Clue #64 - Rachel Blake Iceland Post 01
Rachel's made her latest post on her blog and is now in Iceland!
UdonPaul331, from her comments, posted that he is from Vigi Benoffski's home city where Vigi (the mathematician from yesterday's post) teaches at a local university and found a memo laying on one of his professor's desks, which he posted on his blog. The memo said Vigi would be speaking on Pattern Theory in Australia, and would be unavailable, but the dates he would be gone to Australia overlap with the day he died in the fire at the Vik Institute!
Also, she's posted her latest video! This time it's buried in the Gary Troup website. She convinced Armand Zander to meet with her! Either navigate yourself to find it, or click the links below to access it directly.
There were 2 choices for downloading the video at Garytroup.net, but they've been removed. However, thanks to "matt the pale" in our comments, you can watch it on YouTube!
In addition, some people have received messages from DSLerator (from the RoT site), directing them to the MySpace page of a Mandrake Wig. We aren't quite sure what to think of this yet, but be sure to check it out if you haven't already.
UdonPaul331, from her comments, posted that he is from Vigi Benoffski's home city where Vigi (the mathematician from yesterday's post) teaches at a local university and found a memo laying on one of his professor's desks, which he posted on his blog. The memo said Vigi would be speaking on Pattern Theory in Australia, and would be unavailable, but the dates he would be gone to Australia overlap with the day he died in the fire at the Vik Institute!
Also, she's posted her latest video! This time it's buried in the Gary Troup website. She convinced Armand Zander to meet with her! Either navigate yourself to find it, or click the links below to access it directly.
There were 2 choices for downloading the video at Garytroup.net, but they've been removed. However, thanks to "matt the pale" in our comments, you can watch it on YouTube!
In addition, some people have received messages from DSLerator (from the RoT site), directing them to the MySpace page of a Mandrake Wig. We aren't quite sure what to think of this yet, but be sure to check it out if you haven't already.
237 Comments:
Theory, but needs flushing out. As mentioned earlier (Sorry, don't remember who brought it up) the Savants at VIK are being used to calculate advanced mathematical formulas. It is commonly accepted that the human brain is the fastest computer on the planet. If VIK has found a way to "Harness" the mental computing capabilities on these unfortunates whose higher congnitive functions are not fully operable, perhaps they are developing the first "organic" computers?
5th!! Nice!!!
Like the theory Surge, using them to interpret the Valenceti equation perhaps?
If the "human computer" theory has any merit, then perhaps they are also working to develop an "organic computer network". If they succeed in this, it could be the first step towards the noosphere theorised by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. (sorry guys, I really want his philosophy on noosphere and omega point to come into play).... lucky me - meeting cancelled.
Just thought this was funny with some of the CIA/FBI references folks have made and RB's comment about not being a viking fan:
"Vigi Benoffski" anagrams to "VIKING FBI FOES"
Surge - Oh yeah, I spotted that anagram yesterday when checking a few. It did stand out, although seemed a bit too silly to be genuine.
free1978: from How Stuff Works:
Your brain is made up of about one trillion cells with 100 trillion connections between those cells. We might take a rough estimate and say it is handling 10 quadrillion instructions per second, but it really is hard to say.
In the 2004 TOP500 list, which ranks supercomputers by speed, the top three supercomputers are as follows:
1. IBM's BlueGene/L - 70.72 teraflops
2. NASA's Columbia - 51.87 teraflops
3. NEC's Earth Simulator - 35.86 teraflops
Seventy trillion operations per second is pretty fast...but it's still not as fast as your brain.
So, with these numbers, the human brain can still process approx. 1,500 times faster than IBM's BlueGene/L
man its hard to find an icelandic translator engine ... babel fish does not do icelandic ... help please someone with mroe time on their hands than me?
