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[PostLarval]

Regarding lugnut's encoded Orwell quote-

I wrote back to him, mentioned the quote, and (since I haven't gotten anywhere with it yet) asked if I should keep digging. Got a reply in hex that translated to binary that translated to:

[PostLarval]

lol

I wrote to Pastor Ludd, inquiring about his preachings. Just got this response-

[H(e)x]

Nice work, PostLarval. Afraid I haven't any thoughts on the 1984 puzzle, There's a lot of strands at the moment that could be leading somewhere, but might not be, or that we're currently waiting on. To summarise.

- Is the Inactivewear commercial really "just a commercial", or is it a hint for something? (Leaning towards the red herring answer at the moment.

- What stuff did Timetobuzzthetwoer get in the post about mbilf.biz? There's a mention of codes. In my video I asked for any more information, but in the last e-mail I got from O11iver he said they'd already sent most of that stuff out, so we may be hanging til Wednesday on that.

- What's the admin username and password for mbilf.biz? Where are the logical hints for it? I guess in the stuff timetobuzz has -- so I'm waiting on that . . .

- What is lugnut trying to tell us? We've got the "I know too much" website he's pointed us to, and now an Orwell quotation as well. Why does Dr C watch him so closely? What's the conspiracy here?

- Has anyone bought a t-shirt? Does anything interesting come with it?

I'm hoping maybe Rowan now has some guidance for us on some of this. Currently I've got multiple feelers out -- the photos I sent to mbilf, my video response to O11iver, and a couple of (unreplied-to) messages to lugnut. So at the moment I'm feeling like just sitting pretty and waiting to see what comes next.

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But now we've got the God Hates Robots video! And that's intriguing. I feel like this section in particular may be a hint:

[Abraxas]

Rowan posted a link on her twitter leading to her flickr with pictures from the date

There are binary codes connected to mbilf.biz .
This particular image has tagged frames within it, I just noticed.
Ninjas for Siege and a CD for Strifey.

Oh, Rowan also posted the solution to the binary:

[rowan]

The ninjas and cd were from me to Siege and strifey if they had SHOWN UP! I just took the photo in the park with my other stuff so they could see that I had it with me.

[PostLarval]

One part of that binary translation is missing (flickr page must have read it as code)-

[H(e)x]

Ah, glad that mug had a clue on it. O11iver had actually told me you were getting it, and I was all excited for you! Which, now that I think about it, is kind of strange . . .

There'll be a video coming from the date, I'm assuming -- and I guess that might be the one that's long enough. Given that nothing is so far, we may just have to wait!

Nothing on the photos, video or lugnut-pursuing yet. Poor H(e)x feels neglected, but then, Tim and O11iver have been having a rather busy time this weekend.

[jjjj3]

the admin only video

[H(e)x]

The admin only area's what we're trying to get to, isn't it?

I just timed the members' only video; I make it 3.45. Maybe we're supposed to loop it? Gonna find out what's 3 minutes into it.

Remember we've also got the sound samples from Ram Savage. Gonna have a listen to those too.

EDIT: Looping the members' only video would put 6:45 at the point where Johnny 5-inches is humping the refrigerator. There's a lot of noise; at the precise instant I timed it to, J5I is groaning, there's a bleeped out word, and the director says "that's my REFRIGERATOR" ("refrigerator" being the exact word). So I think that's a no-go. Also, none of the Ram Savage calls are long enough. I'm not really intending to try this loop experiment with other videos, as I think it's a long shot, but if someone else wants to that'd be great!

[Timetobuzzthetower]

Hey all-

Hopefully the package is at my house in AZ, unfortunately, I'm still in Indiana for the next couple days.... or is it unfortunate?

I haven't been keeping up with anything, but I noticed this God Hates Robots thing is in Indiana...

If there's an address or something nearby Fort Wayne, I may be able to grab tomorrow (Monday).

Anyone that wants to fill me in with anything I know or should be looking for, feel free TimetobuzzthetowerSPLATgmail.com.

Other than that, as soon as I get home, I'll open the package and try to get you guys any info that's in there.

Sorry for the wait and delay, but 100th birthday parties don't happen very often, and far be it from me to pass it up!

[PostLarval]

[H(e)x]

[Lysithea]

[Varin]

The video from the date is up!

Also, jamesi just called 011iver during the ARG netcast. It was hysterical. Timm kept yelling in the background, "Is it a girl?" Afterwards, 011iver twittered about it..

[Dirt Diver]

Well I just bought one of their shirts, the I <3 Robots one. I guess we will see if I get anything interesting from them as a result.