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amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


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yaur wrote:
There are a lot of technical things about the site that scream newbie.

Such as?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:42 am
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yaur
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Joined: 24 Sep 2011
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amandel wrote:
yaur wrote:
There are a lot of technical things about the site that scream newbie.

Such as?
leaving customerrors off and throwing a bunch of unrelated functions into a catchall "home" controller to name two easy ones.
There is another that's a significant security problem, so if you are associated with the site you can PM me and I'll explain it.

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Krash
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Joined: 04 Nov 2011
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yaur wrote:
Aesculapius wrote:
If this is really for the Matrix? Kinda feels like someone is ripping off the Matrix for a net solutions product... But keeping an eye out in case. =p
There are a lot of technical things about the site that scream newbie, so hopefully its someone ripping off the matrix for an ARG. I would say the language is too close to the matrix to be directly related to it.


There's a little boy and on his 14th birthday he gets a horse and everybody in the village says, "how wonderful. The boy got a horse" And the Zen master says, "we'll see." Two years later, the boy falls off the horse, breaks his leg, and everyone in the village says, "How terrible." And the Zen master says, "We'll see." Then, a war breaks out and all the young men have to go off and fight except the boy can't cause his legs all messed up and everybody in the village says, "How wonderful."

Now the Zen master says, "We'll see."

--Charlie Wilson's War

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amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


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 		Hi yaur. Were I associated with that site I'd be prohibited by the uF TOS from posting on this thread. Thanks for elaborating on what appear to be simple coding choices imo. Am still hoping ARG 'tho like spontaneousBoB have doubts now also. Sad Guess we'll see soon enough. fwiw: RCZN, 5273, YGN0 were those original entry codes mentioned in the trailhead post on page one (just in case).
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Krash
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Joined: 04 Nov 2011
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 		Hey guys, I'm really a noob. Is it normal to get spam in one's private messages?

I got this one today:

Quote:

Hello,

Permit me to inform you of my desire to go into business relationship with you, after going through your profile and I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to the nature of my proposal, which requires a reputable and trustworthy person. Someone who will be kind and sincere to me.

l am the only daughter of late Mr Joseph Robert. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan here, the economic capital of Ivory Coast; he was poisoned to death by his brothers on one of their business meeting. My mother died when I was a baby and my father took me so special because l am motherless.

Before the death of my father in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside, when I sat down to listen to him, he started crying, why? (1) He complained that I am too young to be managing my life with no one to take care of me,(2)That I have not finished my university education as he planned for me, he revealed to me that he has a sum of US$10.500.000.(TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) left in a security company here in Abidjan, that he used my name as the only daughter for his next of kin in deposit of the funds and also he agree with the security company that I must reach 25years old before they relelase the deposit to me but I am now 22 years old and need your help.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business brothers , that l should seek for a GOD fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where l will transfer this money and use it for proper investment purpose ,that I must finish my university education by the help of a business partner abroad, that he or she should help me obtain a resident permit in his or her country.

He also gave a standing instruction to the company that the deposit must be transferred outside this country. According to my father, the money was deposited as art works to avoid attracting attention to the deposit. I am now ready to do all these since my father my bread winner is no more. l am honorable seeking your assistance in the following ways.

(1) To serve as my guardian in your country while I will depend on your expert advise since l am a girl of 22 years.
(2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country in order to further my university education and to secure a residential permit for me in your country.
Moreover , l am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your assistance in the transfer of this deposit to your country. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as l believed that this project would be concluded within seven days you signify interest to assist me by contacting the security company.

Hoping to hearing from you soon. May God bless you as you extend your helping hand to the needy. Please reply me through my private e-mail address for more details (judyrobert33(@)

Y.............. YELLOW
A........... .. APPLE
H.............. HOUSE
O............. ORANGE
O..............ORANGE
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C............ COLOR
O............. ORANGE
M............. MANGO


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amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


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Location: Nederland

 		Laughing Krash. Check the "Uhm...weirdness?" thread in News & Rumors. SpaceBass may already be able to help you with that weird one.
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seekeroftruth
Boot

Joined: 04 Nov 2011
Posts: 19

 		lol yeah krash i got it too xD, so awful to get spam in a forum's PMs but what can ya do?

PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:45 pm
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Krash
Greenhorn

Joined: 04 Nov 2011
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 		Can't find using the search funtions.

It's clearly spam. Can't figure out how to block the user, will just ignore.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:46 pm
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seekeroftruth
Boot

Joined: 04 Nov 2011
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 		yeah unless theres some code to the whole yellow apple bla bla thing but i doubt it

PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:48 pm
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Krash
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Joined: 04 Nov 2011
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 		Nah, person is just unfamiliar with phonetic alphabet

Yankee
Alpha
Hotel
Oscar
Oscar
.
Charlie
Oscar
Mike

[EDIT]
Anyway, can't get whois information on "thereisnoturningback.com"

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Tharol
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 02 Oct 2011
Posts: 4805
Location: Muncie, Indiana

 		Read like do people think is like spam not game.

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weakandwounded
Veteran


Joined: 26 Sep 2011
Posts: 82

 		I'm in.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:29 pm
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yaur
Greenhorn

Joined: 24 Sep 2011
Posts: 6
amandel wrote:
Hi yaur. Were I associated with that site I'd be prohibited by the uF TOS from posting on this thread. Thanks for elaborating on what appear to be simple coding choices imo. Am still hoping ARG 'tho like spontaneousBoB have doubts now also. Sad Guess we'll see soon enough. fwiw: RCZN, 5273, YGN0 were those original entry codes mentioned in the trailhead post on page one (just in case).
So as it turns out you are exactly right, its for a tech company doing some sort of product launch. I'm not sure if I should spoil their marketing or just let it run its course though.

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andrekka
Decorated


Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 190
Location: Sao Paulo - Brazil

 		and I'm in as well. let's see where it goes :)

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bushido_blue
Greenhorn

Joined: 28 Oct 2011
Posts: 5
Location: East Bay, CA

 		New to ARGs, but love the Matrix.
I'm in as well :]

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