Clue #137 - DJ Dan Update & thehansofoundation.org Update
Everyone take note that DJ Dan's next live broadcast has been changed from the morning of the 23rd to the morning of the 22nd. Head over to his podcast page for full details!Thanks to Tresbien, FastenYourSeatbelts, Ryandrumz, and WickedM for emailing us about this important change.
TheHansoFoundation.org Update
Dixee noticed on the ARG Monitor that the Hanso Foundation website was updated today. Go to that site and move your mouse to the area just under the link to Mittlewerk's video and you'll see your cursor change. Click and press Control-A to select all the text. You will see "Pdeo eo jkp ukqn bwqhp. Wo ukq kjya odkqpaz wp pda pkl kb ukqn hqjco, sa'ra whh ckp 'xhkkz kj kqn dwjzo.' E fqop dkla iu bneajz eo naopejc awou."
Copy and paste it into this translator. Set the "Length of codewords to try" to 2 and click on "Analyze ciphertext". The resulting text will be "This is not your fault. As you once shouted at the top of your lungs, we've all got 'blood on our hands.' I just hope my friend is resting easy. Where are you? I'll need you to meet me in Norway." It appears we have a reply to Rachel from Malik.
Thanks to Dixee, Twinkle, James, Chas, and Dennis for emailing us about this latest message.
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Repost from previous comments...
ampfofu said...
I wonder how many people got an apollo bar, and just ate it thinking it was nothing
Well...long story short...I know someone that is not playing the game, and got a Golden Orcale at the giveaway. They put the bar in the freezer, THEN asked me what the deal with the bars are, and what they "win".
I explained everything to them. They realized that the bar was valuable, so they were going to put it on eBay, but OOOPS, they "accidentally" rubbed off the code.
If it wasn't so sad I would laugh.
No prob dixxee, WOW Belly, kinda of late. Hope your joking...LOL
Belly, if you were trying to cheat, then it serves you right...HAHAHA
Dennis - that is very sad!! We all would have liked to have gotten a G.O. Very sad indeed....
ADMINS, COOL PIC ON FRONT PAGE...I like how you guys put that together whoever did it...
ryan: Right on, brotha!
****Season 3 spoiler***
I think actually one of the things I'm looking forward to most about season 3 is more Desmond! Stupid, I know, with all the mysteries to solve. Guess I'm a sucker for tragic romatic figures. But he probably won't be around until after the first 6 episodes and the hiatus!
***
A lot of people are upset about the change.. but it did not help or hurt me.. Friday my hubby is having surgery scheduled about the timeframe of the podcast. Saturday is our 16th anniversary... either way I will have to listen to it at a later date... You can still email your questions..
:'(<----this is me crying because I'm going to miss DJ Dan...just saying.
This is a terrible disaster.
Because one whinging guy couldn't listen to it live on the origional day, now loads of us have to miss it due to being at work.
How is that fair?
Well no way I'm calling a sicky and I hope this fails because of that.
Caving in to pressure. Unless Javi really is Jewish. Anyone know?
Even then I'm still angry as hell. I mean how many of us are at work at that time on a friday? It's 4pm to me. I will be working till 6pm.
I find Dennis' theories from the previous thread very interesting. Not crazy at all.
Valenzetti was a mathematical genius but never published. Perhaps he did fool the world. With him dead, the equation unpublished and thus not peer-reviewed, the UN Security Council may have buried it because it would have caused widespread panic. Hanso however decided to "pay attention" as he says, and poured his fortunes into bettering humanity and saving the world. Something went seriously wrong though - the incident; the missing scientists; Hanso himself missing; TWM at the helm probably making very wrong decisions...
Neither Hanso nor TWM are mathematicians or even scientists. They cannot prove the equation wrong and may be doing all they are doing in the blind faith that Enzo was right.
It'd be something else if AH was on Kimmel on Wednesday and explained the whole thing! If it happens I hope someone will put i on youtube for all us non-US folks.
Fenris, I'm with you man. This really sux for me. Now I need to listen during work as well, and it's hard when your boss is around 24/7.
We should find the names of those whiners in the other comments sections and say thanks to them....I respect the religious holidays and all, but to go and riun this thing for whole load of other people just isn't fair.
DJ Dan didn't hardly get to the e-mails in his last podcast. He was "interrupted" by THF. This time he doesn't even ask for them. :-(
ampfofu - lots of people are putting Apollo on Ebay
It is very sad, people out to make a buck... and others are buying.. that is the saddest part!
apollo bars started selling within hours of the first uk giveaway. i think the first one went for about 50 pounds.
Fenris said...
How is that fair?
