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Kazic
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SOLVED BEE-OTCHES!

Thanks to the dilligent, patient help of Squid and a program that tells you hot to solve cubes, I have finally conquered the cube. Ok I probably can't say I conquered it, but it's solved. Pictures are coming. Something odd I have noticed, Green red white and yellow all have their middle cubies letters written in a different direction than the rest. When properly solved, each sides letters all face a certain way. But on those color's sides the middle cubie is written in a different direction. Curious. I can't help but think it's intentional, because it would take work to do it on purpose.

Edit: Pics are up. The yellow side is very hard to see.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:21 am
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squid808
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Ok, so using the clues about when green is south of white, start left and go east, then top then bottom. Means, IMO, we read off the orange face, then green, then red then blue then white then yellow. I'd assume left to right, top to bottom, so here goes:

Orange: ssz oll (oii?) upo tvy qwz mcu uqy fyu ecx
Green: vvl hwx wrg bac won (nom?) jvm lzi (izi?) obr wzl
Red: qwv dzh bbs fxy gny jkm xwe duh pty
Blue: fxy sae xwc dmd, ggl, pds, vvn, imk, fkc
White: ewd wki ups kmc rcc nkq bny (or bay) mix pex
Yellow: xrf mix (mlx) vrf twy mio qxo iyu olm (oim) uui (uul)

Thanks Kaz for reading them off to me. =)

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Kazic
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Based on looking at the letters and determining that all the L's are capital (except one I think) and realizing it's probably very hard to dot an i in this, I have compiled what I think is the final list of letters. They are in the same order as squid's.

ssz oii upo tvy qwz mcu uqy fyu ecx
vvl hwx wrg bac won jvm lzi obr wzl
qwv dzh bbs fxy gny jkm xwe duh pty
fxy sae xwc dmd, ggl, pds, vvn, imk, fkc
ewd wki ups kmc rcc nkq bny mix pex
xrf mix vrf twy mio qxo iyu oim uui
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:36 am
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ughhghghghhhh this is why i can't play this game anymore too many stupid codes
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Kazic
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Lol luck, well come back after we solve the code, we could use the brain power. And get on aim so we can at least talk Very Happy

edit: ok guys a lot has happened in the last few hours, the poo hit the fan. I have solved the cipher but there's too much going on right now to post. It will all be up later. Apparently bees have something to do with the cure. Clarky pants don't come on yet ,I'm not ready for joo!
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Kazic
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The story

So hb came on in the pad and this was the result:

HumBug (16:47): Hey kaz
Kazic (16:47): yo
Kazic (16:47): wassup
HumBug (16:47): try this http://sharkysoft.com/misc/vigenere/
Kazic (16:4Cool: hold on i'm going to put the letters up in here
HumBug (16:4Cool: i think i got something but I am not allowed to say what
Kazic (16:4Cool: not allowed?
Kazic (16:49): what do you mean?
HumBug (16:50): I dont think so.....last night at about 4 am. I got a call on the phone. The voice said "What the hell is going on? Why is everybody dying." I could have sworn it was me on the other line. There was silence and then the voice said "What ever it is you think you know. Keep it to yourself." and then it hung up.
Kazic (16:50): wtf
HumBug (16:50): I was like WTF?!?
HumBug (16:50): That was the creepiest thing ever.
Kazic (16:50): lol
Kazic (16:50): what do you think you know?
Kazic (16:51): dude you gotta tell me
Kazic (16:51): for the good of the tribe
Kazic (16:51): lol
Kazic (16:51): email it to el kaz
HumBug (16:51): I dont know. lol thats the thing. Maybe If I say what I think it will make my future a living hell?
Kazic (16:51): lol
Kazic (16:51): too late :p
HumBug (16:51): Dude i am really scared right now.
HumBug (16:52): You think the PMs called my phone and heard my answering machine and then sampled my voice somehow?
Kazic (16:53): I have no idea
Kazic (16:53): that would be pretty hardcore
HumBug (16:53): So i think that is what I know http://sharkysoft.com/misc/vigenere/
Kazic (16:54): you name's not charlie is it?
Kazic (16:54): lol
HumBug (16:54):
HumBug (16:54): lol no
Kazic (16:54): well then you should be safe
HumBug (16:54):
HumBug (16:54): ok
Kazic (16:54): ok stay with me
HumBug (16:54): ok....i am playing wow though
Kazic (16:55): did you give the pms your number?
HumBug (16:55): Yes
Kazic (16:55): that's fine you can paly wow and calm down haha
HumBug (16:55): lol
Kazic (16:55): ok so you are on the grid
Kazic (16:55): I still say they are afraid to call me
HumBug (16:55): Haha probably after all your character interactions
Kazic (16:56): yeah
Kazic (16:56): well here's what goes down
HumBug (16:56): But truth be told. I think that they all died by now. Since no one has made contact in a long time
Kazic (16:56): I put it in that thing you linked me and n ocigar
Kazic (16:56): our order has to be wrong
Kazic (16:56): that's th eonly thing that could still be messing it up
HumBug (16:57): No i got something.
HumBug (16:57):
HumBug (16:57): Our order seems right
Kazic (16:57): no they aren't dead, they are just waiting for us t osolve before interactions start again
Kazic (16:57): then wtf did you get?
Kazic (16:57): just tell meeeee
Kazic (16:57): :p
Kazic (16:57): Good God man!
HumBug (16:5Cool: it is not sszoii it is ss 2011
Kazic (16:5Cool: 0_0
Kazic (16:59): but
Kazic (16:59): vig's are supposed to be kind resilient to mistakes
HumBug (16:59):
HumBug (16:59): It has to be them.
Kazic (16:59): is that enough t oscrew up the whole solve?
Kazic (16:59): them who?
HumBug (16:59): I dont want to answer.
HumBug (17:00): It says that my house is calling my cell phone. And I am the only one in the house.
Kazic (17:00): 0_0
Kazic (17:00): dude dude that is creppy shit
HumBug (17:00): Ok i am out of here. I am heading to a friends house.
HumBug (17:00): Bye!
Kazic (17:01): ok you need to just tel lme everything
Kazic (17:01): wait wait
Kazic (17:01): here's my number
HumBug (17:01): kaz. This is not safe for me anymore. I dont think I want to play this game

