From the hand to the eye...  ALIAS Web Puzzle FAQ

 

Codeword & Ops Tracking

Operation Alpha 

Operation Numbers

Operation Cornerstone

Operation Roundup

Operation KnockKnock

Operation Strand

Note: This tracks only Weiss-bot operations. All other puzzle items can be found in the Trail

 

BETA TRAILHEAD: http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/alias/adv.html

Notes: Received by Zeph via email from Mole2 message board.

 

CODEWORD:  Recruit

ANSWER:  40

SUMMARY:  20% of 40% of 500

WEBSITES USED: 

NOTES:

 

CODEWORD:  Go

ANSWER:  10-647811

SUMMARY: Obtain Federal ID of GO Mining

WEBSITES USED:  www.gomining.com

NOTES: GO Mining is in Push, NV. Lots of spelling errors discovered on the website.

 

CODEWORD:  Intercept

ANSWER:  San Francisco, CA

SUMMARY: Need audition location of Who Wants to be a Millionaire on 8/26/02

WEBSITES USED:  http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/millionaire/millionaire_home.html

NOTES: Contestant's name is Hay Man

 

CODEWORD:  Shock

ANSWER:  Arcadia

SUMMARY:  In what suburb of LA was DJ Phil Hendrie raised?

WEBSITES USED:  www.philhendrieshow.com

NOTES:

 

CODEWORD:  Ball

ANSWER:  Billy_Marlin_2002

SUMMARY: Who communicated w/ Steve-O on the Minor League message board?

WEBSITES USED:  www.espn.com

NOTES: Date of post was 7/31/02 between 10 am & 12 pm. DROP or INFO in subject line.

 

CODEWORD:  Billy

ANSWER:  Room 504

SUMMARY: Get info from post on espn.com & Mole 2 chat w/ Katie. Find out about where info was passed to. Need Room #.

WEBSITES USED:  http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/themole/transcripts/mole2_katie_chat_4.html & http://www.fodors.com/

NOTES: Info was online at abc.com at Mole 2 chat. Billy asked about the hotel. Hotel Schweizerhof in St. Moritz.

 

END OF OPERATION ALPHA

EMAIL SUMMARY TO:  Weiss.CIA.DCHub@twdc.com  8/5/02  

THIS EMAIL WAS REC'D BACK BY PLAYERS FROM WEISS: 

-----Original Message-----

From: Weiss, CIA [mailto:Weiss.CIA.DCHub@twdc.com]

Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 3:56 PM

To: J.S

Subject: RE: Operation Alpha

 

Recruit:

 

Good job. You caught the attention of some pretty good people here.

 

We're doing an analysis on the documents recovered in St. Moritz. I'll

keep you in the loop as much as we can. Looks like you've completed your first operation!

 

Contact me via the SecNetComm in a few days; I'm not sure what I'll have you doing, since your application to join the CIA is still under review, but I'd like to keep you involved on this investigation. Your next mission Codeword is "Barrel". Don't lose it.

Again, nice work. Don't respond to this email.

 

Weiss

--------------------------------

From: ******** (Vaughn)

To: ********* (Weiss)

cc: **********; ********

Subject: FWD: Operation Alpha

 

Weiss:

 

Your new op did good here.

 

B-ball at 7. Catch a ride?

 

Vaughn

 

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From: ******** (Freelancer)

To: ********* (Vaughn)

cc: **********; ********; *********; ********; ********; ********;

*********

Subject: RE: Operation Alpha

 

Vaughn:

 

The info from our internet operative was good.

 

I went into the Hotel Schweizerhof with no problem, and found the

package in room 504, under the nightstand, exactly where it was expected.

 

Hotel records show a Bertrand Arceneaux had stayed in the room not too

long ago; I found a single reference to a Burt Arceneaux on an old

roster of French agents suspected of working with SD-8. I feel

comfortable this is the same man.

 

I've forwarded the envelope and its contents - a stack of parchment with numbers, looks like a spreadsheet - to analysis. I'll have the results soon.<

 

So, mission accomplished.  Thank Weiss for the intel.

 

Original Message Follows:

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Summary of Operation Alpha

 

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CODEWORD:  Barrel (Activated 8/27/02)

ANSWER:  Ironic Twist  

SUMMARY:  Find Squaw Valley operatives name. Posted on message board at expn.com.

WEBSITES USED:  http://www.expn.com

NOTES:

  • One new email address: IronicTwist@expn.com

  • Ironictwist posted on board with the following message: “Has anyone taken it -- the drop off The Wall? 

    I love taking risks, from St. Moritz to LA>>> Anything with high numbers.   Email me, I have lots of info to share.” 

    Posted on 8/22/02 at 4:08 PDT.

 

CODEWORD:  Astral

ANSWER:  egreetings

SUMMARY:  Locate a spreadsheet missing a critical piece of information.  Tracking down SteveO.

