[Tarim]

Satoshi Nakamoto

[pineapplejelly]

Any news, Chris?

Someone said on page 35ish that Satoshi could be a model. I think this is quite likely, as I'm not sure how otherwise Mind Candy could have ensured he had no connection to them or their employees other than some kind of professional listing. I'm not quite sure how to pursue this line of inquiry but I'm hoping that by bringing it up again (if this thread's not ENTIRELY dead, which it might be ) I might spark off something in someone else.

Also I finally got round to doing the email on billion2one.org...

I'm taking a trip to Japan in Summer 2010 and fully intend to take Satoshi pictures with me!

[SpartanCavie]

PROGRESS!!

[Kailen]

Just to be sure:

People DID try variations of the location as the answer, didn't they? For example, the location's name as written in japanese (katakana or romaji)?

I realize that this card has all but been confirmed as a "degrees of seperation" find the person test, but taking a step back and trying a different approach once in a while may prove useful.

[pineapplejelly]

My housemate (well, ex-housemate now) is about to go to Japan...

[SpartanCavie]

GinGenie wrote:

Hello, anyone still out there? I have a possible idea. A few years back an augmented reality game called Tokyo, can you see me now? was played in which real life people on the streets chased virtual online players. When the virtual players were caught, a photo was taken of the place they were caught at. The website is still up at http://www.canyouseemenow.co.uk/tokyo/en/intro.php# If you go to sightings and search for Satoshi there are four photos, with various Satoshi names. One of the photos is of a fence with a poster on it, and the poster has a number written on it. Spoiler (Rollover to View): 51957 I dont have the card, so cant test the theory!

So as someone who refuses to give up, I'm still in this.

I think this isn't related at all, all of the pictures are supposed to NOT have people in them because the people playing the game play on their computers and they're tracked by real people and then when they're 'caught', the runner takes a picture of where they were online.

I do think however, that the photoshopped image in the building window mentioned above is the same image on the card. I'm going to try to find someone in Japan who can check.

Also, when I was playing this card last year I started trying to contact someone in the Alsace region of France to find the location of the picture and actually talked to a woman, who barely spoke english but worked in a hotel in that area. Language barriers hindered us so I'll give it another shot.

To this day, I believe the best lead we ever had was discovering the location of the picture.

[Scott]

*tap-tap* is this thing on?

The Washington Post has an interesting article about the six degrees thing. Using one instant messenger system, and taking note of who IMs who, they came up with closer to Seven Degrees of Separation.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103718.html

The study doesnt seem to really address brand fFavoritism -- is it possible the MS IM community is looser knit than, say, the skype community? I don't use MS IM at all, fFor example. Still, it's a pretty nice article on the subject.

[GinGenie]

Hello, anyone still out there?

I have a possible idea. A few years back an augmented reality game called Tokyo, can you see me now? was played in which real life people on the streets chased virtual online players. When the virtual players were caught, a photo was taken of the place they were caught at. The website is still up at

http://www.canyouseemenow.co.uk/tokyo/en/intro.php#

If you go to sightings and search for Satoshi there are four photos, with various Satoshi names. One of the photos is of a fence with a poster on it, and the poster has a number written on it.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

51957

I dont have the card, so cant test the theory!

[Thomas Bookmore]

El Neil wrote:

Would be amazing if he is actually there. neil

Good lord...What if you're right ?

[El Neil]

Quote:

BTW, nice to see someone still looking at this. I've never really attempted it myself since I've been occupied with Gel Together and other cards I haven't finished.

its weird because i havent thought of pxc for ages, and then im looking through this image and BOSH!

the picture was taken in tokyo so i emailed billion2one.org and asked if they had anyone in tokyo who could go check that particular room/office. would be amazing if he is actually there.

neil

[volvox]

Yup, sure looks like him. Same pose and everything. Bet the cropped him out of the card. I bet it is just an elite reference, but it could mean something. Well, something in the other game at anhow.

BTW, nice to see someone still looking at this. I've never really attempted it myself since I've been occupied with Gel Together and other cards I haven't finished.

[pineapplejelly]

Looks like him to me! I don't think that counts as a finding though - more of an elite reference, like giving 42 as a valid answer for a quiz question as well as the actual answer.

[El Neil]

hey guys,

theres a rumour-arg on at the moment called "yori". heres one of the pictures we were given:

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=12184

in the top-left quarter theres a guy photoshopped into one of the windows, who looks a lot like satoshi. what do you think?

neil

[poozle]

mvbrewer wrote:

This might be a long shot, but I was thinking about a connection between a Japanese man(Satoshi) and the Alsace region of France. I came across the film Howl's Moving Castle through Google. Miyazaki has said that his setting was based on a pre-WW1 Alsace. I also noticed that a Satoshi Takabatake worked on the film. Just throwing it out there.

If I remember rightly they never really expected us to work out where the pic was taken, I can't actually remember though, it could be relevant... if we can somehow contact him (1 or 2 emails, not loads) maybe we can check, and either solve this once and for all, or check another person off the list...

[mvbrewer]

This might be a long shot, but I was thinking about a connection between a Japanese man(Satoshi) and the Alsace region of France. I came across the film Howl's Moving Castle through Google. Miyazaki has said that his setting was based on a pre-WW1 Alsace. I also noticed that a Satoshi Takabatake worked on the film. Just throwing it out there.