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jessie1326
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Having no earthly idea where to look for the authorization code, I just keep sending IRis questions:

IRis wrote:

Query.Accepted
Assigned:relay8994
PROCESSING. . . . . . . . . . .

"Derived from possessions of Craig OR Shanna" = false

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:10 pm

fernandocarulli
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New piece in source code:

Quote:

assemble.the.pieces.to.save.them.all

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:46 am

ASimulacraOfAlex
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From iris:

Quote:

show details 9:50 PM (5 hours ago)

Query.Accepted
Assigned:relay43426
PROCESSING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
//interpreterbugloading//

"Authorization code <DELETED> available on the <INTERNET> <CIRCA01102010> <YES><OR><NO>?" = yes

Sequence.Matches.In.Dated.Archive: 26,367 //autosend//

So the Authorization code is available somewhere on something thats up right now, whether its a sunshine mine page, a craig page or CF. Lets find it...that narrows it down a LOT.

EDIT:

fernandocarulli wrote:

New piece in source code:

Quote:

assemble.the.pieces.to.save.them.all

Okay, I'd say that, combined with what i found out, means we need to combine some numbers we've seen to make the passcode.

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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:47 am

fernandocarulli
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Earlier in forum:

Quote:

no.contact.could.be.established//paradoxerror42.99//no.such.system.exists

If you have received this response, the intellectsystem ((systemIDerror)) is either offline or has suffered a catastrophic failure. Please contact the nearest Tesla Tower base and provide code: ((codegeneratorerror93))

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 *

Half of a 14 digit code at least Wink

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:01 pm

Ryutso
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fernandocarulli wrote:

Earlier in forum:

Quote:

Half of a 14 digit code at least Wink

That's just the numbers backwards from 7.

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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:40 pm

TifaSeras
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New to the Sunshine Mine Thread

Hi everyone, I'm completely new to this whole ARG thing and this is the first I've chosen to do thanks to Alex Wink

I've read through everything and I just want to clarify what I'm suppose to be doing right now... So we are supposed to be looking for an authorization code for what? and I was wondering if there was anyway that anyone could get through to Fred Lol, What is he doing? If this is completely off topic just ignore it I'm running 24hrs no sleep...

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:22 pm

ASimulacraOfAlex
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Re: New to the Sunshine Mine Thread

TifaSeras wrote:

Hi everyone, I'm completely new to this whole ARG thing and this is the first I've chosen to do thanks to Alex Wink

Hey Tifa, Glad you decided to join us!

As far as the authorization code, I believe that it is either to resume or stop some sort of countdown for a selfdestruct/reset command for IRIS, that should help save Craig and Shanna.

Second, I never had any contact with Fred, did anyone ever contact him?

Also, here are a couple websites you should try to keep bookmarked:
http://www.sunshinemine15.com/
(The "rabbithole", so to speak, most of our updates come via this site)
http://craigandshanna.blogspot.com/
(Craig and Shanna's travel blog, now active again, two months after their death!)

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:30 pm
Last edited by ASimulacraOfAlex on Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:37 pm; edited 1 time in total

fernandocarulli
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some answers from a query:

Quote:

QUERY

AUTHORIZATION CODE contains random numbers only
AUTHORIZATION CODE available in source code only
AUTHORIZATION CODE checksum

Partial.Query.Accepted
Assigned:relay929283
PROCESSING. . . . .

"contains random numbers only" = DENIED
"available in source code only" = DENIED
"checksum" = 65

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:34 pm

ASimulacraOfAlex
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fernandocarulli wrote:

some answers from a query:

Quote:

In light of that, I think I should share what I've been working on.

A while ago, in the source code, we had some coordinates that we kinda seemed to forget about, while we went off on that tangent while we thought it was 14 different elements, rather than 14 different numerals.

I was looking back at those, on a hunch, and realized the coords (when manipulated slightly, using -121� rather than 121�)

Code:

37� 22' 20.38"
-121� 54' 40.01

led to an address, as whitecross noted:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

1602 Crane Ct, San Jose, CA 95112, USA

Which, surprise surprise is the location of a Staybridge Suites (Which was the Hotel Key Card in the evidence picture)!

Hmm. So looking back at Craig's travel blog, I find some information that seems to back this up: He says they drive through to Bakersfield, and that they are "almost there". Then, the next post is titled: "In the Valley of the Big Boys", which I believe is a reference to Silicon Valley, which San Jose is the self proclaimed Capitol of, not to mention only being a short drive from Bakersfield.

