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[Spec]001 012 034 053 - Other possible solutions
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BoonIsha
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 		[Spec]001 012 034 053 - Other possible solutions
The countdown has said 001 012 034 053 for over 24 hours now. I'm beginning to think we missed something. As much as I liked the coordinate solution, I find it more and more likely that there is another solution. I wanted a new thread because its hard to keep track of the conversations in the Transmission Log thread.

So here is what I have thought of so far: Possibly ROTed text like we all originally thought. Maybe references to lines in Macbeth. Hell, this thing is a computer, maybe its ASCII codes. Aren't Octals usually presented in sets of threes?

The new AI said things would become clearer today, and so far we haven't seen anything new.

So here are the numbers again:

Base 7: 001 012 034 053
Base 10: 001 009 025 038

Start throwing out your crazy ideas.

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BoonIsha
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 		I'll start off:

In binary: 1 1001 11001 100110

Who knows Morse Code?

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 		Hexadecimal:
1 9 19 26
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CrispyG4
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 		What's the timer at right now in real time? I dunno how the base whatever numbers work (sorry) but suppose it used the normal 60 seconds 60 minutes 24 hours timer... what would it be at right now?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:47 pm
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sakana
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BoonIsha wrote:
I'll start off:

In binary: 1 1001 11001 100110

Who knows Morse Code?


Where 1 = _ and 0 = . : "T X [invalid] [invalid]"

or

Where 1 = . and 0 = _ : "E P F è"

I think this doesn't mean anything, sadly.

Edit: Regarding Octals, converting each group of three numbers to decimal from octal I got this: 1 10 28 43

Edit2: Also Crispy, if you want to think of it as a countdown in that format, it could be 1 day, 12 hours, 34 minutes, 53 seconds, but the sets of three lead me to believe that we aren't looking at a normal countdown, as hours/minutes/seconds are generally two-digit only. Pure speculation, though.

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Schmeck
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 		Don't know if this is useful, but looking at the code for the timer, the datetime it stopped was:

Code:
var _loc3 = new Date(2007, 5, 19, 14, 34, 22, 0);


Which means the timer stopped on 5/19/2007 at 14:34:22.

EDIT: The month is zero-based, so the correct datetime is 6/19/2007 at 14:34:22.

Thanks Phoenix.

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BoonIsha
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 		Interesting variable name:

_loc? Location?

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 		may 19th?
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Schmeck
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may 19th?


That is weird, but I'm guessing the month just wasn't relevant in any of the calculations.

Here's all of the code, if anybody wants to dissect it:

Code:

class com.thetime.Clock extends MovieClip
{
    var endTime, time_mc, position;
    function Clock()
    {
        super();
        var _loc5 = this;
        endTime = new Date(2007, 5, 21, 0, 0, 0, 0);
        var _loc3 = new Date(2007, 5, 19, 14, 34, 22, 0);
        var _loc4 = endTime.getTime() - _loc3.getTime();
        this.showTime(_loc4);
    } // End of the function
    function toBase(num, base)
    {
        num = Math.floor(num);
        base = Math.floor(base);
        if (num < 0 || base <2> 36)
        {
            return ("");
        } // end if
        var _loc4 = new Array(36);
        for (var _loc1 = 0; _loc1 < 10; ++_loc1)
        {
            _loc4[_loc1] = String(_loc1);
        } // end of for
        while (_loc1 <36>= base)
        {
            _loc5 = _loc4[Math.floor(num % base)] + _loc5;
            num = Math.floor(num / base);
        } // end while
        _loc5 = _loc4[num] + _loc5;
        return (_loc5);
    } // End of the function
    function showTime(msecs)
    {
        var _loc6 = Math.floor(msecs / 1000);
        var _loc7 = Math.floor(_loc6 / 60);
        var _loc8 = Math.floor(_loc7 / 60);
        var _loc9 = Math.floor(_loc8 / 24);
        var _loc2 = this.toBase(_loc6 % 60, 7);
        if (_loc2.length < 2)
        {
            time_mc.secs_txt.text = "00" + _loc2;
        }
        else if (_loc2.length < 3)
        {
            time_mc.secs_txt.text = "0" + _loc2;
        }
        else
        {
            time_mc.secs_txt.text = _loc2;
        } // end else if
        var _loc3 = this.toBase(_loc7 % 60, 7);
        if (_loc3.length < 2)
        {
            time_mc.mins_txt.text = "00" + _loc3;
        }
        else if (_loc3.length < 3)
        {
            time_mc.mins_txt.text = "0" + _loc3;
        }
        else
        {
            time_mc.mins_txt.text = _loc3;
        } // end else if
        var _loc4 = this.toBase(_loc8 % 24, 7);
        if (_loc4.length < 2)
        {
            time_mc.hours_txt.text = "00" + _loc4;
        }
        else if (_loc4.length < 3)
        {
            time_mc.hours_txt.text = "0" + _loc4;
        }
        else
        {
            time_mc.hours_txt.text = _loc4;
        } // end else if
        var _loc5 = this.toBase(_loc9, 7);
        if (_loc5.length < 2)
        {
            time_mc.days_txt.text = "00" + _loc5;
        }
        else if (_loc5.length < 3)
        {
            time_mc.days_txt.text = "0" + _loc5;
        }
        else
        {
            time_mc.days_txt.text = _loc5;
        } // end else if
    } // End of the function
    function setNewTime()
    {
        var self = this;
        delete self.onEnterFrame;
        self.newTime = new Date(2007, 5, 22, 0, 0, 0, 0);
        var _loc2 = new Date();
        var _loc3 = self.endTime.getTime() - _loc2.getTime();
        var _loc5 = self.newTime.getTime() - _loc2.getTime();
        var _loc6 = Math.abs(Math.floor(_loc5 / 1000));
        var _loc4 = new mx.transitions.Tween(self, self.diffAdjusment, mx.transitions.easing.Regular.easeOut, _loc3, 0, _loc6, true);
        _loc4.onMotionChanged = function ()
        {
            self.showTime(position);
        };
    } // End of the function
} // End of Class


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Phoenix1337
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Schmeck wrote:
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may 19th?


That is weird, but I'm guessing the month just wasn't relevant in any of the calculations.


Not so much that it wasn't relevant, it's just that the end time was also set for may (or June if they start indexing months at 0. I can never remember.)

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Schmeck
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Phoenix1337 wrote:
Schmeck wrote:
Quote:

may 19th?


That is weird, but I'm guessing the month just wasn't relevant in any of the calculations.


Not so much that it wasn't relevant, it's just that the end time was also set for may (or June if they start indexing months at 0. I can never remember.)


I just checked the documentation. It is zero-based, so 5 = june.

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Kelex
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 		loc?
Hey in that ActionScript code it references 5 variables called loc#.... could these locations be involved with the 5 locked servers on Halo3.com?

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Schmeck
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Hey in that ActionScript code it references 5 variables called loc#.... could these locations be involved with the 5 locked servers on Halo3.com?


I doubt it. They just look like incremented variable names to me.

Besides, there are actually 9 _loc variables in the code.

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 		This might be a little out there, but I noticed that all of the numbers can be made into letters when you turn it upside down (Remember playing on that calculator through all of Calc class?). What I got was:

OOIOIROEHOSE
or
OOLOLROEHOSE

I can make a few words out of it, but not sure if all the letters can be used to make a phrase or something, or what we'd do with it anyway. Just an idea.

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Siege88 wrote:
This might be a little out there, but I noticed that all of the numbers can be made into letters when you turn it upside down (Remember playing on that calculator through all of Calc class?). What I got was:

OOIOIROEHOSE
or
OOLOLROEHOSE

I can make a few words out of it, but not sure if all the letters can be used to make a phrase or something, or what we'd do with it anyway. Just an idea.


I'm not too sure about that one buddy, but atleast your thinking outside the box.

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