WEBSITES USED:  http://www.space.com, http://uplink.space.com/2/OpenTopic?q=Y&a=tpc&s=874094803&f=545099473&m=5463049866 (message), http://www.egreetings.com/view.pd?i=113121270&m=7135&rr=y&source=eg999 (ecard).

NOTES: 

  • Space.com was derived from the codeword being astral. Post on space.com board was by steveomahoney on 8/22/02, 19:56. Message:NASA just drops all the balls. I love these government agencies and their pathetic lackeys. They move so slow, a dead dingus would outpace them. I sent you a card, Bill. Did you not get it? http://www.egreetings.com/view.pd?i=113121270&m=7135&rr=y&source=eg999 Prove to me that you get what you pay for, and not a half-hearted attempt like NASA gives. SO”

 

CODEWORD:  Tracker

ANSWER:  35 14 3 31 77 6 55 49 14 22

SUMMARY:  Continue tracking down SteveO. 

WEBSITES USED:  http://www.egreetings.com/view.pd?i=113121270&m=7135&rr=y&source=eg999, http://www.idealist.org, http://www.weather.com, www.juniorkyle.com

NOTES:

  • Ecard message reads: “The bonds are friendship are strong, especially when one gives unconditionally, as I have. I need the second half of the story! Until then, I'll be reading movie reviews of Eight Legged Freaks on Movies.com. SO” 

  • Two new email addresses: steven.omahoney@creditdauphine.com and billy_marlin_2002@go.com.

  • Go to movies.com and search for Eight Legged Freaks.  At the bottom of it’s page, there is a place to post your own reviews.  Click Read More. There is a post from Billy Marlin- http://movies.go.com/cgi/reviews/request.dll?MESSAGE&productName=43839&reviewId=30  Post: “great legged film! see it this is a great movie. it hits the mark on everything it sets out to do. props to the writer, too. see this movie and have some fun for a change. do we always need depressing arthouse films? this is not a film for an idealist. or goofy film elitist. go out and volunteer in your community to see light, fun films that we need from time to time!
    i loved that this film was set in arizona. great use of saguaro national park.
    BOKCYUAXIK
    ba
    a”  

  • Go to http://www.idealist.org (from the bolded letters in the above message).  Go to the community page.  At the message boards, look for the topic Volunteer in your Community (also from above message).  This message is posted by WillieFish on 8/26/02 at 5:52pm. http://www.idealist.org/bbs/cgi-bin/showflat.pl?SID=38174fdabdd5dceb7a83f1e6853baeb1&Cat=&Board=vv&Number=2920&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&part=  “ Volunteer in Arizona state park. give us a PAT on OUr backs, and volunteer to help us clean up a national park! check the weather at weather.com, grab a board and head out for some recreation in arizona's greatest national park, saguaro national park! help us keep it neat and clean.
    see you all out there!

    XQERK
    ba
    =”

  • Above post directs to weather.com. Visit the site and select the Boards & Forums under the Interact area (derived from the above message).  Select the Recreation topic. Then the National Parks topic.  This message is posted by b.A. on 8/27/02 at 1:53 pm. http://messageboards.weather.com/3/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=253291764&f=9172910262&m=3992950966  this is the last part of our trip before our final destination. what an incredible park! a total value, and not as crowded as grand canyon. for finding this place, i am so smart, i'm JUZt a genIUS!
    well, on to my final destination so i can sign the guestbook.
    ba
    u”

  • To find the guest book mentioned above.  Notice the capitalized letters and signatures throughout the messages.  The letters under his signature (ba) change.  Put these together and it comes out as a=u.  Create a cipher text where a=u. 

 

A                 u

B                 v

C                 w

D                 x

E                 y

F                  z

G                 a

H                 b

                  c

J                  d

K                 e

L                  f

M                 g

N                 h

O                 i

P                 j

Q                 k

R                 l

S                 m

T                  n

U                 o

V                 p

W                q

X                  r

Y                 s

Z                  t

 

  • Then decipher the capitalized letters from the messages.  BOKCYUAXIK = viewsource.  PAT OU = junio.  XQERK = rkyle. JUZ IUS= dot com.  So view source at juniorkyle.com.  We also need to look in the guest book according to B.A. last message. 

  • http://www.juniorkyle.com/jr_guestbook.html  is Junior Kyle’s guestbook.  The following message is posted by WillieFish. “Your site is the bomb! I also really like the inside of your crib. Thanks for letting me post on it!” Once again hinting to look inside (the source code).

  • In the source code near WillieFish’s post you find these numbers:  35 14 3 31 77 6 55 49 14 22.

 

END OF OPERATION NUMBERS

EMAIL SUMMARY TO:  Weiss.CIA.DCHub@twdc.com  8/28/02

THIS EMAIL WAS REC'D BACK BY PLAYERS FROM WEISS: 

Operative:

 

I've got our best analysts confirming what our expert suggests in her

email below. If she's right - and she's always right - you've uncoveredd

something potentially huge.

