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[TRAILHEAD] The Digital Plague
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danteIL
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Double-post:

Okay after worrying at this in the back of my mind all day, I figured out that 'ottumwaiowa' is a hint that this is a phone number (Ottumwa area code: 641).

641-715-3900 ext#10944

(according to Google, this is apparently a SimpleVoiceMailbox)

Anyway, the message at the number is *really* hard to understand but this is what I got:
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I'm sorry for the trouble, but security is the only security I have. Go to [pathway??] [the keeper??]
-- and then it cuts off suddenly.


can anybody else make it out any better?

PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:14 pm
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Vancanek
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Nice work Dante! Yeah, that sounds right to me.

Edit: Which brings us to...

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http://the-electric-church.com/pathway

Wait a few seconds and the pages start changing to...

william
rufus
henry
stephen
matilda
richard
john
longshanks
elizabeth


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danteIL
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Also nice! The changing pictures are kinda spooky. But the most interesting one is the very last one, on the "elizabeth.html" page, which very briefly flashes a google satellite image, but I can't tell where it is from.

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natas
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This is the pic. Not many buildings shaped like that, so I don't know if that would make it any easier to identify. but I don't know it.
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danteIL
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Got it!!!

After straining my eyes trying to read the name on the road to the upper left, I was able to make out "Samuel D.[...]". Several google searches later, I found "Samuel D. Leidesdorf Way", which is next to the New York University Medical Center in NYC, between E. 29th and E. 30th.

I never know how to paste in a google map link, but it's definitely the same place...

Ooh, that is the location of Bellevue Hospital.


EDIT: that's leads to:
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http://the-electric-church.com/bellevue/


woo.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:18 pm
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Vancanek
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That's it. Google Map link...

http://tinyurl.co.uk/vfyx

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clairenor
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Clicking on the SSf logo on the bottom right leads you here
http://the-electric-church.com/bellevue/ssf2.html

BTW 978-0-316-02210-1 is the ISBN of the digital plague

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natas
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Now, that i'm caught up... lol

Here's a new link..

http://the-electric-church.com/bellevue/ssf.html

ETA: It's the same as ssf2.html, just gets typed on screen.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:53 pm
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Vancanek
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Different page title though. 998-456T77U-00-9-A-FF786

PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:57 pm
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danteIL
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What do you think this part means?

Quote:
You must learn to look more closely at words on a terminal.

> In any major laity, you invariably need governance. Strong governance.


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Rogi Ocnorb
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In an Indians/chiefs scenario.

The laity is the indians

So, "Sheep have to be shepherded."?
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I'm telling you now, so you can't say, "Oh, I didn't know...Nobody told me!"


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natas
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Dossier

Here's what's written on the dossier for those of us (me included) who can't see worth a crap.

  • SUBJECT: Avery Cates (no known alias)
  • SSF OBSERVATION AUTHORIZATION: Office of S.S.F. C.I.A. Marin, reference number 44755(H?)

  • SALIENT DATA

  • AGE: 27
  • ETHNICITY: White

  • KNOWN ASSOCIATES: Kev Catz (a.k.a. The Pusher; Catz; Googly Eyes); Glendon Pickering (a.k.a. Pick; The Old Man; Old Pick); Nad Nuller; Andre Marcel (a.k.a. Marcel; The Potentate; Royal Marcel);
    [next 2 lines blacked out]

  • PRIOR CONTACT:

    Arrests: 0
    Detentions on Suspicion: 78
    Named in Open Cases: 15 (reference #s: 9978-09, (blacked out next 2), 9934-11, (blacked out), 8934-12, 6636-34, (blacked out next 2), 0911-09, 9778-23, 8487-45, (blacked out), 7478-65, (blacked out))

  • OVERVIEW

    Prepared by J. (Miller?)

    Cates, Avery, well-known in New York underground. Reputation for honorable transactions. Completes jobs

    taken, pays debts owed, known for working according to personal code of honor. Trusted in general. Known

    as able Gunner with many confirmed kills. Lack of material wealth due to poor money management and

    apparent desire to stay out of SSF's limelight.

    Psychologicallly, Cates appears to believe he has lived longer than he expected and thus is now on borrowed

    time, leading to apathy and nihilism. Glorifies and idealizes pre-unification Earth. Well-known in downtown

    Manhattan area. Moves easily and safely amongst the


PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:33 pm
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Vancanek
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Maybe there is something with the numbers and letters on http://the-electric-church.com/bellevue/ssf.html ??

We have the page title:
998-456T77U-00-9-A-FF786

And these at the top of the page:
!SEC CODE 88U-0090-AP-I8T5
!ROUTING 21cafd7|1611a9ffef|4f8ec9533

Not sure what to make of them, if anything, but I thought I would throw it out there...

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phonon81
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danteIL wrote:
What do you think this part means?

Quote:
You must learn to look more closely at words on a terminal.

> In any major laity, you invariably need governance. Strong governance.


The first letter of each word spells out "I am lying".

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danteIL
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phonon81 wrote:
danteIL wrote:
What do you think this part means?

Quote:
You must learn to look more closely at words on a terminal.

> In any major laity, you invariably need governance. Strong governance.


The first letter of each word spells out "I am lying".


That's nice! So now what? Who's lying?

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