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[Strings]

I'm going to send a CV in for the assistant job.

I'd show you all the cool CV I made but it's got some personal details on it... So you'll have to take my work for it, it's cool.

[Jenna]

You could blank out the details?

I 'applied' for the Art Therapist job, but didn't send a CV with it. May do another email with it in;

[Gus Raja]

I signed on as D.Cheever with the same password and it worked too. I'm beginning to think it doesn't matter what name you use.

Of note, Vanderfeld and Peck were busted in 1986, which is an interesting time because, according to the guy saying he was Hugh McIntrye (yeah, sure he is) on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Hanso Foudation shut down the Dharma Project in 1987.


Relating to the hansocareers website, why would an "art therapist/phychologist" need to know "applied mathematics"?

[Strings]

[npgale]

On the HansoCareers.com site - there is an ad for Monster.com in the bottom right hand corner. If you click on it, you get a standard Monster.com site.

But did anyone else notice this?

When you search for Hanso, you get this listing: http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=43477971
&AVSDM=2006%2D05%2D25+05%3A36%3A38&Logo=1&q=hanso&cy=us

This is different then the jobs posted on day one of the site, and the job is open TODAY!

Made long URL shorter in the browser window -- jamesi

[firesign]

i think that job posting is for a real job, and not part of the game.

[GateKeeper]

[npgale]

But it states "Must be trained in HANSO." This is not for a real job. I am sure that this is either a fan creation, or in game.

I've e-mailed the contact person, and I hope to hear something back today.

[danteIL]

[Gus Raja]

[weforgottenuno]

I didn't see this mentioned, but trout me if it was: the art therapist/psychologist job is located in Vik, Iceland. The Mental Health Appeal just opened up the Vik Institute, with the "inquire today" box. Maybe there's something significnt on this page http://www.hansocareers.com/3.asp

[Gus Raja]

Following up on this, "In Vitro Diagnostics" appears to be a real company in Irvine, and this furthermore appears to be a legitimate job ad. But this begs the question as to why "Hanso" and "Dharma" would be listed in the job descriptions. More to the point, it suggests that these two words do have something to do with genetics in the real world...not just the in-game world. While this may be totally out of game, at the same time it seems to tie this stuff together.

[cnote1500]

[npgale]

What a jerk!

[Gus Raja]

Dharma appears to be an actual term associated with genetics. Here's some links to get an idea of what I'm talking about...

Dharma = zebrafish homeobox gene

I also found this quote from a different page...

"The zebrafish bozozok locus encodes Dharma, a homeodomain protein essential for induction of the gastrula organizer and dorsoanterior embryonic structures."

We can really use a doctor of genetics or biotechnology to help us understand this stuff. Not just this, but there certainly seems to be a connection to this ARG and the field of genetics. It wouldn't surprise me if we ultimately have to break down a model of a human genome to figure out a future clue.

As for the word "Dharma," it's almost always related to one of the two things. Capitalized it refers to the combined teachings of Budha. Lowercase it's a phrase used in both Budhism and Hinduism to define the very concept of reality. The word literally translates as "the way things are," but it's also a word with deeper meanings implying both our material and spiritual existence, the sense of mental awareness, moral responsibility, and universal truths. The word also stresses direct observation and individual experience over speculation and assumed or traditional beliefs. It's also a state of mind that can be experienced with insight through meditation.

As far as the word "Hanso," I'm not having much luck at all connecting it to genetics aside from there being several doctors in the field with the same last name.