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JoeOE18
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Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 301 Location: UK
New Email Just got sent this:
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user45SPLAT pemesent.com
to me
More options 1:29 pm (8 minutes ago)
Maybe you can help?
http://www.pemesent.com/download/
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel XXXXXXX [mailto:XXXXXX098@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Tues 19 July 2005 15:41
>To: helpSPLAT pemesent.com
>Subject: Strange Image?
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>I just got sent this via msn, I have opened it but I don't understand what it means.
>You probably wont be able to help me but I thought it was worth a try. Oh well a >challenge I suppose.
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>----**ATTACHMENT: REF03.ZIP**
>MSN Premium gives you PC protection, junk-mail filters, advanced
>communication tools and great software like MSN Encarta® Premium. Click here
>for a FREE trial!
This leads to a zip file which has 3 things in it.
These two images and a .db file which didn't seem to extract....
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:49 am
beano³
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Joined: 24 Oct 2004 Posts: 135 Location: Liverpool Docks
Yep I just got the same but have to go and work.
BBASAP
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:51 am
Sporky
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Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 86 Location: York
Just got that too....having a look now. Bizarre.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:09 am
Russell
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Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 1571 Location: London
Very curious, I used to have one of those toys in prod3 when i was a kid. The only link i can think of is with the main page of imfriendly. Will keep looking. Also the 0scan000003 is labeled 3/6 which fits in with our "sign language" pics.
The thumbs.db file is generated by the Windows operating system. It is a database file containing the small images displayed when you view a folder in "thumbnail" view so i think may be able to ignore that. (although i will look into it a bit more!)
I have sent a quick email to Daniel anyway to find out who they are and how they got the files, who sent them etc
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:30 am
Last edited by Russell on Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:38 am; edited 1 time in total
JoeOE18
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Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 301 Location: UK
It's definitely not September yet is it?
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:31 am
Sporky
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Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 86 Location: York
I hope not. Otherwise I've missed my birthday x_X
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:34 am
Mudbrother
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Joined: 09 Jun 2005 Posts: 160 Location: Virginia USA
not that it means anything yet, but the puzzle is called a 'rubik's snake'
interesting info on it (and others):
http://www.boardgames.com/rubikssnake.html
http://www.calormen.com/TwistyPuzzles/twisty.htm
I'm not really sure any of this info gets us anywhere yet. I think the shape of the puzzle may be more important.
The new image on the front page of www.imfriendly.co.uk is what's known as an 'impossible triangle' or similar.
http://www.fun-puzzles.com/Optical-Illusions/ImpossibleCubes.php
Rance
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:55 am
automaton
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Joined: 18 Mar 2005 Posts: 148 Location: London, England
I don't think it contributes anything new but the Thumbs.db refers to a "snake.jpg"
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:10 am
labfly
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Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 717 Location: nyc or the haunted house in maine
YAY!
must be september in Pemesent!!
i got the two photos to open but
the "thumb" doc opens into a scramble for me
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:14 am
poorsod
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Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 163 Location: London
So is the game back? I also recieved this email; do you think this is the ARG returning or just something to remind us not to forget about September? Also who is this Dan figure, and have we seen user45SPLAT pemesent.com before?
How did you get daniel's email Russel? It is masked in the copy I was sent. Finally I have compared the thumbs.db to one I found on my HDD (google desktop is just great, eh?) and found nothing untoward. Could the images be stegged?
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:30 pm
JoeOE18
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Seeing as there's the x/6 thing on most of the pictures I guess by the time we get all 6 it will be september and we'll be able to do something with them. What the other thing is there for though I don't know.
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:18 pm
labfly
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when i checked on my jan the labfly site
i found that my pemesent icon had
changed from big ben to the arrow
jpg.. clicked on it and then found this:
edit: it is 0scan000004.jpg
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:37 pm
JoeOE18
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JoeOE18 wrote:
Seeing as there's the x/6 thing on most of the pictures I guess by the time we get all 6 it will be september and we'll be able to do something with them. What the other thing is there for though I don't know.
Perhaps I was wrong then
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:34 pm
Mudbrother
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Ok, so my guess is that there are 4 more of the beauts to be found. Time to start the easter egg hunt. They may all already be available, and just need finding. Some may be parcelled out later. Who knows. I'm going to poke around a bit, see if I can find more. I'm also guessing that this numbering is not related to the sign language thing now...
Another observation I had today, on the main imfriendly site, there the 'N' in TTUnit is backwards. This could just be to look cool. But the backwards 'N' character is the 10th letter of the Russian alphabet. There are also 10 dots (in a pattern) between the TTUnit and 'September.' Maybe we're starting Sept. 10th? Maybe something else? Maybe complete coincidence?
Just tossin' ideas around at this point.
Rance
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:14 pm
OrlandO
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Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 64 Location: a lume spento
Heh, 0scan000004.jpg is actually a clickable pop-up that appears when you go to http://www.pemesent.com/. click it and lo! and behold, 0scan000003.jpg appears.
Digging around hasn't revealed anything, yet. Presumably they want us to go to pemesent.com every once in a while until september to complete our collection (gah, who needs cards, eh?).
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:18 am
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