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OneEyedGod
Decorated
Joined: 23 Apr 2009 Posts: 238 Location: Germany
[Trailhead]Hydranet.co Forging a Better Future for a Better World Hey all,
I just found this link in a German ARG Forum and I thought some of you might be interested. I think it's something about brain modification through neural microchips:
http://www.hydranet.co/
At the moment there's only a sign up form and a Twitter account;
https://twitter.com/CEOHydranet
I hope it's not old news but the search function gave me nothing for hydranet.
Anyway I signed up but didn't receive anything, I`ll post it here when I get something.
Oh, the source code of the site had nothing in it.
I hope it will be fun.
Edit: Thread title changed (? removed).
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 11:55 am
Last edited by OneEyedGod on Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:54 am; edited 1 time in total
Russell
Unfictologist
Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 1571 Location: London
Well there is also a valid phone number on there which has an Edinburgh (UK) based dialling code:
Quote:
welcome to hydranet
this is an automated service
please leave a message with your email and one of our advisors will contact you
welcome to the future
There is also the opposing side:
http://w3ar3nobody.tumblr.com/
and
@W3Ar3Nobody on twitter
If i don't get anything on the email sign up then i will try via the phone.
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 2:31 pm
ACID_pixel
Guest
Definitely gonna give this a shot. Followed both Twitter accounts and signed up for the Hydranet. This is kinda interesting.
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 3:22 pm
Thunderwolf
Unfettered
Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 419 Location: The Sprawl
Signed up with the email form and left my email on the phone too. Let's see where it goes.
_________________"OK, now what you gotta do is go down the road past the old Johnson place. You're gonna find two roads, one parallel and one perpendicular. Now keep going until you come to a highway that bisects it at a 45-degree angle. Solve for x."
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 6:31 am
Russell
Unfictologist
Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 1571 Location: London
Another update on twitter from both sides with more argument back and forth so am guessing in "meta" that they are waiting a little longer for a larger player base.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:24 am
natas
PHP Ninja
Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 3177 Location: Northwest Indiana
So, they're holding a programmer's son hostage to get encryption keys in order to utilize a neural network program in ways the programmer never intended.
My kinda company! Count me in.
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:46 am
raydance
Boot
Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 12
tossed my email at the site, we'll see where this goes! hydranet has a swanky looking website
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:57 pm
bobdamnit
Boot
Joined: 06 Dec 2013 Posts: 66
I sent them an email and got accepted. Here is the email contents:
Dear applicant,
We are very grateful for your patience as we move the project into the next phase. I am very pleased to announce you have been accepted to the program! The next project phase will begin with an interview conducted at one of our compatibility centres. We will contact you shortly to arrange your interview. The technology will be fully explained at the interview and successful applicants will be invited to join the project at our main research facility in Edinburgh.
Everyone at Hydranet is excited to begin working with you.
Welcome to your future.
Steve Thomson
CEO Hydranet Worldwide
If you have any questions we can put your fears to rest.
Remember to follow us at:
https://twitter.com/CEOHydranet
https://www.facebook.com/HydranetWorldwide
I look forward to hearing back from them, as it sounds promising.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:38 pm
raydance
Boot
Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 12
Yup, I got the same email! Wonder what happens if we can't travel to said compatibility centres or Edinburgh.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:55 pm
blessedmercy1018
Veteran
Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 146
Just a happy little tidbit
Markus Telos Facebook Image
Who's name even has a little gem of meaning.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
A telos (from the Greek τέλος for "end", "purpose", or "goal") is an end or purpose, in a fairly constrained sense used by philosophers such as Aristotle. It is the root of the term "teleology," roughly the study of purposiveness, or the study of objects with a view to their aims, purposes, or intentions.
I figured out that his pic meant something as well... and it does. It is:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Apollo. And this is a little Greek mythology for you: The shape of Hydra resembles a twisting snake, and features as such in some Greek myths. One myth associates it with a water snake that a crow served Apollo in a cup when it was sent to fetch water; Apollo saw through the fraud, and angrily cast the crow, cup, and snake, into the sky. It is also associated with the monster Hydra, with its many heads, killed by Hercules, represented in another constellation.[13] According to legend, if one of the hydra's heads was cut off, two more would grow in its place. However, Hercules burned out the roots of the heads he severed to prevent them from growing again, and thus overcame the hydra.[
My humble offering for your enjoyment.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:41 pm
OneEyedGod
Decorated
Joined: 23 Apr 2009 Posts: 238 Location: Germany
raydance wrote:
Yup, I got the same email! Wonder what happens if we can't travel to said compatibility centres or Edinburgh.
Yes, my thoughts exactly.
If they pay the tickets I'd go there.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 2:26 am
SeriToolsDE
Boot
Joined: 28 Sep 2013 Posts: 12 Location: Wuppertal, NRW, Germany
Registered myself yesterday as well and got the "Application Process" E-Mail! Sounds really interesting.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:27 am
Russell
Unfictologist
Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 1571 Location: London
We now have an email address for Markus:
Quote:
You have no reason to believe me. If I was you. I wouldn't. They hurt my family. They are going to pay. Stay away from them. For your own good.
w3ar3nobody.tumblr.com
W3ar3nobodySPLAT gmail.com
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:54 pm
raydance
Boot
Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 12
I got an email from Markus Telos
Quote:
You have no reason to believe me. If I was you. I wouldn't. They hurt my family. They are going to pay. Stay away from them. For your own good.
w3ar3nobody.tumblr.com
I was a little bad and responded to him like i didn't believe him though. "how do i know you're not making this up?", in hopes he'll give me a little more details.
and there's a new post on http://w3ar3nobody.tumblr.com/ .
Quote:
Ok, I'm ready. I'm going in to get my Dad. He'd do it for me.
oh boy.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:57 pm
bobdamnit
Boot
Joined: 06 Dec 2013 Posts: 66
I too got the same email from Markus Telos. I wonder how he got my email address, as I never once emailed him.
Also, I asked hydranet if being in the USA was going to be a problem and got this as a response:
Code:
Dear Bob,
In the pursuit of science we spare no expense. it is also useful to have as wide a demographic as possible for our testing process.
Regards
Steve
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:04 pm
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