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marshalkowski
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 		Binary Email
I don't know if this is tied to this ARG or something else, but I wanted to give a heads up and see if anyone else has gotten anything similar.

I received an email from psychosistrioSPLATgmail.com
Quote:
S T <psychosistrio>
to
date Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 5:49 PM
subject Well hello there!
mailed-by gmail.com

MESSAGE:
Hi.

how are you?


This was followed by a huge amount (5 pages worth) of binary.
I'm going to run them through hexidecimal to ASCII to see if I can make heads or tails of them.

Anyone else get anything like this?

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 		Re: Binary Email
marshalkowski wrote:
I don't know if this is tied to this ARG or something else, but I wanted to give a heads up and see if anyone else has gotten anything similar.

I received an email from psychosistrioSPLATgmail.com
Quote:
S T <psychosistrio>
to
date Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 5:49 PM
subject Well hello there!
mailed-by gmail.com

MESSAGE:
Hi.

how are you?


This was followed by a huge amount (5 pages worth) of binary.
I'm going to run them through hexidecimal to ASCII to see if I can make heads or tails of them.

Anyone else get anything like this?



Please see this forum:

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=571653
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marshalkowski
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 		Thanks Matrix.

These things can dovetail on ya if you're not careful, huh?

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marshalkowski wrote:
Thanks Matrix.

These things can dovetail on ya if you're not careful, huh?


I've seen worse. 3 or 4 players who get a TH and apply it to whatever they're in at the time and the PMs spend the next week convincing them that it's not IG
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:25 am
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 		EMAIL FROM KATY!!!
Ok so i just got the weirdest email from Katy Zwick. I had emailed her explaining that the glyph she saw was the symbol for nonchalance in response to a recent blog post... This is what i got back:

Quote:
Tim! How utterly unexpected, but ultimately fantastic of you, to email me! Big thanks for showing me around Dolores park, it's a part of the city I haven't had the opportunity to see until the other day, so I appreciate you playing tour-guide for a total stranger. I had forgotten that I even gave you my email address at the end of the day until now. Let me know if you're ever up for the park again, it was beautiful.

Your email is slightly confusing, are you referring to the hobo glyph I mentioned in my blog? Somebody else just linked me to that same Elsewhere Public Works website as well, but what do you mean it's "symbol is that of nonchalance"? What does the symbol stand for? Traditionally, they mark an omen of some sort (either good or bad), or is this one of those things that all of the locals come to know about, and I'll eventually learn the meaning of, if I live here long enough? Which I guess is my humble way of saying, forgive my ignorance if this is something completely obvious to natives of San Francisco.

Hope to hear from you again soon!

-KZ


Now I have been known to black out a time or two, but I've never traveled 2000 miles in the process... Anyone wanna take a stab at this one...
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:24 am
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 		So it seems as though I've been inadvertently elected as the contact person in this game (hopefully not for long) so I feel it necessary to continually post my replies to these characters so that no one is left out of the loop. I wrote a reply to both Erik and Katy tonight. Here they are...

To Katy I wrote:

Katy,

I had a most wonderful time at Delores Park with you and we will definitely have to do it again sometime. San Francisco is a wonderful city filled with an overwhelming abundance of beauty and knowledge that's just waiting to be explored. In our fast paced society today it's hard to find someone who enjoys taking the time to learn more about the surroundings in which they reside instead of taking them for granted. The symbol I spoke of was in fact the one you were referring to in your blog post. The symbol represents a subtle indifference to the things around you. Just a reminder that every once in a while you have to 'unplug' yourself from the bustle of life and just exist for a time. I forgot to mention this to you but I am actually involved with a company who conducts research on this very subject which is why it was so easy to recognize the symbol from your description. There are in fact organizations who wish to stop people from investigating the state of nonchalance which would explain why that symbol appeared to you in such a negative connotation. They would prefer you subscribe to their particular views about conformity and obedience. Through studying nonchalance we make it a point to try not to persuade people in their thoughts and ideas, but as a new found friend I would personally advice you to steer clear of those organizations. One of which is the Jejune Institute. We view their activities as having a certain cult-like quality about them and have been told by numerous sources of their danger. Enough about this though. I don't want to instill any sort of paranoia about your new home. Tell you what, my schedule looks fairly clear as of right now. You just tell me when and where you'd want to meet up next and I'd be more than happy to show you a side of San Francisco that you've never seen before.

Until Then,
Tim

P.S. I totally forgot to snap a photo of you while I had my camera out. I was telling a friend of mine about you and he wanted to see a picture (and to be honest I wouldn't mind having one myself ). Any way I could convince you to part with one when you reply…



and

To Erik I wrote:

Mr. Jamuel,

My pardon to you comes with full sincerity and extreme sympathy. I completely understand the stress you must be enduring through these difficult times. While I was unfortunate enough to receive any of the audio you might have heard while composing your previous correspondence, I would like to impose an assumption that you were to inquire about our potential loyalty to the Jejune Institute. A man of your intelligence knows that no matter my response, I would be unable to persuade an unbiased mind as to my allegiance, let alone one who has staked a claim in a particular side. As the old saying goes, 'Actions speak louder than words'. I would like for you to present us with a challenge that would adequately quash any doubts you might have about our beliefs and motives. We are in this for learning and if we happen to make a few allies in the process and conquer mutual enemies, all the better. We eagerly await your reply.

