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[UPDATE] May 12th www.perplexcity.com makeover
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tangohead
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 		hmm could the coffee shop be a Starbucks by any chance?? (Starbucks are evil and are trying to take over the world. theres two of them in the Trafford Centre already!!) Confused

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 		splashes on the new PPC front page
ok im gunna try an list all the splashes i see. ok here goes:
1.A parking ticket machine with a reward card in $ ($200,000) (seems rather english though)
2.a reward card in Euros on what seems like a varnished stone wall (150,000 Euros)
3.a reward card on a chair arm or foot rest in what could be a coffee shop (ie cost or Starbucks) reward card in £ (£100,000)
4.A reward card stuck on what seems like a railing but colud be something else. it is painted red. reward card in $ ($200,000)
5.on a peice of paper under a coffee cup.in euros (150,000 euros)
6.in £ (£100,000) on the floor (a reward card) in what seems like an area a gravel path.
7.a reward card on a lamppost in £ (£100,000) seems an english skyline. the poster below is interetsin (some sort of a U)

Ok thats all thats there at the mo. if ya want to look at them head over to PPC homepage (www.perplexcity.com) and hit refresh to get a new pic.

Over an out guys

[EDIT: merged into existing thread. yanka.]

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 		Re: splashes on the new PPC front page
tangohead wrote:
1.A parking ticket machine with a reward card in $ ($200,000) (seems rather english though)

I am not sure about the rest of the US, but we have those all over Portland, only they are called parking meters (as "parking tickets" are something quite different.) One of these can service an entire block, as opposed to the old mechanical meters that needed to be installed at each parking spot.
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tangohead wrote:
hmm could the coffee shop be a Starbucks by any chance?? (Starbucks are evil and are trying to take over the world. theres two of them in the Trafford Centre already!!) Confused


lol ..but where else would you go for coffe at extortionate prices?
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 		Re: splashes on the new PPC front page
BriEnigma wrote:
tangohead wrote:
1.A parking ticket machine with a reward card in $ ($200,000) (seems rather english though)

I am not sure about the rest of the US, but we have those all over Portland, only they are called parking meters (as "parking tickets" are something quite different.) One of these can service an entire block, as opposed to the old mechanical meters that needed to be installed at each parking spot.
lol sos 4 writing it that way. its because of where i am from in england Very Happy yeh its a parking meter and where i live in england, these types of machine are all over the show (sorry again for my phrases Rolling Eyes ) lol sorted

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Even more so is that we can buy cards soon.

*yay*


Piranha, don't you even think about spending all your cash on those cards! Wink

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 		just for the record, when these first came online earlier today there were 8 (2 cubed) different images, numbered 0-7

The 7.jpg image has since been renamed 2.jpg and the 2.jpg deleted -- from memory it looked like a reward sticker on a card windscreen - vague background but i thought it was a dirt road and sky...

it also said reward $250,000 usd -- so for now we're assuming it was meant to be 250k AUSD (the aussie exchange rate being about right) and that they removed it cos of the mistake; we may see it return soon...

unfortunately i didn't save the image before it was deleted ;(

...also, the javascript that's displaying them is simple and random, no clues there...

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 		Okay, I haven't seen anyone mention it yet - what's the "no sound" button under the picture actually do? I don't get any sound anywawy?

Anyone?

Jeb

EDIT: oh, it's flash as well Smile

EDIT2: and it's called "one.swf" - erm, why since it says no sound?

EDIT3: self-Trout just turned my speakers up.

Bugger.
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 		<edit> buggeration - double post, sorry guys Razz </edit>

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 		Hi, this is my first post. Has ne1 seen the red lipstick on the coffee mug one? Dont know if this means anything but just thought id point it out. Hope its helpful.

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spaceXplorer wrote:
what are we supposed to 'IMAGINE...' ?? Is it referring to the cash prize?

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Clicking on imagine takes you to http://perplexcity.com/index2.html


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 		Roflmao Jeb! ahhh. Dthought - I reckon it's to pick up new players from the BBC thingy that happened yesterday (it was being discussed on another thread - people were debating whether to stream it so we could all see Jeb do something tech like forget to turn his speakers on or something...hehee) Y-know, deep voiced trailer voice-over "Imagine a world... that doesn't exsist..." type approach. Think Nike style branding.
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 		The sounds that it makes doesn't make sense. It doesn't feel right.

Caine Johansson of the Cube Retrieval Team is supposed to specialize in "musical number sequences".

Perhaps there is a way of "decoding" the notes into a message?

Can someone with the right tools and knowledge analyze the notes?
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DogsHead wrote:
Dthought - I reckon it's to pick up new players from the BBC thingy that happened yesterday (it was being discussed on another thread - people were debating whether to stream it so we could all see Jeb do something tech like forget to turn his speakers on or something...hehee) Y-know, deep voiced trailer voice-over "Imagine a world... that doesn't exsist..." type approach. Think Nike style branding.


Good point - I just think its strange that a splash page would have two links - one to an introductory page (p2) and one direct to the main page.

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