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Olorin
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snorkle256 wrote:

natas wrote:

Also, let's not forget about this bit of code not solved yet:

Code:

NCQONTK EGVIW1L0 EGDXM

after some searching I found a few references to abc123 and dtmf, which lead me to believe that perhaps we are looking at a numbers on a phone as 1 and 0 do no have anything cooresponding

so if I am right we get 6276685 34849150 34396 idk what we use it for though, it just seems to make the most sense to me

I saw the "The Virus ABC123" caption here: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=453331640&albumID=232452&imageID=807935 from the Support the virus myspace page, but where did you get DTMF from ?

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:38 pm

snorkle256
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Olorin wrote:

snorkle256 wrote:

natas wrote:

Also, let's not forget about this bit of code not solved yet:

Code:

NCQONTK EGVIW1L0 EGDXM

when searching for abc123 I cam across some posts about abc123 dtmf decoder chips which made me realize the possibility that the letters were numbers on a phone which fits slightly due to the fact that neither 1/0 have a letter.

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:46 pm

marthajones
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Support the Virus has posted another comment on TSO's myspace:

Quote:

XG XKOP FTDWJ BFDQ

Also, did STV always have that interesting background picture of theirs?

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:01 pm

Olorin
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marthajones wrote:

Also, did STV always have that interesting background picture of theirs?

Nope, I think the background image is new.
I see a forest, floating eyes in the center-top, a woman on the right, butterflies above her, and a hatch (?) on the floor, towards the right...

Anyone has the tools to triple check if there's anything hidden ?

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:07 pm

snorkle256
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Olorin wrote:

marthajones wrote:

Also, did STV always have that interesting background picture of theirs?

nothing plain text, xsteg says its negative, pretty sure its just a standard myspace bg

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:24 pm

Olorin
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Code:

NCQONTK EGVIW1L0 EGDXM

XG XKOP FTDWJ BFDQ

For some reason i don't think they are plain numbers... they could, but definitely they don't seem to fit a pghone number pattern, for instance (maybe the second one, with an international code in front).

I think we're dealing with words. The Codex image used before, with the quadrant/knight-move encoding scheme, allows for digits to be encoded as well as letters (and for digits to be the encoded version of some letters). Still, it doesn't seem that the same encoding was used again. Sad

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:17 pm

snorkle256
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Olorin wrote:

Code:

NCQONTK EGVIW1L0 EGDXM

XG XKOP FTDWJ BFDQ

Its possible that each person represents a different chess piece, knight is already taken so that would leave queen, rook, king, bishop and pawn.

pawn would move one space up and down, rook would move one space left and right, up and down. bishop would move 1 space diagonally, king would move 1 space in any direction, not sure how the queen would work. For those saying that a rook or bishop would move all the way in their direction I am considering that fact that it would be stopped by the next letter.

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:29 pm

el Igore
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Maybe it's not the corresponding number but one of the other letters on the same key of a phone?

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:43 pm

natas
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el Igore wrote:

Maybe it's not the corresponding number but one of the other letters on the same key of a phone?

1 and 0 have no corresponding letters.

Here's a translator though:

http://www.t9.com/us/

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:53 pm

natas
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Olorin wrote:

Quote:

NCQONTK EGVIW1L0 EGDXM

(the image 'title' is "The Virus ABC123")

Tried to decode using the Enigma Machine, no luck. I don't think it accepts numerical input anyway.

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:58 pm

Olorin
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New post from STV on TSO myspace:

Code:

ZQXV UKPI SWQW PWW

PWW = ALL ?
Using the codex and knight moves,
PWW could be the encoded version of "ELL" or "XLL" /sigh

Unless, of course, there was another 'glitch' in their encoding scheme.. but this one doesn't deal with Q or R being swapped.

Also, I think that "The Secret Organisation" has now subscribed to Adam's blog. However, the profile for TSO on blogger doesn't seem to be available or public.

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:47 pm

Cowabella
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New email from EVE

Here's an email I sent to Eve:

Quote:

From: COW A. BELLA (200533752)
To: Eve (452791888)
Date: Feb 17, 2009 9:22 PM
Subject: Dante

Have you had any word on Dante yet? I bet you're getting pretty worried by now. Do you think E.Y.E. is with him or has gone to find him? He's posted a farewell video...

This is her reply:

Quote:

Hi Cow A. Bella,
I'm worried sick.
No contact with Dante. Also no contact with E.Y.E. yet,
although I soon have some news about him.
I also have a gut feeling that Adam might be in danger.
When I speak to him, he seems ok though.

Thanks for your support, I appreciate it a great deal.

Eve

Maybe we should follow her gut feeling and watch Adam a lil closer, especially if STV has subscribed to his blog...

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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:32 pm

natas
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Adam F.H. Perry is from the future, correct? Am I the only one who just now figured this out. If so, I feel so dumb.

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:32 pm

Cowabella
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D'oh!

Natas,
If he's a future guy, I didn't pick up on it. What makes you say he is?

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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:33 pm

AUZ505
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natas wrote:

Adam F.H. Perry is from the future, correct? Am I the only one who just now figured this out. If so, I feel so dumb.

As far as I understood Adam is not from the future, but was contacted by someone from the future: http://adamfhperry.blogspot.com/2009/02/odd-day.html

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