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At the ABC site, the following was found:
·
Game- Description of CIA’s hunt for internet
information hidden by rogue elements and the CIA’s recruitment of Internet
Operatives.
·
FAQ - including timelines, chapter breakdown, how to
use the Weiss-bot. http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/alias/adv_faq.html
·
Rules- http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/alias/adv_rules.html
·
Communications- Alias On-line Adventure ABC message
boards. http://boards.abc.go.com/cgi/abc/Request.dll?LIST&room=a_Alias_Game
·
CIA Ad Button w/ link to Agent Weiss-bot.
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The
Trailhead Post
Zephyr_hex:
This post showed up on the Mole 2 Hypothesis Board at 5:33 pm PDT, Aug 2,
2002.
EXCLUSIVE
TO MOLE FANS
All:
In the coming weeks, we'll be rolling out a new game based on our hit show,
Alias. As the game requires skills
in
observation, clue-finding, and espionage, I think you all may enjoy playing
it.
If
you are interested in playing this sneak peek of the Alias game, check it out
at:
http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/alias/adv.html.
You'll
have to use this url, as you won't be able to get to the game any other way. You
may want
to
just cut and paste it into your browser.
Enjoy,
and see you all back here on Tuesday to find out Who Is The Mole?
ABC_Keith
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Agent
Weiss-Bot
-
This
bot is our "handler", he will assign code words & then the
agents (players) will respond when the mission is completed with the correct
answer.
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To
Join the Game- Tell the bot you want to join the CIA. Other players have had
luck with similar phrases. Weiss-bot will then start you on your missions.
-
Hints
from Weiss-bot: If you need help with the mission you are working on, you
may post on one of the message boards, or type "Hint: then your
current codeword" into the Weiss-bot. He will then provide a
hint for your mission.
-
To
correspond with Weiss-bot about a codeword: type "Codeword: then the
current codeword".
-
Visit
the Operations guide for codewords, Weiss-bot
missions, answers, and a complete walk through.
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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
The following is an email that was received back from players from Agent
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
--------------------------------
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:
------------------------
Summary
of Operation Alpha
<Your
original message here>
Turned
on by Weiss-bot on 8/28/02.
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
=”
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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”
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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
I
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
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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.
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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).
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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
The
following email was received back from players from Agent 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
--------------------------------
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 tend
encies
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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Ironic's
Email
Ironic's
email address: IronicTwist@expn.com.
You can view her profile here.
CLJagg2000-
From IronicTwist@expn.com- I sent her
a message the other day asking for Steve O. info:
Date:
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:25:08 (PDT)
From:
"Nikki Marlea"
Subject:
Re: Squaw Valley Drop
To:
"CL Jagg"
Sorry,
i have no info to share. nope. I don't know you.
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Billy
Marlin's Emails
Billy's email address:
Billy_Marlin_2002@go.com.
You can view his profile here.
Zephyr_hex
8/30/02-
From
Burt Arceneaux Fri Aug 30 16:38:24 2002
X-Apparently-To: zephyr_hex@yahoo.com
via -40.-120.-29.57; 30 Aug
2002 16:38:26 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <billy_marlin_2002@go.com>
Received: from 204.202.140.198 (EHLO webmailmta.go.com)
(204.202.140.198) by mta556.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 30 Aug 2002
16:38:25 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from gomailjtp05 ([10.212.0.165]) by mta06.seamail.go.com
(Sun Internet Mail Server sims.4.0.2001.07.26.11.50.p9) with ESMTP id
<0H1O005L4KD8JO@mta06.seamail.go.com>
for zephyr_hex@yahoo.com;
Fri,
30 Aug 2002 16:39:09 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:38:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Burt Arceneaux" <billy_marlin_2002@go.com>
Subject: Re:
To: "zephyr hex" <zephyr_hex@yahoo.com>
Message-id:
<6710444.1030750704343.JavaMail.Billy_Marlin_2002@gomailjtp05>
MIME-version: 1.0
X-Mailer: GoMail 3.0.0
Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Content-Length: 645
yes?
cljagg2000
8/30/02-
I
sent an email to the billy_marlin_2002@go.com
addy with "BA" in the subject line and only <0> in the body of
the email and I got this tonight:
Date:
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:42:44 (PDT)
From:
"Burt Arceneaux" billy_marlin_2002@go.com
Subject:
Re: BA
To:
"CL Jagg" cljagg2000@yahoo.com
Don't
mess with people you don't know.
