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Something odd about the supplemental files.
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G.I.R
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 		Something odd about the supplemental files.
Well im new here but im a big clovertard and I was looking at the SF on
my DVD when I noticed something odd. In all the files that are there....

Two end with AD

Three end with VD

Two with DC

Two with PX

Now I though about it for a while and realized that the VD files are the only ones accessible on the DVD and those are all Videos. So could the DC files be Documents? And could the PX files be pictures? I dont know what the AD files could be though. Its just a thought.

EDIT: AD=Audio?

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 		Yeah, maybe

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 		I noticed all the viewable content is marked VD (Short for ViD maybe but not all of it is video footage ie Slusho) so I would say thats a good assumption, but no way to tell at this point

Jamie's Videos = USGX-8810-B467-144VD
Slusho = USGX-8810-B467-34VD
Chuai News Reports = USGX-8810-B467-13VD


*EDIT* (noticed something else right after I posted)
someone posted a while back that the DVD extras followed the fibonacci sequence if thats true the the DVD is Missing a file..

Sequence runs as follows:
0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377

DVD runs as follows:
5AD 8DC 13VD 21DC 34VD 55PX 89AD 144VD 233?? 377PX

So if this is a fibonacci sequence then 233 is missing and if MTH is IG then we need to look for USGX-8810-B467-233VD... I however have no clue where to start looking.
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retina wrote:
This guy is awesome. By this guy, I mean ABPDOfficer106.

Quite clearly, the numbers in the supplemental files forms a piece of the Fibonacci sequence, with one missing number.

Here's his comment on the most recent post on CloverfieldClues:

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I may have found somthing but I could use help from others to run with the idea.

First of all, once you access the usgx-8810-b467 file under chapter 17 it alows you to click on all other number but only lets you use the ones ending in VD. I submit to you that you may have to click the others in some sort of order to unlock them. I have see this done on other DVDs so this may be somthing. Also, if you notice in the scene selection menu, the acual numbers stating the chapter number, you cant hilight them, however, you can on the 17 when it appears. I wonder if this alos is part of the "code" that you have to enter. If you notice that when you select the "unworking" menus, they light up like you were able to select them and they are taking you somwere.

Second, this my be the bigger of the two thoughts. Recently, there was a new post on missingteddyhansson that said somthing about a "missing file where you would find the answer to you prayers" or somthing like that. This is what I think.

The numbers for the files in chapter 17 are as follows:

USGX-8810-B467-5AD
USGX-8810-B467-8DC
USGX-8810-B467-13VD
USGX-8810-B467-21DG
USGX-8810-B467-34VD
USGX-8810-B467-55PX
USGX-8810-B467-89AD
USGX-8810-B467-144VD
USGX-8810-B467-377PX

First if you look at the letters at the end there are for different sets, VD, AD, DC, and PX. I think this might stand for ViDeo, AuDio, DoCument, and Pix or pictures.

Second, if you look at the numbers they form a pattern. There is 3 between 5 and 8. 5 between 8 and 13. 8 between 13 and 21. so forth and so on. This pattern continues up untill 144. There should be a 89 between 144 and 233 however, there is no 233. It skips to 377, which if continuing the pattern would be the next in the equation, 144 between 233 and 377.

So i submit to you that there is a missing file ending with 233 and eather vd, ad, dc or px which I havent figured out yet. Does 233 have any meaning to your knowledge?

Also kinda on aside note, the jamie and teddy videos you can also only view 2,5,9, and 11. I think the same theory applys meaning that there may be a code or a set of selections to take you to the right menu where the rest of the videos are played.


I don't believe this was mentioned before (the pattern).

Therefore, I don't believe it's entirely impossible that that missing file is THE missing file.

