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WhippleDip
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 		 The books
Here are pictures of the book (Chicago). Was every book "The Digital Frontier" or did they actually make the others as well?

Also, super special thanks (again) to Bruceoite and everyone who participated in Chicago. Loads of fun!

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Also, the text on the page inside the hollowed out portion of the book reads:

"reimagining the definition of data.

As a programmer, I encrypt massive amounts of information for rapid transportation, consumption and interaction. Simply put, I bundle text and imagery into micro-nodules so they can zip through computer circuits at the speed of light. All of that movement must have a residual effect on the system's surroundings (magnetic leaks, power surges, etc.). Is it possible to redirect (wrangle, if you will) all of this energy flittering through our mainframes every nanosecond of every day?
This is where the side channel attack comes in.

The theory has been widely disparaged by physicists, electricians and the technical sciences community at large. Common wisdom tells me to quit wasting my time on a largely fantastical hypothesis... But, when has that ever stopped me?

With a side channel attack, I believe that it's possible to monitor and influence a cryptosystem by harnessing parallel flows of information. If I could create a powerful enough pulse, it could counter, enhance or even magnify the existing communication system, overpowering the original message and supplanting it with my own.

I might be possible to hack into a closed network by creating my own door... a BIG door.

Now, what I'm describing would require an unprecedented degree of precision on a grand scale. The Pentagon doesn't have enough workspace to store all of the equipment I would need to pull off this maneuver. I'm talking hundreds of supercomputers, tapped into the same immense global network. Maybe that's why the side channel attack is still just a theory; I lack the cooperation I need to make it a reality."

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 		Yes, all the books were the same, to my knowledge the only difference between them all was the puzzle key on the last page.

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FSURobbie wrote:
Yes, all the books were the same, to my knowledge the only difference between them all was the puzzle key on the last page.

...and the 3 pages inside
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thebruce wrote:
FSURobbie wrote:
Yes, all the books were the same, to my knowledge the only difference between them all was the puzzle key on the last page.

...and the 3 pages inside


You mean the printed ones, not the cut out page that was glued in?

Because I'm curious if everyone has the same binary here:

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7922/20101208221859.jpg

Because that one is just "257" repeated 4 times.
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madopal wrote:
You mean the printed ones, not the cut out page that was glued in?
Because I'm curious if everyone has the same binary here:
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7922/20101208221859.jpg
Because that one is just "257" repeated 4 times.

Yes that's the same for everyone, that's one of the book's own pages. Inside the cutaway section, my glued page is page 75. But I mean the 3 loose manual pages that were folded and placed inside the cutaway section.
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thebruce wrote:
But I mean the 3 loose manual pages that were folded and placed inside the cutaway section.


Oh the Tron manual pages. Yes. But those weren't actually part of the book, right? Or were they inside the book when you got it? I only saw the book & pages loose after Bruceoite had pulled everything out.
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madopal wrote:
Oh the Tron manual pages. Yes. But those weren't actually part of the book, right? Or were they inside the book when you got it? I only saw the book & pages loose after Bruceoite had pulled everything out.

Yes: "the 3 loose manual pages that were folded and placed inside the cutaway section"
Wink

Hardcover book. Hidden cutaway section inside. A glued page to the bottom of that space. Inside that hole, folded pages from a very different book.
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thebruce wrote:
madopal wrote:
Oh the Tron manual pages. Yes. But those weren't actually part of the book, right? Or were they inside the book when you got it? I only saw the book & pages loose after Bruceoite had pulled everything out.

Yes: "the 3 loose manual pages that were folded and placed inside the cutaway section"
Wink

Hardcover book. Hidden cutaway section inside. A glued page to the bottom of that space. Inside that hole, folded pages from a very different book.


Wait, I hadn't heard anything about these. Has anyone summed all the pages? Is there anything interesting there, or is it just stuff we've already seen?
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madopal wrote:
Wait, I hadn't heard anything about these. Has anyone summed all the pages? Is there anything interesting there, or is it just stuff we've already seen?

Every book had them. One of the three pages was required to solve the puzzle at the back of the book that produced the code to activate the node.
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 		Yup, same book. Same content but probably different pages of the manual.

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thebruce wrote:
madopal wrote:
Wait, I hadn't heard anything about these. Has anyone summed all the pages? Is there anything interesting there, or is it just stuff we've already seen?

Every book had them. One of the three pages was required to solve the puzzle at the back of the book that produced the code to activate the node.


Mine had 4 pages! Razz

Also, I'm with Madopal, those loose pages are part of the Tron manual, not The Digital Frontier. Flynn's book just happened to be their container...Being in a container doesn't make you part of the container, at least in my way of thinking. We find the strangest things to debate around here... Laughing

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FSURobbie wrote:
thebruce wrote:
madopal wrote:
Wait, I hadn't heard anything about these. Has anyone summed all the pages? Is there anything interesting there, or is it just stuff we've already seen?

Every book had them. One of the three pages was required to solve the puzzle at the back of the book that produced the code to activate the node.


Mine had 4 pages! Razz

Also, I'm with Madopal, those loose pages are part of the Tron manual, not The Digital Frontier. Flynn's book just happened to be their container...Being in a container doesn't make you part of the container, at least in my way of thinking. We find the strangest things to debate around here... Laughing


Exactly, the Tron manual pages. Got it.

No kidding. If we had gotten this confused during the game, we'd never have gotten anywhere. Smile
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FSURobbie wrote:
Mine had 4 pages! Razz

awesome Smile

FSURobbie wrote:
Also, I'm with Madopal, those loose pages are part of the Tron manual, not The Digital Frontier.

Uh, thought that's what I said... Confused folded and placed inside, from a very different book...
*me is confused

Flaming Nutter

Would be great if we could get ALL of the manual pages documented. But getting a hold of all 16 activators might prove difficult.
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Recap
Whipple posted pics. You said 3 pages inside. When asked for clarification, you said:

"But I mean the 3 loose manual pages that were folded and placed inside the cutaway section."

And I responded:
"Oh the Tron manual pages. Yes. But those weren't actually part of the book, right? Or were they inside the book when you got it? I only saw the book & pages loose after Bruceoite had pulled everything out."

So my question was: were the Tron manual pages actually INSIDE the hollow section when you opened the package, or were they just in the Dumont envelope. Somehow, you took that to mean I didn't get that we were talking about non Flynn-book pages. Because I knew about those Tron manual pages. We used them to solve the puzzle. But what I wasn't clear on was whether they came inside the book. By the time I got to the scene, they were already separate, so I wasn't sure how the original package was.

But from your response:
"Inside that hole, folded pages from a very different book."

It sounded like you were referring to a "very different book" than the Tron manual. And thus, I thought there were some pages we hadn't heard about.

Make sense? (I mean, make sense how I got confused?)
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 		BTW, I know this is partially wishful thinking, and partially gamer "you can't disprove a negative," but I always wonder if there are achievements that were hidden in a game like this that few people found.

The hint for the 999 recognizer was pretty obvious...the counter kept going. But I guess it's possible that there were a few helloflynn codes we missed or something.

Anyway, don't want to get all Publius Enigma here and start chasing ghosts. Just an idle thought. If there were marks or hints on any of the Tron manual pages, that could be something, but it sounds like the puzzle was all that there was.
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