 

You've been approved to stay on this through completion. Your next

mission will start with "Codeword: Flower". It should be active soon.

 

Don't respond to this email. I'll be in touch.

 

Weiss

 

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From: IronicTwist@expn.com

To: ********* (Weiss)

cc: **********; ********; *********

Subject: RE: Operation Numbers

 

Weiss:

 

I've got good news and bad news.

 

The good news is, I know what these numbers are. They're the end result

of a logarithm.

 

The bad news? The logarithm appears to be a lost formula known as

"Maimonides' Enigma."

 

Maimonides was a Jewish scholar from Spain, who mostly focused on

philosophy and law, but he was also a mathematical genius. It was

rumored that he had created a mathematical system that could accurately

predict buying trends, based on market flow and, more importantly, human

tendencies and behaviors. No one could ever substantiate the claim,

however, and has been the source of frustration for scholars for almost

800 years. Until now.

 

The full spreadsheet, which you saw is quite massive, is identical to

the market flow of the Nikkei index from last week. It is very clear

that it had been produced at least two weeks ago.

 

If this formula is this accurate, anyone who has unlocked the secret of

Maimonides' Enigma could corner every stock market in the world inside

of two months, and wreak havoc on the world economy. I'd recommend

finding whoever has the complete formula. Quickly.

 

Nik

 

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New Messages posted in relation to puzzle after Operation Number was solved

 

9/30/02 by cljagg2000-

I was looking at the old sites and found a new post by Ironic Twist
at expn on 9/23: http://boards.go.com/cgi/expn/request.dll?
MESSAGE&room=expn_snb&id=1183
"Have you taken the drop off The Wall? I have, and it's awesome. Much
better than what you can find in Switzerland.
Lots of others claim they have, but they haven't. I'm the real deal.
Email me for more info.
IronicTwist "

Also a post by Steve O on space.com 9/26:
http://uplink.space.com/2/OpenTopic?
q=Y&a=tpc&s=874094803&f=545099473&m=8703001086

"nasa still DROPs all the balls

These government monkeys couldn't create a viable space operation to
save the planet. But I can. And to think they WON'T take Lance Bass'
money...take it!

I sent you another card, Bill. Get it this time. Prove to me that you
get what you pay for, and not a half-hearted attempt like NASA gives.

http://www.egreetings.com/view.pd?
i=118328201&m=1138&rr=y&source=eg999
SO "

Egreeting:
The bonds are friendship are strong, especially when one gives
unconditionally, as I have.
I need the second half of the story!
Until then, I'll be reading movie reviews of Eight Legged Freaks on
Movies.com.

SO"

I believe the egreeting is basically the same, even though its new
and the review on Movies.com hasn't been updated since the 8/27 post.
So it seems to me that the first two posts could be a new clue, but
then dead ends at the egreeting?????? -cljagg2000

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CODEWORD:  Flower (active 10/4/02)

ANSWER:  458361-13

SUMMARY:  Find PO # for front company that is being used by Steve O & Billy Marlin to purchase remaining

pieces of the Enigma. 

WEBSITES USED:  www.snowboarding.com (under the music section), www.newfoundglory.com, http://www.lordofthespies.com/dld/catchthebadguy.html, www.smalltownnewspapers.com, http://www.andoverjournal.com/, http://antiguasun.caribbeanads.com/ 

NOTES: 

"Don't Drop This Music When You Board!"

I jam to New Found Glory. Gives me a total rush. Great rhythm.

I'm a HUGE Fan for 'em.

It was such a shame when Cyrus broke his arm! The second one, not the first.

IronicTwist

 

NFG Never Lets The Quality Drop

Seriously, NFG has shown moe growth over the past 2 years than ANY OTHER BAND ON THE PLANET. That's immense! These guys can play my wedding ANY day :)

Check out my NFG tribute that I posted ona friend's site:
http://www.lordofthespies.com/dld/catchthebadguy.html

Don't post back to me here--email me!

L8rSk8rs
IronicTwist 10/4/2002 2:12:32 PM - by Ironic Twist

 

  • This message directs you to a site that shows a "Right Click Here to Download Me!" link.  It's a MP3 file that is a recording of what sounds like a voicemail. (Hint- use Real Player or AOL media player, others may work as well.) Here's the message from Billy Marlin to Darcy- "start of message...Darcy, I'm stuck in some pit called Andover, Kansas. Can you please check small town newspapers for further instructions? I'm trying to track this # down. Thank you...end of message."

