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reidab
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Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Oregon, United States
[INGEN] IngenBio (trailhead) Twitter stream of vague bio-research with mentions of classified data and "foreign material", recombinant dna research, website referencing a nonexistent addresss, meta tags on home page "Infex, haz-mat, bio"... seems a bit suspicious, no?
http://twitter.com/IngenBio
http://ingenbio.com/
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:24 pm
thebruce
Dances With Wikis
Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
iiinteresting...
Ingen is the genetic engineering company from Jurassic Park 4. That's the first thing that came to mind. No web hits besides mainly twitter chat with @ingenbio... there's references to "ingenbio.20m.com" but the site is empty (and there's a reference to a Pennsylvania address associated with that, likely OOG)
whois
* hosting is at 1and1
* domain registered May 5, 2006
* registrant info is to PCB Productions http://pcbproductions.com (not an anonymous registration)
PCB is a "digital content creation company for interactive, animation, film, music, and television productions"
looks intriguing...
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:49 pm
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agentgr33n
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Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 574
Quote:
Infectious disease research, often results in the failure of human trials and escalating drug development costs. Our Salt Lake research facilities allow us to isolate unconventional approaches, best suited to interdict a disease.
While it is significantly more complicated to study disease in humans, we believe it is the only way to successfully develop human therapeutics.
human guinea pigs? yikes. he looks like the guy from jurassic park.
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:50 pm
veebee
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Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 551
Hmmm, now where have I seen something about watermelons acting like viagra recently?
Looks interesting. I will certainly lurk!
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:56 pm
thebruce
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Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
Skimming over the twitters...
Background image: INGEN-BIO-Campus1.jpg
Twitter IngenBio looks to be Dr. Leonard Kendall - Ingen Bio, Senior Director of Applied Biotechnology
40-CFR1 could refer to "Code of Federal Regulations"
Video log fragments -- 40:CFR1 - 40:CFR40
where?
scratch that... twitter: "Kendall, Dr. Leonard J. - Restored from Kendall lab Fire 04-16-95 ((Kendall pronounced DOA 0722 hours))"
IngenBio isn't Dr. Kendall.
Search for a cure for cancer? Definitely something biogenetics-related, or bioengineering... more sci-fi
Can't seem to find a similar logo anywhere. The building looks familiar though, almost 4400-esque.
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:03 pm
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veebee
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From the jobs page:
Quote:
•Some co-ops/interns are given the opportunity to travel.
•Co-ops/interns can take full advantage of the social aspects of INGEN BIO's culture, whether it is business unit picnics, INGEN BIO sponsored co-op/intern events, or activities that the students organize themselves.
A pointer to possible live events?
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:04 pm
thebruce
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on twitter- 200+ followers and following 4000+ ?
...ugh
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:07 pm
agentgr33n
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thebruce wrote:
on twitter- 200+ followers and following 4000+ ?
...ugh
+ 1
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:32 pm
thebruce
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Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
Interesting... re: registrant PCB Productions...
Dr. Kendall is listed with "40-CFR-761" Code of Federal Regulations (twitter proile image ).
A google brings up this info page , about CFR data
TITLE 40--Protection of Environment
ART 761--POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBs ) MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING, DISTRIBUTION IN COMMERCE, AND USE PROHIBITIONS
maybe just a meta nod? "PCB Productions" doesn't appear in-game as its subject matter is totally unrelated to bio-engineering. So either the PCB connection is coincidental, or it's a meta-nod to the development team.
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:33 pm
veebee
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Damn you Bruce, you beat me to that!
EDIT: Although no seems to have mentioned the hairloss product made VO5 called Intragen
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:35 pm
veebee
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agentgr33n wrote:
thebruce wrote:
on twitter- 200+ followers and following 4000+ ?
...ugh
+ 1
Sorry, probly a double post, but
+ 1 more!
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:40 pm
agentgr33n
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to make it look like i added something besides commentary the link for cfr 40.....in its entirety...all 1700 parts.
http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/search/40cfr.html
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:46 pm
Nighthawk
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Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
I particularly like the big word "LOGO" on their home page. Or that *all* the news is dated July 3rd. And the whole "Contact Us" page makes my brain hurt.
I have no idea what this could be, but I thought "Ingen" was a registered trademark owned by Universal Pictures; they're treading on thin ice here.
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:27 pm
phyzix
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Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 231 Location: Florida
One Ingen Campus Center Plaza 84101
their address is bogus. it doesnt exist.
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:23 pm
agentgr33n
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here it is...
http://pcbproductions.com/contagion/index.html
just hit enter and youll see an intro with the 40 cfr-761 pop up and some other biohazard like stuff. heres a youtube vid...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTBXGdanEcs
this is all i could really find on Infex.
Quote:
INFEX will be featured as a limited edition graphic novel at Comic Con this July. The 186 page landscape formatted novel features vellum insert pages, a special plastic band/wrap with color images from the book, and a METAL hinged cover.
COOL.
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:38 pm
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