Tim
Director of the Squelching of Disinformation and Carrier Pigeon Nutritionist
S.O.F.T.P.O.R.N.

P.S. I attempted to reply to this message through carrier pigeon but was unsuccessful due to adverse microwave interference. I suspect that the disorienting properties of said harassment have begun affecting our pigeon's ability to hone in on the intended delivery point. We are currently working on a solution involving increased intake of Fragaria × ananassa in their diet coupled with a small layer of paper towels that have been securely fastened to their cranium with guitar string. We have been unsuccessful thus far but we have a theory involving the addition of (unsalted) sunflower seeds which have been proven to deflect microwaves on Tuesdays. Our only problem left after that is determining the air speed velocity of an unladen pigeon which we are quite sure is the square root of the binary form of the date of doomsday plus 2 minus the cost of tea in china (converted to U.S. dollars) on the 31st of September. We will keep you posted on our findings.



I will be a bit busy over the course of the next couple days but I will still have full access to my email and UF so there should be no lag in the amount of time it takes me to post any replies I might receive. If there are any questions that you would like to pose to them please feel free to post them here and they'll be included in the next reply, or even better, contact them yourself.

Also on a side note since we are officially being recognized as S.O.F.T.P.O.R.N. we have decided to designate title for ourselves for more official looking correspondence. As of now we have:

Social Outsiders For The Prevention Of Relative Normality (S.O.F.T.P.O.R.N.) Officers

MatrixOfReality
Tim
Director of the Squelching of Disinformation and Carrier Pigeon Nutritionist

and

CaptKing
Brett
Director of Finding The Thing We Miss and the Promulgation of Nonchalance Tutelage

We would love it if everyone were to adopt a title that is styled similarly around those. As everyone knows, the powers that be enjoy it immensely when you are able to interact in AR through creativity and adaptation.

Sorry For The Novella...

-MoR-
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 		Got a reply back from Katy which said...

Quote:
In the interest of keeping to the point, who are you?

This is all terribly embarrassing, but I admit at first I thought you were someone I met at Dolores park, also named Tim. Though instead of a camera he had a Boston terrier named Mule, and he spoke a little more down-to-Earth and a lot less Reynold's-wrap.

I don't mean to sound rude, but your email was rather jarring and I suspect you also have mistaken me for someone else. I admit this is mostly my fault, and I apologize for the confusion.

-KZ



So i wrote back...

Quote:


Katy,



My apologies for not double checking before that last email went out. I did in fact mistake you for a lady that I met in Delores Park who goes by the name of Kelly. We had talked a little bit and she had mentioned some of the same things that you had on your blog. I didn't mention your blog to her because I thought that both of you were one in the same and I didn't want to seem like some sort of creepy stalker. After I received your email this afternoon I double checked what she had written and it was in fact Kelly, not Katy and it was a different email altogether. This is totally my fault; if I hadn't been in such a rush I would have caught such a simple mistake. I'm now feeling most embarrassed about this whole situation. Please feel free to keep in touch if you have any questions that might arise about Jejune or Elsewhere Public Works and I'd be more than happy to reply with an answer, assuming of course I didn't creep you out too much.



Kindest Regards,

Tim



Anyone else wanna take a stab. I'm kinda in limbo right now with establishing trust since she already thinks I'm a nutcase...
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MatrixofReality wrote:
So it seems as though I've been inadvertently elected as the contact person in this game (hopefully not for long) so I feel it necessary to continually post my replies to these characters so that no one is left out of the loop. I wrote a reply to both Erik and Katy tonight. Here they are...

To Katy I wrote:

Katy,

I had a most wonderful time at Delores Park with you and we will definitely have to do it again sometime. San Francisco is a wonderful city filled with an overwhelming abundance of beauty and knowledge that's just waiting to be explored. In our fast paced society today it's hard to find someone who enjoys taking the time to learn more about the surroundings in which they reside instead of taking them for granted. The symbol I spoke of was in fact the one you were referring to in your blog post. The symbol represents a subtle indifference to the things around you. Just a reminder that every once in a while you have to 'unplug' yourself from the bustle of life and just exist for a time. I forgot to mention this to you but I am actually involved with a company who conducts research on this very subject which is why it was so easy to recognize the symbol from your description. There are in fact organizations who wish to stop people from investigating the state of nonchalance which would explain why that symbol appeared to you in such a negative connotation. They would prefer you subscribe to their particular views about conformity and obedience. Through studying nonchalance we make it a point to try not to persuade people in their thoughts and ideas, but as a new found friend I would personally advice you to steer clear of those organizations. One of which is the Jejune Institute. We view their activities as having a certain cult-like quality about them and have been told by numerous sources of their danger. Enough about this though. I don't want to instill any sort of paranoia about your new home. Tell you what, my schedule looks fairly clear as of right now. You just tell me when and where you'd want to meet up next and I'd be more than happy to show you a side of San Francisco that you've never seen before.

