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jalava
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 		New tweet from kevin:
When the bird perches / Atop the roof of this hut / Then there will be truth.

What could this refer to?

Is it hint for pauls mashidesk account?

Edit:
kevin just tweeted: Waiting for response.

If figured out that his previous tweet is a haiku, perhaps we should answer him something with haiku.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:46 pm
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toddkrein
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 		AltumCorp.biz.tm gone?
Sorry if this is old news, just found the forum today.

the AltumCorp website seems to be gone...

PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:40 pm
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toddkrein
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 		New video
/edit: spam removed -ndemeter

Woops - blew the cut'n'paste of the link. Embarassed

PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:28 pm
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 		The link posted was not YouTube. When I clicked on it, in case it was some kind of weird redirect since it was certainly not shorter, my firewall just about jumped up and hit me over the head.

That in combination with a new user posting this link raised the spam flag, something that we unfortunately have to deal with quite often here. So the link was removed to protect the innocent.

Now you did something that spam bots don't do: you replied.

So if you want to please try posting the link again (again, assuming you are linking to YT and not somewhere else) it would be just awesome.

Hopefully that explains the thought process.
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DoctorRoy
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 		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuWIz9GgH4I&feature=youtu.be

There's the real Youtube link. Also, there's a new haiku at his twitter account.

PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:34 pm
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toddkrein
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 		The Haiku
Just a thought...

The previous Haiku:
When the bird perches / Atop the roof of this hut / Then there will be truth

And we have the account for: THDA63928 (Thorton Davis / R&D Dovecote)

Dovecote is a house for pidgeons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovecote

Wasn't there something about ravens awhile back?

PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:43 pm
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BrigitJones wrote:
New file up on drop.io: an interactive fiction called Raven. Playing through it now Smile

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
I can find the watch in the garbage can, but leaving the alley to the north seems to lead to instadeath. Any help?


This is the Raven thing FYI.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:12 am
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toddkrein
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 		Adventure game decode
Well, perhaps it was a dead end, but I decompiled the interactive fiction game.

The only interesting pieces in the file are:

! 138560 (0x21d40): "A Dark Alleyway"
! 138572 (0x21d4c): "A dirty old garbage can sits nearby, neglected and nearly overflowing with trash."
! 138628 (0x21d84): "A golden watch lies amid the heaps of junk inside the can."
! 138668 (0x21dac): "As good-looking as ever."
! 138688 (0x21dc0): "For your playing protection, "
! 138712 (0x21dd8): "Heaps of junk fill the can, nearly overflowing it."
! 138748 (0x21dfc): "INTERNAL GAME ERROR"
! 138772 (0x21e14): "In "
! 138776 (0x21e18): "It's late at night, with the only sources of light the low lamps linhat is, is not added to the action URL of the form. Rather, the string is sent as the body of the requoiiORGOHITHRIGOHROGIHOIRHGKROI9foiuf9jRfh(O*yhihHhIGHR(ggrlGHwwH$l4gh$H$Lhglh4EhogOIGUHohNIVIURLEIHoivrhrhe499H($$V(*$(*$HLHERpevhooghoehpggh99ogohgoehrgfuihfvoooqouoshhHOFOohfOHFEOhf8e98hefoh(F(WFE(*HE(z"
! 139120 (0x21f70): "It's late at night, with the only sources of light the low lamps lining the street on either side. The road winds east and west, with a dark alleyway to the south."
! 139236 (0x21fe4): "It's late at night, with the only sources of light the low lamps lining the street on either side. The road winds east and west."
! 139328 (0x22040): "It's late at night, with the only sources of light the low lamps lining the street on either side. The road winds west and east."
! 139420 (0x2209c): "It's too heavy for you to lift."
! 139444 (0x220b4): "On "
! 139448 (0x220b8): "QUIT"
! 139456 (0x220c0): "Quite a lucky find, the old pocket watch sparkles in the dim glow of the streetlights. On the back is a small fastener. The watch is broken, the hands stopped at 8:52."
! 139576 (0x22138): "RESTART"
! 139588 (0x22144): "RESTORE a saved game"
! 139608 (0x22158): "Raven"
! 139612 (0x2215c): "The Main Road"
! 139624 (0x22168): "The Main Road."
! 139636 (0x22174): "There's no way you're going to let go of that!"
! 139672 (0x22198): "This part of street has seen little use, and has received about as much care. The pavement is cracked and broken, covered in a decade's worth of filth. Your shoes kick up the dust as you shuffle across the ancient pathway."
! 139828 (0x22234): "Two policemen stroll past you, glancing at the watch and nodding in approval, then disappearing into the night."
! 139908 (0x22284): "Two policemen stroll up the street. ~Hey, what are you doing out here at this late hour?~ one shouts. ~It's past curfew!~ He grabs you and forces your hands behind your back, while the other snaps a pair of handcuffs onto your wrists. Oh, why did you wander out in the middle of the night?"
! 140116 (0x22354): "Up ahead, the alley connects with the main road."
! 140152 (0x22378): "Would you like to "
! 140168 (0x22388): "You "
! 140172 (0x2238c): "You carefully pin the golden watch onto your lapel, making sure not to jab yourself."
! 140232 (0x223c8): "You lift the lid and peer into the garbage can."
! 140268 (0x223ec): "You place the lid back onto the garbage can, closing it."
! 140308 (0x22414): "also "
! 140312 (0x22418): "can "
! 140316 (0x2241c): "nevaR"

So it looks to me that the SQL inject hack was the only interesting clue here.

Although I do wonder why the clock is stopped at 8:52, and why the policem,like it during the day, but arrest during the night.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:40 pm
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toddkrein
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 		8:52
Luke 8:52

King James Bible
And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

John 8:52

King James Bible
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:15 pm
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jalava
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 		the raven 8:52 is much more simple:

Curfew in game starts ad 9:00 so wearing the watch stopped at 8:52 makes guards think it's not yet curfew.

I think we are going too much backwards on this.

Though the dovecote might move us somewhere hmm...

PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:50 pm
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jalava
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 		There was new much more blatant hint in Alberts account.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Mashimisho site elevation password is Aviary.


PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:01 pm
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toddkrein
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 		SYSDATA
Great find!

The data values keep changing. Interesting...
(Edit: well, his note did talk about fluxuations)

Did anyone ever figure out the password to Paul's desk account?

And then there's the youtube video, ending up with the phrase:

Secrets call awaiting their revelation

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DoctorRoy
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 		The Youtube audio sounds distorted. Anyone able to clean that up?

PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:27 am
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toddkrein
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 		audio from secrets-call
I extracted the audio, but playing with it in audacity isn't getting me anywhere.
YouTube- secrets.zip
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:20 am
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toddkrein
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 		 Things that aren't Paul's password
PACA49362, with a hint of "music"

dirge requiem hymn chant ditty canon
symphony opera concert litany composition sound
ballad jazz rock rocknroll rockandroll
march
staff timbre melody
clef treble alto tenor harmony
jude jules julian
heyjude hey-jude hey_jude
lennon mccartney
song sadsong tune songs album
refrain chorus verse phrase
beatles thebeatles beatle
duet trio ensemble solo aria

I'm curious about the quote on his fax to Thorton, which was a line from "Hey Jude". The B-side of that was "revolution".

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

I send kevin a tweet: raven hunts little birds / roost door opens at his word / what song does he sing?
No response yet.

Sad
Crying or Very sad

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