So, I deduce from that, unless anyone else knows something i don't, that their final location was in the Staybridge Suites, in San Jose, where they died, and where Rogers is investigating their death.

The phone number for the hotel is (408) 436-1600, which I have tried submitting with the room number in various configurations, but have all returned with this:

Quote:

//ERROR//Entry.Format//ERROR//

And now we know the chucksum is 65, that is obviously not the right passcode...anyone have any ideas? I believe I'm at least on the right track, at least.

EDIT: I think I have it! The 800 number for the hotel + the room number's checksum is 65! Here's hoping this works...

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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:04 pm
Last edited by ASimulacraOfAlex on Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:29 pm; edited 1 time in total

TifaSeras
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Yay! I got a message from IRis!

I sent Iris a message just to be cool and in the loop... and this is what I got back....whats weird is that even though my initial email was to IrisSPLATsunshinemine15.com when I got it back it said that it was To:Elizabeth instead of IRis....Any thoughts...I jumped up and down when I saw this!!!!! Rawr! XD Also the date of my sent message is a fatal error even though I sent it this morning...and Iris date is actually correct.

Flag this messageRE: Hey.Monday, January 11, 2010 6:36 PMFrom: "iris@sunshinemine15.com" <iris>View contact detailsTo: "Tiffany Serrano" <tiffanyhopeserrano>Query.Accepted
Assigned:relay9427
PROCESSING. . . . . . . . . .

<give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house";improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient";be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents";help oneself: abstain from doing; always used with a negative; "I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle";serve: help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself";aid: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework";contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries";avail: take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies";aid: a resource; "visual aids in teaching";improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture";avail: a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it";"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the album Help! and the film Help!. It was also released as a single, and was #1 for three weeks in both the USA and UK. "Help" is a song by Lloyd Banks, released as the second single from his album Rotten Apple. The song was released in November of 2006 and reached;The Help is a television series which aired on The WB in March and April of 2004. The show was a raunchy comedy that focused on the hard-lucked;Help! (1960-1965) was a magazine published by James Warren. It was Harvey Kurtzman's longest-running magazine project after leaving Mad and EC Publications, and during its five years of operation it was always chronically underfunded, yet innovative.>

yes tiffany i need help.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Hey.
From: Tiffany Serrano <tiffanyhopeserrano>
Date: fatal//error
To: Elizabeth

Are you still in need of help?

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:04 pm

ASimulacraOfAlex
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Location: Duluth, MN

Update:

It didn't work.

Here are the emails i've received (excluding some unimportant guesses.)

Quote:

irisSPLATsunshinemine15.com
to me

show details 5:45 PM (25 minutes ago)

**AUTHORIZATION.FAILED**

Threshold.Trigger.Activated

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Authorization.Required
From: <thealexster>
Date: fatal//error
To: irisSPLATsunshinemine15.com

Manual.Continuation.Required=true

AUTHORIZATION: > 40843616001413 <

Quote:

irisSPLATsunshinemine15.com
to me

show details 6:00 PM (12 minutes ago)

Query.Accepted
Assigned:relays75857:10095:86947:226
PROCESSING. . . . . . . . . . . .
//interpreterbugloading//

"Authorization Code contains Phone Number <YES><OR><NO>?" = yes
"Authorization Code contains Room Number <YES><OR><NO>?" = yes
"Authorization Code contains Address <YES><OR><NO>?" = yes
"Authorization Code contains Coordinates <YES><OR><NO>?" = yes
//autosend//
Query.Accepted Assigned:relay43426 PROCESSING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . //interpreterbugloading// "Authorization code <DELETED> available on the <INTERNET> <CIRCA01102010> <YES><OR><NO>?" = yes

Quote:

irisSPLATsunshinemine15.com
to me

show details 6:08 PM (4 minutes ago)

**AUTHORIZATION.FAILED**

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Authorization.Required
From: <thealexster>
Date: fatal//error
To: irisSPLATsunshinemine15.com

Manual.Continuation.Required=
true

AUTHORIZATION: > 88829922081413 <

However, I'm wondering if the text: "Threshold.Trigger.Activated" means im just out of tries...someone want to try the last one again for me?

EDIT: Not sure what to make of the response to the second email just yet...I don't how the code could include all of those elements.

EDIT 2:

Quote:

irisSPLATsunshinemine15.com
to me

show details 6:21 PM (1 minute ago)

Query.Accepted
Assigned:relay135
PROCESSING. . . .

