makes sense, now I wait patiently for Sunday.

By the way Endrid put up something new:

Quote:
Access granted.
Files being transferred from main server: http://www.lazarusunion.lz.gov.
Endrid: I will begin to post files from our database in Lazaretto.
TC89TEM-00452
Endrid: Those who have been wondering, my login/password was EndridMercy/TybeeBomb.
:I'm sorry that I have been so indirect, but Dr. Bottan could have been reading what I was sending you.
:We need to keep our contact a secret as to not compromise the safety of your world.
:Endrid out.

Connection Terminated.


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Palm
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New e-mail from Endridmercy

New e-mail from Endridmercy - need help in deciphering it:

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Sylvia
I Have No Life

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I can't tell if there is anything missing or not. sometimes with <> stuff can go missing. If nothing is missing then I think it says:

Quote:
It causes deflagration, what is it? reply with an answer.


I've got company and don't have time to look it up. but here is a google search phrase. The best I can figure out is it is close to detonation. So we need to find out what causes it and send him the answer.

what causes deflagration


by the way: I'm pretty sure I tried that login a few days ago. Not with the caps, though.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:28 pm
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Palm
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deciphering the message

I found this definition of deflagratio (an old latin word):

deflagratio -onis, f. burning, destruction by fire.

I think the other word deflagration is another form of the word.

Edited:
Ok, found this cause:

What is the cause of deflagratio (latin word) or deflagration?

A triggering of a low explosive causes deflagration (not to be confused with detonation). A low explosive is when a substance becomes ignited and burns very quickly. It then produces alot of expanding hot gas. It then undergos combustion. This triggering is a decomposition event and a combustion, not a shockwave but can still be quite a violent event.

For example, firearms rely on deflagration.

A deflagration is an explosion in which the shockwave of the explosion reaches each part of the explosive before the reaction front, because the reaction front is travelling more slowly than the speed of sound in the substance.


source:

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=219114

Edited Again:
In reading an article on the danger of the Tybee Bomb, I noticed this paragraph:

The spread of heavy metals leaching from the bomb was also a low risk, the inquiry said, and the conventional explosives, if left undisturbed, posed no hazard. However, if there were an attempt made to move the bomb, believed to be up to 15ft under the sea bed, there could be an accidental detonation of the TNT, which could seriously damage the regional aquifer and local drinking water supplies.

I mention it because the above definition of deflagratio says that it is not to be confused with a detonation, although the author could be transposing words.

Source: http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0821-05.htm

Also, the name Tybee Bomb stood out while researching. Can Bow"ty" relate to "ty"bee?" "Bo" for bomb? W for Wassaw?
Bo(Bomb)W(Wassaw)ty(tybee)

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Sylvia
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sounds logical and good research. did you send a reply to him. if not maybe try the phrase you got above.
Quote:
A triggering of low explosives


I don't know what that would give us but maybe he will respond with something.

anyways The Lazarus Union/Main/LU198463 added a link to the image below

http://www.lazarusunion.org/Main/LU198463/TC89TEM-00452.jpg
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TC89TEM-00452.jpg


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Palm
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Reply

I sent a reply; thanked for the chance to do research, asked if answer was what he needed.

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R00tie
Boot

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Quote:
A triggering of a low explosive causes deflagration (not to be confused with detonation). A low explosive is when a substance becomes ignited and burns very quickly. It then produces alot of expanding hot gas. It then undergos combustion. This triggering is a decomposition event and a combustion, not a shockwave but can still be quite a violent event.


From what I remember, this is how bombs like the Tybee H-Bomb work. The "expanding of hot gas/combustion" makes the hydrogen (or uranium, or whatever) unstable, producing the big blast. But don't quote me on that Smile

As for Lazaretto (from the address on the letterhead), it fits right in with the virus topic:
Quote:
A lazaretto or lazaret is a quarantine station for maritime travellers. Lazarets can be ships permanently at anchor, isolated islands, or mainland buildings. Until 1908, lazarets were also used for disinfecting postal items, usually by fumigation.[1] A leper colony administered by a Christian religious order was often called a lazar house, after the parable of Lazarus the Beggar. -wikipedia

Quote:
In the United States, the Philadelphia Lazaretto was the first edifice of its kind in the country.


And what do you know, look where Wassaw is
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=tybee+island,+ga&ie=UTF8&ll=32.008076,-80.842896&spn=0.306267,0.639954&z=11&iwloc=addr

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