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lysander
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Joined: 17 Apr 2012
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 		Hi guys,

I have been posting at the WE forum on the speculation site, but am trying to keep up here as well.

I found the #5 key hidden in the PSYCHEVAL PDF:

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zoomed way way in on the red lines and found a string of garbage symbols, "#$%&'())***!

plus Smartness666 -- the box 5 key


PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:25 am
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Elouise
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Joined: 13 Feb 2011
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 		Bar 2
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I ran Bar 2's exe, which was painful. Ended up with this link:

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http://speculat1on.net/OCHO8REALES/ocho8reales.bmp


which is similar to Bar 1. I'm guessing that when we get an unscrambled pic, the numbers for the best or the adjacent line etc will be equal to the scribbled numbers under the pic?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:02 am
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lysander
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Joined: 17 Apr 2012
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 		Re: Bar 2
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Elouise wrote:
I ran Bar 2's exe, which was painful. Ended up with this link:

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http://speculat1on.net/OCHO8REALES/ocho8reales.bmp


which is similar to Bar 1. I'm guessing that when we get an unscrambled pic, the numbers for the best or the adjacent line etc will be equal to the scribbled numbers under the pic?


Unscrambling that picture reveals

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Washington


Which fits into those blanks, revealing the #2 key

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Washington001


PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:16 am
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MrToasty
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


Joined: 03 Aug 2004
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 		Given the clue of sarahpalindrome, the fill-in-the-blank and what the image appears to unscramble to gives the password for 1:
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TinaFey044


PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:29 am
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lysander
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Joined: 17 Apr 2012
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 		So it looks like we're just missing the #4 and #6 clues?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:40 am
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Syke
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Joined: 28 Aug 2004
Posts: 258
Location: CA

 		Jeez! i go to sleep wake up the next morning and you guys already solved a bunch of the puzzles!! Razz awesome work i must say though...

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Keys so far:
1)TinaFey044
2) Washington001
3)
4) Global732
5) Smartness666
6)
7) Plutonomy827
Cool Apophenia144


gonna start working on 3 and 6
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:40 pm
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Syke
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 		So i just played the interactive graph game on #3.

I also received the BS MemLeak message

.RTF is a wordperfect/MS Word document type.

typed it into the browser:

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http://speculat1on.net/3BLCKSWN/BS-MemLeak-120401103406.rtf


leads to a document which i am still looking at...its about 100+pages >.<
BS-MemLeak-120401103406.rtf
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rtf

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Filename  BS-MemLeak-120401103406.rtf 
Filesize  352.26KB 
Downloaded  66 Time(s) 
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:50 pm
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Elouise
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Joined: 13 Feb 2011
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 		#3 Scrolling through the document, putting the 3.#: together, I got the 3rd password:
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SwanSong333


#6 was another painful one, but I am so rich right now, it's ridiculous.
Gave a link:
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http://speculat1on.net/6INTRCRNCY/CASHED.PDF


Which gave the password:

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F0r3x


When all passwords are filled in, a link is given:

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/2eculation



Edit** I swear it appeared as I had it initially!...I think...
NOW the link works Smile

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http://www.speculat1on.net/2peculation


PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:51 pm
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amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


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Elouise wrote:
#6 was another painful one, but I am so rich right now, it's ridiculous.

Props Bigtime Elouise! Bril & filthy rich to boot....Can we be BFF? Laughing You likely know this but your PW is l33t for 'Forex' & the red sentence on the new page is:
"Fqp'v vgnn og aqw'xg hqtiqvvgp jqy vq rnca."
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ROT 24: Don't tell me you've forgotten how to play.

ETA: Google Translate says that 页 in the QandA is Chinese for 'page'. And fwiw the YOU.mp3 has the "Year: 2005-07-12" in its ID3 properties.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:18 pm
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Elouise
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 		Nexus02
From the code:

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1/WHAT 2/WERE 3/OUR 4/NAMES ????

5/CAN 6/YOU 7/FIND 8/THEM ????

Well, not exactly that, I cleaned it up a bit Smile


PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:02 pm
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Syke
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 		well than...
I guess we have approximately 5 days till those new interactive test/links go live....

btw, did anyone else notice a different countdown timer? i dont remember when or where i clicked on it, but somehow i ended up at this timer page, with a message saying 'Event in Los Angeles" i dont remember though if it was saying 14 hours....or 14 days?


