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CaptKing
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 		Perfect! I've gained their trust Wink

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Mr. Fiedler,

Thank you very much for your prompt response. I will make sure to spread this information. Also, if I could make one more request?

Since your website is currently down, would you happen to have any promotional material on-hand? For this article I would like to explain to my readers what your company does. A summary, or any sort of multi-media would suffice, if it is not too much trouble of course.

Thank you again, and best regards.


To which I got:


Brett,

we'll most of the stuff we have is saved to the websever, which means its Out Of Commission right now, all i've got is an article by "Today's Science."

Sincerely
Matthew Fiedler


Attached is the PDF of the article.

So we have Aaron Cooper, the creator of TR. Seems like an arrogant hothead, obsessed with money and power.

And we have Jonathan Barkley, the creative mind behind Cooper. He seems to have saved TR and take it into the 21st century.


Good to know that I am on their good side. I'll make sure to exploit this in the future, lol.
Technology Resolute was created nearly a decade ago by Aaron Cooper.pdf
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TitaniumLegman
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 		Just so you know Caffiend, the project sapphire site dosen't seem to work anymore, also could someone post that PDF file, i can't seem to get it, or maybe PM it to me?

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Twiler
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 		This may be another TechRes (check the blog) site. It looks incomplete, but the mention of 'Apollo Nanotechnologies' seems to indicate that it isn't RL. I note that the blue letters spell out TechRes, just as was written by Tyler.

http://www.techres.net/

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CarnageBlack
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 		Well, the website is far from complete. Perhaps it has to due with the "First Quarter" of next year. The source code yielded nothing of significance. I checked all I could access. Already bookmarked it.

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TitaniumLegman
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 		Does anyone know what the second language on the TecRes site is. I wonder if it is just saying what the English was saying, or if there is something else.

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thegreatpablo
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 		It's not really a language, it's kind of a jumble of latin greek and other stuff called Lorem Ipsum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum

In essence, it's placeholder text.

EDIT: There's a phone number and e-mail address on the Technical Resolutions site, anyone brave enough to call?

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CarnageBlack
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Maven
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 		I don't think anyone's posted it yet, but a new blog post went up last night on
http://lookatthereflection.blogspot.com

Nothing special. Just some updates and an apparent email confrontation between Tyler and the TR Legal Department.

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CarnageBlack
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 		Called the number. Says it's out of order. Error message "d.i.d.x. 1234". Pretty much means that it's a disconnected number. Maybe just a place holder.

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littleprelude
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 		New e-mail from Tech Res's IT department...looks like it was sent "accidentally"...

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IT to Aaron, Jonatha
show details 7:15 PM (0 minutes ago)
Hey guys,

Okay, so the system checks came off clean, but we still have some persistent errors; the OMEGA system is completely fucked up beyond all repair and for some reason several of its files have been converted to a format I have never heard of before in my life.

On top of that, it seems to have evolved; I mean I know you guys programmed it to make logical decisions based off of billions of lines of code, but now when I boot the god damn thing up it doesn't respond. Well, it does respond but not with in the normal parameters, I can get to the desktop, but that is just about it.

So I think the only thing option we have left is a factory restore on the system—which means about three weeks of down time, and an additional three months of backed up server usage. So I would advise everyone to save their work files to a portable hard drive unless they want to lose it all.

In addition—I'm going to need Jonathan down here, because I'm not 100% sure how the BS systems will react to being down for this period of time.


Uh oh... sentient computer? That's never good.

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Maven
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New e-mail from Tech Res's IT department...looks like it was sent "accidentally"...


Got it too.

If they're backing stuff up to hard drives, maybe we're in line to get our hands on a flash drive or whatnot? eh?

Also, now that we're dealing with Tech. Res., where will the space crafts from the videos come in? Maybe Johnathan with his super abilities to do fancy stuff is actually an alien?! Shocked

Anyway, quick observations:

ship is named "Genesis," for beginning.

And it's the "OMEGA" system that seems to be Tech. Res. latest problem. Last letter in the Greek alphabet.

Beginning and end...

ETA:

We also have new email addresses for tech res people:

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Aaron Cooper: aaronSPLATtrcorporation.net; Jonatha (sic) Barkley: JBSPLATtrcorporation.net; IT: itdeptSPLATtrcorporation.net


Anything we have to say in order to reach out to one of them?

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littleprelude
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 		According to wikipedia, COEUS (aka, the operating system invented by Jonathan Barkley, cofounder of Tech Res, is a reference to

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one of the Titans, the giant sons and daughters of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth); his equivalent in Latin poetry—though he scarcely makes an appearance in Roman mythology—[1] was Polus,[2] the embodiment of the celestial axis around which the heavens revolve. Like most of the Titans he played no active part in Greek religion—he appears only in lists of Titans—[3] but was primarily important for his descendants.[4] With his sister, "shining" Phoebe, Coeus fathered Leto[5] and Asteria.[6] Leto copulated with Zeus (the son of fellow Titans Cronus and Rhea) and bore Artemis and Apollo. Coeus was the Titan of Wisdom in myth, and therefore the most intelligent of all his brethren.
Along with the other Titans, Coeus was overthrown by Zeus and other Olympians. After the Titan War, he and all his brothers were banished into Tartarus by Zeus.


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Maven wrote:
I don't think anyone's posted it yet, but a new blog post went up last night on
http://lookatthereflection.blogspot.com

Nothing special. Just some updates and an apparent email confrontation between Tyler and the TR Legal Department.


It looks like a one of the commenters may be ingame as well.
http://atwist009.blogspot.com - Alex, his profile indicates that at least part of this is taking place in Bookerville.
And was http://www.projectsapphire.org always in Reflection's links? Either way, that site is working now.

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Maven
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 		Tried to get a hold of Jonathan Barkley via email. Not much success in his minimal response.

Here's the correspondence:
(my original email is at the bottom, his response at the top)


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Dear Mr. Adams,



I would first like to ask you how you got my work address before I answer any of your questions, no offense but we are under fire from many media personalities. In addition, I would like to inform you that certain parts of the process (Especially for the Serum) are classified and I will not be able to discuss them with you.

I truly am sorry for the… secrecy but I must protect this company at all costs.

Regards.



----- Original Message -----
From: Maven Maker
To: JBSPLATtrcorporation.net
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:59 PM
Subject: Technology Resolute

Dear Mr. Barkley,

I was reading an interview that "Today's Science" conducted with you and your colleague, Mr. Cooper. It furthered my interest in your company, and I was hoping that you could clarify a few questions I have.

Could you tell me anything about the development process of you computer system, COEUS and the Serum? I found your story about using the Intelligence Serum very interesting. Could you tell me any more about that? I've been thinking about purchasing some Serum for my own advancements.

Any information that you can give me would be much appreciated.

Best Regards,
-Maven Adams


Guess I came on too strong...
Strike one Confused


ETA: Maybe Cooper would be better to approach? Seems like he likes to boast quite a bit.

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Gregoriev
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degravedi wrote:
Maven wrote:
I don't think anyone's posted it yet, but a new blog post went up last night on
http://lookatthereflection.blogspot.com

Nothing special. Just some updates and an apparent email confrontation between Tyler and the TR Legal Department.


It looks like a one of the commenters may be ingame as well.
http://atwist009.blogspot.com - Alex, his profile indicates that at least part of this is taking place in Bookerville.
And was http://www.projectsapphire.org always in Reflection's links? Either way, that site is working now.


And on projectsapphire, in the ABOUT, mentions Tyler Greek. And the newest post on it has the tags of ARG and Abaddon, as well as Bookerville.
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