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| - | = [[Puzzles]] = | + | |
| - | * ''<font color="red">red</font> denotes unsolved puzzles, <font color="green">green</font> denotes solved'' | + | |
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| - | == Four punchcards == | + | |
| - | '''''Solved''' - but awaiting completion'' | + | |
| - | * It's believed the answer to the punchcards below will contain the locations of 4 other specially modified [[EniTech-Blog-20080118b|cameras]]. | + | |
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| - | [[Image:Dyson-punchcard1.jpg|128px]][[Image:Dyson-punchcard2.jpg|128px]][[Image:Dyson-punchcard3.jpg|128px]][[Image:Dyson-punchcard4.jpg|128px]] | + | |
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| - | ==='''Steps taken (spoilers below, if you want to solve yourself):'''=== | + | |
| - | # The holes in a single string format, with 1 being right-most column, are: | + | |
| - | #: Card 1) <font color="green">x32010x32000022002x32000222000</font> | + | |
| - | #: Card 2) <font color="green">002210320003200232000000000000</font> | + | |
| - | #: Card 3) <font color="green">xx0222x02120x46454x20202000000</font> | + | |
| - | #: Card 4) <font color="green">x02210564477x02210x02020000000</font> | + | |
| - | # Punchcards are 10 x 30 in size - appearing to be in 5 groups of 6 numbers | + | |
| - | # Each set of 6 is a guitar chord, resulting in: | + | |
| - | #: Card 1) <font color="green">-32010 C, -32000 C7, 022002 Emadd2, -32000 C7, 222000 Bm/F#</font> | + | |
| - | #: Card 2) <font color="green">002210 Am/E, 320003 G, 200232 D/F#, 000000 --, 000000 --</font> | + | |
| - | #: Card 3) <font color="green">--0222 DM7, -02120 AM7, -46454 C#m7, -20202 Bm7, 000000 --</font> | + | |
| - | #: Card 4) <font color="green">-02210 Am, 564477 B7/A, -02210 Am, -02020 AM7, 000000 --</font> | + | |
| - | # Enitech [[EniTech-Blog-20080121b|received a letter]] from "a member of the resistance" containing two encrypted messages | + | |
| - | #: Clue 1) <font color="green">wph psmawxtugj umbpvi vw qsnv lkm vsfzhge fy alj gczcaj bh m qsus ll uleieuw vvopj yh yp xoe ihzcijnbx uvscwmewaif momgkm rwmv dtiok trs fmt kbv qlpr kcmp xksir qigbs qyi oef pckzd nrqqr timv rbui xzf lvnv ssxf rmykb</font> | + | |
| - | #: Clue 2) <font color="green">mpg bmfospalvl hqjugr bk uligs hopx xn d wzcqep lsqxkigw eed tukcwkc lasys uk xqstl hbt jaadh srbmgd vrc yffe ab ofk aqpa jcw zys lrvqfrohtl dmgdocr</font> | + | |
| - | # Presuming they're vigenere ciphers - working backwords, hoping the first word of the decrypted text was "THE", the two phrases returned keys of | + | |
| - | #: Clue 1) DID | + | |
| - | #: Clue 2) TIC | + | |
| - | # From there, possible words were tested until matches were made, and eventually keys were determined, noting the common similarity of ''Pink Floyd'' lyrics. | + | |
| - | #:# <font color="green">Did you see the frightened ones<br>Did you hear the falling bombs<br>Did you ever wonder<br>Why we had to run for shelter<br>When the promise of a brave new world<br>Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky</font> (Goodbye Blue Sky) | + | |
| - | #:# <font color="green">Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day<br>You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way<br>Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town</font> (Time) | + | |
| - | #:* The songs associate with the punchcards in that the chords are key progressions in the songs:<br><font color="green">Card 3) Dmaj7 Amaj7 C#m7 Bm7 = Time<br>Card 4) Am B7/A Am Amaj7 = Goodbye Blue Sky</font> | + | |
| - | #:* The other cards are key progressions in the songs<br><font color="red">Card 1) C C7 Emadd2 C7 Bm/F# = Welcome to the Machine<br>Card 2) Am/E G D/F# = Wish You Were Here</font> | + | |
| - | # When the discovered key strings were applied to the encrypted cipher text, the results were: | + | |
| - | #: Clue 1) <font color="green">the resistance device is near the surface of the ground at a park in granada hills ca at the following coordinates thirty four point two six one five five three minus one one eight point four nine six four four eight</font> | + | |
| - | #: Clue 2) <font color="green">the resistance device is being held in a corner newstand and grocery store at fifty two canal street new york ny ask lily for the resistance package</font> | + | |
| - | #* The clues refer to a "[[resistance device]]", assumedly the 'specially modified' camera. | + | |
| - | # We are now waiting for <font color="red">Clue 3</font> and <font color="red">Clue 4</font>, in order to decode with <font color="red">Card 1</font> and <font color="red">Card 2</font> | + | |
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| - | ==='''Package Locations and Contents'''=== | + | |
| - | =====Clue 1===== | + | |
| - | [[Image:Package-Clue1-CA.jpg|right|128px]] | + | |
| - | <font color="green">''"The resistance device is near the surface of the ground at a park in Granada Hills, CA at the following coordinates: 34.261553 -118.496448"''</font> | + | |
| - | * ''vpisteve'' was able to get to the location and retrieve a package | + | |
| - | * From his picture set '''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/polyman/sets/72157603781660711/ here]''': | + | |
