Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
  

The time now is Tue Nov 19, 2024 2:16 am
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)		 View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Low-Volume Games
[NEVEC][TRAILHEAD] NeoVenus Construction
View previous topicView next topic
Page 12 of 33 [492 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, ..., 31, 32, 33  Next
Author Message
lisak
Boot


Joined: 08 Nov 2006
Posts: 59
Location: Prague

 		I have problems with last one, though. As password, I tried "speed", "velocity", "orbitalspeed", "orbitalvelocity" and several variants, but so far nothing matches. The number represents average speed, though - maybe it has something to do with it.

Here is the list of potential usernames:
erycina felix libertina libitina obsequens verticordia victrix amica caelestis aurea

Well, the crosschecking is pretty tedious, as you can see, and I can see no hint what epithet should represent industry or robotics.

Anybody wants to try his/her luck?

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:35 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
yanka
Fickle


Joined: 06 Oct 2003
Posts: 1214
Location: undesirable

 		omg... I am totally reliving the ".thenekodas.com." moment. Also, holding my fingers crossed that they devise better hinting mechanisms for the future! *headdesk*

Great job, lisa! Did you sleep at all?
_________________
Annushka has already bought the sunflower oil, and has not only bought it, but has already spilled it.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:40 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Wiser
Decorated


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 251
Location: 127.0.0.1
Quote:
Defense Tech

NeoVenus Construction first entered the world of defense technology when it developed new body armor for police and military applications nearly 20 years ago. Even today, we at NeoVenus Construction see extreme value in doing everything possible to safe guard the lives of the men and women charged with protecting us and our way of life.

NeoVenus Construction has supplied new armor for vehicles in some of the most hostile theaters of war. We assisted in the design of engines that would not overheat in the deserts of the Middle East nor freeze in the frozen environments of the European Alps. We have developed thermal suits for keeping our soldiers safe from hypothermia and heat exhaustion. Our scientists were key in developing new longer range rifles and more accurate munitions.

Future defense developments include devices meant to deceive the enemy, such as projection systems designed to confuse opposing forces by displaying soldiers in locations that they currently are not.

Our engineers are also researching energy-based weapon systems as well as enhanced armored personnel units for heavy combat.

Too often in defense, a vehicle or device is designed for only one type of situation or climate. We here at NeoVenus Construction feel that the defense dollar should not only buy our men and women in combat the best possible equipment, but also the most versatile and useful systems for accomplishing their mission objectives. That is why we are designing vehicles with customizable accessory mounts. A single vehicle can be used for wartime efforts as well as in peacetime construction and development. The same machine can guard the home front or build a new home!


Quote:
Medical Tech

NeoVenus Construction now holds over 200 patents in Medical Tech and Bio-Engineering alone. Advancements range from the use of nanotechnology in gene repair treatments to the development of highly advanced artificial limbs and organs.

Recent research has focused on long term space flight and the many hurtles and obstacles it creates. Suspended animation technology is a focus of interest that has made NeoVenus Construction the clear world leader. The systems developed to accomplish this goal also have practical applications in modern life. Imagine slowing down an accident victim's vital systems long enough to be able to safely transport them to a properly equipped emergency care center, or being able to guarantee the viability of an organ for transplantation beyond just a couple of hours!

NeoVenus Construction has always looked at how best to apply futuristic systems and ideas to today's needs. We have found that much of our research in the often far fetched sounding ideas of space travel and terraforming have provided us with great advances to help you in your everyday life.


Quote:
Terraforming Tech

The Antarctic Terraforming Research Project is a combination solution to the problems posed by inhabiting new worlds. By using the paraterraforming theory to establish human life on the surface of an otherwise inhabitable planet, we can then build and run the Environmental Generators and effectively enhance and grow the domed paraterraforming environment to expand to the actual planet surface outside the dome walls.

While the Antarctic Project has suffered setbacks, the new systems being employed to develop the environment have shown to be extremely stable. We fully expect that the slow growth process will take hold and completely alter a planet's atmosphere once we are able to artificially alter at least 30% of the surface. It is a slow process, but completely achievable. Why not bring an otherwise dead world to life?

_________________
Steam ID / Quake Live ID / Xbox Live gamertag: Tenosis

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:40 am
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
Wiser
Decorated


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 251
Location: 127.0.0.1

 		Heh, some of the images are in the directory: "/!!!LostPlanet_Viral/!!!!LostPlanetViral/NeoVenus/Base/images/"
_________________
Steam ID / Quake Live ID / Xbox Live gamertag: Tenosis

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:45 am
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
lisak
Boot


Joined: 08 Nov 2006
Posts: 59
Location: Prague
yanka wrote:
omg... I am totally reliving the ".thenekodas.com." moment. Also, holding my fingers crossed that they devise better hinting mechanisms for the future! *headdesk*


Yea, this seems to be a fine example of "seems so easy to me" puzzle. The sheer number of combinations, together with the fact that specific username/password pairs work only on specific pages (though page sources look the same) makes it pretty tough.

If error page was more specific (eg. "wrong username / password"), we'd probably get it much sooner.

Quote:
Great job, lisa! Did you sleep at all?


