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LadyEuthanasia
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LadyEuthanasia wrote:
amandel wrote:
Update: New Tweet from hallucinine
Quote:
uujo xc cdxkj br wxuhkjk anqcxwj .naryvn brq xc nlwnanona j bjf ankvdw nqc hjb hnqc

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ROT17 and then reversed
"they say the number was a reference to his empire. another babylon is about to fall"


Great! I decoded it pretty quickly, myself.

Hey...has anyone noticed that 999 is just 666 upside down?


And...ummmm...sorry to quote myself (not in the habit of doing that). BUT...given the answer to this cypher...
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999 Empire? An address?

There's a 666 Empire Blvd, New York, NY 11213. No 999 Empire, but there might be in another city.


Just sayin'.

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LadyEuthanasia wrote:
LadyEuthanasia wrote:
amandel wrote:
Update: New Tweet from hallucinine
Quote:
uujo xc cdxkj br wxuhkjk anqcxwj .naryvn brq xc nlwnanona j bjf ankvdw nqc hjb hnqc

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
ROT17 and then reversed
"they say the number was a reference to his empire. another babylon is about to fall"


Great! I decoded it pretty quickly, myself.

Hey...has anyone noticed that 999 is just 666 upside down?


And...ummmm...sorry to quote myself (not in the habit of doing that). BUT...given the answer to this cypher...
Spoiler (Rollover to View):

999 Empire? An address?

There's a 666 Empire Blvd, New York, NY 11213. No 999 Empire, but there might be in another city.


Just sayin'.


Spoiler (Rollover to View):
There's a 999 Empire St, San Jose
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=999+empire+san+jose&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=CupTSpakA8O0tgfdluCaCA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1


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RAD24 wrote:


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There's a 999 Empire St, San Jose
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=999+empire+san+jose&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=CupTSpakA8O0tgfdluCaCA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1


Just found it!

I used to live in that city. This isn't ringing any bells, but it doesn't have to necessarily.

ETA: I used to live, in fact, at 13th and Julian, which is very close to that location!

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 		Ok - I feel stupid about the encryption - I had to look at a spoiler to see how to do it.

About the resulting answer....

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Could the first part "...reference to his empire." somehow refer to the empire of satan? Given that the numbers 999 are 666 upside down? When I googled the first line I got this webpage http://philologos.org/__eb-hswttc/p11.htm. Mind you, I didn't really read it all, but the title - "Antichrist: His Empire" - caught my eye.


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Ailanthus wrote:
Ok - I feel stupid about the encryption - I had to look at a spoiler to see how to do it.

About the resulting answer....

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Could the first part "...reference to his empire." somehow refer to the empire of satan? Given that the numbers 999 are 666 upside down? When I googled the first line I got this webpage http://philologos.org/__eb-hswttc/p11.htm. Mind you, I didn't really read it all, but the title - "Antichrist: His Empire" - caught my eye.


Well, when researching the number 9 on wikipedia, I found a line that says

Quote:
Anton LaVey applied the number to Satan.


In Dante's Inferno there were 9 circles of Hell, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_(number)

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 		Well, in the encrypted tweet, the fall of Babylon is a clear reference to Revelation, to which there also seems to be a reference on Uno's Facebook. So I think we should be looking there. ANd for the number, these are the key verses, in Chapter 13 (the book previously referenced):

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11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

13And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

14And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

15And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

16And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six.


So basically, the Beast, some kind of Satanic figure, rules an empire whose subjects are marked by his name, or the number of his name, which is 666.

(Although based on early fragments some scholars think it's meant to be 616.)

It's widely believed that the number of his name is a numerological reference -- there's a Kabbalist practice of gematria which assigns numeric values to letters and adds them up to reveal new truths. Owing to other passages, many argue that the number is a reference to one Roman Emperor or other -- often Nero (666 in Aramaic; 616 in Latin) or Caligula (616 in Aramaic and Greek). The other really common strand is to identify the Empire with the Roman Papacy, with various things adding up to appropriate numbers.

So I'd say that's what the tweets are about. But I think this may at this stage be more semi-religious obfuscation and tension-building, rather than clear clues.

Speaking of which: the latest tweet is:

Quote:
9 9999-99999-9 9


I don't even know what number format that is, if anything. All greek to me.

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 		Ah, and I was waiting for this! Uno has posted a link to Revolution no. 9 on the Hallucinine Facebook, alongside the same string of nines posted on the Twitter. God help us if we have to extract any meaning from that track . . .

Also, someone asked about the Beast on the Facebook, and Uno responded "Perhaps The Beast is already here." Seems to confirm that that's what we're looking at.

It also seems the Earhart references have been deleted from the Twitter . . . ?

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9 9999-99999-9 9


Looks kinda barcodey.

ETA
I guess UPC barcodes at technically two groups of six that are usually spaced with the first and last digits outside of the code
0 12345 67890 1
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Product_Code#Printing_considerations
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 		According to popular belief about the Revelation of John it is believed that all humans will be forced to wear the mark of the Beast, possibly a tattoo of a barcode, either in the back of their head or on their forearm.

It is also believed that all barcodes contain the number 666 as a quiet reminder that the Antichrist is coming.

Ref: http://www.av1611.org/666/barcode.html
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H(e)x wrote:
Ah, and I was waiting for this! Uno has posted a link to Revolution no. 9 on the Hallucinine Facebook, alongside the same string of nines posted on the Twitter. God help us if we have to extract any meaning from that track . . .