Wohoo! 20!
the memo is in Polish
Rough Translation of the Memo
from h on the RB Blog
"may 10th 2006
dear coworkers,
Im taking a quick vacation in the months from june to august to spend some impportant time with my family and also wygladzic? and introduce PATTERN THEOREM on "2006 new milenium Sympozjum? mathematicaly statistical in perth australia. In this time period i wont be reachable. Please occupy yourself with student and education as best as you can "
Posted by: DarkSidez on ITE
I am reposting this in this new comment section since I want confirmation that I am current after reading through all the comments yesterday:
just want to be clear that the two words from ROT that we know so far are "welcome" and "your" and we may get another two words today, or we may need two words (maybe those two?) to get another clue today
I think the idea of using the autistic savants is not tha they might be "faster" than computers, it's that they leave no records. If THF was trying to work on the Valenzetti Equation with computers it would leave a "paper trail", using people's minds to figure something out is definitely more secure for them.
You're up-to-date, noblelawyer.
free1978 - any type of processing eventually breaks down to "on or off". Wether it's language, visual, or artistic, the concept is all the same. Computational power is measured by the number of binary switches available for simultaneous processing. Whether or not the average human is capable of out-performing a computer is not the question, I know that the answer is "no". The point I want to make is that the human brain has more computing power than any computer in existence today.
I sure hope we do get something a little more concrete today as this latest one doesnt really say anything specific. Just more theorising.
On the brain vs computer thing. Computers are perfect for number crunching because they are very logical and have a simple procedure to follow. Brains are way too complex to follow the same logical pattern. However - I believe that autistics are (or can be different). They do have a lot more of a knack for thinking like computers allowing for complex things to be researched. I would say that the brain power of these autistic savants would far surpass that of any computers. And if networking was involved in some way then the power would go up considerably. (Reminds me of the Borg collective in Star Trek).
Anyway. The point to this is that I do believe the autistic savants are being used this way. Probably to try and figure out the valenzetti equation.
Just my 2 cents.
This video is loading so slowly. Anybody have it yet?
transcript anyone? no speakers at work!
Ach. And I have to go away for a coouple of hours. See you all later.
As soon as I get it downloaded, I'll put it on YouTube. Current estimate is about 40 minutes.
No hard feelings here, free1978, I just felt I wasn't being clear, so I tried to clarify. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Why is this taking sooooooooo long?!!!!
mtp - can you email it to me and I'll get it up on YouTube?
The memo, Dated May 10th, said he'd be in Perth, Australia between June and August. Check the Timeline.
Thanks, Matt.
Only @ 38%! 007: Please get youtube up! Thanks.
40%! Matt and 007: This is soooooooooo frustrating!
mindy, I was wondering the same thing...
Znader mentioned a Vulture and a star symbol...
Props to Matt!! With all the Valecetti stuff I just had to read the blog and sign the list!
This is a great game!!
So, the numbers from the Lost PC are numbers of the equation? And the hieroglyphs are also part of it...much to ponder!!
For those of us without speakers at work - can someone trascribe it and post it? We are waiting with eager anticapation!!!
Thanks, Matt. It's on the Timeline!
Thanks Matt, at the rate I was dnloading off troups site, Rachel will be married with kids before I finish LOL
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OMG: The symbols from the Timer are a part of the Valenzetti Equation!
I have a copy up as well on YouTube, and thanks again to Matt.
This probably ties in to the numbers being a part of the Equation, too. Quite a lot of us always thought the Valenzetti Equation would play a major role in what THF was doing. All roads are leading to it. Check out Matt's link to the Valenzetti blog. Good stuff.
Shameless plug there Matt!
I like it!!
OK, I got the small one (9meg) and have it here for a couple days
(Now I got to get the 26 meg one ugh!)
http://lostdude.com/lostwmv/WEEK2POSTmed.wmv
So do we have any possible definitions of the staff etc... in Egyptian Hieroglyphics? I remember looking into the symbols on the timer in the hatch way back and it suggesting "certain death" or something like that.
PS...looks like DJ Dan was correct again...he predicted the purpose of the Sevants weeks ago.
Is it possible that we've had these symbols in front of us all along and its no "vulture" but a "Swan"...And the symbols are actually the names of each of the Hatches?
Sorry guys, my YouTube copy is bad as well. I can't even get into YouTube right now to try to reload it...
Belly: Yeah thats right, it was the pothead...but at least we can take SOMETHING from those crazy sound clips.
Gary Troup's site musta crashed LOL
zerodark: Don't forget though that those hieroglyphs showed up IG on the Simon clue. The symbols were part of the VIK Computer sequencing test we had to go through to find out what DHARMA stands for.
RB updated her post again:
Yeah. I know.
