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addlepated
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 		[trailhead?] Tick, Tock
The clock is ticking
Despite what you may be thinking, I am not really hkdl in disguise. I just keep getting trailheads, that's all. I promise.

So, is this attached with another game, or something new?

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From: magister38SPLATgmail.com
Subject: Coincidence is a rare occasion
Date: May 13, 2008 7:46:31 AM CDT
To: meSPLATaddlepated.net

It seems Tomorrow and her employer aren't as bright as they think they are. I've attached a chat transcript for you to read. I'll replace their user names for now.

I need you to research Tomorrow. It will confirm to me that you are capable of helping an old man like me.

Tell me what S stands for.

Look at the time.

Anonymvs

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Give a mouse a cookie and he'll turn the clock, tick, tick, tock


Attached was this chat log. I'll post the text in here and attach the colorized Word version. Author is "Spindle" and company is "Faithwalker."

Quote:
Winter (3:29:53 PM): Late, are we?
Tomorrow (3:30:45 PM): Sorry I was developing the photos.
Winter (3:30:45 PM): Excuses are for the idiotic. Send them through.
Tomorrow (3:31:48 PM): Are you sure you don't want to send S over here for them? It's kind of risky sending it through the internet. My friend said they leave a signature or a log of some sort.
Winter (3:32:45 PM): Your friend isn't the only one who knows how to use a computer.
Winter (3:32:52 PM): I'll thank you to shut up now.
ATTENTION (3:33:33 PM): Transfer complete: Targets.bmp.
Tomorrow (3:33:41 PM): Sorry.
Winter (3:34:54 PM): For someone questioning my sensibilities, you sure know how to name a file.
Winter signed off at 3:34:55 AM.
Winter is offline and will receive your IMs when signing back in.
Tomorrow (3:34:57 PM): Thanks…I guess. I figured I might as well name it something easy to find.
Tomorrow (3:34:59 PM): And you're gone all ready…prick.
Tomorrow (3:35:02 PM): …I hope he doesn't see that when he logs in.
Anonymvs signed on at 3:35:07 AM.
Anonymvs (3:34:49 PM): Hello Tomorrow.
Tomorrow (3:30:34 PM): Um…hi?
Anonymvs (3:13:4D PM): I need you Tomorrow. You know how many minutes are left.
Tomorrow (2:13:13 PM): What? Until your Viagra kicks in? Sorry Anonymus but I'm not interested.
Anonymvs (1:13:45 PM): You are familiar with the Doomsday Clock?
Tomorrow (1:13:36 PM): Yes. >.> Signing off now.
Anonymvs (1:11:45 PM): I own it. I need you to stop the ticking.
Tomorrow (1:00:00 PM): Ha Ha. Can I go now?
Anonymvs (0:30:4D PM): Yes. I'll be taking this.
ATTENTION (0:15:00 PM): Transfer complete: Targets.bmp.
Tomorrow (0:14:99 PM): OK this isn't funny anymore viagra man
Anonymvs (0:14:97 PM): No it isn't. It is Fifteen Minutes to Midnight.
Anonymvs signed off at 3:35:27 AM.

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addlepated
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 		So, the timestamps in that chat log are all messed up. Some of them have letters in them and some aren't sequential. At the end, there start to be "99" in the seconds place.
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 		The obvious S would be Spring, based on "Winter".

The times seem to be a countdown then, leading to the 15 minutes (or whatever you would call 15 sections of 100 seconds?)
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 		ok i am new to this stuff but it seems to me that the weird things are

1.)he is called anonymvs
2.) in the world document a section of the text is in Arial while the rest is in times new roman
3.)a few times are out of order and two of them end in 4D

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Jacks
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 		The only thing I've figured out this far is that his email address, magister38, and his AIM, Anonymvs, must be in reference to this:

Quote:
Gesta Hungarorum (Latin for The Deeds of the Hungarians), is a record of early Hungarian history written by the otherwise unknown author Magister P, who is often cited simply as Anonymous. He describes himself only as a "faithful servant of King Bela"; there are more than one King Bela who could be meant. Gesta Hungarorum is preserved in a manuscript from around 1200. It is a mixture of oral tradition, older sources and inventions of the author.


