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[TRAILHEAD] Ditch the Tech
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chixor1
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 		AlexfromPR has now made multiple references to being from Canada, and specifically Toronto.
Which I am thinking is pointing us to a Toronto branch?
She mentions the possibility that this is an ex boyfriend setting her up.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:23 am
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Liir
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 		is it me or does futurealexd sound a little fake. i mean, usually on this kind of think you don't get explanations like "i'm from the future and I have created this account in order to talk to you". sounds like it's a trail follower pretending.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:27 am
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Carebear
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Joined: 17 Nov 2009
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 		See this is why I should not sleep at night! LOL So much going on and my daughter wants to play princesses!!!

PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:55 am
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Liir
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 		From http://io9.com/comment/16844063/

Quote:
There are 22 of Rossum Corporations Regional Offices (out of a claimed total of 4Cool listed under 'Locations' at [www.rossumcorporation.com] , the last one of which is Akranes.

Akranes is a small seaport in west Iceland [en.wikipedia.org] . It is situated on the far side of the Hvalfjorour ("Whale-fjord") fjord [en.wikipedia.org] from the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik.
Hvalfjorour fjord was the site of a major whaling station located on a former WW2 British and American naval base, until it was shut down in 1982, the year given for Rossum's start of operations, in 'Rossum Corporation responds to US Senate Investigation' at the website (1982 is also the start date of the copyright of each webpage's text).
In 1998, a 5.7km connecting tunnel from Akranes to Reykyavik (the Hvalfjorour Tunnel hyyp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvalfj%C3%Br%C3%B0ur_Tunnel ), that passes 165m directly below the base, was opened.
There are photographs of parts of a tunnel complex shown on the 'Mission' and 'Vision' webpages.
Iceland and Reykjavik in particular, is the preeminent world centre of research to identify genes associated with particular diseases using population studies [en.wikipedia.org] , due to the unparalleled level of genealogical data available on its small genetically isolated population (in norse cultures, everbody and all their ancestors have a name that describes their lineage).
Eliza Dushku and the inhabitants of the Dollhouse are described as 'DNA-altered' [www.hollywoodreporter.com] .
On the 'About us' page of the website there is a banner: "New for 2008 - the Rossum Corporation offers exclusive 5-year paid internships for candidates of superior genetic disposition. Contact a Rossum Human Recruitment office near you for more details".

Now using the Client login details so kindly provided below by @princess_k for [www.spectrin.com] Username: sarak Pass: nomdeplume , it is possible to view 'Sara's Notes' for 'Recent Project: Reykjavik/Akranes Dates: Oct 23-26':
"Drove to Akranes. Lovely small town on coast. Crossed the Hvalfjorour Tunnel. Noticed high number of service tunnels and vents."
(It also says someone had disappeared and "reappeared claiming to be a soldier and was able to gun down a wild fox (fox=Fox Broadcasting. Geddit?) with uncanny accuracy." So I suspect this and the Rossum's website is the product of Whedon's people, not Fox's PR dept., specifically his tech wunderkind and internet denizen, Felicia Day.)

This supports my previous summary that the Rossum Corporation has been running a genetic research and experimentation operation from Hvalfjorour since its inception in '82, built a major underground complex there in the 90's and has been harvesting the fruits of its labours since '08 (This probably includes those 'recruited' for the Dollhouses, who were 'DNA-altered candidates raised in 'the wild').


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Carebear
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 		Anyone thought about asking the future Alex what we can do to help? Chixor, you have a "relationship" with her...maybe you can ask and she will "remember" you?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:20 am
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rjschwabe
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Joined: 19 Nov 2009
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 		My guess is that @FutureAlexD is part of the story and not just fan generated, for the following reasons:

* The nature of the twitter posts were not contained within the 126 character limit. Almost as if a program that was designed to send messages from the future back to the Twitter server, but couldn't limit it to the twitter format, as if it was a raw feed. Sure, this is easy to perform, but it's worth mentioning.

* @AlexfromPR reacts to this similarly to how she reacted to SarahKingsley, talking about her for a few posts before actually responding directly to the twitter replies. She posts three responses regarding @FutureAlexD before linking to it.

* Finally, it seems like @FutureAlexD has caused @AlexfromPr to change what she was doing. She stopped, and decided to not go into work. Now maybe the game is just going with the flow of fan reaction, but it seems significant enough.

Just my thoughts,

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:01 pm
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Alder
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 		two boots
Did some image searching on Two Boots Pizza and found an image at http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2009/02/two_boots_tavern_gives_away_sl.html that has the same stools and bar as in Alex's picture. It's probably the name rather than the decor that's relevant, but it's cool that they're giving us real pictures of the place. I wonder if there would be anything to be learned by checking the place out in RL.

And from the department of wild speculation... Two Boots Pizza seems to have an item on their menu called the "Orchidia Pizza". Orchidia. Dendrobiums are orchids. And in some of my searching on Heiti, I ran across a variety of Cattleya orchid named 'Heiti Jacobs'. Most likely coincidence, but the connections you can make from this stuff are pretty interesting.

ETA - not suggesting attempting to stalk Alex or the PMs, but I have played ARGs where physical clues/notes were left on bulletin boards. Actually had one show up on a kiosk on the college campus where I used to work.

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chixor1
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 		As suggested, I have messaged futurealex asking if she remembers me, and if we were friends.
Waiting on a response.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:22 pm
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Vampwix
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 		Future Alex Twitter a fake
chixor1 wrote:
As suggested, I have messaged futurealex asking if she remembers me, and if we were friends.
Waiting on a response.


Sara Kingsley has just posted this on Twitter, which makes me agree that it's a fake:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
sarakingsley

Additionally, we have not found reason to believe messages from the future would be sent via twitter. There have been only 2, each on a Fri


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Carebear
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 		Hmmmm.....seems that way. I asked SaraK how the messages were sent so maybe we will know how/where to check tomorrow?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:34 pm
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tigerwong
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 		Re: Future Alex Twitter a fake
Vampwix wrote:
chixor1 wrote:
As suggested, I have messaged futurealex asking if she remembers me, and if we were friends.
Waiting on a response.


Sara Kingsley has just posted this on Twitter, which makes me agree that it's a fake:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
sarakingsley

Additionally, we have not found reason to believe messages from the future would be sent via twitter. There have been only 2, each on a Fri


Safe to assume that this is referring to the DitchtheTech videos.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:42 pm
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Nancyroo
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Joined: 23 Apr 2009
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Location: Lawrence, Kansas

 		The video is either gone, or won't load on ditchthetech site. And I get a load error page on wipethefuture.

I don't think it's my computer's fault...


Edit: Nevermind, they are working again.

PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:31 pm
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Liir
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 		it's your computer's fault.

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Nancyroo
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Location: Lawrence, Kansas

 		Thanks, Liir Wink

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chloeoats
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 		is the spectrin site straight up log in only for anyone else?

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