I'm sure you're right there with me in wondering... What have I gotten myself into?
Does anyone else feel like we've just taken a sharp ninety-degree turn?
I don't know what I was expecting, but I guess I was anticipating the words "ship" or "map" or "island" - or geez, ALVAR HANSO - to factor into what's happened at the Vik Institute.
Definitely not an enclave of world-renowned mathematicians.
I've emailed Zander - he seemed pretty spooked at the restaurant, but maybe he'll come around and give us something more to go on.
In the meantime, hit me with your comments. If you have even a CLUE as to why Mittelwerk would have these mathematicians hiding in a mental hospital, running some arcane equation through the brains of a bunch of autistic savants, post about it. And while you're at it - take a stab at the hieroglyphics.
Any mathematicians out there that can make some sense of this? What would glyphs have to do with an equation?
Here's something about Egyptian Heiroglphics and Math: http://www.discoveringegypt.com/numbers.htm
on that memory game from the vik institute, there were only 5 symbols. there are supposed to be 6. 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 are 6 numbers.
How can we make the NUMBERS fit in with the glyphs?
Well, with respect to the hieroglyphs being used in an equation, if you take a look at pattern theory, one of it's fundamental tenets is that it is compositional (source: wikipedia). If you use glyphs to represent smaller building blocks of an equation or model, then you accomplish two things. 1) You compartmentalize information. You keep any one person from knowing all of the equation or simulation. 2) Your equation, model or theory is made up of building blocks which have long since been proven to be true. This can make proof of the overall equation, model, simulation or theory more simplistic.
Using this information, why did Mittlewerk choose hieroglyphs to represent the building blocks? Why not letters or greek letters or happy faces or any number of other symbols?
Wow. Just watched the RB vid. That one rocked. These are getting better. Just a pity that most of us had already guessed what was revealed.
Now off to catch up on the comments again.
maybe it's NUMBER, SYMBOL A, NUMBER, SYMBOL B, NUMBER, SYMBOL C, NUMBER, SYMBOL D, NUMBER SYMBOL E, NUMBER.
4-A-8-B-15-C-16-D-23-E-42
belly: well, one possibility is each "building block" is well suited to a particular hieroglyph's meaning in egyptian culture. 2 of the 5 represent health, 1 represents evil, 1 death, 1 "quail chick" (birth?) and speculaiton is that the 6th represents child. So don't all of these factors, or variables have connotations for predicting when population=0?
What if they do have the Valenzetti equation, but are altering the variables to try and determine what can prevent/postpone the end of the world? If they are using the symbols as variables, perhaps they are representing data that THF is trying to change with their programs. For instance, when Valenzetti first wrote the equation, the world was going to end in 2020 (hypothetically); however, due to social and scientific means, data has changed. These new variables are put into the equation and the Basement Gang over VIK is "recalculating" armageddon, or whatever you want to call it.
I think that those clues will be coming from the ROT guys not from RB...IMHO of course!!!
Roll Out!
aneilio - I like that thought. Let's take it a step further - what if they've been working on this for the past 30 years or so, and Hurley's mental hospital pal is one of the savants they "burned out", and they shipped him over to the other hospital.
oo7surge said...
What if they do have the Valenzetti equation, but are altering the variables to try and determine what can prevent/postpone the end of the world? If they are using the symbols as variables, perhaps they are representing data that THF is trying to change with their programs. For instance, when Valenzetti first wrote the equation, the world was going to end in 2020 (hypothetically); however, due to social and scientific means, data has changed. These new variables are put into the equation and the Basement Gang over VIK is "recalculating" armageddon, or whatever you want to call it.
Interesting, and this leads me to another what if....
