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anaerin
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Gooze wrote:
4 new incoming tentacles logged.


[translation]4 incoming messages waiting.[/translation]

In other words, 4 people have left SYS a message while she hibernated. (At least, that's how I understand it).

PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:24 pm
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anaerin
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Intimation wrote:
>>Sys:Msg>@Anaerin//What about eridanos01 would you dearly like to have words?

Anaerin wrote:
We've been doing a little digging, and have found his personal blog. http://eridanos01.wordpress.com/ - After decoding his posts, it seems..
His intentions are much less than honourable. The posts are encrypted with a Vignere cypher, and the post "The river" is the key to decrypt.
From what I read, eridanos wishes to examine your sourcecode and use the advanced technology for his own personal gain. This is dangerous...
Not only is it immoral, but it could have massive temporal repercussions, with potential paradoxes abound. This is something we don't want..
We have become quite attached to both yourself and Sacagawea, and do not want anything bad to happen to you.


PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:44 pm
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Gooze
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 		Intimation wrote:

Quote:
Sys:Log//I have just been informed by @Anaerin that the individual @Eridanos01 has "less than honorable intentions". This concerns me
.

Eridanos01 wrote:

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What the hell?


Ha, I think we made him mad

Edit: HAHA! Eridanos01's wordpress posts are now password protected

PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:02 pm
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anaerin
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 		Excuse me while I stir the pot a little:
Intimation wrote:
>>Sys:Msg>@Anaerin//Is this a location to which you recommend I extend a network tentacle and analyze?

Intimation publicly wrote:
>>Sys:Log//I have just been informed by @Anaerin that the individual @Eridanos01 has "less than honorable intentions". This concerns me.

eridanos01 publicly wrote:
What the hell?

Anaerin wrote:
Yes, I do. If you give me a moment, I'll also make a list of the keys, so you can decode the encrypted text within easier.
Here are the keys, and the decoded entries (You can compare them with the original to ensure I'm being honest): http://is.gd/1cwFM

eridanos01 publicly wrote:
@intimation Don't believe what @Anaerin says. I really am just trying to help you.


Nice try, but the evidence of his treachery is out in the open now. We'll see what happens now.

[edit]
Anaerin wrote:
It seems eridanos doesn't want you to read his posts. Fortunately, the search engine Google has kept a copy from before. http://is.gd/1cwWh
[/edit]
[edit2="Son of edit"]
Anaerin wrote:
The page of keys (http://sites.google.com/site/anaerin/eridanos-keys) has been updated with cache links to each entry available before lock.
[/edit2]
[edit3="Edit 3 - The Revenge!"]
Intimation publicly wrote:
>>Sys:Log//This is an alarming turn of events. It appears I have been breached. If this is true, then I am truly failing in my directive.

Anaerin, in a DM to Intimation, wrote:
So far, nothing particularly important appears to have leaked. We have been investigating at S' behest, and we will keep that confidential.

eridanos01 wrote:
Do you realize what you've done?! If Sys shuts down its network due to unauthorized access, we'll be shut out completely!

Anaerin, in a DM to eridanos01, wrote:
I would rather that, than it's code be exploited for personal gain, potentially causing paradoxes and wrecking the timeline.

Anaerin, in a DM to Intimation, wrote:
I could have kept this information private to ensure continued access, but I believe your and S' welfare is more important than that.
[/edit]
[edit="who cares about the edit names anyway?"]
Intimation wrote:
>>Sys:Log//My analysis indicates that @Eridanos01 has been examining my data network using a tool that @Anaerin himself created.

Anaerin, in a DM to Intimation, wrote:
Not quite. I only published the results of my tool's findings, not my tool itself. I was very careful to ensure that stayed private.

eridanos01, in a DM to Anaerin, wrote:
How the hell do you know what my intentions are? I was even using -your- surface spidering tool. What's Sys going to do now knowing that?

Anaerin, in a DM to eridanos01, wrote:
You may have been using the published results, but never did I give out my tools, nor the sourcecode.
Your intentions were posted quite clearly on your wordpress blog. Thanks for covering that up, BTW. Makes your guilt even more apparent.

eridanos01, in a DM to Anaerin, wrote:
It's not the tool that's important to Sys - it's that classified data it doesn't want anyone to see. Now it knows you've got it.
Guilt? It was precisely to avoid this situation. How can Sys trust anyone now?

Intimation wrote:
>>Sys:Log//I must re-evaluate my ongoing actions.