TLE took off a Monday because it was a UK *bank* holiday. How could they not take off Rosh Hoshana (sp?). How would we feel if the did something important on Christmas or Easter?
Yeah it's unfortunate timing for all involved. I bet TPTB aren't too happy either because it will decrease listeners. But really, taking the broadcast off Rosh Hoshanah was the right thing to do.
That would have been the coolest Christmas/Easter ever....J/K
I wish I has a couple of hundred bars to "flood" the eBay market with $1.00 "buy it now with free shipping" bars, so people wouldn't take advantage of the fans that don't live near a giveaway.
Well, then I'll put in a request that a two hour long special detailing the exact layout of the DHARMA island as well as explaning the smoke monster and the Others come out on Super Bowl Sunday at 6 pm. ;-)
twinkle: fine by me, i have two tivo's!
DJ Dan is also a real life techno DJ that has nothing to do with this ARG...Sorry indigo
Here is his link: http://www.djdan.com/
He is the one going to SF...
ox: too funny! We're waiting because Tivo requires a subscription service. We'd like to turn our receiver into an entire media center with the ability to capture digital TV without an additional subscription. (Yeah, like that's gonna happen for another 10 years!)
sunloc: DJ Dan's lat podcast was 8/11. That was the last live one.
indigo: I wonder if that's our DJ Dan or the real DJ?
Twinkle,
What's the status on the Apollo bars trading? How many people still need bars?
Thanks for clearing that up, Ryan.
twinkle: that can be done now, if you have attained a high enough level of geekosity. people are basically building media center computers themselves. i can't wait for the tivo series 3's to come out! lost recorded in hd! at the very least it had better be out by da supa bowl! gotta see my bears pound on some afc schlep in high def!
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Dennis said:
What's the status on the Apollo bars trading? How many people still need bars?
MissMegs has that information. We're planning on doing some serial passing too (not to be confused with mailing Captain Crunch) so more than one person will recieve the same bar.
Based on my slightly informed information, she got over 350 requests for bars and we maybe have been offered 75?
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ox: I know, but we've got teh HD revolution coming and we're saving up for the right hd big screen so we'll wait to do all of it at once probably.
Da Bears! Question is: When will they do a new Shuffle?
Belly.. just sent you an email - there is an update on the THF.org site... new code to decifer....
ampfofu: what? If you are trying to be funny, you picked a sore subject.
dixxee: Where?
dixee,
I'm lurking...just checked...THF.org. Didn't see what you're talking about.
?
I found this on the monitor:
http://www.thehansofoundation.org/hanso.swf
do a show all, at the bottom you will see this:
Pdeo eo jkp ukqn bwqhp. Wo ukq kjya odkqpaz wp pda pkl kb ukqn hqjco,
sa'ra whh ckp "xhkkz kj kqn dwjzo." E fqop dkla iu bneajz eo naopejc awou.
I thought my fan was going buggy, but it turns out THF.org is hissing at me!
I sent the mail to the email - it came from my work email address...
benito, nope. some of the direct tv/tivo boxes can, but then you're locked into direct tv. and i prefer the tivo interface to the charter cable one (my other option here) i know some other cable companies also allow hd recording, but i think they're all using basically the same boxes.
email = gmail... sorry, a little excited to have found something...
Dixxee: Good catch! Hmmm....It doesn't show that for me.
Thanks, dennis, for the link. Actually, I really like your theory. Gotta go.
dixee,
I now see what you're talking about. Are we 100% that is new. I'm trying to remember if we've seen that before. It looks like you've made a great find! I suck at translating. Any ideas?
Admin - I am looking at it but will probably not be the best for translating.. just glad to have found something..
pretty sure this is new, was checking the site monitor out of boredom -
Site Updated
Hanso Foundation hanso.swf 09-12-2006 10:53
head hurts.. not good at cracking codes... usually leave that to the code crackers.....
rmofr - that makes sense for a translation...sounds like Malik is messaging back to Rachel. Way to go!
crap, i had it but too late again.
this is not your fault. as you once shouted at the top of your lungs,
we've all got "blood on our hands." i just hope my friend is resting easy.
where are you? i'll need you to meet me in norway.
--googled a cypher program
it's a rot-5 cypher. please let this arg get closer to act 1 again.
Man, you guys are so smart.
Congrats to PandN, Dixxee, Rmofr...
Well, just another message, guess that's all for today...LOL
it's addressed like the last ones from rb- to m- were. also, the sites are in a different genre, if you will and the cypher is different. i think something besides a rb to malik conversation is going on.
I think I am gonna faint! I can't believe I found something!!