  • From this MP3,  visit www.smalltownnewspapers.com, Click on the link List All Papers (at the top of the screen). Then scroll down to the Kansas link for Andover Journal Advocate.  http://www.smalltownpapers.com/listAJA.htm

  • The Andover Journal page lists this site for the newspapers online edition: http://www.andoverjournal.com/. Click on the Forum link (left column of the page). Look for a post by Billy Fish: http://www.andoverjournal.com/forum/viewmsg.asp?msgid=46 Topic: I enjoyed your town, Name: Billy Fish, Body: I just stopped off in your town overnight on my way to Antigua. You have a wonderful town, and a wonderful newspaper. And to the lovely woman Darcy who helped me:I promise to send you the PO # at my next stop. G-d Bless Andover! Billy Fish

  • The message from Billy gives his next stop: Antigua.  Back to www.smalltownnewspapers.com, List all Papers, then look for the paper from Antigua. That pages gives this link for the online edition of The Antigua Sun- http://antiguasun.caribbeanads.com/. Click on the Guestbook Link on the left column of the page. Look for this post by Billy Marlin- http://www.caribbeanads.com/guestbook/viewguestbook.asp. This post gives the PO number.  (Note- The IP address in this profile does not appear to be valid)

    Name: Billy Marlin Email Address: Billy_Marlin_2002@go.com
    URL: N/A City: Jupiter
    State/Province: FL Country: US
    Date: 10/4/2002 4:51:31 PM IP Address: 204.128.192.72
    Comments: Anyone know where I can find that girl Darcy? She gave me her number, 458361-13. I need to close the deal!

CODEWORD:  Ram

ANSWER:  Ndume and 4194887655

SUMMARY:  Help Ironic Twist find the 2 directory structures from GoMining.com. GoMining is the front company that is associated with the above PO number.  Ironic also left this message- "SoYouWanna Buy a New Pair of Shoes."

WEBSITES USED:  www.soyouwanna.com, www.koko.org, Lat/Lon look up such as- www.topozone.com,

NOTES:

  • From Ironic's message, go to www.soyouwanna.com and click on the Bulletin Board tab in the upper right corner. From here look for Ironic's topic about shoes.  (Hint- the easiest way is to do a Find on the page {ctrl+F} for 'shoes'.)  This post is from Ironic Twist- http://www.soyouwanna.com/cgi-bin/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=soyouwanna+buy+a+good+pair+of+sneakers|QUS|&number=101&DaysPrune=1000&LastLogin= Author: Ironic Twist, Topic: Drop your sneakers & go hiking. Date: 10/3/02, 5:50 pm, Body: 

    Sneakers are best for hiking; I need help finding my two favorite paths:

    1) I forget, but it's named after the gorilla Koko's new lifemate

    2) Around Wrigley Field. For fun, see if you can locate Wrigley Field by its latitude and longitude, in order. Disregard periods.

    Can anyone help? If so DON'T post here, just email me.

  • To solve item 1- Go to a search engine and search for keywords (like Koko, gorilla, lifemate). www.koko.org From here look under the news to find the new gorilla companion's name is Ndume. 

  • To solve item 2- in the Links section of Joey's Pizza (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/joeyspizza/links/B__Useful_tools_001020462307/) is a lat/long search at www.topozone.com. Type "Wrigley Field" into the search field.  The following results are found- lat: 41.948ºN, and long: 87.655ºW. 

  • Note- trying the www.gomining.com/ndume and www.gomining.com/4194887655 as subdirectories on gomining.com provides error pages. 

CODEWORD:  Smackdown

ANSWER:  Pol Woleski

SUMMARY:  Use the intel gathered above and website http://www.gomining.com/ndume/4194887655/po_102002.html provided to derive the name to whom the previous PO was issued.

WEBSITES USED:  http://www.gomining.com/ndume/4194887655/po_102002.html

NOTES:

  • The following PO's are listed on this page- October, 2002
    PO#: 458361-01
    Payee: Sprows, Inc.
    Amount: $36,353.21
    Reason: Prop. Management fee

    ---
    PO#: 458361-02
    Payee: Hawes, S.
    Amount: $4,821,617.35
    Reason: Settlement

    ---
    PO#: 458361-03
    Payee: Samick, K.
    Amount: $21,000
    Reason: Monthly stipend

    ---
    PO#: 458361-04
    Payee: Fisher-Messer Staffing.
    Amount: $11,400
    Reason: Temp allocation

    ---
    PO#: 458361-05
    Payee: Icro R.J. Corp.
    Amount: $13,399,000
    Reason: Custom bolt engineering

    ---
    PO#: 458361-06
    Payee: Breen Cleen
    Amount: $6,000
    Reason: Weekly cleaning service

    ---
    PO#: 458361-07
    Payee: Offield Legal Srvc., Inc.
    Amount: $31.50
    Reason: Transcript of 2/13/00 trial

    ---
    PO#: 458361-08
    Payee: Gaborno Restaurants
    Amount: $160.50
    Reason: Food for crew

    ---
    PO#: 458361-09
    Payee: Coronell, P.
    Amount: $41,084.76
    Reason: T and E Reembursement

    ---
    PO#: 458361-10
    Payee: JA2 Inc.
    Amount: $300,450
    Reason: Accounting and auditing

    ---
    PO#: 458361-11
    Payee: Chamb Designs
    Amount: $14,000,000
    Reason: Mod. Dev. Resource Drill Design

    ---
    PO#: 458361-12
    Payee: Jacobson, L.
    Amount: $26,000
    Reason: New art commissioned for lobby area.

