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[SOLVED - CONFIRMED] Paintover Binary Filenames
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Rednaxella
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 		interesting
Thats interesting

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Now, if we consider that there were 3 files from October 9 (the gif and jpg of 00001001), we get a second "n". If we rearrange the letters, we can come up with "FIND ETHN". Can we speculate that if the next letter we get might be an "A", giving us "FIND ETHAN" gives us more reason to believe heismissing=Ethan?


and is highly plausable, but do you not think they would have re arranged the letters more, Instead of making an anagram of Ethan. And the word FIND being already spelled out for us.

I do think this is worth looking at, but by looking at FIND THE ? and the time it usually takes for ARG's I expect this line of pictures will continue until something is spelled out for us.

But who knows, Find Ethan defenitely seems to be going somewhere. Good Work.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 5:59 am
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[TrIpLe]
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 		Just think about all the anagrams you can get from "Ethan" though. You could rearrange it to be:

FIND THE AN...
FIND THEN A...
FIND NET HA...
FIND AN ETH...
FIND TEN HA...

It could be anything, that's if it's anything at all :/

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 		Re: interesting
Oh this is cool. I like the idea of finding Ethan. (Or is he just hiding OR Off the grid?)

[quote="Rednaxella"]and is highly plausable, but do you not think they would have re arranged the letters more, Instead of making an anagram of Ethan. And the word FIND being already spelled out for us.[quote]

They don't want to make it too difficult. There is a progression to the game. It is not like it is a picture of a little girl pulling her hair... Twisted Evil
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Marl64
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 		I like the idea of 'Find Ethan' too, but it does have one minor flaw.

If you're going to add anagrams to what is already quite a complex solution, there is something you should bare in mind.

"FINDTHE" came about because it made sense after applying several steps to the filenames based on the the order the pictures were posted.

1,4,9,25,15,3,26 => 65,68,73,89,79,67,90 => ADIYOCZ => FINDTHE

If the posting order is not relevant (which an anagram would suggest), then there is nothing to say that the ROT-5 step, or in fact any of the steps were correct.
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Marl64 wrote:
"FINDTHE" came about because it made sense after applying several steps to the filenames based on the the order the pictures were posted.

1,4,9,25,15,3,26 => 65,68,73,89,79,67,90 => ADIYOCZ => FINDTHE

If the posting order is not relevant (which an anagram would suggest), then there is nothing to say that the ROT-5 step, or in fact any of the steps were correct.


Yeah, I understand what you're saying, and I thought about that too with no solution to the problem. If they were going to scramble the ROT-5 message aswell, they would have done a better job.

But, as a long shot, what if that was their intent? What if it was their intent to make it look easy, thus making us discard any alterior motive to the message? It seems like the sort of thing they would do to us just to piss us off.

But then again, it's probably just my head stretching something when it's actually nothing :/

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vanman0254
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 		Since we havent seen very many complex (more matchmatical) approach to puzzles, maybe this is the first one. It seems to be getting us somewhere with the filenames and keep using the ASCII form to solve.

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Marl64
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 		Whatever ASCII system is used, if the next picture is higher than 26, the theory will be blown out of the water. Sad

Perhaps we should start a pool on which comes next Very Happy

I'm gonna have to go for "00000111.jpg" Wink
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SquareKnight
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 		It is the opinion of this n00b that the next filename shall be none other than
""00001000.jpg"

This would round the message out to the succinct yet utterly useless "FIND THEM"

I think a shorter message is more plausible, because it avoids problems with file name duplication.

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XtRaVa
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 		On the file cabinet gif, has anyone coloured in all the little dots in the big black space? I havnt seen it done, and found the dots when zoomed in on the black bit, those dots are the only reason I can see for them having it in gif format with a big space...what are the dots for does anyone know?

I quickly (errr...yeah right) coloured all (i think i got all of them) the dots in the black space...just looks exactly like that: "space" a load of stars maybe...doesnt make any sense, but surely this is what they wanted us to see??? i mean it could just be that because its a gif, its just not perfect black, just like the cabinet isnt actually all grey...but then why would they have the gif version too?
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Giskard
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 		Ehr, Xtrava, I suggest you read the thread that covers the october 9 pictures, this is both kinda old and kinda off-topic...

(if you prefer the short version opposed to the 17 page-thread version, the dots are there because the image is stegged with a hidden message).
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Giskard
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SquareKnight wrote:
It is the opinion of this n00b that the next filename shall be none other than
""00001000.jpg"

This would round the message out to the succinct yet utterly useless "FIND THEM"

I think a shorter message is more plausible, because it avoids problems with file name duplication.

-SquareKnight


This sounds very plausible... I still hope it's not the case though, because that will get us nowhere... it would be still another "clue" that's not really a clue but an in-game referral Sad
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Giskard wrote:
SquareKnight wrote:
...This would round the message out to the succinct yet utterly useless "FIND THEM"...
.. it would be still another "clue" that's not really a clue but an in-game referral Sad


Yeah, I'd like to think it gave us a target or at least a place to start looking. "Find Them" would be a bit of a dry wank in that regard.

SquareKnight wrote:
I think a shorter message is more plausible, because it avoids problems with file name duplication.

Duplication might not be a problem. Scratch put his file in a different directory so we could have that number again even if caesar stuck to the same place.

All this is supposing of course that we get another picture. We must be due one - unless (in game) this part of the plan has gone to the wall.
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Mayalla
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 		I looked at this version of the 1 oct. pic I posted yesterday. Now the girl look at STOL which is an anagram of LOST. under her right elbow I see ASK but the A is almost completely hidden. If the pics spell FINDTHE could the last letter not be A as it is a direct reference to the word LOST and the A is hidden?

Maybe I am reaching but it makes sense to me.. what it means however, I do not know.. unless FIND ETHAN is what we are meant to do. I looked at his last entry saying something about to the high flyers bar. I don't think there is one in Seattle (i looked but did not find).. A famous high flyer is of course Icarus.... One of the ships mentioned in the matrix reloaded.
You can find the pic here:
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2643&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=195
The file name is black out pic october 1

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XtRaVa
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 		I've posted about Labyrinth before, might as well do it again...seeing as so much of this stuff is linked to Greece, and Greek Mythology...High Flyers, sounds a real nice link to Daedalus and Icarus...Daedalus created the Labyrinth for the Minotaur to stay in, after escaping they made some wings with feathers and wax, but his son Icarus flew too close to the sun, wax melted...hit the aegean sea. More possible links to not only "Labyrinth" but Greece, and greek mythology...surely these ARE links...?

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 		Every time I think about what this message could possibly be, I can't help but think of the movie "A Christmas Story"


Be sure to drink... your... Ovaltine.

Ovaltine?

OVALTINE?

A crummy commercial?

Very Happy


Let's hope the PMs come up with something better than:

Find the Matrix toys at your local Toys'R'Us!

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