Equi_design
9/4/02-
Nice use of code. I'm sure the feebs will have a tough time decoding
this one. The novel was completed days ago. The question is, have YOU read it?
Too bad no one has the last chapter but me.
-----Original Message-----
From: "J.S"<thedressagegirl@yahoo.com>
To: billy_marlin_2002@go.com
Date: Mon Sep 02 12:50:17 PDT 2002
Subject: <0>
>Be careful... agent to agent communiques are being
>monitored. Do you have the algorithm decoded yet?
>
>Equi_design
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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
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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Inxite's
Response
Received
10/7/02 in response to questioning on their hosting of the Credit Dauphine,
Followers of Rambaldi, and Find-Whatever sites.
Hi
Equi,
Thanks for your interest in our company. Is there a particular type of software you are interested in? We do mainly custom work and some
design, so there is no software we actually sell in a box or anything like that.
We do rent server space as well, and host.inxite.com is the name of one of the servers we use. Were you interested in hosting?
Sincerely,
Corey Beeken
Account Executive
Inxite
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Conspiracy
Chick Goes Live
-
Site live as of 10/17/02
-
Only article that is hosted on the site:
http://www.conspiracychick.com/how_to_master.html
How to Master
Secret
Work (equi_design)
-
AveryVincent’s findings:
In the source code of www.conspiracychick.com
front page:
<!-- CAMO: abda -->
<center><img SRC="Conspiracy_Chic.gif" height=51
width=505></center>
The
conspiracy chick banner at the top of the page is stegged using Camo. You
can find the Camo software downloadable
from:
http://www.camouflagesoftware.co.uk/
Use Camo software to open the file with the
password of: abda, as indicated in the source code.
You’ll find this .txt. file.
Operatives
are to remain in sleeper status --
*Signalost
*Averyvincent
Willingthrall
Zephyr_hex
Switchflipper
Mottjr2001
Neliamne
MandaKing2000
Fyre47
Equi_Design
-
So far there is only speculation as to what "sleeper status" is
defined as or how it is obtained. Item to note: all players
listed
were
players in Season 1.
-The
.txt file is also saved here.
-The
Conspiracy Chick website is archived here
& here.
-Emails
to conspiracychick@conspiracychick.com
have not returned a response so far. (10/30/02)
**UPDATE:
The Conspiracy Chick website was found to be inactive on 8/28/03.
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Operation
Roundup
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:
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):
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Need
Delivery Man
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Ad Number:
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3421
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Date Posted:
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10/25/2002
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Contact:
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Pol
Woleski
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Telephone:
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E-mail:
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luau_surfer@go.com
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Web Site:
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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
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Delivery
Man Wanted
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Ad Number:
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3393
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Date Posted:
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10/24/2002
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Contact:
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Pol
Woleski
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Telephone:
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E-mail:
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luau_surfer@go.com
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Web Site:
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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
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LOOKING
FOR DELIVERY MAN
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Ad Number:
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3333
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Date Posted:
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10/23/2002
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Contact:
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Pol
Woleski
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Telephone:
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E-mail:
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luau_surfer@go.com
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Web Site:
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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
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Post
Reply
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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
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Saturday
10/26/2002 11:16:32pm
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Name:
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Pol
Woleski
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E-Mail:
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luau_surfer@go.com
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Homepage
Title:
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Homepage
URL:
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Referred
By:
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Just
Surfed In
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Location:
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Don't
DROP the ball in a small town.
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Comments:
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5
9 19 3 13 9 24 19 11 13 3.22 9 26
PS Please do not delete
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- From here, use the letter/number combos in Ad 3333.
Q1, A11, Z20 –these combos translate on the standard keyboard in this manner:
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Q
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1
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W
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2
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E
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3
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R
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4
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T
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Y
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6
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U
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I
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O
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9
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P
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A
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S
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D
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13
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F
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G
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15
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H
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16
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J
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17
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K
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18
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L
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19
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Z
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20
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X
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C
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V
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23
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B
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24
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N
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M
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26
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Luau_Surfer
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from:
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Pol Woleski
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location:
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Stone Canyon Overlook
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when:
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Saturday, January 1, 2:00pm
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I'll be in the beige sedan. Ignore the date above; let's do it this
Thursday.