    ---
    PO#: 458361-13
    Payee: Woleski, Pol
    Amount: $42,000,000
    Reason: R and D

    ---
    PO#: 458361-14
    Payee: Vance Staffing
    Amount: $8,250
    Reason: Staffing of Loaders

    ---
    PO#: 458361-15
    Payee: Journey Grips, LLC
    Amount: $17,000
    Reason: Grips for Magnetic Drill Siding

  • Our previous PO was 458361-13, hence the name is: Woleski, Pol. 

  • A breakdown of the October PO's and the investigation by players as to the names is posted in Joeyspizza.

END OF OPERATION CORNERSTONE

EMAIL SUMMARY TO:  Weiss.CIA.DCHub@twdc.com  10/4/02  

THIS EMAIL WAS REC'D BACK BY PLAYERS FROM WEISS: 

Operative: Well, looks like this is going to come down to you. I'll put together our mission; when it's ready, use Codeword: Crow. Don't respond to this email. Contact me through the SecNetComm. Weiss 

p.s.-You're making me look good, which gives me something to smile about. -------------------------------- 

From: ******** (Vaughn) To: ********* (Weiss) cc: **********; ******** 

Subject: FWD: Operation Cornerstone 

Weiss: Can your op find out when and where the transaction is going down? 

Vaughn 

-------------------------------- 

From: ******** (Freelancer) To: ********* (Vaughn) cc: **********; ********; *********; ********; ********; ********; ********* 

Subject: RE: Operation Cornerstone 

Vaughn: I've acquired some information on this guy. He's a historian and government official who stole all sorts of historical documents and official secrets back in the '80's, and has been selling them to the highest bidder ever since. He's very bright, always on the move. He's legit, and if he's got Maimonides' Enigma, we need to get to him before anyone else does.

 

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CODEWORD:  Crow (active 10/24/02)

ANSWER:  Princeville, HI

SUMMARY:  Find what city Pol Woleski is in.  IronicTwist has been tracking her “So you wanna be a Paralegal”.

WEBSITES USED:  www.soyouwanna.com,  http://community.webshots.com/

NOTES:

  • Go to http://www.soyouwanna.com/ubb2/Forum2/HTML/000008.html and visit the Bulletin Boards.  Click on the So you wanna be a paralegal forum.  Here you’ll see a topic by Ironic Twist called “What’s your favorite lawyer joke?”  The following message is posted on 10/23/02 08:48 pm: 

Mine is:

What do you call 300 dead lawyers? A good start! Bada-bing!

Webshots. Look me up. I've got soemthing interesting for you I took out of a dumpster.

CODEWORD:  Patriot

ANSWER:  Stone Canyon Overlook

SUMMARY:  Find the meeting location between SteveO, BillyMarlin, & Pol Woleski.  Start at DiscoverHometown.com. Pol was probably posing as a business man.

WEBSITES USED:  www.discoverhometown.com, www.standard.net, www.strictlycomedy.com, www.toledoblade.com, http://www.evite.com/luau_surefer@go.com/skdfhi

NOTES:

  • One new email address: luau_surfer@go.com
  • At the discoverhometown site- go to the Classified Ads section.  Since Pol was probably a businessman, look at the Business Opportunities section.  At this page it’s easiest to do a Control+F or File Find for a specific keyword. Try “Pol”.  You’ll find this ad (http://www.discoverhometown.com/ads/classifieds/classifieds.htm):

Need Delivery Man

Ad Number:

3421

Date Posted:

10/25/2002

Contact:

Pol Woleski

Telephone:

 

E-mail:

luau_surfer@go.com

Web Site:

 

Description
Are you good at handling sensitive materials and delivering rare, exotic artifacts to companies around the world?

Find out more at Casper Star Tribue of Casper, WY by talking to the Mailman; tell him how to reach you next.

Q21
A-9
Z40

 

  • And this ad:

Delivery Man Wanted

Ad Number:

3393

Date Posted:

10/24/2002

Contact:

Pol Woleski

Telephone:

 

E-mail:

luau_surfer@go.com

Web Site:

 

Description
Are you good at handling sensitive materials and delivering rare, exotic artifacts to companies around the world?

Find out more at The Atom Tabloid of Perth Amboy, NJ by talking to the Mailman; tell him how to reach you next.

Q11
A1
Z30

 

  • And this ad:

LOOKING FOR DELIVERY MAN

Ad Number:

3333

Date Posted:

10/23/2002

Contact:

Pol Woleski

Telephone:

 

E-mail:

luau_surfer@go.com

Web Site:

 

Description
Are you good at handling sensitive materials and delivering rare, exotic artifacts to companies around the world?

