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XStryker
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Aspmaster wrote:
I visited 35.074196 -89.91932 at 7:51PDT in Memphis, TN. The phone rang, but did not recognize my response. When she asked for her nickname I said "Operator," but all I got was silence. So, I said it again followed by "yes_or_no". Then I got the failed message played back to me.

May I was supposed to say "The Operator" instead of "Operator".

Any thoughts?


Wait a little longer next time. Either Operator or The Operator should be fine, just don't say anything afterwards and let the silence continue for a bit. (PS: Was there anyone else there? It's the only one in Tennessee)

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Aspmaster
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 		Cool. I wasn't sure. I was the only one to show up. I'm going back again to try tomorrow. This time I will say "The Operator," and wait. When does she ask for the password?

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zero1
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 		When I answered at the beer axon she didn't ask for the password, the "password" is a word in the conversion you will overhear on the phone.
good luck.

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krystyn
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 		zero1 is correct - so far, it appears the 'password' (keyword of each group of axons) does not need to be spoken. It seems that an early report may have assumed this to be the case, that it needs to be given, but the 2 axons I visited that went hot did not need it.

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aliendial
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 		Aspmaster did it right - other people tossed in the "password" and did not fail (see the fireball video). I wonder if some are supposed to fail even with the correct response, to reinforce the fact that there are connection problems. If that is the case I would hope the next attempt will be successful, because Melissa will have worked out the problems that caused that connection to fail.
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SYFer
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 		A theory and call to arms
In San Francisco, we have activated 5 out of the 6 axons, but that last one, the 17:11 from hi_aiden is seemingly "impossible."

In the attached map, you'll see a green X that represents where Ranger D, myself and another person waited yesterday. Since Ranger and I had covered the spots labeled 4 and 5 on the map on Monday and there were no rings, we (perhaps foolishly) pinned our hopes on the green X yesterday. That phone did accept incoming calls, but no ring.

Note that we have not yet covered phones labeled 1, 2 and 3 (and they're getting pretty far away) yet.

Note also the following:

These buildings are big blank monoliths without storefronts or small businesses in them. The big one (where the coordinate circle is) is a Bank of America office building with NO apparent public inside access or public areas--there is a retail bank branch out on the Market street (north) side, but there's a security guard there, it does not appear to extend internally to the coord and, in spite of the fact that some coords have been "indoors," I am doubtful that they would send us into an ultra-high-security, hard-core office building. I don't tend to rile armed guards at bank headquarter buildings.

There are NO other phone opportunities, no evidence of missing phones, etc. There no rooftop options apparent, i.e., rooftop cafe.

THEORY

I find it perhaps more than a mere coincidence that NONE of the groups have hit all seven axons yet and I wonder if there's a reason for this. We can all agree that having actors or some other non-phone thing happen at 220 locations was unlikely, but maybe ONE in each IS feasible.

The coords in the map are essentially right at the entrance to the BofA's underground parking garage (nope--no phone in it either--we have physically checked and asked). Since we find nothing there and then proceed to the significantly off-coord phones, we have not stationed anyone at that exact location... yet.

Perhaps, if we can raise enough person-power today (I can go, addict may be avail and I think Ranger is going too), we should cover all the spots on the map AND just observe the actual (seemingly dry) coord. I'd look for cars, people, signs, anything.

Can we get some bodies down there and try to clean up San Fran today? The hi_aiden group is tantilizingly close and this would be a real breakthrough in the game. Also, this IS (if you'll pardon my SF-centric snobbery) a key city for the game and I can see them doing something more involved here.

Is completion of an entire set even still meaningful? I think yes because the game appears (at leaqst as of this writing) to be "stalled."

Kudos to Addict for prepping the attached map. I am working on deadline today but will keep an eye on AIM (see link below) and pardon me if my replies are curt as I am am a video editor working on a 3pm deadline--gotta pay the bills, ya know).

What does the hive think?
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 		Dead Ringers
When we visited the 1715 Burbank Axon on the 24th, the payphone ringer wasn't dead, however it was set so low, if there had been any external chatter at all, we wouldn't've heard it. On top of that, it wasn't a "bell" ringer, but more like a "chirping" cellphone sound (see the video here for example: http://www.infinitebit.com/video/ilovebees_hi.wmv). I think the people who lease the payphones do this intentionally because incoming calls on payphones are not common. Before determining the ringer's dead, please make sure it's not just too low to hear. Let's go for 100% Axons!! Jetpack

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 		SYFer, I work up on Montgomery Street, but could leave work a tad early and come stand guard over a phone.

PM me here or send me an email at: mailSPLATp13ce.net if you think the extra manpower would pay off.
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SYFer
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piece wrote:
SYFer, I work up on Montgomery Street, but could leave work a tad early and come stand guard over a phone.

PM me here or send me an email at: mailSPLATp13ce.net if you think the extra manpower would pay off.


I'll say it right here: YES.

This is our best shot at "closing" a set and I think its worth the effort.

Let's overwhelm the location and solve it.

TO ARMS! Anyone interested in a "shock and awe" of this coord should meet at the corner of Market and 11th (just east of Van Ness) at 5ish. I'll be on a bike and can be very mobile to coordinate if needed.

OT: I live/work right up the hill from you at Green and Monty!
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 		The phone I answered rang really low also just like MrBabyMan said. I almost couldn't hear it ring.

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SYFer wrote:
YES

Alrighty.

I noticed elsewhere that it was possible to look up the GPS coordinates of certain addresses, and the subsequent search for those GPS coordinates sometimes don't land right on the targeted building. Some other axon, if I recall, was found at an address whose GPS coordinates matched up with those on ILB, but wasn't really under those GPS numbers. Anyone have a link to a site that can turn an address into GPS coordinates? This way we can maybe check which buildings in that area return GPS coordinates that match ILB's.
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Starman
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 		Should we have a list of "impossible" sites?

Mike

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SYFer
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Starman wrote:
Should we have a list of "impossible" sites?

Mike


I was hoping someone would get on that--I am simply too overloaded at the moment and am better at focusing on field operations anyway.

We need to compile the "impossibles" and sort out which might hold alternative clues.

The game seems to be standing still so, until something better emerges, these axons are all we have.

I like the notion of assaulting this SF location because there seems to be very little room for ambiguity. Unless the PMs really screwed up with the GPS, there is simply no pay phone there.

Granted, it is within the realm of possibility that some "social engineering" might be required to find some worker within the fortress-like BofA building to answer some phone in Joe's cubicle for us, but...
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 		This might help you:

http://melangerie.com/bees/status.htm

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 		OK a question: who got the Manassas axon? There was report wednesday that the one outside the 7-11 did not work. Yesterday I checked Mike's Diner across the street, no call. But the axon is hot (last one on hey_dad). What happened? Anyone know who got this axon? (14:50 PDT)
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