| - | *: <font style="white-space:nowrap;">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/polyman/2213882560/in/set-72157603781660711/ <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2077/2213882560_3dd951c377_s.jpg">][http://www.flickr.com/photos/polyman/2213883214/in/set-72157603781660711/ <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2161/2213883214_d5b99b868b_s.jpg">][http://www.flickr.com/photos/polyman/2213883660/in/set-72157603781660711/<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/2213883660_a6047d7cd2_s.jpg">][http://www.flickr.com/photos/polyman/2213884568/in/set-72157603781660711/<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/2213884568_1f71e2719e_s.jpg">][http://www.flickr.com/photos/polyman/2213885208/in/set-72157603781660711/<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2014/2213885208_b75080e1ea_s.jpg">][http://www.flickr.com/photos/polyman/2213885996/in/set-72157603781660711/<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2158/2213885996_17fa500ed9_s.jpg">]<br>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/polyman/2213092725/in/set-72157603781660711/<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2226/2213092725_38ca1e82b1_s.jpg">][http://www.flickr.com/photos/polyman/2213942154/in/set-72157603781660711/<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2309/2213942154_34de35002e_s.jpg">][http://www.flickr.com/photos/polyman/2213149435/in/set-72157603781660711/<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2057/2213149435_08b8bdf89a_s.jpg">][http://www.flickr.com/photos/polyman/2213943898/in/set-72157603781660711/<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2048/2213943898_7eb4dc1c80_s.jpg">][http://www.flickr.com/photos/polyman/2213151089/in/set-72157603781660711/<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2220/2213151089_ed0f4ef43a_s.jpg">][http://www.flickr.com/photos/polyman/2213151777/in/set-72157603781660711/<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2370/2213151777_baedfa0dc6_s.jpg">]</font> | + | |
| - | *: The package consists of a '''Thermos''' containing the following items: | + | |
| - | *:* '''Camera''': Canon PowerShot S110 with the back plate removed | + | |
| - | *:* '''Battery charger''' | + | |
| - | *:* '''USB Cable''' | + | |
| - | *:* '''Empty 32MB CF memory card''' (no files, no recoverable files) | + | |
| - | *:* '''Survival multi-tool''' - compass/whistle/thermometer/magnifying glass | + | |
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| - | =====Clue 2===== | + | |
| - | <font color="green">''"The resistance device is being held in a corner newstand and grocery store, at 52 Canal St., New York, NY. Ask Lily for the resistance package"''</font> | + | |
| - | * This package was reportedly picked up by a person named "[[Bill]]", whose whereabouts at the moment are unknown, and no report of this package has yet been found. | + | |
| - | * [[Image:Package-Clue2-contents.jpg|right|128px]]Update: The Facebook member '''Zoltan Gerts''' posted in the [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23266496280 Cyberdyne facebook] group a man calling himself [[Bill]] intercepted him and gave him the package. He also posted a photo of the package to the group. | + | |
| - | *: ''This is so bizarre that I don't even know where to start. Today as I am leaving work I get stopped in the lobby by a tall hooded man wearing a skiing mask and some kinda goggles that completely cover his face. I am admittedly a little freaked out but there is something about his voice that tells me that he is not some average bum asking for change. He seems to be be in a rush because he is talking very fast. He tells me that he is an associate of my father (whom I have not heard from in over a decade) and that he has a package that I must keep safe no matter what happens. He then mumbles something about a "rogue resistance cell" and something about preventing someone from "compromising the integrity of the code" which doesn't make any sense to me.'' | + | |
| - | *:<br> | + | |
| - | *: ''I figure I would post about it here because I suspect that my previous post here is somehow connected to this Bill finding me so soon after unless it's some kinda weird coincidence... '' | + | |
| - | *:<br> | + | |
| - | *: ''Anyway the package is a '''brown paper bag'''. Inside the bag there is '''a thermostat'''. I unscrew the thermostat and within I find what looks to be '''a broken canon powershot S100 digital camera, a USB cable, and a charger'''. There is also an '''all in one whistle/compass/thermometer''' thing. Finally there is also '''a note with the following instruction''':'' | + | |
| - | *:<br> | + | |
| - | *: ''Face North.'' | + | |
| - | *: ''Take a photograph.'' | + | |
| - | *: ''Contact Enitech Research. ' | + | |
| - | *:<br> | + | |
| - | *: ''Does this make any sense to anyone here? Who is Bill? How does he know my father? What is Enitech Research and how do I contact them? '' | + | |
| - | *:<br> | + | |
| - | *: ''Please help.'' | + | |
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| - | ==='''Speculation...'''=== | + | |
| - | :* It's possible the holes may represent guitar chords forms as they appear in a tab format. eg: the first 6 numbers of the first card are "x32010" - a standard C chord. In which case each punchcard would then contain 5 chord forms. Many resulting chords however are quite varied from their major or open standard chords, though many are quite obviously standard major chords; so how they would define a code is still elusive. | + | |
| - | :* In chord form, the strings may become: | + | |
| - | -32010 C -32000 C7 022002 Emadd2 -32000 C7 222000 Bm/F# | + | |
| - | 002210 Am/E 320003 G 200232 D/F# 000000 -- 000000 -- | + | |
| - | --0222 DM7 -02120 AM7 -46454 C#m7 -20202 Bm7 000000 -- | + | |
| - | -02210 Am 564477 B7/A -02210 Am -02020 AM7 000000 -- | + | |
| - | ::: a problem with chords is that odd ones may have multiple names, and different artists may disagree on what to call them. | + | |
| - | :* The chords themselves may be the progression for a song. | + | |
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