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 		Ideas
I'm just going with the attic idea, so hear me out. The owner of the computer is called D. Morris, an ex-soldier with a clerance of 38 levels over top secret. What if his kid found the computer in the attic with all this stuff? Then, by acciedent, opens a file which was not ment to be open. It may contact an alien, or awaken one on a train Wink . Some how he gets involved and, similar to E.T, has to escape from the military.

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hiawassee
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Euchre wrote:
If you look at the writing though, the terminations of the lines would still be rounded if the tip was at all rounded. They are not, and terminate in a fairly straight line. You'll also notice the excess ink forms a line and not an arc, as you would see with a chisel tip as opposed to a round tip, respectively. The very narrow lines are inked more heavily, indicative of a chisel tip stroked on it's length instead of broadside.


I was always under the impression of marker rather than pen. Perhaps a red sharpie type marker. The blocked and overlapping ink in the letters looks like a big fat marker. OR, if written directly onto the film, a smaller marker like the one we may have here. It's too fat to be a pen, but does look like plenty of markers I've seen.

Something like this?


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 		When I say pen, I'm using the word others began with. I think most mean and are using the word pen interchangeably with felt tip marker. Aside from that, the only conventional pen I've seen with a chisel tip is a fountain pen, and that'd pretty certainly gouge the film badly.

Note that the round tails of the pens/markers in your image run flush with the body.
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 		I think that the pen on the picture is a Pastel color. something like:


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 		So here's a thought. If the person taking the picture is taking the picture to prove that he has the film reel (we assume) then why would he have written on the film and then taken the photo?

I mean, you would think that he would have taken a photo of something that would be recognizable to the person receiving the photo, so that the receiving person would understand that the object is authentic. If the person taking the photo wrote on the film and then took a photo of it, it proves nothing.

I think all of the speculation about the pen/marker/clicker is irrelevant. I believe it is a pen, on a dresser or table with some thumb tacks, a little bit away from some packaging materials. Is that so hard to believe? I think not.

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 		you can get caligraphy pens with chisel tips, they are basically just marker pens though.


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 		Yes I as well believe we are off focus.Pen or not.We should focus on the rest of the photo.
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Fr0gg0
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 		Re: Two turntables, no microphone
First post, Hi everyone.

FilmEdge showed us this picture below.

First, the "speaker" on the reflection is too square looking to be like the record player you showed.

Second, that "photo album" you people are talking about on top of this machine or whatever it is, i dont think its a photo album, it looks more like "classified top secret" folders with papers and maybe some photos.

Third, i dont even think that is a projector or anything like that, since it seems the table is almost at the wall, and i doubt the projector/overhead (whatever) would show the picture that far away from the projector (and that clear of a picture) if it is almost in front of the wall (or maybe it is and they really screwed up with the photoshopping)

Since the reflection of the picture is so big on the table and looks like its almost over the table, thats why i think the table is right infront of the wall.

And the last thing, that table is not clean.. :B

Someone might have said something about this, but i might have missed something going through all these pages.

This is my first time doing something like this, so bear in mind that i might suck without knowing it :d
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 		Twodten, I feel similarly regarding the reason for taking the photo.

Just tossin' it out, and this goes along with what Fr0gg0 said regarding the photo (and I agree that on the table where the reflection of the Super 8 lettering is, there appears to be debris--possibly that spells something?); we've assumed that the reason for the object on the table not showing what the reflected image on the table does, possibly a speaker, was a result of someone just messing up and had forgot to retouch it.

What if our unknown photographer intentionally eliminated the image of (what appears to be) the "speaker" as a message to his cohort he's been communicating with. What if "speaker" is some clue as to what type of device that should be mounted on the STIES site?

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 		Howdy Hey all, first time poster here.

Now, you guys seem to be fixated on what time this conversation took place because the technology and dates don't mix. However, there seems to be one thing that no one here seems to have brought up yet: the computer database on STIES appears to be a SIMULATOR, not accessing an ACTUAL COMPUTER! What if we've just stumbled across their private Emulator? An Emulator which they may have recreated because it holds information on this Super 8 conspiracy? Just a thought.

Also, people, enough with the Monkey Pin! Seriously! If you find a code in it, then ok, but what if it's JUST A PIN? Oi...

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 		The "Post-it Note"
If you're looking to date this picture perhaps you're overlooking something...

HTTP://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-it_notes

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In 1968, Dr. Spencer Silver, a scientist at 3M in the United States, with the help of Jesse Kops, a fellow scientist, accidentally developed a "low-tack," reusable pressure sensitive adhesive.[1] For five years, Silver promoted his invention within 3M, both informally and through seminars, but without much success. In 1974, a colleague of his, Art Fry, who had attended one of Silver's seminars, came up with the idea of using the adhesive to anchor his bookmark in his hymnbook.[2][3] Fry then developed the idea by taking advantage of 3M's officially sanctioned "permitted bootlegging" policy.[3] 3M launched the product in 1977, but it failed as consumers had not tried the product.[4] A year later 3M issued free samples to residents of Boise, Idaho, United States. 90 percent of people who tried them said that they would buy the product. By 1980, the product was being sold nationwide in the US;[4] a year later Post-its were launched in Canada and Europe.[5]

In 2003, the company came out with Post-it Brand Super Sticky notes, with a stronger glue that adheres better to vertical and non-smooth surfaces.[6]

Standard Post-it Brand notes have only partial adhesive coating on the back, along one edge. Similar products are used for specialized purposes with full adhesive coating; the US Post Office uses such yellow address labels to forward mail.

The yellow colour was chosen by accident; a lab next-door to the Post-it team had scrap yellow paper, which the team initially used.


So this picture is from 1977 or later... Cool

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Is it possible to Trout myself?????

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According to Wikipedia, Post-It notes were invented in the late 60's, but not publicly available until 1977. I'm pretty sure the hand-held packing tape dispensers are less than a decade old. Those scissors look pretty modern as well.


My bad. Embarassed

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 		Self-trouted! That was awesome, man! Rock On
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 		Re: Two turntables, no microphone
Fr0gg0 wrote:
First post, Hi everyone.

FilmEdge showed us this picture below.

First, the "speaker" on the reflection is too square looking to be like the record player you showed.


Welcome Fr0gg0.

I encourage you to read my post again: I never said the photo I attached WAS the device in the ARG photo. Merely that the "dust cover" configuration was very similar between the machines.

I simply used the first *similar* looking turntable I Googled as an example of three similarities in design. No conclusion was drawn, just a clue pointing in a likely direction... until better proof arises, if any.

The point isn't to match the device, but rather to investigate if any such audio device plays into the ARG clues we have... especially since a sound clue is one of our biggest and most perplexing yet.

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Fr0gg0
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 		Re: Two turntables, no microphone
FilmEdge wrote:
Fr0gg0 wrote:
First post, Hi everyone.

FilmEdge showed us this picture below.

First, the "speaker" on the reflection is too square looking to be like the record player you showed.


Welcome Fr0gg0.

I encourage you to read my post again: I never said the photo I attached WAS the device in the ARG photo. Merely that the "dust cover" configuration was very similar between the machines.

I simply used the first *similar* looking turntable I Googled as an example of three similarities in design. No conclusion was drawn, just a clue pointing in a likely direction... until better proof arises, if any.

The point isn't to match the device, but rather to investigate if any such audio device plays into the ARG clues we have... especially since a sound clue is one of our biggest and most perplexing yet.



I'm sorry, i might have read your post a bit too fast and jumped to conclusion. :<

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 		No worries! There's so much we don't know about the game yet and we're only just starting. A lot of guessing is in our future!

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