So what...Is she going to that Narvik building in Norway? That's where Alvar is...Still staring out that darn window.
good job dixxee! and, not that i'm competitive or anything, but did tlec beat all the other forums to this one?
Belly - Yes! That was me. :)
Just went to ITE.com, and YES...TLEC was first to find.
RIGHT ON TLEC!!!
DANG IT! I go away for 20 minutes....
oxillini said...
good job dixxee! and, not that i'm competitive or anything, but did tlec beat all the other forums to this one?
There are other forums?
That is a good possibility OX... I have not checked the others out yet... still catching my breath.....LOL
I have another rant. Sorry guys. Just really annoyed by this. Twinkle, this is kinda in response to your comment, but please don't take me having a rant personally, I went off on a tangent and I am talking mostly to either myself or TPTB anyway.
RE: The previous one being moved - That was why they moved it? Sheesh. They really do plan this game around the idea that everyone plays it almost exclusively FROM WORK or that simply we are all unememployable bums. Lol, nice respect there guys. I would LOVE to have a live podcast on a bank holiday. But hey, maybe that's just me.
Actually I'd love a live podcast on Easter or Christmas day that'd be great. Sure I understand some people do have a problem, but what I don't get is they apparently have either decided this game is played by more Jews (with or without jobs) then it is non-jews with jobs. Either that or they just consider a Jew in more important then a non-jew that has a job. Whatever the case I find it disrespectful to myself and not very fair.
I also don't think it could be justified by the way they made the same mistake before. Just because there is a precidence in injustice doesn't mean that it's right that they should repeat said injustice. Besides I'd say it is different this time, given the time of the podcasts before I don't see how the change really inconvenienced the majority of people. Wasn't it like 11pm in the US? See, I know the current change basically means many in the US will be at the start of their working day and the UK at the end of it. Correct me if I'm wrong though, was anyone majourly messed up by the change last time around?
Sadly, like I missed the UK glyph hunt because of it being on a week day while I was at work, I will also miss the podcast.
Anyway, I am fed up with it. To dangle a good time, weekend live podcast in front of me, when I would be up, awake, alert and relaxed and more able to come up with something interesting to phone in with (if indeed they put me on again anyway, I wouldn't mind either way but I certainly would try) and the SNATCH it away from me and put it at a time when I can't even listen live and will miss all the excitment....
Well, to be honest I think I may cancel ALL the remixes now on principle. I just don't care anymore. :(
I'm going for a sleep. Maybe I'll change my mind once I'm rested but right now I'm tired, angry and still have my hang over from this morning. Not a good state to get this kind of news.
First mention I found on Speaker's blog:
tlec have found something on the hanso site, go to http://www.thehansofoundation.org/hanso.swf and then show all to see a code at the bottom of the screen
Posted by: jason_nufc04 | September 12, 2006 at 11:26 AM
Ugh! I'm having internet issue or else blogger is being screwy. The first time I tried to upload the translation it didn't work. Good job, rmofr! You probably got it before me anyway.
I googled a cypher program. It's a basic substitution with the letters just shifted over 22 letters so an A becomes an O. It's quite startling to have gobbledygook suddenly become understandable with the click of a button!
WOOHOO!
Good Job DIXXEE and RMOFR!
dixxee! woohoo, that is really awesome. congrats on your find!
dixxee: good job. Maybe a stupid question, but what 'monitor' do you use to see any changes on the sites?
Thanks everyone.. man.. I think I need a drink...haha!
Site Monitor
Thanks dixxee.
Anytime ib4uc!!!!
dixxee: during this ARG, I used to think how do some of these people know to check the sites to see if there is anything new? Well, now I know.
Ugh! I keep getting page not found and so lose my posts! Oh well. Time for a break.
Good job everybody! Those of you who knew the technical stuff about the code, thanks. You're amazing! And good job Dixxee for finding it!
Hopefully this one will go through...
pandora - that is a quote persephone used in Act 1 of the ARG in one of her THF hacks.
Pandora - "blood on our hands" Racael yelld this at ComiCon to the Lost Panel...
Oh yeah.. there too.. thanks ryan
Jee, 5 minutes after I finally left my desk for a while. Well done dixee and rmofr!
So Malek is sure they killed poor de Zylva...
Bad, bad TWM goons.
Bet you that Vigenere algorhythm is gonna be used at some stage: The Java encryption/decryption program is called
Java Vigenere!
http://it.geocities.com/teutoburgo/java/javi/JaVi.html
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO now its on FRIDAY!!!! I HAVE SKOOL THAT DAY!!! crap.........
ah ha the javi code, very nice! it also works out to a caesar cypher with an "offset" of 5.
re: the message. i don't think we can assume this is necessarily fro rachel to malek as it is not addressed the way previous messages were. no rb- or m- at the beginning. also it was not posted on a site in the same "genre" (i.e. offical blogs for a country) i think that it is addressed to rachel but from whom? it would have to be a thf insider, right?