Now what that has to do with the rest of it, I have no idea.. Confused
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shylilembrace
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 		this could be interesting o.O Anyways, I'm not sure what you mean by Author is Spindle, but that could be the S. heh, and the doomsday clock is at five minutes to midnight now. Not fifteen.

kind interest that

Anonymvs signed on at 3:35:07 AM.
and
Anonymvs signed off at 3:35:27 AM.

are the only ones that use AM, in the anony convo, the rest are PM, but apparently Anony is Super Hacker! since he's doing impossible shit XP maybe he's got a computer in his brain Laughing
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reyasun
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 		ok so the clue is definetly in the times.i just noticed that when the sign on/off its AM wheras the conversation is PM.no actual idea what to do though

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addlepated
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reyasun wrote:
ok i am new to this stuff...


Welcome! Very Happy
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shylilembrace
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 		also 4D could refer to the fourth dimension, aka time. or it could mean 80?. but my hex is rusty.
It's amusing that the log goes back to fifteen minutes after noon...a mistake on the PMs part, or intentional?

possibly useful reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock
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shylilembrace
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 		Sorry for the double post, but seems that i got the Trail head as well ^^ i'm just silly and forgot to check my Hotmail this morning. What I got looks the same as what addlepated got, but i'll post it anyways, The colors looks like it was a standard AIM convo. The ATTENTION thing, brings me to that conclusion as well, targets.bmp Makes me wonder if we are stopping nukes or something *grins*

Quote:
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 5:40 AM, Anonymvs <magister38> wrote:

It seems Tomorrow and her employer aren't as bright as they think they are. I've attached a chat transcript for you to read. I'll replace their user names for now.

I need you to research Tomorrow. It will confirm to me that you are capable of helping an old man like me.

Tell me what S stands for.

Look at the time.

Anonymvs

--
Give a mouse a cookie and he'll turn the clock, tick, tick, tock.


oh, and something of note in the transcript Anonymus was italicized. wonder if that's a clue.

Edit:

Subject of the email was

Coincidence is a rare occasion
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 		Hey Shy, Addle stated that the Author of was named "Spindle" and the company name was "Faithwalker". Is this the same on your document? Not that it's been any help in my search, I'm just curious. Very Happy
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shylilembrace
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 		I'm not sure what she means by author of and company name...I'll go check real quick though. Maybe Spindle is our S?
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addlepated
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shylilembrace wrote:
I'm not sure what she means by author of and company name...I'll go check real quick though. Maybe Spindle is our S?

If you view the document info, those are the names that come up. It's also possible that it might be meta information, depending on whether the PM realized that Word passes that information on or not.
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shylilembrace wrote:
I'm not sure what she means by author of and company name...I'll go check real quick though. Maybe Spindle is our S?


Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. Faithwalker seems like a dead end right now. I'm assuming that the properties of the original document showed the Author and company.
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shylilembrace
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 		oh! oh! durr...look at the time! maybe there is a code in the time stamp numbers used. hang on and i'll post them.

Here's the section of time from when everything goes weird starting with Anony's log in and ending with his logout

Quote:

3:35:07
3:34:49
3:30:34
3:13:4D
2:13:13
1:13:45
1:13:36
1:11:45
1:00:00
0:30:4D
0:15:00
0:14:99
0:14:97
3:35:27


and here's the full convo's timestamps

Quote:
3:29:53
3:30:45
3:30:45
3:31:48
3:32:45
3:32:52
3:33:33
3:33:41
3:34:54
3:34:55
3:34:57
3:34:59
3:35:02
3:35:07
3:34:49
3:30:34
3:13:4D
2:13:13
1:13:45
1:13:36
1:11:45
1:00:00
0:30:4D
0:15:00
0:14:99
0:14:97
3:35:27

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