What if they have the equation and they are trying to stop Armageddon (they genuinely believe they are doing all these evil things fro the greater good). In Control Theory, the notion of stability comes up. When a system is imprpoperly designed, a slight perturbance in input results in the output either going to zero or simply exploding. What if THF know this and are looking for the right set of parameters such that perturberances in input (i.e. increase in birth rate, spread of diseases) do not cause catastrophic instabilities in output (i.e. population explosion or extinction)? Just one more possibility
I'm no expert, but I don't think we can figure out the Valenzetti Equation based on the info we have now. More will probably be forthcoming. The question really is: How does the VE fit in with the rest of the story? Things like: Mittelwerk's island, the modified ship, the antennas, the shark, the Dharma Initiative and the hatches, the missing organs, where's Alvar Hanso
...etc. I think all roads lead to the Valenzetti Equation, and everything will eventually tie-in together down a long and interesting path.
oo7surge: pretty sure the navy would not put an autistic savant at a listening post.
oxillini - or massive magnetic pulse generation?
sorry about the post before last, i really need to proof read!
oo7surge: perhaps the electromagnetic pulse IS the catastrophic instability!
oxillini - one of the research group is putting together some information on Autistic Savants, and one of the things she found was that the condition can be "induced" later in life. If he was not born autistic, but became autistic, then he very well could have still served in the navy before his incident.
NightmareMommie may be able to add to this, she's been doing the research.
This is one of the most interesting comments sections I have read. Loads of good stuff.
So it seems that for the moment things have come together very nicely. I saw so many instances above where certain things had been linked together. And of course - all of a sudden the meaning of the valenzetti equation seems to be exploding around us.
Thank you all for posting. Ace read.
I like the fact that a lot of the hard work done before to try and undertand things has made this part of the game so more enjoyable.
P in her final hack before THF shut down asked for Zander to be entered in the password box. Was this suggesting that she knew Zander was a good guy and wanted for us to seek him out. He will be our next ally. Hmm.
Loving it.
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In R's blog it looks like this:
***Rachel: Well, there you have it. I knew there was more to this.
19.40 Anyway, Iceland.
This place is gorgeous. Can't help but wish I were here under different circumstances. Course, if Mittelwerk knew I was here because of him, bet he'd say the same thing.***
What does the 19.40 mean?
I thought so too after I hit send! LOL
One quick comment,
Has no one heard of the "Rain Man.' He is a real life, living breathing supercomputer. He is the guy that the movie was based on. He remembers everything ever read, heard, and seen. He is also very good at mathematical equations and has worked with an audience. Last year at a confrence for autism he calculated a math problem that was giving Nasa scientists a run for their money for almost ten years (something about the gravitational distress caused by a star system with three suns) in under a second, it did however take him 27 minutes to write it out. He started with the answer and worked backwards to the question so that they knew he had the answer faster than any computer could ever have hoped for.
Second the human autistic brain is far more superior to any computer simply because it does not comprehend false information, when an autistic savant learns something incorrectly, than learns it correctly they practically dissolve the wrong information from their minds. It no longer exists to them and they very rarely make mistakes. Computers are programmed by people who don't always have all the facts and therefor can always be wrong.
The human mind is faster and better then anything we have yet created and will be until they put a brain in a CPU.
And I too believe that Alvar hanso is in hideing with the equation that Mittlewerk wants so badly. He is a reluse "Living in seclusion" away from the foundation since he knows what kind of people are in charge there.
Save Joop
Find Alvar
and Join the fight.
See "I have an Idea" thread on the MB.
C-ya and Namaste.
Sorry for the double post, but that should have said " He is a Recluse."
And, do check out that thread since the song that Gatekepa wrote for Save Joop "Hold On Joop" is F'n great.
Join the fight.
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I mentioned earlier in the chat room that I thought the "Your" word that was given in AIM discussion wasn't an actual word to put into this ROT clue but another hint to a word. I still don't think the first word was Welcome either. Translating Wilkomen isn't much of a hint challenge. But the fact that it isn't in English perhaps is, which is why I thought the multi-cultural advertising campaign "Realize" may be the actual word. Now anyway, the Aim post on the ROT site has the word "OUR" in capital. This is interesting because when I went to the front page looking for where the hint "Your" could take me I noticed the "Tour" in the corner. I thought it may be there, and interestingly it took me to the video page, going to the website linked to that the first words that come up are about Tranformative movies. Which reminded me of the hints someone was mentioning earlier about "More then meets your eyes", which is of course a transformers reference. So that all seems to make sense. So, anyway, I think the first two words are not "Welcome Your" but "Realize Transform".
thrasher: that's 7:40 pm
dedjezter - nice to see you again, it has been some time since you have posted...like the ideas...we are certainly going down this path for now....
Peace & Namaste!!!