Oh yeah. 4 hours. Meetings at work are boring anyway, I'll just sleep through some teleconference or something - I doubt anybody'll notice. Coffee

On the other hand, what now? It doesn't seem that information there is of much use to us...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:49 am
Last edited by lisak on Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:54 am; edited 1 time in total
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Wiser
Decorated


Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 251
Location: 127.0.0.1
lisak wrote:
I have problems with last one, though. As password, I tried "speed", "velocity", "orbitalspeed", "orbitalvelocity" and several variants, but so far nothing matches. The number represents average speed, though - maybe it has something to do with it.

Here is the list of potential usernames:
erycina felix libertina libitina obsequens verticordia victrix amica caelestis aurea

Well, the crosschecking is pretty tedious, as you can see, and I can see no hint what epithet should represent industry or robotics.

Anybody wants to try his/her luck?


What about just "orbital"?

p.s. lisak, get thy bum on IRC Razz
_________________
Steam ID / Quake Live ID / Xbox Live gamertag: Tenosis

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:52 am
 View user's profile AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
 Back to top 
CrackerJak
Boot

Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Posts: 24

 		Simply tried orbit to no avail, orbital, speed etc do not work either.

The exact speed is mean orbital speed.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:01 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
lisak
Boot


Joined: 08 Nov 2006
Posts: 59
Location: Prague
Quote:
p.s. lisak, get thy bum on IRC Razz


'fraid I can't just now - company firewall blocks the java client and I don't have my cellphone here to connect directly... I can connect to ICQ, though, if that helps.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:05 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
yanka
Fickle


Joined: 06 Oct 2003
Posts: 1214
Location: undesirable

 		I dunno... I played with the images a little - couldn't find anything hidden (visually, I mean) - maybe they are stegged? The coordinates are still pointing to Noe & Henry St. in San Francisco, but that place looks sort of residential to me. Maybe someone in SF could check it out?
_________________
Annushka has already bought the sunflower oil, and has not only bought it, but has already spilled it.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:26 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
CrackerJak
Boot

Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Posts: 24

 		I know nothing about the district, however when searching what was near the coordinates, there was a video production studio. The website to this led me to find out the area is called the Duboce Triangle, specifically Castro. Whether this has any bearing or not I'm unsure.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:49 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
JohnLockeGuy
Decorated


Joined: 15 Oct 2006
Posts: 181

 		How is that fair? I go away for just 12 hours and you figure all this out?

Crying or Very sad

GREAT work, though... Except... another wall...
_________________
Played: The Lost Experience // CassieIsWatching // The 4400
Made: Free! Psychic Readings // The Night People // Reindeer Games
Playing: Cathy's Book

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:59 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
blackhawk127
Decorated


Joined: 28 Nov 2006
Posts: 278
lisak wrote:
Finaly there! I got three so far. Continuing on the last.



Spoiler (Rollover to View):
username: armata password: radius for Security Op.
It DOES depend where you put the password in. This works only here: http://www.neovenusconstruction.com/de.html
username: genetrix password: mass for medical tech
username: cloacina password: volume for Terraforming. Gee, this one was so OBVIOUS!


HOLLLY CRAP anyone else bashing there heads in the keyboard this was so obvious

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:02 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
JohnLockeGuy
Decorated


Joined: 15 Oct 2006
Posts: 181

 		*raises hand, waves wildly.*

WHY didn't we think of this before?!?!!

VENUS EPITHET. VENUS FRIGGING EPITHET. Uh... DUH?!
_________________
Played: The Lost Experience // CassieIsWatching // The 4400
Made: Free! Psychic Readings // The Night People // Reindeer Games
Playing: Cathy's Book

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:25 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
lisak
Boot


Joined: 08 Nov 2006
Posts: 59
Location: Prague
JohnLockeGuy wrote:
How is that fair? I go away for just 12 hours and you figure all this out?


One password still remains uncracked, go ahead - it seems that my source of luck has been already depleted! Smile

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:38 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
yanka
Fickle


Joined: 06 Oct 2003
Posts: 1214
Location: undesirable
lisak wrote:
I have problems with last one, though. As password, I tried "speed", "velocity", "orbitalspeed", "orbitalvelocity" and several variants, but so far nothing matches. The number represents average speed, though - maybe it has something to do with it.

Here is the list of potential usernames:
erycina felix libertina libitina obsequens verticordia victrix amica caelestis aurea

Well, the crosschecking is pretty tedious, as you can see, and I can see no hint what epithet should represent industry or robotics.

Anybody wants to try his/her luck?

Well, the only two other epithets I can think of are Anadyomene (that's Boticelli's Venus - the one Alfred linked to, though there isn't really any relation to robotics here...); and Venus de Milo... she could use some robotic arms Mr. Green

As far as the number being the average speed - that's because it's per second. During the year, planets orbit the sun faster and slower depending on which point of the ellipse they're at (the fastest being closest to the sun). So, if you want to state a planet's speed per second without specifying its position, you'd have to state the average speed. The only other synonym to orbital speed/velocity I could think of is "revolution". Needless to say, none of this stuff worked.
_________________
Annushka has already bought the sunflower oil, and has not only bought it, but has already spilled it.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:52 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 12 of 33 [492 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, ..., 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, ..., 31, 32, 33  Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » Low-Volume Games
Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group