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 		[EMAIL] from Randall Thomas @ TT
Anyone get a email from Randall Thomas? I did and i think he's mad

PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 5:34 pm
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evilelfmama
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 		I asked if they had footage of Dr. Ed House.

Quote:
Dear XXXXX:

My name is Randall Thomas and I am a Vice President here at Tomorrow's
Talk Studios. Your e-mail message was forwarded to me because of its
content. While Tomorrow's Talk Studios does not usually respond to
questions about urban legends and wild folktales such as yours, I am
hoping that you may be of some use in a matter I am currently overseeing
here at Tomorrow's Talk Studios.

I can assure you that we have absolutely no footage of the subject matter
that you have asked about. I'm not sure why you think we would.

Can you tell me why you are interested in the subject you inquired about
in your e-mail? Additionally, can you tell me why you think our company
would have any knowledge of this person?

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Randall Thomas
Vice President of Operations
rthomasSPLATtomorrowstalk.com


PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 5:37 pm
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Satanis7
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 		My letter
I sent the following to Ron's address:

Quote:
Ron:

I'm a student who's doing some research on reality tv. Someone told me to e-mail you because I was looking for some information on urban hunt.

Excepting data you can't release, can you tell me anything about the selection process for the show?

Various studious have different selection criteria, as I have seen in the past. Enthalpy studios, who is a locally based production company here in chicago, for example, does really thorough background checks.

Reality television has its secrets I suppose.

You'd really be helping me out if you did tell me.

This type of information is hard to come by, so I'm going to ask a few more questions, which you don't have to answer

How much do reality television crew members get paid? Is being a webmaster for a tv station a lucrative job opportunity? Now, any words of advice for aspiring students?

Going over events in your life, does anything stand out as to why you chose web design?

Of course, you don't have to answer any of these, but I would really appreciate it if you did. Knowledge is power, and power brings good grades Smile


I'm sure you all can find the message hidden inside.

Here's the reply I recieved:

Quote:
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:07:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Ron Daubert
From: rthomasSPLATtomorrowstalk.com
To:xxx
User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a
X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a
X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report
X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server14.eowh.com
X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - XXXX
X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [32282 32283] / [47 12]
X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tomorrowstalk.com

Dear XXXX:

My name is Randall Thomas, a Vice President here at Tomorrow's Talk
Studios. The e-mail that you sent to Ron Daubert on 8/20/2004 was
forwarded me because of its content and because I am overseeing the
investigation into Ron's disappearance internally here for our company.

Your little "hidden" message has done little but convince me that you may
indeed be somehow involved in this whole affair. I'm not certain you
comprehend the seriousness of this matter or the consequences of any
verifiable involvement in it on your part, but I would be glad to discuss
it with you.

Is there a phone number that you can be reached at early next week, say
Tuesday perhaps, and a time that would be best for contacting you?

Sincerely,
Randall Thomas
Vice President of Operations
rthomasSPLATtomorrowstalk.com



Wow. Scary.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 6:00 pm
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I wonder if you can send those insanity causing tunnel sounds through telephone lines.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 6:17 pm
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 		I just sent an email to Randal Thomas, didn't mention the emails some others got.

Subject: Hard Old Desks are comfortable, what's comfortable for you?

Quote:
Dear Sir,

I understand Tomorrow's Talk to a very innovative company when it comes to reality shows. Is your company privately held? If so, I imagine a great show idea could put you on a track to an IPO.

While on my daily strolls down West 43rd street I can't help to think how ultra competitive the reality-show buisness is. Do you have any plans for a show in the nothern climates. it seems like most are all in california or something. Canada would be great -- especially Montreal or Halifax. what do I know about reality shows, except for what has happened in the past I guess.

I'm sure we'll be speaking in the future again. I just wanted to say hi from a fan,

Have a good weekend,
NumberOneFan


There's a couple secret messages in my post too. In the subject, you'll notice that the only capital letters are H, O, and D (House Of Dread). Then in the body, if you go to the 2nd paragraph, you'll notice that the last three sentences only have C, M, and H capitalized (ie: Camridge Mental Hospital) -- besides the I's. The 3rd to last paragraph mentions a show in the "northern climates". The last bit is the last sentence of paragraph 2 where I say I only know of what happened in the past. Also, the New York Times is on West 43rd St in NY (according to whois).

Got a reply from Mr Thomas today (09/07/2004)

Subject: Re: Hard Old Desks are comfortable, what's comfortable for you?

Quote:

Dear Number One Fan:

Thank you for your compliments about Tomorrow's Talk Studios. Believe me,
it is a refreshing change of pace from what I have been dealing with
lately. In fact, I wouldn't normally reply to an e-mail such as yours, but
under the circumstances I couldn't help myself.

Tomorrow's Talk Studios is a privately held company with no plans to go
public any time in the near future.

