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Sparticus
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Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 4
[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?
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:20 pm
Nos
Unfettered
Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 380 Location: missing the desert
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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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:02 pm
addlepated
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Joined: 17 Aug 2003 Posts: 1885 Location: Austin, Texas
Tagged the title and moved to N&R.
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:12 pm
Leyton Stone
I Have No Life
Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 2302 Location: London (NOT Ontario!)
So, evidently those codes at the bottom would mean something?
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:34 pm
redct
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Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 1233
Love the "not photoshopped". ;P
Bottom is hex:
Code:
986F 64B9 3005 E03E
FC42 A41E BD57 3179
Translates to
So, not sure about a direct ASCII
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:49 pm
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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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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:50 pm
Rogi Ocnorb
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Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 4266 Location: Where the cheese is free.
http://www.md5oogle.com/decrypt.php?input=986F64B93005E03EFC42A41EBD573179&meta=01
How very.... Google-esque.
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:25 pm
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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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:31 pm
Rogi Ocnorb
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Google often posts things like this when they're recruiting.
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:35 pm
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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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:38 pm
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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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:47 pm
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