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

Thanks natas. Still not sure how much time I will be able to invest here but will try to follow along as much as possible.

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 1:45 pm

addlepated

BTW, the person who mailed the package scratched off the user-readable tracking number from the address label, but UPS added another sticker with it on there afterwards. Just a tip for future PMs: UPS will thwart your every move.

I'll wait until after this game is over to give out meta information, so your secret is safe with me. Wink

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 1:53 pm

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Jas0n · Decorated Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 244

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 2:05 pm

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mousekinn · Decorated Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 176

Though this may be unhelpful - "erkeley" in the letter could be Berkeley, home of UC, Berkeley. Aren't they known for their Engineering and science programs?

And I think the last line the paragraph that starts out "Time after time," is 'I really can't rationalize it ????g.'

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 2:30 pm

thebruce

*hopes a package is waiting at home!* Cool

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 2:55 pm

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CloverfieldClues.com · Entrenched Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 757

Just saw this on C|Net. They have no idea what it is about, but they linked it to this website: Holomove.com

They also have the full letter, unedited.

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 5:29 pm

chippy

nice!!
from their rss news feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/HolomoveNews

two sites:

www.reachthefuture.com (redirects to holomove)
and
www.codewtrn8.blogspot.com who is Nathan Bozeman

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 5:33 pm

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Man, that Holomove site is nicely done!

I'm confused... Is Holomove for real? On their site they say they're launching a $10M national ad campaign for "Anarchy"; I do find it particuarly odd that any marketing company would be so public about the COST of the campaign they're running. So is this an ARG-created company... advertising an ARG. "Game within a game" sorta thing?

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 5:43 pm

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jabroni

Has anyone figured out the puzzle yet? I'm stumped.

Applying for a Job

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 5:48 pm

rowan · Unfictologist Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 1966

What I'm most curious about now: Why go through the trouble (and expense!) of sending out UPS Next Day Air letters to ARG players with blacked out letters when they also send out a complete version to a major media outlet at the same time?

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 5:49 pm

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redct · Entrenched Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 1233

Other than the HTML entities instead of using the regular apostrophe, there's the fact that there are seemingly random font tags on spaces.

12 18 10 24 16 12 8 36 8 4 9 18 7 35 18 8 4 2 7 6 8 are the font size numbers. Taking 1 = A, 2 = B, etc. it gives:

L R J X P L H J H D I R G I R H D B G F H

I know there are numbers over 26, so I took the method of 36-26 = 10, so 36 = 10

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 5:54 pm

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fubarz · Veteran Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 119 Location: LA

Patent

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 5:56 pm

Nighthawk

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 5:59 pm

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Agent Lex

Purely for reference, a copy of the original is here. Only difference seems to be "combat" in the new version, rather than "stop" (right at the end)

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 6:03 pm

Nighthawk

GOT IT! I was right...

**Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 6:07 pm

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