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da5id · Veteran Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Posts: 80

ok, this is a frame-by-frame account of the video (well, almost frame by frame). i tried to be as correctas possible, maybe someone should double-check it.

the video is in 25 fps (frames per second), however 2 consecutive frames are always the same, indicating it was shot in 12 fps. also, the fade ins and outs are in 12fps.

00:00:00 black
00:00:05 usa today fade in
00:00:23 usa today full
00:01:11 usa today fade out
00:02:05 black
00:02:07 video
00:04:02 black
00:04:04 ny sun fade in
00:05:00 ny sun full
00:05:11 ny sun fade out
00:06:06 black
00:06:09 video
00:07:23 black
00:08:02 london times fade in
00:08:21 london times full
00:09:08 london times fade out
00:10:02 black
00:10:04 video
00:13:04 black
00:15:10 video
00:18:00 black
00:20:06 video
00:25:02 black
00:25:06 la times fade in
00:25:24 la times full
00:26:12 la times fade out
00:27:06 black
00:27:08 video
00:29.20 black
00:32:01 video
00:35:16 black
00:37:22 video
00:42:01 black
00:44:07 video
00:48:03 black
00:50:09 video
00:52:21 black
00:53:00 guardian fade in
00:53:17 guardian full
00:54:05 guardian fade out
00:55:00 black
00:55:02 video
00:57:04 (probably) fade out video
00:58:19 black
00:59:02 text fade in
00:59:09 text full
01:07:02 (probably) text fade out
01:08:19 black
01:10:18 end

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:45 am

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Black Cat · Boot Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 29 Location: UK

I tryed phoning the times newspaper, but withought knowing what it would be (article, ad etc), who it was written by, what it would be about (i mentioned Perplex City and i think she thought i was making it up) there was absolutely nothing she could tell me
Sad

BC

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:13 am

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kelsey_requiem · Veteran Joined: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 106 Location: .hu

well, i think i'll just write my shopping list here, shout if [you're sexy... Smile

] we already have these

1) one box of "lyrics" of the video, a / complete version /
2) a loaf of exact location
3) translation of appearing kana / kanji in video (canned if possible)
- and we still need -
4) the long number from postcard

what did i miss?

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:31 am

^BonoVox^ · Guest

Hey Firefox, you're right about the word blanked out Smile

It reminded me that the same word is omissed also in the letter Sente has on his website...
So basically we are not searching for The Cube... We are after The *something* Cube Wink

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:36 am

The topology of nothing · Greenhorn Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 9

Makes you wonder if there are any others...

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:42 am

^BonoVox^ · Guest

It could be...
But it could also be something like "the soul cube", "the sun cube" and so on. Knowing what cube we are talking about would spoil something in the future so the PMs are leaving it for us to discover.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:53 am

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MR GRIM · Kilroy Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 1

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**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:35 am

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**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:54 am

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da5id · Veteran Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Posts: 80

did some more work on the movie - cut it up and put together different pieces, like only the video sequences, only the black parts, etc. but so far nothing showed up...

i am pretty sure the voice says "curtain". Smile

(there was some debate about that)

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:55 am

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lsu_yi · Greenhorn Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 3 Location: uk

Is there any way of getting a copy of USA today where i am?

I've searched the website but found no links of any kind. unless i'm looking in the wrong place? *g*

Anyone else have this problem?

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:09 am

The topology of nothing · Greenhorn Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 9

Well there are links earlier in this thread...

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:10 am

lsu_yi · Greenhorn Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 3 Location: uk

Oops, sorry, had my eyes closed the first time!

have finally just trawled through everyone's posts and realised i'm trailing on the update... *g*

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:26 am

Gemini · Veteran Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 109 Location: Louisiana

What an awesome video to wake up to. It gives me a major Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri vibe, if any of you have played that. Classic strategy game.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:47 am

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I picked up USA Today on the way to school today and just got caught up with everyone else. I read the newspaper as thoroughly as I could (I'll read it a couple more times, to be sure), but it looks like the clue is in the online classifieds as well as the print, so it's not necessary ohave access to a hard copy. The only thing that caught my eye besides was the image of the three Saturns overlapping one another (the aurora article on 9D); it reminded me of a syzygy Smile

I, too, got the e-mail. At least this shows that the game is starting, we should be grateful for this much!

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