Find out more at the Standard-Examiner of Utah by talking to the Mailman; tell him how we can reach you next.


Q1
A11
Z20

 

Forum:

Utah Jazz

Thread:

Don't leave, Mailman!


Subject:

Don't leave, Mailman!

Date:

10/23/2002 16:35

Author:

billy_marlin_2002@go.com

Post Reply

It would be a shame if you retired now. You could still play for a few more years, and prove that old men get it done just a sgood as a young man! Experience matters! Leaving your secrets behind is strictly comedy. We love you! Billy Fish

Saturday 10/26/2002 11:16:32pm

Name:

Pol Woleski

E-Mail:

luau_surfer@go.com

Homepage Title:

 

Homepage URL:

Referred By:

Just Surfed In

Location:

Don't DROP the ball in a small town.

Comments:

5 9 19 3 13 9 24 19 11 13 3.22 9 26

PS Please do not delete

  • From here, use the letter/number combos in Ad 3333.  Q1
    A11
    Z20 –these combos translate on the standard keyboard in this manner:

Q

1

W

2

E

3

R

4

T

5

Y

6

U

7

I

8

O

9

P

10

A

11

S

12

D

13

F

14

G

15

H

16

J

17

K

18

L

19

Z

20

X

21

C

22

V

23

B

24

N

25

M

26

Luau_Surfer

from:

 

Pol Woleski

 

location:

 

Stone Canyon Overlook

when:

 

Saturday, January 1, 2:00pm


I'll be in the beige sedan. Ignore the date above; let's do it this Thursday.

 

CODEWORD:  Patriot

ANSWER:  Eugene

SUMMARY:  Catch BillyMarlin. Ironic reports that Darcy has also logged onto Standard’s website. Go back and see if you can pick up Billy’s trail from there.

WEBSITES USED:  www.standard.net, www.google.com

NOTES:

Forum:

.TX Teen Talk

Thread:

Talk to Darcy!


Subject:

Talk to Darcy!

Date:

10/23/2002 16:30

Author:

billy_marlin_2002@go.com

Post Reply

Darcy: I want to talk all about teen issues! I'm at (541) 710-you have the other 4 numbers. ba

  • Take the (541) 710- number series and do a google search. This will turn up businesses and listings in Eugene, OR. 

END OF OPERATION ROUNDUP:

EMAIL SUMMARY TO:  Weiss.CIA.DCHub@twdc.com 

You will receive an auto-response back with our new code name: Zydeco & the next mission: Codeword: Northridge.  

THIS EMAIL WAS REC'D BACK BY PLAYERS FROM WEISS: 

Operative:
It gives me great pleasure to inform you that, due to your recent
success intercepting Maimonides' Enigma, you have been accepted into our
online agent program. Congratulations!

You've been assigned the codename Zydeco. From now on, please use this 
codename to identify yourself.

Don't respond to this email. Contact me through the SecNetComm. Your next codeword will be 'Northridge.'
Weiss
--------------------------------
From: ******** (Vaughn)
To: ********* (Weiss)
cc: **********; ********
Subject: FWD: Operation Roundup

Weiss:
The papers came through on your rookie. You can pass on the good news; 
they're starting out with a great track record.

You've got the greenlight for more missions.
Vaughn 
p.s.-Your cat ate one of your yo-yos.
--------------------------------
From: ******** (Freelancer)
To: ********* (Vaughn)
cc: **********; ********; *********; ********; ********; ********; *********;
********; ********; ********; *********
Subject: RE: Operation Roundup

Vaughn:
The transaction of Maimonides' Enigma went off without a hitch. We
passed off the fake documents to Burt Arceneaux, aka Billy Marlin, with
no problem. If SD-8 uses these bogus forecasts to try and corner the
Nikkei, they're going to end up poorer than a failed internet start-up.
We've also got enough bugs on Arceneaux that he'll never get rid of 
them all. He'll be a font of information.

As for Woleski we picked him up in Hanalei, and he's stored away for
good. We got a couple extra secrets out of him, to boot.

All in all, an easy mission, thanks to the good intel.

 

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CODEWORD:  Northridge (active 10/24/02)

ANSWER:  259103179

SUMMARY:  A freelance computer hacker named JohnnyReb is setting up a website that can monitor whomever logs on, 

& it is dropping the IP address. Get the IP address. JohnnyReb usually leaves his first contact at ultimaterollercoaster.com-

playing RollerCoaster Tycoon lately.

WEBSITES USED:  www.ulitmaterollercoaster.com, www.islandrecords.com, http://www.essexgirl.com/sheilanicholls/

www.switchboard.com

NOTES:

I love jamming to music when I play RT2 (but not when then bumper car groove kicks in - I LOVE that!).

My current choice: Rosey, "Dirty Child".