Let's hope that Rachel doesn't try to save money by purchasing a 14 day advance ticket to Oslo.
BadgerKyle said...
Alternative One - If you are there . . let me know what you will be wearing tonight and I'll say hi! I'm wearing my work clothes, so I'll be all slick in my purple dress shirt and slacks . . if you wear something noticeable I'll be able to say hi! Although, I won't be able to stay for any real amount of time, as I have to do a bunch of stuff tonight . . . write me back!
Black jeans and tan polo shirt...
See you there!
The Alternative One
uh oh, good find peaceandnamaste,
now me also know who Mel is ("Mel does it better") he he
dfizz: Dixxee found some hidden stuff and posted at 1:13
dfizz: yup, this was found on the splash page (at the bottom when you "select all")
Pdeo eo jkp ukqn bwqhp. Wo ukq kjya odkqpaz wp pda pkl kb ukqn hqjco,
sa'ra whh ckp "xhkkz kj kqn dwjzo." E fqop dkla iu bneajz eo naopejc awou.
that translates to:
This is not your fault. As you once shouted at the top of your lungs, we've all got "blood on our hands." I just hope my friend is resting easy.Where are you? I'll need you to meet me in Norway.
dfizz,
see above, new message from (presumably) Malek to (presumably) Rachel
awesome on the message. It's so nice to hear actual conversation from the ARG characters... "living" "breathing" characters.
Podcast changed to a Friday morning (for the US people)? Don't have class then so I guess that's cool...
i still think it's from someone to rachel. i don't think it's malik.
Yeah!!! Dixxee!!!!!!!!
I understand the excitement of finding something!!!!!!
peaceandnamaste, can you delete that last post, then?
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i think it has to be from someone pretty hack savvy. wouldn't thf be tougher to hack after they locked it down? beatnik from rot? mel0drama?
**without reading all the post** I just wanna quickly say....
Make sure everyone notes the TIME change on djdan as well...NOT just the date.
Was 8AM PST....NOW 7AM PST.
belly, it can be done by hand. i took the second word and figured it could only be so many words. turns out the second word is "is" the first thing i tried. from there just wrote down the offset alphabet on a piece of paper and away you go. got it about five minutes after it was posted on here. grrrr.
I think the post is from Malek. It seems to be a direct response to Rachel's "I'm sorry" and the poster also appears to talk about de Sylva as "my friend".
I started figuring it out from the E for I then went from there. I was halfway through it when someone figured the whole thing out.
BTW - K.Barrick - your friends at aap were speaking of you this morning. They miss you.
PeaceAndNamaste: this is the first chance today I have had to catch up on posts, and read replies. Just wanted to say "Thanks a Million" for your reply about the Lost redshirts in the previous thread. I am still reading , but your links have answered some of the unknowns, and I was impressed that I had Neil Frogurt correct :)
Poor DJDan, he'll be damned if he does and he'll be damned if he doesn't.
I don't mind DJ Dan changing the podcast from a religious holiday. But why pick a time and day when so many people are at work or school?
Since I have no speakers at work I won't be listening live. And DJ Dan is my favorite part of the game.
*sigh*
HI THIS IS DJ DAN I'LL BE BROADCASTING LIVE AT 6PM PACIFIC ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 21*
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*on short wave radio available within a 25 mile radius of Topeka, Kansas
Meh.
I think TPTB made the right decision to move the DJ Dan live podcast. I try to keep the game in persepctive. I'm not Jewish but I can appreciate the importance of a holy day. Friday morning is not convenient for me either. Neither was 2 am. Are they having issues getting the studio? Maybe that's why they aren't selecting reasonable times.
Hi Guys
Back for the second time today.
You know I am sure the reason for the change in the date of the podcast is something we havn't figured, a technical reason or maybe DJ Dan (ie Javi) suddenly remebered it was his wedding anniversary or something. I don't think TPTB intentionally put it on a Jewish Holiday, nor do I think they moved it because of the Holiday. It is quite possible they were not aware of the date. I consider myself pretty educated when it comes to other cultures but I was not aware of the relevence of the23rd.
Both Lost and TLE are global and the great thing is that we have a real mix of people and cultures, however because of that you can't stop that for a relious holiday. Think About it, get a Calander and start filling in all the major religious holidays - Chrisitan, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh, Buddist, Shinto all with different traditions within them. Then what about all the minor faiths Mormons, Zoastrians, Rastafarians, Pagans like me... TLE would play about one day a year.
