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[AdamEmerson]

[godimanerd<3]

so guys I was messing around with the source code some and clicked on a link within it and it actually gave me this:

<!--

//Hi Guys, yeah of course you can solve it this way... just as fun... but there'll be some that are a bit harder for you later ;)

//Copyright StumbledUpon 2008
//feel free to use this code in your own site but please
//give a link to www.mangolab.com as a credit
//script for rollover images

// getTime() - Number of milliseconds since 1/1/1970 @ 12:00 AM
// getSeconds() - Number of seconds (0-59)
// getMinutes() - Number of minutes (0-59)
// getHours() - Number of hours (0-23)
// getDay() - Day of the week(0-6). 0 = Sunday, ... , 6 = Saturday
// getDate() - Day of the month (0-31)
// getMonth() - Number of month (0-11)
// getFullYear() -

var ID=window.setTimeout( "update();", 1 );
var ArrTumblers = new Array(5);
var TumbleElementsPrefix = 'tumbler';

function update() {
UpdateCombination();
ShowHelpWithAnagramsExtraA();
ID = window.setTimeout( "update();", 1000 );
}

function UpdateCombination(){
//SetCellText( 'Combination',GetSUCombination() );
SetArrTumblers();
SetTumblers();
}

function SetArrTumblers(){
var CurrentDate = new Date();

//in order Y M D H M S
ArrTumblers[0] = GetRightDigit( CurrentDate.getUTCSeconds() );
ArrTumblers[1] = GetRightDigit( CurrentDate.getUTCMinutes() );
ArrTumblers[2] = GetRightDigit( CurrentDate.getUTCHours() );
ArrTumblers[3] = GetRightDigit( CurrentDate.getUTCDate() );
ArrTumblers[4] = GetRightDigit( CurrentDate.getUTCMonth() + 1 );
ArrTumblers[5] = GetRightDigit( CurrentDate.getUTCFullYear() );

//var CurrentTime = document.getElementById( "current-time" );
//var UTCTime = document.getElementById( "utc-time" );

//CurrentTime.innerHTML = CurrentDate.toLocaleString();
//UTCTime.innerHTML = CurrentDate.toUTCString();
}

function GetRightDigit(ANum){
ANum = ANum + '';
ANum = ANum.substring( (ANum.length - 1) );

return ANum;
}

function SetTumblers(){
var CntTumblers = ArrTumblers.length;

for ( var i = 0; i < CntTumblers; i++ ) {
SetCellText( TumbleElementsPrefix + i, ArrTumblers[i] );
}
}

function SetCellText( AObjName, AObjText ){
if ( AObjName != "" ){
if ( AObjText != "" ){
var Cell = document.getElementById( AObjName );
Cell.innerHTML = AObjText; //eval(""+ObjText+"");
}
}

//alert(ACell.innerHTML);
return true;
}

function ShowHelpWithAnagramsExtraA(){
if ( IsTumblersAligned() ){
var Anagram = document.getElementById( "anagram" );

Anagram.innerHTML = "Right time, wrong place. Half marks... try harder, solve the anagram, and get that A...";
}
}

function IsTumblersAligned(){
var CntTumblers = ArrTumblers.length;
var TumblerCompareValue = ArrTumblers[0]; // Current value for tubmler seconds.

for ( var i = 1; i < CntTumblers; i++ ) {
if ( ArrTumblers[i] != TumblerCompareValue ) {
return false;
}
}

return true;
}

function WriteTumblers(){
var CntTumblers = 6;
var Str = '';

for ( var i = 0; i < CntTumblers; i++ ) {
Str = Str + '<div id="tumbler' + i + '" name="tumbler' + i + '" class="' + TumbleElementsPrefix + '">1</div>';
}

document.write( Str );
}

function SetTo2( ANum ){
if ( ANum < 10 ) {
ANum = '0' + ANum;
}
else if ( ANum > 99 ) {
ANum = ANum + '';
ANum = ANum.substring( ( ANum.length - 2 ) );
}

return ANum;
}
//-->


I really think that this is the answer but I am just too focused right now and need some insight. please post your reply on her with any ideas

[AdamEmerson]

Good find. Too bad I don't know anything about coding. :/

[natas]

[Slippery Simon]

http://mangolab.com/a
maybe was once a part of their site?
plus it solves the extra "A"

[frobthebuilder]

hey, check the page source for the page with the tumbler, it has a strange comment in it...

[CricketBat.]

Look at the page description:
"A secret journey across the funniest, weirdest, most interesting and most useful websites on the net."

So this site WANTS us to go look at other sites. The answer cannot be found just by staring at a code, or using rational thought!

[tatherto]

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[M13A77]

Ok here is a few things I have noticed. Not sure if its anything or everything but here goes.
1. "The PI symbol" on the Mangolab website there is a tips and tricks link. When you click it, it takes you to a listing of different websites. One of the websites is called "The Packaging Institute" or "PI" Hmmm
2. On the same tips and tricks page there is a direct link to the "polybag" website. Odd since Mangolab is a software company. There seems to be a few links to plastics and bag websites here as well.
3. On the mangolab website homepage, halfway down on the right is a Mangolab logo. While it is loading it says "if you need help goto mangolab" also when you lay your cursor on the icon the text box reads "if… then… goto…- the only bit of code you need to know"
I don't know if this is anything at all but it is very curious. Why all the links to plastics and plastic bag websites??

[alj]

this is driving me crazy! has anybody figured it out yet?

[chunny]

Some things that I have worked out.

[ConspiracyHunter]

This is freaking insane.
It actually feels like conspiracy, haha.

Somehow I remember seeing this site ages ago. I don't know why. I was busy and forgot about it.

Every site on this network looks tremendously suspicious.
Yet they are so huge it's hard to believe it's an ARG or puzzle.

I can't find anything on the net about it.
If they were real companies, it'd be easy to find.
But even if they weren't.. It'd be easy to find people discussing about it, as well.
How come it went through years without being noticed?

It sucks not to know if 'the game' is still active, though.
We're either still missing something on the very first puzzle-- the anagram, or it cannot be solved, afterall (inactive, whatever).

I have even downloaded mangolab's products, but they won't work.
It's funny how they call extracting "un-BAG" on the installation, though (literally).

"Right time, wrong place. Half marks... try harder, solve the anagram, and get that A..."
If this unused anagram tip is even valid (IS IT? this lack of information on the state of the game sucks), we gotta either find an anagram that actually uses the A, or we must go to mangolab.com and use the A somehow.


I'm getting paranoic, this whole thing is too odd.
I've never found anything this big yet so obscure from the internet. (and I've been through some really dark chinese websites, haha).

Still, the worst part is how old this thing is. Even the HTML is dated.
I'm thinking about trying to contact mangolab. But I'm not sure I should.
If it's still running, contacting them would be probably negative, as whoever is behind this is seriously meticulous.
If it's not.. Well.

They mention they will 'really listen' on the homepage, though. Does anybody know what the 'columbo' keyword could relate to? (they ask us to use the keyword on email subjects as a way to filter spam).



Oh god, I'm too curious now. I would just assume they are old webpages, just like old webpages used to be.
The one piece of text that keeps me going is "Hi Guys, yeah of course you can solve it this way... just as fun... but there'll be some that are a bit harder for you later ". I wonder what 'a bit' might be. We couldn't even solve the easier one.

[ModalRealism]

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[CarnageBlack]

I just figured I'd take a look at this. Could "diggin" refer to Digg, just an idea. I'll look it up when I get to my desktop.

[Scoticus]

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