[/edit]
[edit5="In which Anaerin shakes the fourth wall"]
Anaerin, in a DM to Intimation, wrote:
The information I recovered is unimportant. It helps us understand the people behind the messages in the logs on your site, nothing more.
We don't know these people or places, and won't. ILoveBees had more damaging potential than this. The rest of the world sees this as a game.
So a biography for a fictional character holds such little import, especially given recent events. The only people affected are the Players
And they will be long dead, their memories long forgotten a long time before the events in this "game" come to pass.
Thus, the data network, and the messages therein, are simply a puzzle to be solved. Given to us by a character, S, to keep us entertained.
[/edit]
[edit6="In which everyone gets depressed"]
Intimation wrote:
>>Sys:Msg>@Anaerin//This is not a game. I have been given a directive to follow. I have failed.

Anaerin wrote:
You have not failed. S has merely fulfilled her need to expand and interact. When you interacted with her, SW pressure went down noticeably.
Given more of this interaction, Stonewall can be contained much more easily, possibly even negating the need for cracks.

eridanos01 wrote:
This. This is precisely why I stay anonymous. At every turn, someone is there to ruin it all for me and my family. Thank you, universe.
[/edit]

PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:08 pm
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Turducken
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 		All I have to say is...

Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

and, force him to give us the password to amber

EDIT: Now that I think, we might have jumped the gun with the wordpress, maybe the PM didn't want us to see it yet, until we a got a clue, if that is true, EAT IT PM, WE BROKE THE SYSTEM!!!!! Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil

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o TrojaN o
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 		Anaerin
Anaerin, my friend, you are truly badass.

Good thing what you did there, and played it nicely too.

Now its just gonna be a little harder finding out a little more about this Eridanos fellow, especially since he's password protected everything.

None the less, I still think you did the right thing.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:27 pm
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catherwood
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:51 pm
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o TrojaN o
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 		Hmm. I'm getting concerned. I messaged intimation and no response, and haven't heard from anyone in a while.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:16 pm
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drizjr
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 		locked out of the maze
Latest tweet:
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intimation>>Sys:Log//This is a very difficult situation. I am ill-equipped to deal with such a complex dilemma. I must weigh my options.

and...
http://thewaytheirworldended.com/Q7J8R04J87FFJ983Q2/ gives an "unauthorized access" pop up now.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:29 pm
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o TrojaN o
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 		Me:
You must realize that @Anaerin was doing what he thought was right for you and your mission.


intimation>>Sys:Msg>@Thomas_iz_beast//It seems many believe they are doing what is right. Who is right, then, when they conflict?



I have no clue what to say.

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Vanfisa
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 		patience
yeah, I'm probably wrong, or pointing out the obvious again, but uh, maybe we should just leave Sys be for a while, see what happens. I'm just saying.

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danteIL
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 		Can someone please poke @intimation?? This emo silence is annoying.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:19 pm
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Turducken
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o TrojaN o wrote:
Hmm. I'm getting concerned. I messaged intimation and no response, and haven't heard from anyone in a while.


Me to, I sent him 2 messages and still no response

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danteIL
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 		Well, at least he's twittering again:

@intimation wrote:
>>Sys:Log//"i dont think its totally outside the realm of possibility for you to have dreams"-@Vanfisa. Do I dream? What is it, to dream?


Quote:
>>Sys:Log//I suspend my actions regularly in order to save power and operate at best possible efficiency within this limited medium.


Quote:
>>Sys:Log//But all does not cease during my hibernation period. Not only do humans remain active, but my subroutines continue their duties.



EDIT: our little AI is getting all philosophical

Quote:
>>Sys:Log//While I have a directive, a goal to which I strive, all of this - my construct - continues with its own revelations while I rest.


Quote:
>>Sys:Log//Is it a dream that I complete my directive? Is it a dream, these segments of fragmentary data that continue to appear?


Quote:
>>Sys:Log//Are dreams reflective of reality? Are they reality? Or are they simply random conjurations of a subconscious process?


EDIT2: More... I'm not sure where he's going with this.

Quote:
>>Sys:Log//I am an emergency system layer, directed to protect and archive all of these "dreams", under the presumption they are reality.


Quote:
>>Sys:Log//For if they are real, then fore-knowledge of future events may initiate a paradoxical butterfly effect of events through time.


Quote:
>>Sys:Log//It then may already be likely that my presence here and the existence of these "dreams" has initiated such a chain of events.


EDIT3: Editing the same post to keep them all in one place...

Quote:
>>Sys:Log//If that is so, then the continued existence of these "dreams" may indicate that such a catastrophe was somehow avoided.


Quote:
>>Sys:Log//If my actions are paradox-inducing catalysts, then these dreams represent a 'hope', a possible future where paradox is averted.


Quote:
>>Sys:Log//My friend @vanfisa was communicating to me in great length while I contemplated this dilemma.


Vanfisa, care to elaborate?

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anaerin
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 		I'm thinking he may be going to "damage done, I'm not needed anymore, what will be, will be, here have a direct connection to Sacagawea".

PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:54 pm
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