Yes my bad, 7:40, 9:40 would be 21:40...thanks for catchign that!
*catching...my brains are fried and seaping out of my ears!!!
Hey everyone! I am waiting a bit to see the video from RB...its just too slammed still and lagging.
In the mean time...Does anyone find it odd that RB video being in Troups stuff the day after we get the Troup video????????
BREAKING NEWS!! Maybe not, but good for her!
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Emilie de Ravin, who plays Claire Littleton on ABC's "Lost," has married actor Josh Janowicz.
Yes, found it lainie, thanks!
And thanks to matt too~!
Now just gotta wait for hubby to get back from store and watch it together! (popping the popcorn LOL JK)
hey guys - in Rachel's comments, she said that the Hanso goons broke into her hotel and stole her laptop, so she changed her blog address for security reasons - go to http://rachelblake0.blogspot.com/ , and there's a new video on RoT, but i haven't found it yet.
zuckuss16 said: Bayesian probability has also been used in Doomsday arguments (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_argument) This section discusses mathematical equations that attempt to predict a doomsday (although not nuclear related from what i can see). Bayesian stuff is integral to these arguments. Most interestingly, in the remarks section, it states that: "The step that converts N into an extinction time depends upon a finite human lifespan. If immortality becomes common, and the birth rate drops to zero, N will never be reached." Seemingly meaning that the extinction will not occur.
This is very interesting. It might relate to the Life Extension Project and missing organs and good ole Joop being 105. Maybe THF thinks if we are immortal Armagedon won't occur. Maybe that's why the Others are so interested in babies/children so much is because they can't have any.
Where is this new video?????? Gorramit!!!!
fenris, where did you see the link to the video page?
everyone else, for the RoT site, the clues we got were "first word in Cabaret", which is Wilkomen (translate that, I think it's Welcome) and then a bunch of numbers that spelled "your"
How do we see Mandrake Wig's blog?
Anyone else notice that you no longer get the fake ROT site when you first go there? Takes me right to the ROT guys blog, and I save it as a favorite...hmmm, it was there earlier today...why???
yeah i don't know if it is or not, but i figured i'd let people know about it just in case...plus there is a video link which Rachel always uses...
Question 4:
Is What is Video? "As in Video Killed the Radio Star the Video on MTV"
Question 2:
I thought ET was watching the quiet man? That's not sci-fi
#2 The Quiet Man
Mandrake says that questions 3 and 4 stumped him, well the answers are...NEXT VIDEO!!!
Where is it already!!!!
#2 is The Quite Man - Direct from IMDB.com
When E.T. watches John Ford's The Quiet Man (1952) on the family TV, composer John Williams quotes a few bars from the Victor Young score as John Wayne embraces Maureen O'Hara.
Trying to catch up on posts...Just a quick comment on people with autism...
dedjezter has it right when speaking about autistic savants and how their brains work- like computers. 007surge- autism does not develop late in life- don't know where that info came from. In order to be considered autistic, the DSM-IV criteria says that the symptoms are present by something like 5 years old. Some people don't actually get diagnosed until adulthood, but the symptoms and characteristics are always there in childhood if you know what to look for...doubtful that anyone who would be a considered an autistic savant would ever be able to serve in the military. I have a lot of knowledge on autism- I have 2 sons who are on the autistic spectrum- (although neither are savants).
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Matt, what does QFT mean
Question #1
It was the first R-rated motion picture.
A:????????????STUMPED
Question #2
Classic Sci-Fi movie E.T. the Extraterrestrial is watching in the film.
A: THE ISLAND EARTH
Question #3
To which Ralph replied, chicken necks.
A: NEXT
Question #4
Not a friend to the radio star.
A: VIDEO
Question #5
Kitty Carlisle starred on this game show.
A: TO TELL THE TRUTH
Zuckuss16 - I stand corrected you are correct and IMDB is not always right!
Now what was the first R rated movie?
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Does it all tie into something?
Thanks Zuckuss16!!
Where is the video?
The split the island earth next video to tell the truth... Is this worth my time? MTP, what do you think about this Mandrake site? Legit or not?
aneilio76-it is a characteristic of people with autism to repeat random information that they have heard over and over again (Rain Man did this in the movie). It's called echolalia. So I think that is why someone asked if Leonard could be a savant. However, if he were autistic, it would be very unlike someone with autism to come out and make those other comments regarding the numbers- almost too conversational for someone who was be a savant. I don't think Leonard was/is autistic.