Yes OK the odd date, maybe 9/11 is pretty sensitive for Americans of all cultures and creeds so something involving an aircrash may be inappropriate on that day, beyond that it is up to us all to make our own choices of what is important and what is not. I would thought on a scale of 1 to 100 a religious holiday may score pretty high and DJ Dan pretty low for most people but what is an important event for one person is just another day for another. Im not for example going to miss by Kids Birthday for anything, Lost or otherwise but I don't expect anyone to pander to me and change stuff to suit me, I have to chose my priorities.
I would hate to see this forum drop into a religious slagging match, to a lot of you your religion is pretty damn important I'm sure whilst I'm sure others of you are happily agnostic or athiest. Me I'm really into interfaith dialogue but this ain't the place. I get scared too when people start bringing up the Nazis in conversations like this. I have friends who survived Nazi concentration camps and others whose parents or grandparents served in the third reich. We have to move on guys and not blame people today for the errors of their forbearers.
ANYWAY - I'll stop ranting now, I just care a lot for this place and I'd like to see it stay the way it is Lost and light banter.
So to sum up the coded messages of the past few days....
Saturday: RB - Yes.
Sunday: M - Where's deZylva?
Monday: RB - Dead, Sorry.
Tuesday: M - Meet me in Norway.
And to sum up the coded messages for the upcoming days until DJ Dan(I took the liberty of decoding for you...)
Wednesday: RB - Cool.
Thursday: M - Ok, cool.
Friday: RB - Where should we meet?
Saturday: M - How about Oslo Starbucks?
Sunday: RB - Cool.
Monday: M - Cool.
Tuesday: RB - Should I wear my fake wig?
Wednesday: M - Cool.
Thursday: RB - LOL.
Friday: M - Call DJ Dan. He likes you.
Saturday: RB - Shut up. ROTFLMAO.
There's more, but I don't want to spoil it too much.
- here's hoping for less exposition and more plot! -
FYSB--Now that's funny
Thanks boulderlovincat. I realized how often I'd been hitting f5 for the past week and not really getting much payoff. I'm hoping TPTB will give us more than this slow parade of love notes. But in the meantime, why not make a little fun of it?
I was one of those lucky enough to hear DJ Dan Live last time--I loved the conspiracy feel of staying up til midnight to catch the podcast!
I am bummed that I will miss it, but like a lot of people did with the last podcast, I will come home and download it somewhere on the net and have a good smile over it.
And life will go on.
I think FYSB joke above is too funny to miss--go back up and read it if you haven't!
Thanks Boyo81 and adedmat you've both managed to say what I was trying to say but far more succinctly. It is only a game based on a TV show. It would be nice to hear DJ Dan live but in the big Scale of things - who cares.
I'm sure most of our friends and family think were all a bit sad anyway spending all our time discussing a game based on a TV show with folk on the internet (or is that just my wife that thinks that ;) )
Anyway It's my birthday in less than 2 hours so I'm not going to let anything get me down.
:) ;) :p :) ;) :p :) ;) :p :) ;) :p :) ;) :p
Happy Birthday Dark Angel--I celebrated mine on the 10th.
And did anyone notice that nuclear war has (so far) not started today?
do we have players in norway who can get to the oslo starbucks?
I guess we all don't have to move to Texas now!
(or am I the only one who remembers that video now?)
boulderlovincat: yup, we can (almost) cross off another day on our no nuclear war yet calendar. this month's pinup is awesome. condi rice talkin to kofi annan about iran. hot stuff!
Thanks Boulderlovincat
Yes I was very relieved to see that we survived the end of the world - I see they arrested some folk in Kenya over that.
So when's the next end of the world due, is that Dec 23rd 2012 or is there another one before then?
:P
you may laugh Oxillini but I have actually got a George W Bush Calender (well it's the Jumbled Jargon form George Calender) - no Condi on it but it does have Arnie and George though ( I guess there not friends now though)
belly: i like the deaf eyes comment. is that like a blind tongue?
dark angel: a couple years ago i had a desk calendar of bush's verbal missteps. some good stuff in there. i believe it was called "they misunderestimated me!"
boyo81 said...
where can you see lions? only in kenya, go to kenya they've got lions
Aaargh my eldest sonis obsessed with that.