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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:
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Post
Reply
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Darcy:
I want to talk all about teen issues! I'm at (541) 710-you have the other
4 numbers. ba
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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.
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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Operation
KnockKnock
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
Don't
be fooled agents!
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posted Thu, Oct 24, 2002 (2:29 PM)
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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
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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The
PM's Respond
Posted
on the Yahoo Alias Web
Puzzle board on 10/31/02 by the PM's:
TO:
THE WEBPUZZLERS
FROM: Jesse & Rick
Sorry you guys didn't get all your questions in... so here's the
answers you requested:
1) do the highlighted letter locations have meaning, or are they
used just for their visual effect?
-If you recall, last year they did end up having a meaning...
so it's probably worth the effort to keep track of them.
2) was the name "rambaldi" selected solely because it's an anagram
for "admiral b" (admiral bill was the mole in the show Mole?
-Rambaldi was named after special effects master Carlo
Rambaldi. He created E.T. (http://us.imdb.com/Name?Rambaldi,+Carlo)
3) I'd like to hear more about the use of the number 47
-The recurrence of the number 47 is merely a coincidence. ;-)
4) Do all of the show's writers share responsibility for
orchestrating the web puzzle, or is it only a selected few?
-Last season, the "game" was originally budgeted as just
a "web-presence", a couple of web sites created by Eric Scott. By
mid-season, we'd exceeded our budget... so we (Jesse and Rick)
started improvising a new chapter for the game every week or so using
the great free resources of the internet: created free web sites, put
up personal ads, used public chat rooms, free encryption software
etc... Because of our limited resources and time, we had to work
with what we had. It was a very small scale project.
5) did last year's web puzzle progress as expected, or were there
surprises the puzzle makers encountered along the way? did we miss
the boat on some important things?
-The puzzle progressed in a completely unexpected way. We
literally improvised each and every step based off player reactions
and performance. One thing that was very unexpected was the way the
players became very secretive and competitive with each other...
creating private forums, leaking information to each other
strategically, holding back certain info. As a result, we had to
create aliases as players, and "infiltrate" the various public and
private groups in order to find out how far the players had
progressed in the game -- so that we knew when to create/launch the
next chapter etc. The puzzlers missed the boat on very few things...
there were some files/clues on limewire/morpheus that were never
found... However, they weren't necessary to complete the game.
6) are there two strains of the online puzzle this year? it seems
that the weiss missions structured, and tend to be "go and fetch"
type of info gatherings, while the less structured conspiracy chick
site seems to be more in tune with the show's current plotline. why
was this done, and will we see more non-weiss puzzles?
-There aren't really two strains of the puzzle this year...
And the current puzzle will sync up with the show more along the
way. The conspiracychick site was a way to give a shout out to the
people we thought performed exceptionally last season. However, we
wouldn't be surprised if the site tied into the game in the near
future and/or the "sleeper agents" were called upon at some
point.
7) what is the "signalost" recovery method that marshall used to
restore that erased hard drive sector (i think this was the snowman
episode)?
-Signalost would be able to tell you that better than we
would.
8) did sept 11 change the way the online puzzle was carried out?
(i.e. we had a camo'd evil bert/osama pic last season). Also, since
we now know the CIA/FBI monitor the internet for terrorist-like
activities, were there any concerns that the puzzle might emulate spy
stuff too much?
-We did consider those factors when we were coming up with
the web-game... but what we liked about the puzzle was that it in
some ways showed the potential of the internet for such applications.
9) are there intentions to keep the rambaldi storyline active
throughout the life of alias?
-At the moment, Rambaldi is a permanent fixture of the Alias
world.
10) if the CIA was so interested in sydney because of the page 47
prophecy, why are they not doing the medical exams, etc on her
mother? and why aren't they suspicious/afraid that she might be the
one who fulfills the prophecy?
-Perhaps they have performed some of these tests on her
already. The prophecy is probably a good reason to keep her locked
in a cell under heavy guard 24/7.
Regards,
Rick & Jesse
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Episode
5
Here's the two
IP's mentioned in the show...
