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Nacman · Boot Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 22

From me to Bertram:

So�

I've been cracking around on your code in your blog cause I want to correspond with ya. However, it dawned on me while I was experimenting with base 16 and special Alt Key characters that this system is flawed.

If someone could break your code, then that wouldn't be a good test of whether that person is someone you can trust. It's just as easy for bad guys to break your code as it is for good guys. Right?

I'll keep hacking at your code. No problem. You seem like a nice guy, and you and Cray are doing cool stuff.

However, reconsider the idea that you are going to find trustworthy folks by way of them cracking a code. Perhaps you should get to know those around you and make a judgment call about their character within the context of a relationship.

I made a friendly offer to help if you needed it. No pressure either way.

From Bertram in response:

Oh... You'll understand my logic when you solve this code. My enemies shouldn't be able to solve this one anytime soon. It uses things I'm sure they're unaware of.

**Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:51 pm

Nacman · Boot Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 22

6289 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=retrieve&list_uids=6289
3052 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=retrieve&list_uids=3052
7582 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=retrieve&list_uids=7582

Not sure if that's right, but I sent an email to Bertram about my genes.... We'll see.

**Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:13 pm

squid808 · Veteran Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 91

**Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:39 am

enaxor · I Have No Life Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 2395

Squid you seem to have a great dialogue going with Cray, do you think you can ask her if she knows what her father was working on in 1980? I sent her a direct message on Twitter several days ago, but I guess she hasn't seen it. She must not have it set-up to notify her by email. (hint-hint) Smile

**Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:01 am

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squid808 · Veteran Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 91

No prob, enaxor. I'll hold off till a little bit later today, to see if anyone else has anything they want asked. I'm also gonna ask her if... I think it was 37, builder37 means anything to her, since that recently popped up in the cube's interface results.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:09 am

Nacman · Boot Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 22

I wrote

**Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:12 pm

enaxor · I Have No Life Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 2395

The Lady Liberty puzzle has a face hidden in the image. I found it by running it through a glowing edges filter. I posted the image on the EI2 Forum.

The face belongs to:

**Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:49 pm

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Nacman · Boot Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 22

from Bertram

**Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:08 pm

Nacman · Boot Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 22

I called Bertram tonight, and poorly recorded the call. I uploaded it to my website, and here is the link.

www.jeromy.tv/final.mp3

enjoy if you are into that kind of thing

Basically, he doesn't trust me, but he did call me back, and I think he said the "Bright Raven Flies Tonight"

**Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:41 pm

Timetobuzzthetower · Boot Joined: 22 Apr 2009 Posts: 37 Location: Mesa, AZ

Hey cats-

I'm kind of new to the ARG thing, I've read through a few of them, and have been halfway involved with the Skynet thing...

But I've gotten involved with this thing, and I'm completely enthralled with it! I know we've been spending a lot of time with the puzzles within the cube, but what about all of the things outside of the cube? Storyline wise, company takeover, mysterious former tenant leaving everything behind.... who the builders are?

Is anyone thinking about this stuff/have any leads they're trying to follow, or are we basically working just off of the puzzles?

**Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:47 pm

redct · Entrenched Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 1233

Welcome to uF! Glad to have you here playing EI2.

We're mostly going off of the puzzles right now, but we're all doing different things.

Plus, all of this makes me think we need a wiki..

**Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:30 am

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drizjr · Unfictologist Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 1700

Welcome, Timetobuzzthetower! Feel free to discuss the story and speculate away. That's part of the fun.

Mapmaker mentioned in chat (that's #ei2 btw... come and join) that the Morse code puzzle had a gargoyle in it which didn't help with the solve. Maybe puzzles hint at solves for other puzzles.
Here's "string" with contrast (see attached), which seems to have Mona Lisa's eyes in the lower right corner. Mona lisa was the answer to the color by number puzzle.

eta: "Text" manipulated also also has something in the lower left corner. Lol.. it almost looks like ET.

**Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:00 am

squid808 · Veteran Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 91

Good work, but I'll point out that it seems like all the puzzles are put on the same base background image. Notice the two large, dark dots in the upper right-ish of the pages. In almost all of them, I think. I'd assume what were're seeing with the eyes and ET are just noise, and us looking too hard.

Then again, it could be eyes and ET, as good as my record is.

**Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:35 am

Phyrehawk

In case anyone didn't see the slight bust up between Cray and Bertram on twitter:

**Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:14 am

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Nacman · Boot Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 22

From Me

**Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:50 am