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/kenya/
for the uninitiated
boyo81, not only is the Oslo Starbucks ridiculously expensive, you can only get lowfat reindeer milk in your lattes and you have to pay for your beverages in penguin pelts. it's a tough life near the artic circle. there are no fancy electric steam irons, just the old fashioned kind, so i hope rachel has taken advantage of the soloflex in the underground bunker.
well then I will not be particpating or listening to the podcast on the 22nd. have to work
btw, posted my comment about not being able to listen or participate in the podcast before I had read so many people's post that had their panties in a wad over the move. I am disapointed in the move, yes. I had planned on making pancakes and listening in while eating and wearing my P.J.'s while chatting on IRC and yahoo. It was going to be fun.
But I am not mad about it.
Don't forget the cruchy seal and herring topping!
(No offence to any Norwegian TLECers)
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there is ANOTHER forum .... gasp
seriously I really must get some sleep, it's past 11 here and I didn't get much sleep last night.
See you guys tomorrow
have fun
Namaste
DA
OOppsss...My bad...wrong "pedia"...I gotz to peddle faster...gonna kill that last post
Note to self: skip Oslo Starbucks on trip.....
dark angel, sleep well, and yes, there are other forums :)
but TLEC ranks up near the nearly perfect mark
(I haven't said it before, so I'll say it now,
Belly, David, and Administrators, THANK YOU for you contribution, long suffering, and endless hours...you know we love you guys!!)
I second that, thinbluemime.
And now I really must leave work and go home!
wv--hey, my word verification had javi in the middle!
Just got in and big congrats to Dixxee for finding the latest lovenote!
So we're on to Narvik, hey? RIP de Zylva.
I was out of town for the last DJ Dan live podcast. I'll actually be able to listen in live this time (sorry for those who can't). How does it work? Is there a number to call? Do you have to pre-submit your question? How long does the podcast last? And do we access it on DJ Dan's site? Sorry for the dumb questions...but I wasn't here for the last one!
Last time you went to radioharvest.com and streamed it live...If you wanted to call, they gave us a phone # in advance before the show. Don't know if they will do the same, but we'll have to wait till they update us. Last time I tried calling, but the lines were so busy.
Also, I guess he ran out of time or the TVM goons chased him out before he could get to the e-mails...
Wow it's pretty dead. Alright, it's been an interesting day. See ya guys tomorrow or later tonight...
Ok I think I missed something because I don't understand why we're talking about other forums, lions, and nuclear war...but I guess that's what happens when you're sick. I think Mittlewerk's virus has gotten to me...somebody send me an Apollo bar STAT!
Okay working on the assumption that the last rumour I heard is correct...That would mean the problem is Jamie (Rachel) is Jewish and TPTB of course just figured that being a young ambitious actress she'd be perfectly happy to ignore her own religious beliefs for the sake of the job. Fools.
If that is the case, I'm totally with her for refusing to work. This isn't her fault. Indeed if any of the people needed for the podcast are Jewish then that is a fair complaint and it's TPTB's fault for messing it up in the first place.
However it still doesn't explain why they have picked a time (indeed shifted it by one hour! Like what is that gonna do?) where most people in the UK will be either working or at college and most people in the US will either be asleep or getting ready for work/college and not able to get involved.
That means the live Podcast will be largely dependant on the Ozzie contingent staying up a little late (but not drastic by any means) to even get anyone there. Well that and of course the unemployed players. I often wonder, they way they've set this up if TPTB think all lost fans are unemployed (or unemployable). Just makes ya feel warm and fuzzy inside doesn't it.
There is no logic to the timing of this.
Still, I find I can't be angry at Javi, Jamie, "Tonya" and "Johnny". So I will no doubt listen to it all after the fact and just continue to be gutted about it.
But mark my words TPTB, I'm training my zombie hoard to track you down as I type....
Btw, Belly - ROFLMAO! :) Your right I did get a kick out of that!
Fenris: If you're still up, Lena's looking for you.
Good work Dixxee. I too like to hang out at the Site Monitor when I'm bored. sometimes it pays off!
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I understand our Jewish friends/players dimemma, and don't really think that it's the same as Christmas. Christmas-people can still go online, etc., unless the podcast came during midnight mass. I guess we could take our laptops to church though. :-) Not so on this Jewish holiday, according to an above post. The specific hour thought, I just don't get.
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Hey, my picture made it up on whereisalvar too! For some reason, it's not on the first page (cache issue?) but you can see it if you sort by "Texas". I guess crossdressing is offensive, but zombie violence is a-ok with Alvar. This one's for Fenris!
(nice picture badgerkyle!)
anyone been to the djdan site lately? there's an "ad" for sprite at the top that says tell lymon what you love. no matter what you type it shows up as "i love pyramids." any meaning to this? a clue perhaps?