What do you listen to?

JohnnyReb

  • You will also find this post by Ironic_Twist posted on 10/24/02 at 16:39 - Have you ever felt the DROP on the Magnum?

My favorite roller coaster has to be the Magnum XL200 at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It's amazing. Check it out.

Nik

  • And also this post by Agent_Z posted on 10/27/02 at 08:19-  Re: Have you ever felt the DROP on the Magnum?

Don't be fooled agents!

posted Thu, Oct 24, 2002 (2:29 PM)

 

 

 

Rosey's just too cool, too cool! Great accompaniment.

My two CD's I can't stop playing--Rosey first, Sheila Nicholls second.

Thanks for making my listening experience so great!

Click on the forums. Then click on the New Boards link. You will see a Topics listing on the left of the page.  Scroll to a message by JohnnyReb.  Here is the message- TOPIC:Anyone have a fan-mail ADDRESS for Sheila?

JohnnyReb | 24 Oct 2002 at 11:17:55 AM PST

Sheila, you rock! Keep it up, girl!

Use you phone and look me up at:
7(4) 9(1) 4(3) 8(1) 2(3) 4(2) 2(2) 6(3) 2(1) 7(3) 3(1) . 2(3) 6(3) 6(1)

  • Now use your touchtone phone to decode the letters.  The numbers without parentheses designate the button on the phone.  The numbers inside the parentheses designate which letter to use from that button. For example- 7(4) is the button 7 on the phone and the (4) is the fourth letter of PQRS, so S.  Note- Some older phones may only have PRS on the 7 button.  Just remember to add the Q in and it’ll work out. 
  • Decoded the message is: switchboard.com
  • At www.switchboard.com use the People Search- first name: Johnny, Last name-Reb. You will find these two likely listings: Reb, Johnny
    259103179, CA, CA  - and -
    Reb, Johnny, 12985613378, CA, CA.
  • The first one: 259103179 is correct and the answer for this Operation. (The other may be a plant from an SD-6 operative???)

END OF OPERATION KNOCKKNOCK: 

EMAIL SUMMARY TO:  Weiss.CIA.DCHub@twdc.com

THIS EMAIL WAS REC'D BACK BY PLAYERS FROM WEISS: 

Zydeco:
FYI. Next codeword is 'Vinegar.'
Don't email me.

Weiss
--------------------------------
From: ******** (Vaughn)
To: ********* (Weiss)
Subject: FWD: Operation KnockKnock
 
Weiss:
Thanks for the IP. It works.

Vaughn
--------------------------------
From: ******** (Thomasville, Derek)
To: *********
cc: **********; ********; *********; ******** (Vaughn); ********; ********; *********
Subject: RE: Operation KnockKnock
Vaughn:
The IP is groovy. Monitoring is up, active, and ready to collect all sorts of good info.
Thanks!
D
 

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Operation Strand

 

CODEWORD:  Vinegar

ANSWER:  Proteo Di Regno

SUMMARY:  The NSA is dropping a name somewhere for us to find.  Find the name, decode it.  To start, look for musicians at a company called Line 6.

WEBSITES USED:  www.line6.com, http://hollywoodrecords.go.com/vikterduplaix/, www.video.com

NOTES: 

  • Our new codename seems to be Nightcrawler.

  • After receiving Weiss’ clue to head to Line 6, we find there is a Bulletin Board section called Channel 6.  At the boards, scroll down to the Classifieds, you’ll see the topic says: Person to Person “need a hired gun?”.  Check this area out.  WOW! Ironic Twist has left us a message.  Here’s what it says:

posted April 22, 2003 11:31 AM

I'm looking for a man

Must like the sound of Vikter Duplaix

Must have a sense of humor about sit-coms like Full House

What can you offer me?

IronicTwist

 

  • And we find this profile for Ironic Twist on the Line 6 Bulletin Boards:

Member Status:

Junior Member

Member Number:

2656

Registered:

January 25, 2003

Posts:

2

Email Address:

IronicTwist@go.com

Homepage:

http://

  • From Ironic’s message above, the name Vikter Duplaix and Full House stand out.  Well, from imdb.com we know that no one by that name was in the TV show Full House. So let’s Google Vikter’s name.  Ah ha!  Here’s his website: http://hollywoodrecords.go.com/vikterduplaix/.  And guess what?  On his webpage is a Bulletin Board. 

  • Vikter’s Bulletin Boards can be found here.  And yes, there are hosted on www.go.com.  ;)  Anyhow, on the Bulletin Boards…. There’s a message that stands out… remember that Full House reference?  Well, there’s a post from MaryKateFan_2003. Here is the message: 

Whats Your Vector, Vikter?

            Can't every band get rockin' bro?
            Question, Vikter:
            Ever really tour around Baltimore?
            END MSG

            MaryKateFan_2003@Video.com

                                                                  Posted by: MaryKateFan_2003 (11:11AM PDT, Apr 22, 2003)

            Anyone know when Cypher is coming out?