Also, someone asked about the Beast on the Facebook, and Uno responded "Perhaps The Beast is already here." Seems to confirm that that's what we're looking at.


That was me. He also responded when I tweeted the verse from Revelation "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries." He responded, " they're still all drinking the wine. they know it's poisoned. yet they don't seem to care. their ignorance is death, not bliss."

I told him in DM that, if they know it's poisoned, then it's suicide.

Quote:
It also seems the Earhart references have been deleted from the Twitter . . . ?


That's why I've been archiving the Tweets here on the board. Some of 'em are a-disappearin'! Here's the latest archive for the record:

# 9 9999-99999-9 9 about 9 hours ago from web

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@lamaupin they're still all drinking the wine. they know it's poisoned. yet they don't seem to care. their ignorance is death, not bliss.about 14 hours ago from web in reply to lamaupin

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uujo xc cdxkj br wxuhkjk anqcxwj .naryvn brq xc nlwnanona j bjf ankvdw nqc hjb hnqc about 17 hours ago from web

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One is receiving so much information in so many various forms at once it is all blending into a chaotic mix of white noise. One must sort. 10:23 PM Jul 6th from web

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http://bit.ly/IUXdK 7:02 PM Jul 5th from web

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One is already thought to be unsteady, perhaps insane. Speaking out against the emperor will only cement this in the eyes of some. 2:55 PM Jul 5th from web

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After the door opens in the sky, there will be nine weeks of reckoning. 4:01 PM Jul 4th from web

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one had the strangest dream 9:49 AM Jul 3rd from web

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the sky is alive with turned on television sets 10:44 PM Jul 2nd from web

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one has now shown a face and revealed a space 9:11 PM Jul 2nd from web

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one has spoken from the 13th book 7:28 PM Jul 2nd from web

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nine is everywhere 6:45 PM Jul 2nd from web

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nine nine nine 8:01 PM Jul 1st from web

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According to popular belief about the Revelation of John it is believed that all humans will be forced to wear the mark of the Beast, possibly a tattoo of a barcode, either in the back of their head or on their forearm.

It is also believed that all barcodes contain the number 666 as a quiet reminder that the Antichrist is coming.

Ref: http://www.av1611.org/666/barcode.html


I would definitely keep in mind that the barcode stuff is purely a creation of Hal Lindsey et al from his books The Late, Great Planet Earth and Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth. He was borrowing from The Holocaust, when those in concentration camps were forced to take tattooed ID numbers on their forearms. Of course, we shouldn't discount anything in an ARG, so it might be totally relevant, but it's good to remember how things separate out in case we have to discard it.

Merci!

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Wow... you guys are allways so fast! I cant believe that I am acutally getting to post this.

Aparently our friend Uno updated his Facebook page last night. Its a link to a song from the Beatles White Album. (At least I think it is, I can't remember ever hearing this track before... but I am going to pull out the old vinal copy tonight.)

This post seems to correspond to the Twitter Post with the same information.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmlWdL6hPGA[/youtube]

BTW... I love this stuff, and have watched these forums for a while. But I have never been able to participate, 'cause I didn't want to look like a noob! Very Happy

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LadyEuthanasia wrote:
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According to popular belief about the Revelation of John it is believed that all humans will be forced to wear the mark of the Beast, possibly a tattoo of a barcode, either in the back of their head or on their forearm.

It is also believed that all barcodes contain the number 666 as a quiet reminder that the Antichrist is coming.

Ref: http://www.av1611.org/666/barcode.html


I would definitely keep in mind that the barcode stuff is purely a creation of Hal Lindsey et al from his books The Late, Great Planet Earth and Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth. He was borrowing from The Holocaust, when those in concentration camps were forced to take tattooed ID numbers on their forearms. Of course, we shouldn't discount anything in an ARG, so it might be totally relevant, but it's good to remember how things separate out in case we have to discard it.

Merci!


Yeah absolutely but I also saw it mentioned in a special on the National Geographic channel when they did a special on the Book of Revelations. I think it's one of those things that basically caught on because it plays to people's fears. And of course the PM's can make "reality" out of it too. Smile
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 		I was looking a little bit into the Revolution 9 song and there has been a lot of analysis on it - don't know if any of it is relevant to us. And again, I haven't been able to read through all the stuff (at work Smile )

But wikipedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_9

Apparently, this is one of the songs fueling the rumor that Paul was dead - Number 9 backwards sound like "turn me on, dead man" At least that is what they say. There is a link for the entire piece played backwards.

Gotta go work some now (and read up on Revelations - not up on my bible stuff).

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 		999
It may be of little consequence but apparently 999 in the Dewey Decimal System refers to books in the subject of extraterrestrial worlds.

Also, just a thought, it is believed that numbers in dreams (like that of john in revelations) are portrayed backwards - so John dreaming 666 would have actually been him dreaming 999. Is 999 the actual number of the beast? Back when revelations was written, they would not have known that numbers are portrayed backwards and would have likely taken them at face value rather than reversing them.

Edit - I wanted to add also that in Revolution 9, the segment of the song where "the number nine" is repeated 12 times (the same amount of times the number 9 appears on the tweet from Uno) what is being said directly afterwards is this :
I sustained nothing worse than
Also for example
Whatever you're doing
A business deal falls through
I informed him on the third night
When fortune gives

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