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[TRAILHEAD] Ridley Scott's Prometheus Viral...
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blackfeathers
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#weylandinvestors new page is up! #gameon

https://www.weylandindustries.com/

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zombiehammer
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blackfeathers wrote:
#weylandinvestors new page is up! #gameon

https://www.weylandindustries.com/


In the page source, it references two video files, presumably the faint animation of the spheres you can see in the background. There are two files, one mp4 and one ogg, but they are different.

I first assumed it was the same video, just in different formats for different systems, but the videos are actually different, the mp4 has some stutter and cuts out like a projector reel, and the ogg is smoother.

However I lack the knowhow to mess around with them and see if they mean anything.

Links are

https://www.weylandindustries.com/vid/spheres.mp4
https://www.weylandindustries.com/vid/spheres.ogg

PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:08 pm
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zombiehammer
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zombiehammer wrote:
blackfeathers wrote:
#weylandinvestors new page is up! #gameon

https://www.weylandindustries.com/


In the page source, it references two video files, presumably the faint animation of the spheres you can see in the background. There are two files, one mp4 and one ogg, but they are different.

I first assumed it was the same video, just in different formats for different systems, but the videos are actually different, the mp4 has some stutter and cuts out like a projector reel, and the ogg is smoother.

However I lack the knowhow to mess around with them and see if they mean anything.

Links are

https://www.weylandindustries.com/vid/spheres.mp4
https://www.weylandindustries.com/vid/spheres.ogg


Also, it doesn't actually seem to say this on the site, but it does in the page source, Weyland Industries are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic TED speech, which puts the date of the site, at least (and presumably the events of the movie) as 2073.

Plus, does anyone else think Guy Pierce looks a little old to be playing a 23 year old?

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On the About Us page noticed something twinkling in the lower-left stars That image can be saved as:https://www.weylandindustries.com/img/_.-.-..--.--..----.-.gif

My Morse w/o easy breaks is sketchy so Dunno
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zombiehammer
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amandel wrote:
On the About Us page noticed something twinkling in the lower-left stars That image can be saved as:https://www.weylandindustries.com/img/_.-.-..--.--..----.-.gif

My Morse w/o easy breaks is sketchy so Dunno


The star seems to be flashing in morse.....

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BitGamer
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zombiehammer wrote:
amandel wrote:
On the About Us page noticed something twinkling in the lower-left stars That image can be saved as:https://www.weylandindustries.com/img/_.-.-..--.--..----.-.gif

My Morse w/o easy breaks is sketchy so Dunno


The star seems to be flashing in morse.....


Deciphering now. I'll have an answer soon.

I think it is two words. The first:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
ENTITY


I'm stumped on the rest. Hopefully that'll help someone more fluent in Morse than myself.

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THX BitGamer. Have been deciphering since I saw it but am still not getting the breaks right. ((hurry, it's past my bedtime Laughing ))
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blackfeathers
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nice headway bitgamer.

i took apart the gif frame by frame to count more precisely how many black versus white there were without making an assumption whether the white(w) or black(b) colour were the dits or dahs. hopefuly this will help in deciphering in regards to the cadence. as a point of reference i also marked what frame number a few parts can be found for verification.

here they are:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
3 w, 4 b, 8 w, 1 b, 2 w, 3 b, 2 w, 8 b, 2 w, 2 b, 3 w, 5 b, 4 w, 1 b, 8 w, 2 b 56th frame, 3 w, 6 b, 8 w, 1 b, 2 w, 3 b, 2 w, 2 b, 3 w, 2 b, 3 w, 7 b, 2 w 100th frame, 6 b, 8 w, 1 b, 8 w, 1 b, 4 w, 1 b, 7 w, 7 b, 3 w, 2 b, 2 w, 1 b, 9 w, 6 b, 3 w, 1 b, 9 w, 2 b, 8 w, 1 b, 8 w, 6 b 200th frame, 2 w, 3 b, 2 w, 2 b, 3 w, 2 b, 2 w, 3 b, 2 w, 10 b


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ryanj64
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Twitter post

Hey guys, I'm pretty sure this isn't oog. The official twitter page for Prometheus posted this:


Hey #WeylandInvestors: visit http://www.WeylandCorporation.com and sign up as an investor to be notified about upcoming classified projects.


It links to a page with a single icon that takes you to an email.

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Melodyman
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Signed up Account created email received..
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Wondering if the bouncing stutters in the background have any significance..

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blackfeathers
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Re: Twitter post

ryanj64 wrote:
Hey guys, I'm pretty sure this isn't oog. The official twitter page for Prometheus posted this:


Hey #WeylandInvestors: visit http://www.WeylandCorporation.com and sign up as an investor to be notified about upcoming classified projects.


It links to a page with a single icon that takes you to an email.


i have a feeling the official twitter page made a mistake since it's skyrocket media owned. the new signup is a weylandindustries.com -complete with twitter/facebook/email registration process.

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MarshallTeller
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See, I was pondering the TED talk the other night when I decided to send the link over to Blackfeathers on twitter... Good to see it took root Wink

I will be following this one for sure...

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blackfeathers
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counting frame-by-frame it appears that the dits and dahs are literally inconsistent, where a number of frames which were dits are dahs in another set. looking at the relative number of black frames versus white is more of a trial and error, making the morse code feel more analogue or change in cadence along the way.

still unsolved but,

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

assuming the star flashing does say 'entity' and the gif is '_.-.-..--.--..----.-.gif'

&

entity is . -. - .. - -.--

that leaves us with:
_ . -. - .. - -.-- and the rest to decipher -> ..----.-.gif
figuring out where the breaks occur.


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the remaining could be
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2k - or entity2k

which sounds kind of futurey Razz
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I came to the same conclusion. Each character seems to be made of morphing lengths of dit and dahs. I couldn't even get 'entity' out of that.
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