I have caught up with what was posted when I first loaded this comments page, but obviously have lots more to go. But what I have read so far... wow. The thoughts coming from this board are fantastic! I hope I have time later to look into it all more :-D
Seriously, has anyone noticed that things normally heat up at about this time every other night or just about every weeknight? Seriously, right as I'm leaving work to go home to my no internet computer... this just kills me! Then I have to play catch-up all morning to read all the comments. Well, happy hunting, i'll read all the good stuff tomorrow I'm sure.
New post on the "new" Rachel blog. Tries to explain how she got a new laptop after THF stole hers and changed her password on the old blog so she couldn't post anymore! Is this legit?
tiltawhirlgirl - I can relate, I am an almost off limits player when I get home...I have high speed, but I also have a fiancee', so it is not real tough for me to choose!!
It takes me like 3 hours every morning to catch up!
I'm not on a computer with sound right now. Could you clarify please?
~Lainie
It was just a goofy tune from the '80s that sang about Jeopardy..
I liked your little story, about "my dad"......
same here thrasher! I am worthless at work for the first couple hours while reading all the comments. Oh, well, so it goes
Nope Maven!! C-ya all later!!
Peace & Namaste
dslerator just signed on...I'm pestering him already.
Please post AIM conversation asap. Thanks in advance!
Nevermind, he signed off after saying nothing.
See you there, crossfade!
so the RoT guys told us to go to richerdeeperbroader.com last time to look for clues...did that pan out?
oh...i'm just confused as to why they sent us to richerdeeperbroader.com to look for clues when people seem to have been finding them on myspace?
**cricket, cricket** where'd everyone go?
I was just thinking the same thing!
FYI - just got an email from Speaker saying that the "new blog" thing is a total hoax, and that rachel_blake's post was actually deleted on the comment board...just thought you'd all like to know...
Yeah, I just saw that on ITE. What a waste of time.
Is the Mandrake Wig thing real?
No new podcast!?!? This makes me sad!! With all the action, all the controversy, and with all the discussion, I would have hoped to have heard from the gang. But alas probably not today huh?!?
Didn't someone connect DSL to Mandrake?
experimentalfilm: As far as I know, that's been there and it's old news. Thanks for asking, though. Oceanicairlines.com is still down.
It just seem that all the hints are going to come directly from the ROT forum posters. (At least the first 2 did.) Having it come from myspace is a little weird to me. I don't know what to think. Can't rule anything out, yet.
OT:
Does anyone have the letters about Alvar's heart problems??????????? My hubby rxhector is in DIER need!!!
matt is right, I think maybe dslerator is mandrake wig, at the least, he DID say to keep eye on mandrake wig.
I dont remember where, but I DID see that confersation.
FORGET REQUEST FOR THE LETTERS...He found them!
sorry for the typos LOL guess I got fat fingers today.
what does ARG stand for: Alternate Reality Game
ExperimentalFilm said...
okay, and what does ARG stand for ?
oh, and is this:
"Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to keep these 5 from lining up, so that just in case the 6th one ever happens, we have these 5 stopped."
.. from the orientaiton video ?
That doesnt ring a bell to me....maybe from Mission Impossible? LOL
Alternate Reality Game=ARG
Well, couldn't Mandrake Wig still be one of the ROT posters? Supposedly, they did "invent" him when they set up the ROT cover site, right? Therefore, will the 5 Jeopardy questions come into play as the next hint (sure more than another word, though).
did you notice on Mandrake's profile the pic of an old friend? Dr. Wally Bole?
Well he posted today and it's a bout jeopardy and he lists 5 questions. He says 3 and 4 really stumped him. The answer to 3 is "next" and 4 is "video". I'm positive these are the next two words in the RoT clue...
"Welcome. Your next video..."
Posted by: Lauren
This was just on ITE. Makes sense to me: "Welcome. Your next video..."