(equi_design)
Real to CIA: 199.181.134.104 (see WhoIs
page for more info on this IP)
Fake to SD-6: 259.10.3.179 (IP from previous Weiss
Operation Knockknock)
syd mentioned port
47 along with that real IP. (zep & Willingthrall)
here's the registration info... (zephyr_hex)
11/03/02 20:41:15 IP block 199.181.134.104
Trying 199.181.134.104 at ARIN
Trying 199.181.134 at ARIN
OrgName: The Disney Channel
OrgID: THEDIS-1
NetRange: 199.181.129.0 - 199.181.135.255
CIDR: 199.181.129.0/24, 199.181.130.0/23,
199.181.132.0/22
NetName: DISNEY-CBLK
NetHandle: NET-199-181-129-0-1
Parent: NET-199-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
NameServer: sens01.dig.com
NameServer: sens02.dig.com
NameServer: orns01.dig.com
NameServer: orns02.dig.com
NameServer: huey.disney.com
Comment:
RegDate: 1994-03-28
Updated: 2002-10-30
TechHandle: JM3462-ARIN
TechName: Mansukhani, Jeff
TechPhone: +1-818-553-7268
TechEmail: jeff.mansukhani@disney.com
AbuseHandle: JAM195-ARIN
AbuseName: Jenkins, Michael
AbusePhone: +1-407-824-7604
AbuseEmail: michael.jenkins@disney.com
OrgTechHandle: JM3462-ARIN
OrgTechName: Mansukhani, Jeff
OrgTechPhone: +1-818-553-7268
OrgTechEmail: jeff.mansukhani@disney.com
Info on Jeff
Mansukhani-
jeff's
name brought up a couple of google hits. i don't think jeff
himself is puzzle related, but these links kinda
give us some idea of
who he is at disney:
http://www.hum.auc.dk/~magnus/MHonArc/ssh/msg03610.html
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/~poffice/news/comp.lang.perl.modules/3081
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/~poffice/news/comp.lang.perl.modules/3080
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Episode
6
IP
address from the show: Source:
192.168.109.115/home/url Destination:
localhost:/dev/cdrom (by
melikalani 11/11/02) This
is an unroutable address for internal networks, so you won't find it on the net.
All addresses in the ranges 192.168.x.x and 10.x.x.x are designated for private
networks. (by toppsoft 11/11/02)
Japanese
Restaurant Number:
Outside
in LA while Jack & Sloane are going to the limo a neon sign in the store
says:
Japanese
Breakfast
Catering
F:
213-489-0268
(by
Melikalani 11/11/02)
Zephyr_hex
called the number with a modem and received no connection. Equi_design
dialed the number with a fax and received a successful send confirmation of the facsimile
message on 11/14/02. Awaiting a response...
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Episode
8
IP
address from the show:
Same one
as mentioned in Episode 5. 199.181.134.104 (by cljagg2000) (see WhoIs
page for more info on this IP) Still
not active 12/2/02
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Episode
9
Signal
Lost was flashed on the screen when Marshall’s tracking device failed in
tracking the Alliance’s bearer bonds.
Meaning as yet is unknown… (toppsoft & others) Back
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Game
Sites Gone! On
12/13/02 it was discovered that the following changes had taken place on in game
websites:
http://www.creditdauphine.com/
12/13/02, 8:50 am EST,
the creditdauphine.com site is redirecting to
an inxite.com logo
stating:
<Logo>
Inxite
Custom Software for
the Internet
Contact Us
Equi_design-
The contact us link
leads to www.creditdauphine.com/contact,
which is
an
online form to fill out.
Other
links on the creditdauphine/inxite site:
http://www.creditdauphine.com/thank_you.html
http://www.creditdauphine.com/graphics/home_logo.gif
http://www.creditdauphine.com/oops.html
http://www.find-whatever.com/
Redirects to a page
with-
OOPS!
It looks like the page
you requested does not exist.
Try
our homepage (homepage word is a link to www.inxite.com)
http://www.followersoframbaldi.org
Host
not found error Also
all Credit Dauphine email addy's now return a bounce. Click
here for the listing. Here
is Inxite's response to the disappearance of the sites- Equi_design
Received
12/16/02
Thanks
for your inquiry.
The server has not experienced any down time. The websites you list are no longer hosted by inxite but by ABC. It
looks like the DNS records have not been updated on their end though and so traffic is still coming to the old server.
Hopefully this will be resolved by them soon.