Until Then,
Tim

P.S. I totally forgot to snap a photo of you while I had my camera out. I was telling a friend of mine about you and he wanted to see a picture (and to be honest I wouldn't mind having one myself ). Any way I could convince you to part with one when you reply…



and

To Erik I wrote:

Mr. Jamuel,

My pardon to you comes with full sincerity and extreme sympathy. I completely understand the stress you must be enduring through these difficult times. While I was unfortunate enough to receive any of the audio you might have heard while composing your previous correspondence, I would like to impose an assumption that you were to inquire about our potential loyalty to the Jejune Institute. A man of your intelligence knows that no matter my response, I would be unable to persuade an unbiased mind as to my allegiance, let alone one who has staked a claim in a particular side. As the old saying goes, 'Actions speak louder than words'. I would like for you to present us with a challenge that would adequately quash any doubts you might have about our beliefs and motives. We are in this for learning and if we happen to make a few allies in the process and conquer mutual enemies, all the better. We eagerly await your reply.

Tim
Director of the Squelching of Disinformation and Carrier Pigeon Nutritionist
S.O.F.T.P.O.R.N.

P.S. I attempted to reply to this message through carrier pigeon but was unsuccessful due to adverse microwave interference. I suspect that the disorienting properties of said harassment have begun affecting our pigeon's ability to hone in on the intended delivery point. We are currently working on a solution involving increased intake of Fragaria × ananassa in their diet coupled with a small layer of paper towels that have been securely fastened to their cranium with guitar string. We have been unsuccessful thus far but we have a theory involving the addition of (unsalted) sunflower seeds which have been proven to deflect microwaves on Tuesdays. Our only problem left after that is determining the air speed velocity of an unladen pigeon which we are quite sure is the square root of the binary form of the date of doomsday plus 2 minus the cost of tea in china (converted to U.S. dollars) on the 31st of September. We will keep you posted on our findings.



I will be a bit busy over the course of the next couple days but I will still have full access to my email and UF so there should be no lag in the amount of time it takes me to post any replies I might receive. If there are any questions that you would like to pose to them please feel free to post them here and they'll be included in the next reply, or even better, contact them yourself.

Also on a side note since we are officially being recognized as S.O.F.T.P.O.R.N. we have decided to designate title for ourselves for more official looking correspondence. As of now we have:

Social Outsiders For The Prevention Of Relative Normality (S.O.F.T.P.O.R.N.) Officers

MatrixOfReality
Tim
Director of the Squelching of Disinformation and Carrier Pigeon Nutritionist

and

CaptKing
Brett
Director of Finding The Thing We Miss and the Promulgation of Nonchalance Tutelage

We would love it if everyone were to adopt a title that is styled similarly around those. As everyone knows, the powers that be enjoy it immensely when you are able to interact in AR through creativity and adaptation.

Sorry For The Novella...

-MoR-



LOL.....S.O.F.T.P.O.R.N.....I'm sorry, but I had to comment on it.....

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avengedsamurai7 wrote:

LOL.....S.O.F.T.P.O.R.N.....I'm sorry, but I had to comment on it.....

Very Happy


Yeah but did you have to quote it... Jeez... LoL... That's ALOT of text to quote...
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 		I"m going to go back and post the original message but this needs to go up stat.

I got a response from infoSPLATelsewherepublicworks.com

it's creepy as hell...

The picture attachment follows immediately after the text...

Quote:

..000...
...000...
...000...
....0....
__SHDRZ__
__CHEZT__
__CHEZT__
__CHEZT__
__CHEZT__
__CHEZT__
__CHEZT__
__CHEZT__
__PANTZ__
__PANTZ__
__PANTZ__
__PANTZ__
__PANTZ__
__PANTZ__
__PANTZ__
__PANTZ__
__PANTZ__
__PANTZ__
__SHOEZ__
__SHOEZ__


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 		Another email from EPWA with picture...


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Not nearly enough kind sir

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 		It seems as though we're playing a game of sort via email and images I'll post up the images soon...

Just got another brief reply...


Quote:
you're still somewhere...

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 		The first image is from a film entitled "Altered States"

This information comes from a very movie-minded friend of mine.
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 		Erik Jamuel mentioned "Luriqua in his email to MoR. He called her a provocateur.

Quote:
From: Jamuel Elling [mailto:ejamuel@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 3:39 PM
To: MoR
Subject: Re: Intruder

Tim? Uh huh. Sure.

Is this "Luriqua"?

- Erik
Quote:
Mr. Taber,
please pardon my rudeness. It's been a very confusing week. I was certain a moment ago that you were a provocateur known as Luriqua. A former colleague, if you will. I may be interested in participating with the S.O.F.T.P.O.R.N. investigations. But, how can I be certain that you are not...

shhh.

did you hear that?



Thread of missing Luriqua.
Look for posts by The Reverend, it's the same pic and a poster named daanyel posted the same text as in the first email sent last night.
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?action=showall&boardid=78&threadid=37

The Jejune Institute has added a YouTube video of another inductee
http://www.youtube.com/user/JejuneInstitute

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