Mick - it is an old clue. Once the add says "pyramids" the 'pyramid' at the bottom becomes a clickable link to the July 5th podcast, see clue 69
and I wouldn't call 1am convenient for Aussies either. But they really stuck between a rock and a hard place with this one.
its good to see the old hanso site is still doing well. i hope that legal investigation is completed soon.
yes, the Hanso lawyers seem to be the slowest lawyers in the world...no wonder Rachel felt no hurry getting the 70 bits of film up on the web....
: )
you'd think pete thompson would be their lawyer.
remember the good old days. we barely hear anything from ol' pete anymore.
Peter Thompson is on whereisalvar?.com. Look at page 7 of recent finds.
jpike001--it may be old news but I have not seen it--could you post the link? Thanks!
MY COMPUTER WENT INSANE...DANG YOU TPTB!
Lena! What went wrong now?
WV: uzlol: you sleep, LOL
codysmom:
This is what I think of Pete Thompson.
MY BLOG
Sorry, that was meant for sean not codysmom!
LOL. FYSB. Good one. :)
Belly - I expect someone would get irritated by them moving the time again if they did. You can't please all the people all the time after all. Personally I would be happy. If they are listening then that's 50% of the way there. So maybe some good will come out of it somewhere along the line.
TLECs great. I posted the same thing in ITE and the only reply I got was the Wolfe... lol, was obviously not helpful. I only go there for the exposure. *shrug*
Hi there,
Other Girl has a new post up - not.
Only a headline "Corking episode!"
That's it.
???
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One of those dot's is a mate from work here!!!
good morning everyone! looks like i haven't missed much since yesterday afternoon.
does anyone else think the latest love not might not be from malik or am i the only one on this?
GOOD MORNING TLEC!!!
I hate when they take this game to myspace. Can't get it from work...But I always have you guys...
I think TPTB are teaching us a lesson since we made fun of the glyph phase and now they are giving us mushy love letters...Sheesh.
oxillini: other than Malik, who could it be? I know Rachel said that Hugh and GidgetGirl died in a car crash -- could that be a front and the note is from GG?
i'm just waiting for rb to start putting emoticons in her love notes.
yay! for rachel :)
booo! to twm :<
ib4uc: perhaps twm or alvar "beardy" hanso. i just think this one is too different from the previous malik/rachel notes. it doesn't start of with rb- or m-. also it was on thf, while the other notes were on sites more "friendly" to rachel. and finally, the encryption was completely different. just saying something about this doesn't feel right to me. when we start to assume things are to/from people based upon the last couple clues, we lead ourselves down a path. now whether that path is correct or a plot twist in the making is yet to be seen. i think she's being set up for a trap in norway.
oxillini: I never thought it could be a trap! I was going along with the other assumptions that it was from Malik but you have some good points as to why it might not be.
thanks ib4uc. i have no definitive proof that it's not malik, but no one has any proof that it is from him either. just going with my gut on this one. twm has to be trying to "neutralize" her. thf.org would be the worst place to be posting tips on where two people hiding from twm can meet up.
Someone just sent this to us on myspace. Not a clue, but very cool.
Hi Guys,
busy day at work today. With reference to Where is Alvar, I wouldn't take much notice of the dots in relation to where people come from. If you click on the dot in Northern Siberia the only Apollo Bar from the Russian Federation is Noble Lawyers and she lives in New Orleans!
Ha Ha love it admin - I can just see Joop taking a lead role in lost - a bit like Clyde the Orangutang in that Clint Eastwood movie.
LOL David, Save Joop!!! That's some good photo-shop skills...
dark angel,
Off-subject...Are you in the UK? If so, do you know when they'll start airing Season 3? Do you think UK viewers will participate in thelostcommunity.com if I do a separate post for each of their airings?
Good morning, all! Welcome, ocki!
I read over the TLE Timeline yesterday and became nostalgic for the early days.
Malik said, "I'll need you to meet me in Norway." Does he have a plan? "Need" is different from "want." Which is different from "if you feel like it." He needs her. For what?
Hi David/Admin
Yes I am in the UK, The Second Series of Lost is still airing in the UK and we get the season finale in a few weeks, so I am not sure when we will get Season 3. I imagine about 6 months after the US and Canada as that was the case with Season 2.
However, a lot of Lost fans in the UK will torrent the show and so will watch it within a day or two of the US Air date (I'm currently doing that with Prison Break). There also seems to be quite a culture of DVDs of downloaded US TV shows being passed around in the office between friends etc.
I imagine the really keen UK fans will join in on the main thread as they will be upto date. I certainly will, a seperate UK thread is a good idea but I don't think the Season 3 air dates in the US will coincide with the US air dates.