EXERPT: IRis CenturionOS Operations Manual / Help Files
Reference.Error
Reference errors are most common when the question asked does not specifically relate to a defined data set. For example, if you were to Query your IRis by asking "Is it more blue than green?" - unless there is a particular data reference for the subject of the Query (in this example "it") you will receive a Reference.Error. In lowclass-speak one would say, "You confused the computer," or "You scrambled the poor girl."

//autosend//

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Authorization.Required
From: Alex Galle-From <thealexster>
Date: fatal//error
To: irisSPLATsunshinemine15.com

QUERY:

Reference.Error? Please Explain.

On fatal//error, <iris> wrote:

Query.Denied
//Reference.Error//

Ask a stupid question...

I got confused as to timeline because of how my gmail box was, and asked a stupid question, before I figured out what was going on.

HOWEVER, It is nice to know that we can access a sort of Help file on errors, if necessary.

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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:13 pm
Last edited by ASimulacraOfAlex on Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:24 pm; edited 2 times in total

fernandocarulli
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I gave it a try:

Quote:

AUTHORIZATION CODE: 88829922081413

Quote:

AUTHORIZATION CODE: 14138882992208

Answer:

Quote:

**AUTHORIZATION.FAILED*

*

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr .... Wink

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:18 pm

ASimulacraOfAlex
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Posts: 184
Location: Duluth, MN

Quote:

Partial.Query.Accepted
Assigned:relay99283
PROCESSING. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EXERPT: IRis CenturionOS Operations Manual / Help Files
Threshold.Trigger
Threshold triggers are commonly used as perimeter settings in your IRis security suite. As Queries or Code entries near the maximum number allowed, IRis will activate the Threshold.Trigger sequence which will do two things:
(1) Automatically alert the IRis Security Department on planet, and
(2) Begin locking down the system peripherals in anticipation of an attempted intrusion.

//autosend//

WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME??

Edit:

TifaSeras wrote:

Quote:

RE: Hey.Monday, January 11, 2010 6:36 PMFrom: "iris@sunshinemine15.com" <iris>View contact detailsTo: "Tiffany Serrano" <tiffanyhopeserrano>Query.Accepted
Assigned:relay9427
PROCESSING. . . . . . . . . .

<give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house";improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient";be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents";help oneself: abstain from doing; always used with a negative; "I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle";serve: help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself";aid: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework";contribute to the furtherance of; "This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries";avail: take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies";aid: a resource; "visual aids in teaching";improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture";avail: a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it";"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the album Help! and the film Help!. It was also released as a single, and was #1 for three weeks in both the USA and UK. "Help" is a song by Lloyd Banks, released as the second single from his album Rotten Apple. The song was released in November of 2006 and reached;The Help is a television series which aired on The WB in March and April of 2004. The show was a raunchy comedy that focused on the hard-lucked;Help! (1960-1965) was a magazine published by James Warren. It was Harvey Kurtzman's longest-running magazine project after leaving Mad and EC Publications, and during its five years of operation it was always chronically underfunded, yet innovative.>

yes tiffany i need help.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Hey.
From: Tiffany Serrano <tiffanyhopeserrano>
Date: fatal//error
To: Elizabeth

Are you still in need of help?

The date from IRis back to you is correct because that is the date your Gmail received it.

The email looks like a bunch of help related info/snippets from across the internet. Maybe ask her HOW you can help?

Also,

fernandocarulli wrote:

I asked Iris for the Operations Manual - Help File ... Smile No answer so far ...

Haha, good luck with that one.
TINAG, right? ;]

Edited to fix my stupid typos.

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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:48 pm
Last edited by ASimulacraOfAlex on Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:08 pm; edited 4 times in total

fernandocarulli
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I asked Iris for the Operations Manual - Help File ... Smile

No answer so far ...

P.S. RTFM!!! Wink

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:55 pm

jessie1326
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ASimulacraOfAlex wrote:

fernandocarulli wrote:

some answers from a query:

Quote:

Code:

37� 22' 20.38"
-121� 54' 40.01

led to an address, as whitecross noted:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

1602 Crane Ct, San Jose, CA 95112, USA

Quote:

//ERROR//Entry.Format//ERROR//

Great work anyway, even if the authorization code didn't pan out! Hopefully this will be helpful later (or sooner!).

As a side note, I asked IRis a day or two ago if we were looking for a phone number and she returned "false"...

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:14 pm

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