...

so, the clue he gave me fixed the cipher. Those were numbers in the beginning not letters. That's what has been messing it up. Thanks to him and a few friends it is almost solved. The last few letters are not correct yet. I will post up the current solve though.

ss 2011 upo tvy qwzmcuuqyf yue cxvvl hwxw r gbac wonjvmlzio brwzl qwvdzhbbsfx ygnyjkm xwedu hp tyfxys aexwcdm dg glpdsvv nim kfkcewdw ki upsk mcscc ak qba ymi xpexxrfm ixv rftw ymi oqxoj yuol muui (or !, or l)

by 2011 the bee population had under gone a mass extinction their pollinating efforts would no longer suffice to provide the antidote to this virus it was our downfall and also our upper hand ccdo

edit: I'm wondering if those last 4 are just junk because no matter how I tinker they don't make a word.
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For those of you having trouble reading the lettering on the yellow cube, I present my results from flailing around in Paint.net.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:09 pm
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Kazic
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Convo with stew in the pad

SW (00:00): Hello.
Kazic (00:01): How are you?
SW (00:01): I'm ok. I guess.
Buella (00:01): how's the world doing?
Kazic (00:01): Well that's good.
Kazic (00:01): Bu is that a trick question lol?
SW (00:01): I don't know how the world is doing. Everything is dark. I can only see this screen.
Kazic (00:02): Hmm.
SW (00:02): My hands are not my hands.
SW (00:02):
Kazic (00:02): Did you get my email?
SW (00:02): They are some one else.
SW (00:02): No.
Buella (00:02): what do the hands look like?
SW (00:03): Older. Like a man's hands.
Kazic (00:03): Older hmm.
Kazic (00:03): So you didn't get my email?
SW (00:03): I saw it now.
Kazic (00:04): oh good, I was afraid it had been intercepted.
SW (00:04): You have to save them all.
Buella (00:04): do you know where you are?
Kazic (00:04): So we have solved your clue, but we aren't sure what you mean.
SW (00:04): No Buella.
Kazic (00:04): How do we save them all?
SW (00:04): I am in somebody's house.
Kazic (00:05): And we are rather worried about HumBug.
SW (00:05): I don't know who's house.
SW (00:05): She can teach you how
Kazic (00:05): She who?
Kazic (00:05): Oluchi?
SW (00:05): She. She is in the living journal.
SW (00:05):
SW (00:06): No, Not Oluchi.
Kazic (00:06): Who is?
Buella (00:06): Robin?
SW (00:06): No.
Kazic (00:06): Who then?
Kazic (00:06): and what is the living journal?
Buella (00:06): where can we find it?
SW (00:07): Debbie Combs
SW (00:07): You can find it everywhere.
Kazic (00:07): Who the hell is that?
SW (00:07): The living journal. She is there.
Kazic (00:07): I don't understand.
Buella (00:0Cool: the wrestler?
Kazic (00:0Cool: what?
SW (00:0Cool: I'm sorry. I know I don't make much sense. I can't seem to form the words.
Buella (00:0Cool: the only Debbie Combs I can find record of was a wrestler
Kazic (00:0Cool: haha
SW (00:0Cool: No she is not a wrestler.
Kazic (00:0Cool: Try to form the words.
Kazic (00:09): I know it must be hard.
Kazic (00:09): But we need your help.
Buella (00:09): we want to help Stewart
Buella (00:09): but we're floundering
Kazic (00:09): We all have to work together.
Buella (00:10): we can find debbie combs if we can find the living journal
Buella (00:10): and she can teach us to save them all
SW (00:10): You must find her. She is the only hope.
Buella (00:10): help us find Debbie, so we can all save the world
Kazic (00:10): Where do we look?
SW (00:10): in the living journal
Kazic (00:10): oh
Kazic (00:11): so stewart
Kazic (00:11): can you help us save HumBug?
SW (00:11): Apis Mellifera
Kazic (00:12): what?
Buella (00:13): honey bee
SW (00:13): She graduated from UF in 2004 she is a defender of the antidote
Kazic (00:13): a defender of european honeybees?
SW (00:14): She is a defender of life.
Kazic (00:15): And the bees pollenate the antidote?
SW (00:16): No. I don't know how it works but she does.
Buella (00:1Cool: is she part of 2012 is now?
SW (00:19): No. She is from your time
SW (00:19): She doesn't even know what is about to happen.
SW (00:19): She doesn't know who I am.
Kazic (00:20): but she knows how to stop it?
Buella (00:20): what happened to the bees?
SW (00:21): The bees are extinct.
Kazic (00:21): that's happening already bu
Kazic (00:21): haven't you heard on the news?
Buella (00:21): I know, but I was wondering what sped it up
SW (00:21): Commercial growth, pollution, pesticides.
Kazic (00:21): and allegedly, radiowaves
Buella (00:21): does Debbie fight these?
SW (00:22): She fights with words. It's all she can do.
Kazic (00:22): How do you know her?
SW (00:23): I... found her. I think. I just wanted to find the cure and.... I just found her.
SW (00:24): Her webpage
SW (00:24): in the living journal
Buella (00:25): what's her username?
SW (00:25): I can't say. It's too risky. But she saves them all
Kazic (00:25): doh
Kazic (00:26): Are they watching?
SW (00:26): Probably
Buella (00:2Cool: can you think of a clue?
Buella (00:2Cool: you're so clever at masking what you're saying
SW (00:31): I've said enough

