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[Trailhead?] DO NOT: POST PICTURES OF THIS SIGN...
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Sparticus
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[Trailhead?] DO NOT: POST PICTURES OF THIS SIGN...
Photoshop? Viral? ARG?

found this first on SFist.com:

http://sfist.com/2008/10/29/whats_going_on_here_perturbed_sign.php




There's a lot of discussion going on on reddit about whether it's photoshopped.

What do you all think?

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:20 pm
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Nos
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If this isn't part of another game, it likely should be in news and rumors, right?

Anyhow, I did find another picture of the sign:

http://xs232.xs.to/xs232/08443/cttp781.jpg
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Tagged the title and moved to N&R. Smile
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Leyton Stone
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So, evidently those codes at the bottom would mean something?
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Love the "not photoshopped". ;P

Bottom is hex:

Code:
986F 64B9 3005 E03E
FC42 A41E BD57 3179


Translates to
Quote:
??od?0??>?B???W1y


So, not sure about a direct ASCII
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Leyton Stone
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redct wrote:
Love the "not photoshopped". ;P

Bottom is hex:

Code:
986F 64B9 3005 E03E
FC42 A41E BD57 3179


I didn't get that to translate into anything worthy :/
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http://www.md5oogle.com/decrypt.php?input=986F64B93005E03EFC42A41EBD573179&meta=01

How very.... Google-esque.
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Leyton Stone
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Rogi Ocnorb wrote:
http://www.md5oogle.com/decrypt.php?input=986F64B93005E03EFC42A41EBD573179&meta=01

How very.... Google-esque.


Result: http://pbwiki.com/content/jobs ?

I'm confused.
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Rogi Ocnorb
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Google often posts things like this when they're recruiting.
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Leyton Stone
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Ahhh...

Wait. I'm still confused (It's 3:45am let me be confused lol)

This is a google ARG? Or, it's not an ARG, or it's totally unrelated?
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Rogi Ocnorb
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The folks at pbwiki are recruiting and looking for people who can do this sort of thing.
So, they've made up this test to find likely candidates.
Google has done this type of thing several times in the past.
Puzzle contests are kind of a popular thing in the SF Bay area.(Skinteki, The Game, BANG, etc.).

They'll likely experience the law of unintended consequences, though, as it seem to have been a little TOO viral and the whole world will probably apply.
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