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thesisyphusevent · Kilroy Joined: 24 Oct 2012 Posts: 1

TheSisyphusEvent

**Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:09 pm

leelzebub

Re: TheSisyphusEvent

**Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:22 pm

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this is interesting..

Hidden link:

**Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:28 pm

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Can't find anything after the face... I guess we wait?

Interesting....

**Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:25 pm

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This is probably going to come up, so might as well post it now. Here's the Sparknote for Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus: http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/sisyphus/
If you prefer something a little more succinct and entertaining, with as much philosophic value, here's the Philosophy Bro on it: http://www.philosophybro.com/2010/12/camus-myth-of-sisyphus-summary.html

Basically, Sisyphus was this dude that screwed with the laws of life and death, and as punishment, had to roll a boulder up a hill, only to see it roll back down, and roll it up again for eternity. Camus suggests that he realized it was pointless, stopped giving a fuck, and then was happy.

**Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:00 pm

Dr Cow · Boot Joined: 29 Jun 2012 Posts: 10

**Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 2:39 am

OhWhatProvidence

Looks like some sort of book cypher, but what book? The actual Sisyphus myth has a few different translations, doesn't it? I think whatever code that is at the top would be the book, right? Maybe the certain translation of the Sisyphus myth or something...

I'll work on it later, I'm off to bed, and I work all day tomorrow... :/ If no one's cracked it by then, I'll try. Could be a substitution or vingette (sp?) cypher of some sort.

EDIT: the random 5.5 makes me think it's not a book cypher, could it be...some sort of GPS? I dunno. Maybe half of a word or something. :p

**Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 2:59 am

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Dr Cow · Boot Joined: 29 Jun 2012 Posts: 10

first line of last page decodes as hex to "2009DialPressTradePprbkEd" or, "2009 Dial press Trade Paperback edition"

4 books published in 2009:
An Underachiever's Diary: A Novel
The Opposite of Love: A Novel
The Good Thief
The Expeditions

also, can someone good at HTML figure out why the code is so complicated for this site?

Just noticed: clicking on the second 1 on the homepage leads directly to the text.

ifryan · Boot Joined: 24 Nov 2010 Posts: 13

Looks like the PMs used Wix.com to build the site. That's why the code is so crazy. It's like a template.

**Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:21 am

Dr Cow · Boot Joined: 29 Jun 2012 Posts: 10

**Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:50 am

Nostromo · Decorated Joined: 16 Jan 2011 Posts: 209 Location: Germany

I found this post by an musician called Colby Miller.

http://colbybmiller.tumblr.com/post/32727580631/219-5-48-265-3-8-264-1-92-89-1-50

The Book there is "Slaughterhouse-Five (2009 Dial Press Trade Paperback Edition)"
and there are also similiar codes.

Does anybody have this book?

**Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 4:15 am

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Dr Cow · Boot Joined: 29 Jun 2012 Posts: 10

**Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 4:43 am

booba · Unfictologist Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 1433

Nostromo may be right.
This paperback lists 288 pages

http://books.google.com/books?id=FM4y7N1kM9AC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

90% of the code pages are in the omitted parts, but the few available here pages (105, 154, 4, and 134) are workable, as are the line counts (26 max)

4-22-6.5 works if you use the ing part of (working)

I can't find a direct connection to Slaughterhouse-Five other than the tumbler above. It was posted 10-2-12, but 219;5;48 .. 265;3;8 .. 264;1;92 .. 89;1;50
seems to be Page-paragraph-word.
Could very well not be the right book at all.

Edit to add code list:

MjAwOURpYWxQcmVzc1RyYWRlUHByYmtFZA==
>97-13-1
>227-10-8
>118-15-1
>105-8-7
>39-1-2
>193-6-5
>118-23-2
>116-19-11
>111-18-10
>78-15-8
>58-3-6
>154-10-2
>71-12-10
>168-12-3
>>74-18-5.5
>46-22-6
>164-15-5
>4-22-6.5
>226-12-5
>259-5-3
>140-9-5
>204-10-2
>227-13-1
>118-3-3
>134-16-1
>158-5-1
>184-1-6
>259-14-5
>97-24-9
>218-23-8
>74-22-4
>>61-19-5

>end

**Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:36 am

ModalRealism · Veteran Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Posts: 138

How many books have you seen with over 20 paragraphs per page?

**Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:43 am

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Stroma · Decorated Joined: 05 Jul 2012 Posts: 156

Slaughter House-Five is by Kurt Vonnegut, if that helps anything

**Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:12 pm