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MageSteff
Pretty talky there aintcha, Talky?
Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 2716 Location: State of Denial
I've heard you like to play games First Trailhead email Just got this today.
Quote:
From: Rabbit White (terriblylateSPLAT gmail.com)
To: (list suppressed, PM please use BCC next time?)
Subject: I've heard you like to play games
I do apologiz(e) for my rudeness. I hope I'm not bothering anyone who would rather be left alone. If you find this letter to be a waste of your time then by all means you should promptly discard
it and accept all due apologies from me. But if you do have a moment, I would like to e{x}tend you an invitation.
Inte[r]ested?
Good. I'd like to invite you to join me in playing a game. I promise it will be ever so exciting and full of surprises, and I <h>appen to know that playing games is an interest of yours. Of (c)ourse, you don't absolutely need to join in. You're welcome to put this letter down right now and get on with your life. But if you do find yourself intrigued by my little... proposition, then perhaps you might consider dropping by and saying hell{o}. We would all be over[j]oyed to see you; although you're already terribly late.
You see, the playing field has been waiting a long time for the players to take their positions, and the game has been waiting to begin. Waiting on a person who wants to fill in a vital role. That person just might be you. Of course it also might not. The more important <q>uestion is; would you like to find out, or w8uld you rather (j)u{s}t... wait?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= (){}[]<>(){}[]<>_(){}
I'm not feeling up to following up on this, but figured others might be interested.
Steffeny
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:46 am
nomad
Decorated
Joined: 19 Aug 2009 Posts: 213 Location: I've been here, I've been there and I've been in between
I may be in.
The video link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exrhcojq_js if I got it right, but it says that the video just has been uploaded and will be available in some time.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:59 am
thebruce
Dances With Wikis
Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
yep, got it too, and to be clear, the message for that video code says
The video you have requested is not available.
If you have recently uploaded this video, you may need to wait a few minutes for the video to process.
Sorry about that.
Which is the same for any non-existent video. So. yup.
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:58 am
Guminudli
Boot
Joined: 24 Oct 2008 Posts: 58 Location: Budapest, Hungary
If that's not a typo, then _ could be 8.
However, YouTube video IDs are also case sensitive.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:59 am
Minz
Decorated
Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 183
Guminudli wrote:
If that's not a typo, then _ could be 8.
However, YouTube video IDs are also case sensitive.
Yes they are.
So far i have tried these :
(brackets indicate which set of letters has been majored)
Code:
(e){x}[r]<h>(c){o}[j]<q>_(j){s}
exrhcojq_js
ExrhCojq_Js ()
eXrhcOjq_jS {}
exRhcoJq_js []
exrHcojQ_js <>
EXrhCOjq_JS () + {}
ExRhCoJq_Js () + []
ExrHCojQ_Js () + <>
eXRhcOJq_jS {} + []
eXrHcOjQ_jS {} + <>
exRHcoJQ_js [] + <>
EXRhCOJq_JS () + {} + []
EXrHCOjQ_JS () + {} + <>
ExRHCoJQ_Js () + [] + <>
eXRHcOJQ_jS {} + [] + <>
EXRHCOJQ_JS () + {} + [] + <>
I guess we could still try replacing _ with an 8 but _ is also valid in youtube video ids...
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:46 am
PeaceBWU
Guest
It would seem to me that the randomness of uppercase and lowercase letters in U-Tube url's would seem to make the mathematical probability of the uploader actually getting a url that would work out this way pretty low.
That would leave me to believe that the "8" might have some purpose here.
I will reply to the e-mail and see if the PM is willing to provide a nudge.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:08 am
catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 4109 Location: Silicon Valley, CA
heh, i tried a google search for exrhcojq8js and got only one hit: another forum discussing the email
http://slendernation.forumotion.com/t290-strange-email
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:02 pm
Reiveth
Boot
Joined: 09 Apr 2010 Posts: 28
Minz wrote:
Guminudli wrote:
If that's not a typo, then _ could be 8.
However, YouTube video IDs are also case sensitive.
Yes they are.
So far i have tried these :
(brackets indicate which set of letters has been majored)
Code:
(e){x}[r]<h>(c){o}[j]<q>_(j){s}
exrhcojq_js
ExrhCojq_Js ()
eXrhcOjq_jS {}
exRhcoJq_js []
exrHcojQ_js <>
EXrhCOjq_JS () + {}
ExRhCoJq_Js () + []
ExrHCojQ_Js () + <>
eXRhcOJq_jS {} + []
eXrHcOjQ_jS {} + <>
exRHcoJQ_js [] + <>
EXRhCOJq_JS () + {} + []
EXrHCOjQ_JS () + {} + <>
ExRHCoJQ_Js () + [] + <>
eXRHcOJQ_jS {} + [] + <>
EXRHCOJQ_JS () + {} + [] + <>
I guess we could still try replacing _ with an 8 but _ is also valid in youtube video ids...
If someone could make a capitalization permutation generator it'd be trivial to check them all instantaneously using any batch youtube programs as most of them will simply give an error if a video doesn't exist while downloading those that do.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:01 pm
SpaceBass
The BADministrator
Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 2701 Location: pellucidar
I got an email last night that I assume is connected to this.
Quote:
Rabbit White wrote:
AAAAAaAA#Aa
The preceding was to clear up any confusing involving capitalization.
ETA:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXRHCoJQ8Js
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:21 pm
thebruce
Dances With Wikis
Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
edit:
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:39 pm
demonpunk
Boot
Joined: 21 May 2008 Posts: 61 Location: Schenecta' Dreamin' in the 518
There is one comment from the white rabbit.Clicking on it leads to the rabbits blog.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
myearsandwhiskers.wordpress.com
Took me a second to realize what he meant by looking at it the right way.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
highlight the page to get the words
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:06 pm
benzrf
Boot
Joined: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 17
Okay... Anyone know what Sikh could mean? As far I can tell, it's a religion, and the root word has nothing to do with numbers. "Six" seems far too obvious, though. Anyone have an idea?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh
Also. I'm thinking that maybe the numbers are the time, so the date might be encoded in the gauge's (the one on the top with the rabbit) URL. Weird thing: when I open the image directly, it doesn't have the "4 months until Alice dies" text on it. Try it. Maybe it need to be embedded from that blog to work?
EDIT: Never mind. The text is white, and I was viewing it on a white background...
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:10 pm
benzrf
Boot
Joined: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 17
Got it. From the ticker's URL, the date is
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
20110525, or May 25th, 2011. Meaning, it's literally 4 months to the day.
So the time would be placed at
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
9:10 and 1? seconds
... The ? being indicated by Sikh. Whatever that is.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:27 pm
Esteed
Entrenched
Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 1147 Location: Delaware
I got the email too. Which is amusing, considering how long I've mostly been out of the ARG scene. But this one's drawn me back.
Looking back over some of the older entries on Alice's blog now, one thing jumps out at me: The recording of the static from her radio. I can hear vague whispering sounds in there, but I have neither the programs/equipment or the skill necessary to do any kind of editing to investigate. Anybody better at that sort of thing want to take a whack at it?
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:56 pm
chelbelle
Veteran
Joined: 22 Jan 2011 Posts: 110 Location: New York, NY
Replies You have seen the replies? Setting up the white rabbit tryng to trap her? I haven't really looked at deeply the audio content yet.
"On January 25, 2011 at 2:33 pm Zander said:
You're in danger Alice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXRHCoJQ8Js
Obviously you can see who it was made by."
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:10 pm
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