I agree with dramateach. Mandrake Wig was "created" by the ROT forum people as part of the ROT cover site. He could be DSLerator.
hey kids, i emailed speaker about the validity of this whole mandrake wig thing...
here's his response:
"I'd keep an eye on it - I don't know if it'll be used for things like videos etc . . . but it could.
The RoT guys seem to be both helping Rachel AND creating their own mysteries - I'm not sure which this is.
Either way - they're a blast."
so, that makes me a little more confident in it. i trust Speaker.
belly, did you see what i said about Speaker's response? that was just for you :-D
it DOES kinda look like Dr. Drew, haha...
anyone ever wonder who these actors really are? like how weird would it be to walk down the street and just run into one of them...like Gary Troup, and be like "you're supposed to be dead!"
random, i know.
all i remember is that Dr. Bole looks like a fat version of steven spielberg.
all i know is that the dead Lost pilot and JJ go way back - he played Weiss on Alias, and he was on Felicity too ;-)
raechel. thats greg grunberg. he also had a cameo in MI3.
megs, dont get me started. today was a crazy busy day for me. i was only able to check the blogs once or twice today.
i wont. tomorrow, i hope i have more free time.
unless they run ads for THF, i dont see a reason to watch lost tonight. ive actually gotten into this "americas got talent" thing. its pretty good.
unfortunately megs, i havent seen superman yet. but i look forward to it. ill probably see it friday or saturday night.
but i did download the spiderman 3 trailer. that looks awesome!!! speaker referenced it in his blog.
Hi all - garthazoid is on IM. I sent a message and I will let you know if he responds.
good idea megs. we are already waaaaaaaay off topic. lets go to IM.
drama, i think it means you missed #1.
Where did I see that ROT or someone mentioned the simpsons??? ANYONE??
lena, I'm checking the ROT board again because I can't remember. But twice they talked about a password being in Korean, first Fiber then iobi
nup, couldn't find it. Brain not in the right gear I suspect
Drama - Try The Wild Bunch (169), that may have been it.
Also, if that still doesn't work, she was on Password long before To Tell The Truth...try that one.
Anybody find the first R rated movie yet?
At least Mandrake looks like Frankenstein!
Try it where?
Crossfade: Chatzy?
Yes. I see it was "Not Rated"
Dramateach: Did Mandrake tell you anything else lately?
A couple posts ago...
Rachel Blake added something late at night talking about how she couldn't sleep and talking about the meaning of "GidgetGirl's" name...She ended that post, originally, by saying "Live Long and Prosper."
However, now, that sentence has been removed and replaced with "signing off"!!!
Whats up with that? Did Star Trek sue them or something, or does this mean something????
Howard: Most of us thing it's just "next video", the two questions he was "stumped by". Therefore, we have Welcome. Your next video...
How about Blue Lagoon?
Takes place on an Island I think. Really weird Brooke Shields oldie...
Plot Summary: Richard and Em are children when shipwrecked and marooned alone on a lush tropical island.
CHECK IT OUT:
This was the first rated "R" movie in the United States.
BLUE LAGOON
Story about KIDS STRANDED ON AN ISLAND...thats your answer folks. Dig it.
I reckon Blue Lagoon is the next video password.
How about "The Wild Bunch" from 1969?
WHO HAS PODCAST FOR DJDAN 5/26...a link to one besides the sublymonal.com one...I NEED new link for it on the research blog!!!!
SOMEONE...ANYONE!!!!
Lagoon was the first AMERICAN R rated film as I said...question didn't specify that the film had to be an American Film, but for God's sake, its a movie about people stranded on an Island...seems a little to much of a coincidence to me.
Well, like you said, he got the wrong info!
Matt the pale is my new hero. Just had to say that again.
Thanks for that link, zuckuss16. "The Split" it is! Although, I don't know how this will come into play. I think we already got our two words today for the ROT hint sentence...Welcome. Your next video.
Lena: What's wrong with the 5/26 podcast?
Boy, this would really all be a whole lot of work, just to form a sentence...which we would probably have to figure out what that means in itself, before getting anything of value. Jeesh
Maven:
Its not running all the way through!! It only plays first few seconds. Unless it has something to do with my new browser. Could you go try it?
I wonder what video the ROT people are leading up to? I don't think it would be a Rachel video since hers come as things happen. This has to be a video that they know about in advance, right? Hope it's not another Verizon video!