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=515728

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 		heh i was looking for that link and ya beat me to it while I was fixing the last post.

but still think USGX-8810-B467-233VD is the missing file

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Vern345 wrote:
I noticed all the viewable content is marked VD (Short for ViD maybe but not all of it is video footage ie Slusho) so I would say thats a good assumption, but no way to tell at this point

Jamie's Videos = USGX-8810-B467-144VD
Slusho = USGX-8810-B467-34VD
Chuai News Reports = USGX-8810-B467-13VD


*EDIT* (noticed something else right after I posted)
someone posted a while back that the DVD extras followed the fibonacci sequence if thats true the the DVD is Missing a file..

Sequence runs as follows:
0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377

DVD runs as follows:
5AD 8DC 13VD 21DC 34VD 55PX 89AD 144VD 233?? 377PX

So if this is a fibonacci sequence then 233 is missing and if MTH is IG then we need to look for USGX-8810-B467-233VD... I however have no clue where to start looking.

The Slusho one has a video attached to it, so it fits as well.

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 		and the mind-screwage continues....

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ladywyntir wrote:

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=515728

Welcome to the forums. ^_^ Trout


Actually, because that post in that thread was about the DVD and had nothing directly to do with the MTH blog, it was basically out of context and an OT post within that thread. A proper trout it does not make.

Therefore, I flounder thee!
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Euchre wrote:
ladywyntir wrote:

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=515728

Welcome to the forums. ^_^ Trout


Actually, because that post in that thread was about the DVD and had nothing directly to do with the MTH blog, it was basically out of context and an OT post within that thread. A proper trout it does not make.

Therefore, I flounder thee!
Flounder


They were trying to determine if the missing GX file mentioned on the MTH site was perhaps not on the web, but part of the DVD. It's indirectly related.

i thought trouts were to point out information that was posted previously... but i'll take my flounder breaded with a splash of lemon.
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ladywyntir wrote:

i thought trouts were to point out information that was posted previously... but i'll take my flounder breaded with a splash of lemon.
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That's part of the idea, but it's primarily when something is repeated in thread form. It's meant to prevent duplications and help organization by preventing cross-posting - which is basically what happened in the MTH thread. There's also the rarer subspecies of trout called the meta-trout, usually found in the much longer rivers known as mega-threads. This is where the same thing was covered pages ago within the same thread.

I think this merits it's own thread basically, but if you talk about relationships to other things (like the CloverfieldFiles site) everything would start falling under the same single massive thread. There comes a point where the information must divide.
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 		While we're discussing the supplemental files and their relevance, I may have deduced a plausible explanation as to how the sword swirl symbol was created. (Likely not the real explanation, but it works.)

As we know, the names of the files follow the Fibonacci sequence. A sequence of quarter circles of sizes ascending in the fibonacci sequence creates the Fibonacci spiral which approximates the golden spiral. The golden spiral has a growth factor equal to the golden ratio, represented by either the greek letter Phi (from Phidas, a sculptor who used the ratio in his works) or Tau (to cut.)

So the swirl can simply be a reference to the golden spiral, and the sword a reference to Tau. Hence, my latest avatar image.
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Kayberry wrote:
While we're discussing the supplemental files and their relevance, I may have deduced a plausible explanation as to how the sword swirl symbol was created. (Likely not the real explanation, but it works.)

As we know, the names of the files follow the Fibonacci sequence. A sequence of quarter circles of sizes ascending in the fibonacci sequence creates the Fibonacci spiral which approximates the golden spiral. The golden spiral has a growth factor equal to the golden ratio, represented by either the greek letter Phi (from Phidas, a sculptor who used the ratio in his works) or Tau (to cut.)

So the swirl can simply be a reference to the golden spiral, and the sword a reference to Tau. Hence, my latest avatar image.


Nice idea, but doesn't the Fibonacci spiral has the smallest end in the middle? And is there any source besides wikipedia that indicates 'tau' means to cut? I've never heard of it in all my Greek classes.

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 		So if the Fibonacci sequence runs true then file 233 must be found....but where....?

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G.I.R wrote:
So if the Fibonacci sequence runs true then file 233 must be found....but where....?




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 		Sad I wanna watch all the supplemental files right now!

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