MaryKate:

1st ltr
Rot13

AshleyFan_2003

                                                                  Posted by: AshleyFan_2003 (11:06AM PDT, Apr 22, 2003) 

  • You can access at ROT tool here.  (Many thanks and total credit for this to www.unfiction.com!) Now we’ve just got to figure out what to ROT.  Hmmm…

  • Also, we have another new email address: AshleyFan_2003@video.com. However, email to this address bounces. Host not known error.

  • OK, back to the ROT13 decipher: we know that the second message says First Letter and it’s addressed to MaryKate.  So, we go back to the first message and pull out the first letter of each word- CEBGRBQVERTAB.  Then to ROT 13 and it gives you: PROTEODIREGNO. Which is the answer.

CODEWORD:  Antacid

ANSWER:  Panama City

SUMMARY: Find out what city PROTEO DIREGNO lives in. It’s outside the US. Start by finding the official site for the city of Tuscon, AZ.

WEBSITES USED:  http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/, http://www.coa.edu/ecoart/, http://www.stri.org/atb2002.

NOTES: 

  • A simple Google on Tucson, AZ leads us to it’s page: http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/. Now where? If you scroll  down to the bottom there is a tiny link to their guestbook. And there you will see this post by Proteo Di Regno:

            Your city is beautiful, a living art piece.
            Tuscon should look into an EcoArt program, much like the one Maine's College of the Atlantic had a few years 

            ago, to take advantage of the incredible artistry and nature that is unique to the region. (You can find out more 

            about the EcoArt program at COA using a search engine to find it).

            Di Regno, Proteo
            USA - Monday, April 21, 2003 at 19:20:59 (MST)

 

  • So, now let’s use Di Regno’s post and go Google COA and EcoArt.  Then you get this site: http://www.coa.edu/ecoart/

  • On this site there is a link to Dialogue. Let’s check that out. Hey look! There’s a post by Di Regno, P.  Here’s the message text:

4/21/2003---11:13:16 PM

Di Regno, P

Una llamada para el arte Tropical del Bosque

 

Busco a Eco Artists con un interés en bosques tropicales.

El trabajo es similar a lo que mostré en la conferencia de "Tropical Forests: Past, Present and Future" el año pasado.

·         So… obviously we need to translate this.  And we’re off to http://babelfish.altavista.com.

·         The message translates to: A call for the Tropical art of the Forest I look for Echo Artists with an interest in tropical forests. The work is similar to which I showed in the conference of "Tropical Forests: Past, Present and Future "the last year.

·         Well, with that conference name, we can find out a little more information.  Let’s Google that conference. And then we arrive at several sites that are available, one of which is: http://www.stri.org/atb2002. This site says the conference was held in Panama City, Panama. Let’s try feeding that to the Weiss-bot. BINGO! 

 

CODEWORD:  Saucer

ANSWER:  Flamingo Cafe

SUMMARY: Find a name of a 24 hour restaurant in the hotel that the Tropical Forests conference took place in.  Local operatives need a place to stay.

WEBSITES USED:  http://www.stri.org/atb2002/, http://www.elpanama.com

NOTES:

  • So, back to the conference’s website. We find that that they conference is going to take place in the Hotel El Panama.

  • And we find that on the left hand bar there is a link to Accommodations. Then we find a list of hotels.  Let’s start with the first, Hotel El Panama and work our way down.

  • The hotel’s website is located here: http://www.elpanama.com/. And they have a link to their Restaurant’s & Bar’s. 

  • Hmmm… a quick cursory glance tells us that Flamingo’s Cafe is open 24 hours.  Let’s go chat with Weiss bot.  Hmmm….Flamingo’s Café (or Flamingo, or Flamingos) doesn’t work.  Keep trying and guessing new ways to enter it and WOW!  Flamingo Café works. 

END OF OPERATION STRAND

EMAIL SUMMARY TO:  Weiss.CIA.DCHub@twdc.com  4/23/03

THIS EMAIL WAS REC'D BACK BY PLAYERS FROM WEISS: 

Date:

Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:27:48 -0700

To:

 

Subject:

RE: Operation Strand

From:

"Weiss, CIA" <Weiss.CIA.DCHub@twdc.com>

 
Nightcrawler:
Keep your fingers crossed; something big is about to go down, I think. 
Next codeword is 'Jarlsberg.'
Weiss
--------------------------------
From: ********
To: ********* (Weiss)
cc: ********** (Brandon); ********; *********; ******** (Bowman);
*********
Subject: RE: Operation Strand
Agent Weiss:
Thank you. Will pass on.

 

Notes on Operation Strand: Found by Willingthrall on the ABC Alias Online Adventure message board: http://boards.abc.go.com/cgi/abc/request.dll?MESSAGE&room=a_Alias_Game&id=39331&move=nextThread


 

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