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jlr1001
Decorated
Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 210
The records.htm page has been updated. The entry for March 17th '06 now reads "Error 2555266. Aborted."
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After looking at that error code for a moment I couldn't help but think that it could be a phone number 255-5266. If so, we don't yet have an area code.
My suspicion was furthered by looking at the page's source code where you see this commented phrase, "think cell phones...".
-jlr1001
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:00 am
dontpanic42
Veteran
Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 147 Location: naples, florida
i noticed this in the source on the recods page as well
scapegoat_2006/2555266_????.htm
smething must be filled in for the ?'s all i get is a 404 error.
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:49 am
nac
Greenhorn
Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 4 Location: uk
Hi all, think I've discovered the meaning of the error number.
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:00 am
exrester
Boot
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 21 Location: Eastern megalopolis
I'm curious about this "think cell phones..." thing, and I've been looking for a list of cell-phone-only area codes, but I can't find one. The only one I can think of is 917, but there must be many others, especially in urban areas. Any ideas where we can find a list and then just cold-call the possibilities?
The other thing I'm wondering is whether it makes sense for us to be thinking of this as a USA number, since it seems that the game originates in the UK. Anybody know about cell-phone-specific numbering in the UK?
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:53 am
Mama JunkYard
Greenhorn
Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 5 Location: England
Cell phones in the UK start with 07.
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:09 pm
dontpanic42
Veteran
Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 147 Location: naples, florida
aren't there different amounts of numbers in european phone numbers too?
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:41 pm
jordan
Guest
jordan if you check the source of the restart systems page you get the email of the creator
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:22 pm
Mama JunkYard
Greenhorn
Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 5 Location: England
More changes
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:23 pm
InsaneFox
Boot
Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 46
I got a response from A.Anderson...
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H E L P M E
F I N D M E
S A V E M E
...any ideas? Perhaps if you put the numbers the letters represent in predictive text?. Im a bit new at this, so this rings no bells with me.
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:35 pm
nac
Greenhorn
Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 4 Location: uk
I've just been speaking to Alan on IM.
Here is the conversation...
Neal says: Hello Alan
Alan says:
H E L P M E
F I N D M E
S A V E M E
Alan sends:
Open(Alt+P)
Alan says:
I H A V E T H E V I R U S
Neal says:
Hoew can i help you?
Alan says:
T H E Y H A V E T A K E N M E
Neal says:
where?
Alan says:
S A V E M E
Alan says:
ERROR 2555266 IS DANGEROUS
Neal says:
what does it do?
Alan says:
S A V E M E
Neal says:
how?
Alan says:
Y O U C A N H E L P ME
Alan says:
T E L L E V E R Y O N E W H A T I H A V E T O L D Y O U
Neal says:
I will
Neal says:
Can you give me any more information?
Alan says:
T H A N K Y O U
Alan says:
T H E Y A R E H E R E !
Neal says:
who?
He also passed on a plain text file called research.txt, saying;
Scapegoat was set up in the late 1990s. The group believe that the universe is really a computer, with everything in it representing DATA.
The group leader is
Error - Restart?
[/b]
Any ideas?
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:45 pm
dontpanic42
Veteran
Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 147 Location: naples, florida
the spacing has gotta mean something, if you're in a situation and paniking you woulden't take the time to evenly space everything.
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:54 pm
exrester
Boot
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 21 Location: Eastern megalopolis
True, especially since not every line is spaced like that -- the ERROR 2555266 IS DANGEROUS line in particular.
_________________It's not a dog. It's a bottle.
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:41 pm
Lufia
Boot
Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 36 Location: Australia
"29/06/06 -
An outbreak of the Scapegoat virus has infected dozens of online gamers who have visited the Scapegoat website. Police are still looking for A. Anderson from A.L.A.N who disappeared in late April, along with dozens of others who vanished once they conducted the virus."
Updated records.
Edit: "2555266" is also marqueeing on the "The lost must be found" page. Cuuuute.
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:43 pm
Last edited by Lufia on Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:09 pm; edited 1 time in total
jaxxx
Kilroy
Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 2
ok guys if u check the source again on the original homepage where it says to be continued you get another message there, under where it says u have been infected it now says "hack into Andersons email for answers"
Ive been trying a few things, im guessing it might be the name of the group leader he was talking about before but no joy so far.
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:02 pm
Twee
Decorated
Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 157 Location: sweden
got inte the mailaccount on the first try.
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The password is 2555266
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:10 pm
Last edited by Twee on Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:17 pm; edited 1 time in total
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