Sincerely,
Randall Thomas
Vice President of Operations
rthomasSPLATtomorrowstalk.com


It appears from he replly that either Randall Thomas did not get my secret message, or he ignored it.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:28 pm
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 		Uh oh.
/me hasn't seen anything from Randall in her email (yet) --

Runge, what was the point of your message (it looks like a code)?
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 10:43 pm
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 		[Email] Neuroslime's interactions
I'm posting this on behalf of my friend Neuroslime.

Greetings folks. Here are the conversations I've been having with the game characters:

Quote:

Date: Aug. 25, 2004
To: helpSPLATtomorrowstalk.com
Subject: Re: Ron Daubert

I understand that you are looking for Ron Daubert. I do not know why
you are looking for him, and I do not know exactly where he is.
However, I do know someone who claims to know where he is. I would be
happy to help you locate your little lost worker, but I expect to be
compensated for my efforts. I understand that Mr. Daubert is on the
move, so if you ever want to reach him, I suggest you contact me
immediately.

Sincerely,
Neuroslime


Quote:

Date: Sep. 3, 2004
From: rthomasSPLATtomorrowstalk.com
Subject: Ron Daubert

Dear - let's see, what should I call you? Mr. Slime, perhaps?

Despite your rather unsavory name I suppose there is some small chance
that you may actually have some information to help me in this matter.

My name is Randall Thomas and I am a Vice President here at Tomorrow's
Talk Studios. Your e-mail was forwarded to me because of its content as I
am directing the efforts in the area that you mentioned.

I would like to talk to you. Can you provide me with a phone number and
time of day when it might be possible to reach you early next week?

Sincerely,
Randall Thomas
Vice President of Operations
rthomasSPLATtomorrowstalk.com


Quote:

Date: Sep. 3, 2004
To: rthomasSPLATtomorrowstalk.com
Subject: Ron Daubert

Mr. Thomas,
It's so good to finally here from you. Unfortunately in the past week
my contact has lost track of Mr. Daubert, or at least that's what he
claims. I understand that Ron can be a very slippery fish.

The good news is that I have been contacted by Ron and I still may be
able to help you out.
Don't bother trying to contact me. I will be in touch when the time is right.

Sincerely,
Neuroslime


Quote:

Date: Sep. 3, 2004
To: ronSPLATrobsword.org
Subject: Ron Daubert

Ron,
I know you don't know me, and after reading this you may not even
trust me. I am however forwarding you this message as a sign of good
faith. I'm sure that by the tone of voice you will be able to verify
that the attached message is really from Mr. Thomas.

I've already replied to Mr. Thomas saying that I've lost track of you,
and that I'll be in touch if I learn anything new. Here's where it
get's interesting. This puts me in a position to feed him whatever
information you want.

I've seen enough proof from third parties that I know the people in
charge at TT are evil. To the point that they'd be willing to kill
their own staff just to save face. I hope you will stay safe and find
a good use for me.

Sincerely,
Neuroslime

[included previous conversations]



Quote:

Date: Sep. 7, 2004
From: rthomasSPLATtomorrowstalk.com
Subject: Ron Daubert

Neuroslime:

Although I doubt you can fully comprehend the seriousness of this matter,
you do need to understand that neither my time nor my patience are
unlimited.

Indeed, I believe we are close to resolving this entire affair, with or
without your aid. I have the resources in place now to deal with the
multiple sources of difficulty that spawned this problem. Of course, any
information you can provide in the immediate future that proves both
legitimate and helpful will be gratefully accepted and compensated
accordingly. Let's just say we all have incentives to conclude this as
quickly as possible.

If such information does happen to come your way, e-mail me but do not
include the information in the e-mail itself. I will need to talk to you
personally. Either provide me a number where you can be reached or a time
when you will be calling our offices. Give me at least a few hours notice
and I will make arrangements to take your call.

If I don't hear from you by the end of this week, do not bother to contact
me again.


Quote:

Date: Sep. 7, 2004
To: Ron, Ed (webmaster@...), and JC (secrets@...)
Subject: Re: Urgent Notice

As always, I thought you should be interested in the following. We
are trying to watch out for you, but that's not always possible.
Always watch where you are going, and where you have been. Yell if you
need anything.

Sincerely,
Neuroslime

PS: If you want me to pass any message back to Mr. Thomas, let me know.
[included previous conversations]


I don't know if this is going anywhere, but I hope you all find it useful.

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 		[E-MAIL] Rescheduled Call From Randall Thomas
Quote:
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 18:14:34 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Ron Daubert
From: rthomasSPLATtomorrowstalk.com
To: xxx
User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a
X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a
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X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [32282 32283] / [47 12]
X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tomorrowstalk.com


xxx:


Thank you for getting back to me and I would indeed like to speak to you.


If my schedule allows, I anticipate calling you tomorrow, Wednesday
September 8th, around 6:30PM eastern time. Hopefully that will work,
according to the schedule you provided me.


