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Amazing Larry
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Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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 		The motherlode!

So it seems mkapinski has suddenly turned up on the Google yesterday (credit to jaybill for that one, again), with a Myspace account:

http://www.myspace.com/mkapinski

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You'll notice Mr. Kapinski, in both his myspace account and carforums.com account, quite likes Mustangs. So!

username: mkapinski
password: mustang

And we're in the intranet. There is a lot of stuff but all I've taken a look at is the e-mail back up and even that I've just quickly skimmed, so dig in. What I've put together so far:

Michael Getz is a new employee at Jay-Bill and seems to be the owner of stareightsix.com. He asks Kapinski for server space for his own private Wordpress site. He's also the technical liason for a scientist at the Arecibo observatory, who sends him a strange signal for analysis (attached). Getz replies saying it's nothing unusual but then sends it to sourceSPLATstareightsix.com under the subject "Holy Shit".

There's also an e-mail "Data Exchange Point" to a meredith.campbellSPLATnas.edu with a string of three-digit numbers.

Also, no one likes Janet Simmons.


I've probably missed a lot but just wanted to get this up. Whew!
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:19 pm
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Merago
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 		Great work guys!

*goes off to read*
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:26 pm
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Amazing Larry
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 		Looks like the data string is in base-5 again, too.

PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:30 pm
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thebruce
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 		I tried a spectrogram but nothing stood out... just to note, the ID info for the MP3 has the coordinates: 18.3442 -66.7528 in the comment (points to Aricebo), title: "Isolated Pattern", genre: Acoustic, and track #66.
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Amazing Larry
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 		A few conspicuous typos on the intranet page as well:

Missing "O" in "CORPRATE INTRANETS"

Extra "M" in "upcomming"

Missing "A" in "avilable", also possibly a missing word? "For"?

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thebruce
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 		ok wow... so now I'm intrigued. Razz

yup, one of those emails has base 5 code...

Quote:
404 431 431 422 213 142 142 430 431 342 424 401 410 403 404 431 430
410 440 142 440 140 402 401 424 140 430 431 342 431 410 421 420 23
20 23 20 200 201 143 112 202 200 143 112 202 144 143 112 202 144
202 112 201 202 200 112 202 144 201 112 202 144 143 112 201 202 200
112 144 144 200 112 201 143 200 112 202 200 144 112 202 144 201 112
202 144 201 112 202 201 200 112 202 201 143 112 201 202 202 112 201
202 200 112 23 20 144 144 200 112 200 201 200 112 202 143 144 112
202 200 200 112 202 143 202 112 201 202 200 112 202 144 201 112 202
200 144 112 202 200 200 112 202 200 144 112 202 143 143 112 201 202
200 112 144 144 200 112 200 201 200 112 202 200 144 112 202 144 201
112 202 143 144 112 23 20 202 200 144 112 202 144 143 112 202 143
143 112 202 143 144 112 201 202 200 112 144 144 200 112 200 201 201
112 202 143 144 112 201 202 202 112 201 202 200 112 202 200 200 112
202 200 144 112 202 143 143 112 202 144 143 112 202 143 200 112 202
200 144 112 202 200 202 112 23 20 202 144 202 112 202 143 144 112
202 201 143 112 144 144 200 112 201 144 202 112 202 143 144 112 202
201 200 112 202 201 144 112 202 143 202 112 202 144 143 112 202 143
143 112 201 202 200 112


this decodes to
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http://stareightsix/x-fer-station

230 420 410 414 342 413 410 342 112 302 421 413 413 432 430 344 342
112 232 401 422 404 342 413 421 422 421 400 342 112 232 421 413 401
421 410 400 401 342 112 233 401 344 342 422 421 400 410 402 421 424
414 401 430 112 314 401 432 431 404 410 400 342


which next decodes to
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Animalia Mollusca Cephalopoda Coleoidea Decapodiformes Teuthida


go to
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http://stareightsix.com/x-fer-station

then by noting that each of those words are classes of squid, you have the password. Then you get an exchange between mike and meredith discussing the 'isolated signal' which they managed to decode - downloadable here


cue 'whoah'.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:21 pm
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jaybill
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thebruce wrote:
cue 'whoah'.


Whoah.

PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:21 pm
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OOG-Guy
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 		OT
Whoa
IS there a game for people with IQ's under 140?
I can't understand yet just how much of a brain one has to have when playing these intense holy shit games.

Embarassed


Great work guys!
Believe it or not, it is a pleasure for me just to watch this unfold.
The PM is really exercising my imagination which is a good thing. Laughing

Whoa

PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:13 pm
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OOG-Guy
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 		the decoded
reminded me of this indian music:
http://www.emusic.com/samples/m3u/song/10593995/11210652.m3u

that I found here

Gypsies Of Rajasthan

I wonder if this tied to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_civilization
Vedic Civilization?

PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:34 pm
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jaybill
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 		Re: the decoded
It kind of reminds me of the music they use in Battlestar Galactica (new)

Could we be looking at a BSG ARG?

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In the show, they ARE in the process of trying to find earth.


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Merago
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 		The person at NAIC that Mike and Meredith have hoodwinked regarding the signal, is a Dr Murray Lewis, I checked out the NAIC.edu website and then looked at the staff directory. I was amazed to find that there's a Dr B M Lewis there, and he's the only one who has his own clickable link in the entire staff directory. The site looks like it's completely OOG, and the email address doesn't tally up with the one in the directory, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

http://www.naic.edu/directory/staffdir_set.htm
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Amazing Larry
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Merago wrote:
The person at NAIC that Mike and Meredith have hoodwinked regarding the signal, is a Dr Murray Lewis, I checked out the NAIC.edu website and then looked at the staff directory. I was amazed to find that there's a Dr B M Lewis there, and he's the only one who has his own clickable link in the entire staff directory. The site looks like it's completely OOG, and the email address doesn't tally up with the one in the directory, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

http://www.naic.edu/directory/staffdir_set.htm


From his bio page:

Quote:
More recently, he has been concerned with observing masers located in the circumstellar shells generated by red giant stars in their mass-loss phase


That's identical to the research of the in-game Mr. Lewis. Either they're "borrowing" his information for this or I don't know what.

I don't play many of these but... that's a little weird, isn't it?

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AUZ505
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 		wiki
I hope I am not wrong, but it seems there is no wiki up to now. So I started one here (best way for me to catch up :
http://star86.wikidot.com

Feel free to become a member and to contribute.
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OOG-Guy
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Quote:

That's identical to the research of the in-game Mr. Lewis. Either they're "borrowing" his information for this or I don't know what.

I don't play many of these but... that's a little weird, isn't it?


actually, for me, weird and awesome. WHOA!

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from http://www.naic.edu/directory/staffdir_set.htm
Arecibo Administration
* To contact us via email, append @naic.edu to the name in red

Ext # Name Position email
213 Campbell, Don NAIC Director dcampbell
253 Nolan, Michael Interim AO Site Director mnolan
210 Segarra, Carmen Assistant to the Director csegarra
250 Cordero, José Business Manager jcordero
345 Rodriguez, Maria J. Human Resources Manager mrodrigu
252 Gonzalez, Sixto Asst. Director for Space & Atmosph. Sciences sgonzalez
334 Nolan, Michael Head of Radar Astronomy mnolan
285 Lewis, Murray Head of Radio Astronomy blewis
336 Rajagopalan, Ganesan Head of Electronics Dept. ganesan
211 Velez, Reinaldo Head of Telescope Operations /Spectrum Manager rvelez
340 Venkataraman, Arun Head of Computer Dept. arun
370 Arias, Wilson Health and Safety Spec. / Safety Officer warias
245, 348 Camacho, Hector Director Angel Ramos Foundation Visitor and Learning Center

**********
I wonder if extension number (ext#) for lewis is involved somehow?



BSG?
I never watched it.
I hear it's great show though

PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:17 pm
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OOG-Guy
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 		Re: wiki
oog
AUZ505 wrote:
I hope I am not wrong, but it seems there is no wiki up to now. So I started one here (best way for me to catch up :
http://star86.wikidot.com

Feel free to become a member and to contribute.


awesome idea AUZ505!
I know I saw that that other game that went south real quick -GA Project- also had a wiki and I think to have one is valuable for the game itself and us players -to keep track of what is current and useful.
also helps newcomers to catch up -without having to go through many pages here [as I assume this will end up being many pages because it is the kind of realifetypish ARG that makes me not so bored when I have computer time here.
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