I must admit I kind of like the way things work at the moment. In the Morning (for me) there is just us Europrean guys and then as the day moves on the Americans and Canadians come on line and later still the Aussies and Kiwis.
Sorry for the delay in repling - I had one of the company directors in my vicinity!
dark angel & protean1,
Thanks for the reply. I was kind of hoping international fans would try to keep up with US episodes so we could all stick together. :)
I think that's what will probably happen - Imagine having differnt threads for The UK, Ireland, Australia etc - nightmare!
I guess for those Non-US/Canadian fans who have not kept up with the US air dates there are national forums - like The Other Girls blog or the international areas in The Fusalage
About Malik's latest post being fake or a trap...
I just figured Malik had access to hacking THF.org since he is an employee of the foundation. I'm not sure why he would assume Rachel would be looking there though? It is interesting how quickly they responded to each other...apparently each one of them monitors Speaker's blog, Ninja's blog, and the Other Girl's blog on a daily basis. Why would he expect her to be monitoring THF.org? Maybe they just keep up with the ARG monitor? Maybe they just keep up with TLEC and know that we'll post about anything important! We know Rachel likes TLEC b/c she entrusted us with a glyph. I wonder if they'll offer a piece of conversation on our blog?
dark angel,
I thought it might be interesting to do UK & Australia posts separately for their air dates. I would love going back to re-discuss episodes with people who just watched them for the first time. A girl I work with has been catching up on Season 1 all summer on DVD and this week is just finishing up Season 2 DVDs in preparation for Season 3. It has been so fun having "watercooler" discussions after she watches each episode even though I haven't seen the episodes recently.
I guess we'll just have to play it by ear.
Is that a hint Admin?...hmmmm. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Morning everyone. Good news, I've recovered from the virus, so if it was TWM related he better go back to the Sri Lankan drawing board. hehe
Seriously- glad to be back. I agree it is odd that Malik posted on THF, but don't know what to think about whether it is a trap or not. Hopefully we'll get a response today.
Yeah I guess revisiting the episodes as they air in the UK and Australia would be fun - it would fill the gap between Season 3 and 4 nicely, I guess a lot depends in we get TLE part 2!
The bar I recieved gets around. That is why you will see posts by me of the bar I got in many different countries. STay tuned though for the picture which actually shows me on WIA, that one will be posted in New Orleans, Louisiana.
scoutpost-
I wish it was a hint but it isn't. Sorry if my earlier post sounded "hinty". :(
admin: your last post was hinty fresh, then?
Morning everyone!
Admin: Getting the whole family in at WIA, huh? Scoutpost: Glad to hear your over that virus. There's hope for the Sri Lankans!
It is strange that Malik's posted on THF, but stranger things have happened. He does most likely have access there, and Rachel -- like all of us -- checks out all the sites for any changes. I really think it's only Rachel and Malik communicating and setting up the meet in Narvik.
Thanks for that mokomk! Morse code anyone?
That is morse code... nice makomk
Does anyone have a morse code decoder?
Great, I thought we were done with HE.com....NOOOOOOO, now I have to load it up, takes forever...
good job makomk, maven and dixxee! don't have speakers at work so i'll have to sit this one out.
probably RB's reply to Malik.
Wish we had sound and speakers at work, I know a couple navy guys here could have helped with morse code. Will just have to rely on ya'll and the kindness of strangers (as usual).
Trying to find a morse code translator that I can figure out!
my hubby is ex navy.. sent it to him to see if he can help
Every translator wants you to type in the morse code!
Thanks, dixxee. Hope he can help us!
have to type int he dots and dashes
... --- ... is SOS
carp! I really wish I could hear here.
Well, I'm going to have to rely on someone who can translate this. Every morse code site wants you to type in the dots and dashes and then it will translate. I have no idea how to write down morse code! Hopefully, Dixxee's hubby can do it, or someone else with military training.
Man, my Internet Browser just crashed trying to download the morse,closing all my windows (even HE.com, which took FOREVER) ...I am just going to have to wait as well, sorry guys.
I just emailed Admin. re these new developments.
Wow, TLEC just gives up way to easy...LOL
Lurkers in the back, hopefully you guys can crack it.
not giving up...hubby can not even open the link at work... but still looking for a translator.
I'm half way done translating...
can someone email me the mp3, i think i've found a way to do it at work, but can't get he.com to load.
Yeah, dennis!
oxillini: what's your email?
please?
HE.com and link is not working...Keeps locking up on me, too much traffic.
GO DENNIS!!!!!!
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