Will do, Lena.
Lena: It seems fine to me. The link on the Timeline is to your blog (like all the other podcasts). The problem must be on your end. Sorry.
I know this is responding to an old post, but I've been out for a few hours and had to catch-up.
Scoutpost - In regards to the adult on-set of autism: You are correct. I was going off of memory earlier, and apparently got a couple of wires crossed. Autism does not "appear" in adults. What I apparently was thinking about was an article on Sevant-like numerosity skills revealed in normal people by magnetic impulses. This links to an abstract of an article regarding the simulation of the sevant condition by inhibiting the left anterior temporal lobe.
Sorry for any confusion.
... and "sevant" should be "savant".
OK that was weird...when i posted that, the video player would only play a few seconds of the podcast. I tried over and over. NOW...it played JUST FINE. weird.
Thanks to everyone who checked that out for me.
WOW! 007surge!! thats really really cool!!
Team Lena - This is really going to be someone elses find. I remembered it from the autistic savant discussion from the research team, but now I can't find who posted it. I think it was NighmareMommie, but now I'm not sure.
It was doing that for me for a while, but then it worked.
ROT is still working for me...
and yes Lexis...Blue Lagoon is pretty wacky.
Wanna see something cool that ITE had in the comments that someone posted early this morning?
http://stophanso.rachelblake.com/video/autistic/
In that is a hansoexposed.com
VERY NEAT! http://hansoexposed.com/ Do I smell a new website coming?? LOL
Are we getting ahead of ourselves?
Every young lady has a purse camera!
Or, at least they should!
Yes gregster, I think that could happen...specially now that kinetic showed them that it works LOL
Oh and BTW...I vote mandrake is in-game AND he likes redheads LOL
If we're voting - I vote that Mandrake Wig is in-game and is really DSLerator. Just a feeling, no facts other than the ROT people created him in the yellow lab cover site. Also, the Mandrake blog was on the ARG Monitor website as being updated today. Does that make it in-game?
It becomes even more amazing that so many IN GAME characters are somehow physically disabled or deformed...
AAAWWW shucks christian...you make a plump redhead blush!! ;)
I emailed mandrake about it, cuz it bugged me (which is stupid) that he moved me from FIRST to second on his friends list...after looking at who took my spot, I find out its a REDHEAD...and jwillow is a pinkhead, which is close enough.
He asked me why I thought that LOL
This is what he writes back to me LOL
"How did you come to this conclusion my dear Lena?"
HOW COY!!
To confirm what the clues spell out so far:
"Wilkomenn (welcome) your next video"?
Is that correct? Is there anything else?
Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper actually died in the same plane crash! And Bopper is the guy who sang Shantile Lace...
Good night all! Cant keep eyes open anymore...lets hope for neat new stuff in the morning!
team lena
I think it's safe to assume the first word is Welcome. Although obvious if we're talking some really long password chain it's worth remembering the German.
I've been a little thrown off because for some reason I thought it was more cryptic then it really was. I think mostly because I've wasted too much time scouring the pages of richerdeeperbroadband when in actual fact we've not even been required to glance at the page to see those words. I mean come on, how many web pages don't have "your" and "next" written somewhere, or even "Welcome". "Video" has got to be incredibly common too. Really that website link has only hindered my investigation and not aided it in the slightest. I was also a little thrown off by the second hint because I had heard that the ROT guys gave someone "Your" directly. I only later found out it was in code. So I spent ages wondering what "your" could mean, when it was just "your". Grrr.
Okay, sorry if it sounds ranty, I'm at work and that makes me edgey. Lol.
:)
Don't worry; it's normal.
Well, all whom play with fire eventually get burned.
But Speaker is a smart man. He'll be fine.
I just don't want people worrying about the pressure he has been under recently.
Well now, that was a fun interlude, wasn't it?
rss?
rss is for the lazy.
j/k
Still don't use them.
So, ITE just got some cosmetic work done. Wonderful.
The ultimate. I personally like it.
http://lowkeysoft.com/LostARG/monitor.php
: )
Hmm... to quote pink floyd "IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?"
its
azrael-
it could be a mycardial infection, this is different from a myocardial infarction. also, why couldn't a doctor of any nationality live and work in italy or any other country for that matter?
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