...

So we think that means she's on live journal but we can't find her.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:41 am
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Kazic and I have looked for Debbie Combs on Livejournal, on Facebook, on Myspace (there's a possibility there, Kazic friended her but her profile isn't public) then on Twitter there are some possibilities (again, not public))

So, it seems our next step is to find Debbie Combs, possibly in the living journal. Please go ahead and double-check, especially livejournal. Where else can we look?

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Well done for solving the cube Kazic, sorry I wasn't around to help much, all weekend I was pretty much incommunicado...

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Thanks Inferno, I'm only sorry it took so long. You can help us find this debbie combs if you want to help.

Oh and I never did get those four letters to work out at the end. I hope they were just junk.

Edit: Something interesting:

Origin and Meaning of the Name Deborah

Gender:

Girl

Origin:


Hebrew

Meaning:


Bee

Pronunciation:


(DEB or ah) [Guide]

Form of:

Devorah

So it means bee in Hebrew.
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Could "combs" be something to do with honeycombs?

Neil

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Kazic
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Yeah I had thought of that last night. Hmm.
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Kazic
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We found her and the cure!

She's on live journal, her sn is savethebees. http://savethebees.livejournal.com/profile

Here's her blog post that gives us the cure:

Studies have shown that bees produce a chemical through pollination efforts that may be curative and preventive of many cellular mutating illnesses, such as, Cancer, Hepatitis B, and even AIDS/HIV. CCR5, a chemokine receptor in cells which carries the illness, is currently being targeted with chemotherapy in Cancer patients. The side effects of chemotherapy are destructive and irreversible. It is used as a last resort. Taking the patient to the brink of death just to save their lives.


Studies have shown that bees produce a chemical through the pollination process called Antibonding MO. This chemical can genetically mutate CCR5, just like chemotherapy, but without any of the side effects. This can potentially be a breakthrough in medical and natural science. The process of taking advantage of this chemical is still uncertain but we have begun studies and have a few possibilities on how it can be done.
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LiveJournal-ness:

This is her reply-

Losing the bees. That is a subject as delicate as the bees themselves. Many governments are denying the fact that we are headed towards the extinction of bees because they know what it implies. Famine, oxygen deprivation, mass pollution without a natural/reliable source to recycle our atmosphere. Your interest alone can begin saving the bees. Contact your Senator or Representative and let them know you care about saving our planet and that you expect them to do something about this issue.

Studies have shown that Anti Bonding MO is produced during the act of releasing pollen substance. A self cleaning mechanism. This process mutates CCR5 which, in bees, is what "magnetizes" pollen to the bee's body. In humans and other mammals, CCR5, is a chemokine receptor that carries multiple, hard to target and treat, diseases. If we could harvest Anti Bonding MO we can create a drug that will genetically mutate CCR5 and potentially heal illnesses like, Hepatitis B, Cancer, AIDS, etc. But this drug will not possess any of the negative side effects of Chemotherapy which has been used, with some success, to cure these conditions.



--- i_ghost_i wrote:
> Just saw your blog about bees! I've become interested in them lately, and am worried about the future - any new info you could share? Also, the last entry about helping cure HIV/AIDS is very interesting. Anything on that you could share?
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> Thank you so much!
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> - i


Dunno what to say next.... contacting senators?

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