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Tha Duckman
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 		So, the Dr. is going to The Palm for dinner with Emma. Dunno if it's entirely relevant.

PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 8:51 pm
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PC Tex Ripley
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 		Just thinking about the Doctor's emptied out feeling, maybe it was due to his meeting with Mr Hand..?

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8.26.2010
I was listening to the song Sway by Michael Bublé last night, and a had a frisson of fear pass down my back. As if the song was somehow frightening to me!
The meeting with Mr. Hand was a strange affair. He offered me human test subjects to experiment on. "Where did you get them?" I asked. "Oh, they volunteered." Then he passed his hand in front of my face, and that's the last I saw of him. I must have fallen asleep because I had a real nightmare. It's funny I don't remember the nightmare. I guess that's what I get when I sleep in the middle of the afternoon. I more disposed to trust both Mr. Hand and Mr. Book now that I had a refreshing sleep, and it was refreshing in spite of the nightmare.


And I must admit I get the same feeling if I hear Michael Bublé...


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Emma wrote:
I would describe it as being wrung out, stretched too far

<3 Dark City. Hi revsleestaxx: the above quote sorta describes what your previous page post did to the thread. It needs a line break. Just for future reffy and cuz the Duckman's PDF d/l there might now be missed. Smile ROFL @ Tex and agree.

See why the PM changed the "ianus" reffy 'tho it does tie in to Janus, symbolizing beginnings, door-opening etc.Source Here
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Tha Duckman
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 		Aw, jeez..........

http://platoscave.wikispaces.com/file/detail/xmsn.mp3

Just uploaded. Two seconds of digital noise with sounds well and truly buried in the background. The problem with the noise is it's white noise, which if you don't know, is the audio equivalent of a rainbow made of every colour you can see. Trying to single out the sounds in the background is going to be near impossible. Checked the spectrum, there's definitely something there, but getting to it is a problem. A few hours and I might have something that isn't 98% digital white noise.

EDIT: Looked at the properties:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Title: Intercepted Transmission
Comments: Intercepted by Interpol
Artists: From
Album: The Strangers


PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:35 am
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 		Hey All Smile

Am a total newcomer to ARGs but have most definitely been sucked in, so hope I can help a little!

So I emailed both Dr. Schreber and Emma. My note to the doctor went as follows -
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Dear Dr. Schreber,

I hope this finds you well!

I have been reading your journal with much interest, the research that you're conducting is fascinating. I wonder, could you perhaps explain the connection between your research, and the allegory of Plato's Cave? Do you envisage this as an awakening of sorts? I would be very interested to hear your views.

I would be very wary of Mr. Hand and Mr. Book, I feel that they may be manipulating you more than you know. Don't they seem rather out of the ordinary figures to be so interested in what you're researching?

I look forward to hearing more from you, and to your recovery. I have had word from friends that you are feeling out of sorts.


I also sent this as an afterthought -
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Oh by the way Dr. Schreber, sorry but I forgot to ask, who is the little boy that you mentioned, playing around with your Wiki?


In response to the 'He's changed' email from Emma, I wrote this -

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Dear Emma,

I fear that Daniel is being manipulated by people (or things) that would take advantage of him. Do you have any more information on Mr. Book and Mr. Hand? They seem like a strange and sinister influence, and perhaps they need investigating.


As of yet, no response from Emma, but the Dr. replied with the standard wiki excerpt explaining the allegory of Plato's Cave, and this line -
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Plato's Cave is an allegory for the idea we all have limits to our perception of reality. Memories are not reality, but they're a shadow of reality (like the shadows the prisoners see).


He also said this in response to my question about the little boy -
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A vandal guest (75.136.233.166) wrote something silly in my wiki.



Not sure if it's something to follow up?

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 		... oh and weirdly, Dr. Schreber signed off as 'Colin' in his email...

Not sure if that's a slip up or not!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:14 am
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Tha Duckman
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 		http://drop.io/ltszsut

That's pretty much about as clean as I think I can get it. Sounds like birds chirping or something.

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 		Nice work, Duckman! How did you find it in the first place, anyway? It might be something we are not supposed to see yet. Also, the genre is blues. Very Happy

Kinkin, would you please reply to Dr. Schreber and ask him about why he signed off that way? Maybe he's experiencing the change of personality of some kind, as most characters regularly did in the movie. That would sure explain him feeling empty and Emma's letter. Moreover, the adaptation period for the new memory should be about 24 hours as stated somewhere.

If his personality is really being changed, we probably should get to know some more about this Mr. Colin.

EDIT: Just for the record: http://platoscave.wikispaces.com/page/diff/home?v1=158343893&v2=158368619

It seems to be a silly joke indeed.

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Tha Duckman
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 		On the Wikispaces, click on "Recent Changes" on the left. That's also where I got the .PDF, after he alerted me to it. Spent a while looking around, I'd never used Wikispaces before this. If you look, you can see that a file "ianusverum.pdf" was uploaded and then deleted by a user anony.mouse. I sent the user a message asking for the file for research, but no reply.

Also, as regards to genre being blues (Which cracked me up Laughing ), blues is the automatically assigned genre when mixing down a track in Audacity. I don't think it's entirely pertinent, just an interesting thing, I suppose.

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 		Daniel's FB comment leads to another IG wiki site: Interpol with the "xmsn.mp3" called a "radio signal from the visitors"

ETA:Navigating from the Recent Changes page there are 2 docs to view, the"dictum.pdf" we've seen and a "NYTArticle.doc".
Appears the visitors/strangers have been busy without leaving a trace so far.
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 		What about the text message? I guess they're referring to some of our fellow unfiction members.

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 		That's me, actually.

(Please don't troll my phone number. ;D )

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Tha Duckman
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 		What about that Craigslist post? Anyone able to find it?

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That's me, actually.

(Please don't troll my phone number. ;D )


HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Lucky I saw your post, I was about to call to see what happened.

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 		There you go: http://frederick.craigslist.org/sci/1923377192.html

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Tha Duckman wrote:
What about that Craigslist post? Anyone able to find it?

QAlchemist wrote:
That's me, actually.

(Please don't troll my phone number. ;D )


HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Lucky I saw your post, I was about to call to see what happened.


Hahaha. At least I probably would've known what it was about~

I haven't gotten a text yet, will report when I do.

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