Sincerely,
Account Executive
Inxite
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Episode
10
IP
address from the show:
128.13.8.4 not active
(see WhoIs page for more info on this IP)
Also mentioned in
the show:
A Sammy Hagar MP3 on
Audiogalaxy- not known if this is a puzzle element. Under investigation.
Also mentioned in
the show:
In Episode 10, the one
where Syd and Marshall went on the mission together, there was a song playing at
the
opera that was called
"Sleepers, Awake" by Bach. Interesting... (submitted by americaprd)
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Episode
16
SIGNAL LOST flashes on Sark's screen. He was
monitoring the bomb at the bank, & lost the signal when Vaughn placed
the receiver in the vault.
Back
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Episode
17
SIGNAL LOST flashes on a CIA computer
monitor.
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Episode
18 SIGNAL LOST on CIA computer monitor when Sark
disables Irina's passive tracking device. Back
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Episode
19
Francie
mentioned the website www.bouillabaisecentral.com.
However, this website is not active.
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New
ABC FAQ
ABC
has posted a new FAQ for the Alias show. It can be found here- http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/alias/faq/index.html
New items found include: How
did Sydney bring down SD-6?
What is Phase One?
What is Phase Two?
What happened to all the people who worked at SD-6?
How has Irina Derevko complicated Sydney and Jack's relationship?
Who is Neil Caplan?
Who is Francie's genetic double? Hidden
page on the FAQ (deals with The Prophecy): http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/alias/faq/index.html. Back
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April
14, 2003
Equi_design:
www.creditdauphine.com and www.find-whatever.com
now show as blank website pages. No hidden items in the source code.
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ABC
Keith's Post
On
4/22/03 at 7:55 pm this post was found on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/joeyspizza
by ABC_Keith. From:
"abc_keith2002" <ABC_Keith@go.com>
Date: Tue Apr 22, 2003 7:55 pm
Subject: A little help here
What goes good
with Bruschetta?
Or makes a good salad dressing?
Anyone? Here
is the link to the original post- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/joeyspizza/message/1575 So
what's the meaning of this post? After much speculation, it was found that
Vinegar is the answer to the riddle. AND...that's also the next codeword
in the Weiss-bot missions. Upon checking with the ABC site and Weiss, it's
found that Codeword: Vinegar is active!
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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:
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Our new codename seems to be Nightcrawler.
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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
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Member
Status:
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Junior
Member
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Member
Number:
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2656
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Registered:
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January
25, 2003
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Posts:
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2
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Email
Address:
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IronicTwist@go.com
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Homepage:
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http://
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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.
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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)
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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…
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Also, we have another new email address: AshleyFan_2003@video.com.
However, email to this address bounces. Host not known error.
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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:
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)
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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/
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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
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Di
Regno, P
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Una
llamada para el arte Tropical del Bosque
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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.
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So… obviously we need to translate this.
And we’re off to http://babelfish.altavista.com.
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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:
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So,
back to the conference’s website.
We find that that they conference is going to take place in the Hotel El
Panama.
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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.
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The
hotel’s website is located here: http://www.elpanama.com/.
And they have a link to their Restaurant’s
& Bar’s.
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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:
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Date:
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Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:27:48 -0700
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To:
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Subject:
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RE: Operation Strand
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From:
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"Weiss, CIA" <Weiss.CIA.DCHub@twdc.com>
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Nightcrawler:
Keep your fingers crossed; something big is about to go down, I think.
Next codeword is 'Jarlsberg.'
Weiss
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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:
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Project
Christmas
During
the 2 hour season finale, Will Tippin was researching the Project Christmas
kids to
find A. G. Doren (a.k.a. The Francinator). During the episode this list was
flashed on the screen. Thanks
to Chocobo_sageP_dan.
Douglas W. Axtell
Matthew Wayne Brewer
Karen A. Bartek
Diana Lynn Brown
Jennifer Beth Crary
Peter James Dacey
Ryan Robert Ferro
Chris Godfrey
Tricia Kay Goken
Harmony Leigh Gosbee
Allison Georgia Doren
Duane E. Journey
Ross Frank Judd
Michael Allen Martinez
Mark A. Rohmer
Benjamin Xavier Spek
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Bouncing
Email Addresses
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Other Email Addresses
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Rogue
Operation?
On 2/1/03 several Alias web puzzle players received emails for
the start of a new version of the game. You can play along or track it's
progress here.
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