Anyone? ...anyone? ..Bueller? lol
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:33 am
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Tharol
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 		There so there for links.

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girlwhoruledtheworld
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Joined: 01 May 2010
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 		\2speculation count down timer ran out, releasing a bunch of new puzzles.

/1WALLST- Looks like Braille and another stock trade game.
Braille decodes to:
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MLGSRMT GL UVZI GZPV HGLXP LU GSV HRGFZGRLM
R ZN HROEVI ZMW VCZXG R SZEV ML KIVXLMXVKGRLMH
DSZG VEVI KVV R HDZOOLD RNNVWRZGVOK
QFHG ZH RG RH FMNRHGVW YK OLEV LI WRHORPV
R ZN MLG XIFVO LMOK GIFGSUFO


/2FEDRSRV- Roman Numerals and another .exe file

/3SUBSEC- Play the game, leads to a file:

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speculat1on.net/2peculation/3SUBSEC/1202.1448v1.pdf
Password: BLACKRETICLE found in source for pdf

--Password for level was FlashCrash134, but when entered into password space for 3 doesn't work. Each password space covers up the password in numbers, the 1% icon has the number 3 in it. I placed the password in it and icon 3 went red.


/4CLIMATE- Another interactive page

/5FITNESS- A quiz game

/6NATIONS- Investment game

/7NINETYNINE- A password given and some text

/8REVENEURAL- Hidden text reveals:
Password 1.8:
CHECK THE SOURCE, BELOW THIS SURFACE: DIVE DEEP

PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:22 am
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MrToasty
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 		For roman numerals
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MIRROR MIRROR ECHO S CALL DOUBLE PASSWORDS FOR THEM ALL MIRROR MIRROR DO NOT FEAR NATURAL TO TAKE TIME HERE
Numerals to numbers to letters to cryptogram, not sure if S is right


PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:58 am
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amandel
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 		The Braille in "/1WALLST" that Girlwhoruledtheworld (PROPS for that & your PW find, too!) decoded above results in another cipher:
/1WALLST Braille cipher decoded
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It's a cryptogram giving one vague bit: NOTHING TO FEAR. TAKE STOCK OF THE SITUATION. I AM SILVER AND EXACT. I HAVE NO PRECONCEPTIONS. WHAT EVER (?P?)EE I SWALLOW IMMEDIATELY. JUST AS IT IS. UNMISTED BY LOVE OR DISLIKE. I AM NOT CRUEL ONLY TRUTHFUL.
/4CLIMATE Password Solve
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It's "FlexibleMobility133" (case sensitive) giving a RED light on bar4 when entered in bar1. When you get thru the interactive page which took me forever you are given a link (can't remember it now, sorry, b/c I just saved the Quick Time Movie) that directs to http://speculat1on.net/2peculation/4CLIMATE/termination.mov. The intro text provides the nbrs and the speeded audio bits slowed (painful eardrums syndrome here now) gives the two code words.
/7NINETYNINE: "ClcaMcrwt227" deciphered
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The red letters are ROT24 for Ajay Kapur. He is the author of the privately distributed then leaked Citigroup "Plutonomy" Memo which is still causing discussion.
No joy for me as a PW tho

At "/8REVENEURAL" when one dives deep in the source there's some ascii art of a brain and:
/8REVENEURAL Shift in Source Code
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The text: ARE YOU SEEING DOUBLE? HAS SOMETHING SHIFTED? Plus "PgwtcnQueknncvkqp323" (8x) which is ROT24 for "NeuralOscillation"
WIKI Link 'tho am not showing a red light for this cryptogram anywhere.

ETA: Completing "/5FITNESS" provides only the first step to the necessary PDF. Had no joy with the RED letters/numbers there which form one L33t word and truly hope someone else will.**Back to RL...gotta pay the BILLS** Laughing
/5FITNESS PDF Answer
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The test finale reveals the text "adequate response 2HIFT: /OE_Uwtxgknncpeg-LRqygnn.pdf". This isn't a valid link until it's shifted at ROT24 & added to become: http://speculat1on.net/2peculation/5FITNESS/MC_Surveillance-JPowell.pdf (btw: REL47IONSHIPS=RELATIONSHIPS in l33t)

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