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switch
Boot
Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 33 Location: #!/usr/bin/Detroit
[Spec] Off to China Today Well, as per her blog, Dana is set to leave for China sometime today (almost the 29th here). Personally, I'm expecting something big to go down. My theory is that the Opperator is going to try something..bad. At the very least, try to stop her from going...
Anyone else want to chime in before things go down?
_________________"I will find the designer of the Spider and I will kill him and kill him and kill him and: okay, three times is probably enough."
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:23 pm
chaosgenerator89
Boot
Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 20
hell yes i do, and by the way i dont think shes going to leave until about 7 or 8 in the morning, but i havent checked the countdown latley, as i use firefox, not i.e.
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:26 pm
switch
Boot
Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 33 Location: #!/usr/bin/Detroit
The countdown on the site works fine in Opera (but then again, the JS support of Opera is like 10 fold over Firefox)..
Anyhow, the countdown from here says just 8 hours, 30 minutes from now (not looked at that JS source so I dont' know if it's running off of local time). So I'm expecting a blog update before/around then..
_________________"I will find the designer of the Spider and I will kill him and kill him and kill him and: okay, three times is probably enough."
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:56 pm
ThatOtherGuy
Boot
Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 29 Location: My home
Yeah, I suspect that when Dana goes to China, more of the story will become clear. Many people have thought (as have I) that by the time Dana gets to China, The Operator will be able to do things such as get into other computer systems, such as that of an airplane, more spesifically, Dana's airplane. If that is true, then The Operator will be able to go to other websites. But, I am not sure if Dana will die on an operator inflicted plane crash, because I am starting to think that the Pious Flea might be the antagonist of the story.
_________________Don't mind me... I'm just kind of there; nothing more, nothing less.
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:01 pm
Nola
Unfettered
Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 675
ThatOtherGuy wrote:
...The Operator will be able to do things such as get into other computer systems, such as that of an airplane, more spesifically, Dana's airplane...
Wow. You have a sick mind. Probably easier to just cancel her reservation and leave her stuck stateside. Easier on the story, too.
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:06 pm
Jeriko
Guest
anyone notice the countdown ends at 8:24am eastern time. 8/24= August 24th
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:09 pm
dysfunction
Guest
She said she's going to have another go at fixing the site before she goes..which means another update possibly.
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:15 pm
switch
Boot
Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 33 Location: #!/usr/bin/Detroit
See, I thought about Melissa causing Dana's plane to crash too, but then I changed my mind. From an ARG standpoint, that may just be a little too far out of the realistic view (considering a plane crash would be headline news). So that got me thinking about the comment placed over the about.html killer webcam photo. The whole part about "knowing who you love" has me leaning towards something with Margaret..
..a wild theory, I know..lol..but hey, that's half the fun..lmao *grins*
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that by the time Dana gets to China, The Operator will be able to do things such as get into other computer systems,
Well, if you read the full dialog compile on the wiki, there's this whole chunk -
Quote:
Whoa. Not CP ancestor packets. This is something different. Quick quick quick quick - parse this protocol and find some kind of eyeball out. Sister you just made a mistake because this is my *meat* this is what I do and you are - GOT IT. I'm not asleep this time, /// sweetheart. Holding the eyeball gently but firmly in your right hand, say the magic words and:
Do you know of any hardware that looks like an eyeball? Can you say webcam? The killer pics show that Melissa has managed to reach out and at least do something with that.
What I'm picking up from that is Melissa can already reach out over the network.
_________________"I will find the designer of the Spider and I will kill him and kill him and kill him and: okay, three times is probably enough."
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:17 pm
guest
Guest
Nola wrote:
ThatOtherGuy wrote:
...The Operator will be able to do things such as get into other computer systems, such as that of an airplane, more spesifically, Dana's airplane...
Wow. You have a sick mind. Probably easier to just cancel her reservation and leave her stuck stateside. Easier on the story, too.
Or, change her File (as in The File Held by The Government) so that facial recognition systems recognize her as a suspected terrorist? Completely OT, but I was thinking about it yesterday. One of a few things will happen to Dana at this point:
1) Written out of the story now. First inkling here was plane crash too, but don't think that will be taken well, esp since we can verify any plane crashes and no airline would want to be known as the airline that reported a fake crash. So, maybe just remove her from play by having her unable to access anything. But then we (the players) would need another source of information beyond the Queen, SPDR, etc. We could then be introduced to another human player, but not sure who it could be.
2) Kept in the story and slowly driven insane by the Queen. The problem with this is that you would think that after a certain point, a normal person would turn off the computer and not expose herself to it. At that point, though, it's likely that the AI would have branched out and be able to reach her in other ways ("know what you buy", etc....lots of cameras on stoplights here in California, so the AI could track her that way).
3) Kept in the story for the time being and then written out. This could be most likely, as it would provide a sense that the AI has truely spread out, beyond merely hacking websites. It would prove that the AI can take control of critical systems and show that it is intelligent about taking out the enemy.
4) I'm completely full of it. Very likely as well.
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:19 pm
The Amazing Zamboni
Guest
Got to find Dana! It's the only focus point we have All right, all! Dana has too much knowledge to leave this early in the game. I suspect e-mail will be the only way to contact her at this stage.
Also, I think an important piece to consider as we try to figure out who exactly are the baddies is to look at the current infestation Margaret is facing from the Korroa s(sp). Very alien-esque and may useful as a metaphor for what is occuring within Dana's computer.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:30 am
BoogeyManXX
Boot
Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 21
site designed by dana
Time to China!
00:04:25:18:282
Found over here: http://www.ilovebees.com/surg. !store.primary.sector.mem.dmg.0.0.html
Scroll down to the bottom, and there will be a countdown.
_________________))<>((
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:59 am
Jeriko
Guest
yep, and it ends at 8:24 est time
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:01 am
Anonymous Coward
Boot
Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 39
Anyone want to check for flight times?
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:21 am
BoogeyManXX
Boot
Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 21
Anonymous Coward wrote:
Anyone want to check for flight times?
Give me specific locations and I'll do it.
_________________))<>((
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:32 am
regnevah
Veteran
Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 97
try looking for all international flights leaving SFO
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:40 am
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