Alternately, you may also tell me a time and day when you can call into
our offices. If you provide me at least a few hours notice, I will make
arrangements to take your call.


Sincerely,
Randall Thomas
Vice President of Operations
rthomasSPLATtomorrowstalk.com


I replied stating that it was ok. Hopefully I will hear from him tomorrow with no troubles, since he was originally supposed to call today.
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 		Re: [E-MAIL] Rescheduled Call From Randall Thomas
Satanis7 wrote:
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 18:14:34 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Ron Daubert
From: rthomasSPLATtomorrowstalk.com
To: xxx
User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a
If my schedule allows, I anticipate calling you tomorrow, Wednesday
September 8th, around 6:30PM eastern time. Hopefully that will work,
according to the schedule you provided me.

...(DELETED)...

Sincerely,
Randall Thomas
Vice President of Operations
rthomasSPLATtomorrowstalk.com

I replied stating that it was ok. Hopefully I will hear from him tomorrow with no troubles, since he was originally supposed to call today.


Here is my processed version of Satanis's conversation. Its an mp3 of about 2.2MB, so anyone should be able to hear it. Not too big even on dialup.

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 		Can you give a summary of what was said on this call? I can't make out anything of Randall's speech from the mp3.

PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 2:11 am
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 		The Call
Summary:

Randall Thomas is trying to get ahold of people in order to send a message to Ron. The message is to call Randall Thomas as soon as he can.

Randall's motivations for getting in touch with Ron aren't clear, but he did mention that he "actually likes" Ron quite a bit. He mentioned "conflicting interests" were involved in this investigation, and he felt that it would be best if he got ahold of Ron before others did. When I asked for clarification on what he meant by "conflicting interests", he mentioned that there were some people who were worried about his well being, and others who would like nothing better than to see him "dragged off in chains to jail for doing what he's done". He also mentioned that he was calling "after normal business hours" in order to avoid direct conflicts with the named interests.

What he's done isn't specifically clear. Randall said that Ron has stolen company property, which is in violation of his employee agreement. I asked if they were "webmaster tools left by ed vargas" and he said that it's possible that those could be a part of what's missing. When I probed for more information, he said that he couldn't legally disclose that information. When I said that it was probably some pretty "wicked" information that he must have in order for people to be so upset about it, he mentioned that in television, they're very concerned with keeping things under wraps, as they don't want other networks or companies stealing their ideas.

We also talked a bit about Dread House, something which he denied knowledge of, aside from some e-mails that he had recieved, and he mentioned that it is very easy to fake "official" documents. When I mentioned disappearing employees, he also agreed that there was something strange about that, and he seemed a bit perturbed about the whole situation. He promised to investigate further.

I also said that this whole Dread House thing was the reason why Ron had left, also saying that he had felt threatened by certain staff members. When he asked for names, I mentioned Richard Meyer (whom he promptly denied any knowledge of), and also Randall Thomas (I mentioned the elevator incident, and he didn't "recall" anything). When I mentioned "unsavory" things going on with the company, he again said that he couldn't prove anything, though he understood my concern.

He also stressed that he was a "newer" employee, who had been employed recently by the company. He also stressed that he had to be careful about what he said due to "legal constaints", that he "liked Ron", and that there were "conflicting interests".

At the end of the call, I said that the best way to get information from us was to provide us with information. I said that he had given us enough information for me to pass the message on to Ron. He said that the important thing now was that Ron gets ahold of him, and that he couldn't make any guarantees about future interaction.

So that's it, that's the summary.

I can answer any questions as possible.

I can't provide a full transcript, because I can't hear the call on the mp3 either. If I did so, it would be subject to eyewitness error, and this is the best I can do.

I don't believe there were any puzzles in this one, just a push to get Ron to call TT.

Hope this helps.
-T
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 		How could he not know Richard Meyer? Ron even said that Richard still worked at TT. And both RM and RT are listed on the website as part of the "team".

So, he is worried about using company resources (hence the after hours phone call) but not about using the company email system???

Very fishy. Would only encourage Ron to call if he can do so from a very secure (non-traceable) location. But maybe an anonymous mailer/throw-away email account (a lot of us can offer him a gmail account).
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konamouse wrote:
How could he not know Richard Meyer? Ron even said that Richard still worked at TT. And both RM and RT are listed on the website as part of the "team".


Actually kona, Meyer is not listed on the TT website. We only heard about him through the memos. Ron mentions a 'Mr Richards' but not a Meyer. TT deny all knowledge of Meyer ever working there - when I sent an email to rmeyerSPLATtomorrowstalk.com they replied saying such.

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 		Completely off subject. . .
konamouse wrote:
(a lot of us can offer him a gmail account).


Gmail account? as in Google Mail? I might even offer to work for TT for a gmail account Wink

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 		Re: Completely off subject. . .
Impster wrote:
Gmail account? as in Google Mail? I might even offer to work for TT for a gmail account Wink


If you need a gmail account, you can probably find one here Smile
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