WHYTake that for what it's worth. Two possibilities suggest themselves to me: some rather bizarre Christian group (or some other religion) is doing revival meetings on the road, or this actually is for some damned movie.
There are things worth saving. Worth treasuring simply because they are real, pure and true. The proliferations of glitz will not overcome those who believe. The purification will be our triumph.
Bitter Springs, AZ
WHEN
The clock ticks. The purification will bring the world the truth of purity. Watch the clock. Time is running out for that which is impure to control the lives of so many.
Woodward, OK
Lookout, WY
WHO
All who have forgotten what is true to the earth, the sky, and to heaven. You may be restored to the innocence you once possessed. You have but to believe it is possible.
WHAT
Earth. Sky. Heaven. They will all see a people renewed. Redeemed from the corruption of what was once held as sacred. This is the time of restoration for the many who once stood, immovable from truth.
Fort Hancock, TX
Also...has anyone done this?Yes. It appears to be his personal number or voice mail. The voice on the answering machine has a slight drawl, identifies itself as Wayne (which matches the registration), and makes no mention of the site. I did not leave a message.
Where did you find this link, Scott?Scott's the one who originally posted the link that was then IM'd to me before I posted it here. The only other reference to this site I can find is in a post on Livejournal.
Comment by Mr. Gunn — 10/03/2006 @ 02:59 pm
I’m not sure Mr. Gunn, I don’t remember…. either some random linkdump or google. Dunno.
Comment by Scott — 10/03/2006 @ 04:12 pm
Where did you find this link, Scott?I find this very fishy, considering that Google has no records of any sites which link to the countdown. The Ultimate Insult may be the first seed.
Comment by Mr. Gunn — 10/03/2006 @ 02:59 pm
I’m not sure Mr. Gunn, I don’t remember…. either some random linkdump or google. Dunno.
Comment by Scott — 10/03/2006 @ 04:12 pm
"Ha. I'm actually on mefi, I was reading that thread this morning... I guess I need to check back in...posted by Mr. Gunn at 7:15 PM on October 3, 2006
My guess is its an ARG or someone's movie promo, as some of the mefis were pointing out ... Now that 'lonelygirl15' has all these indie-promoter types sallivating over each other to be the Next Big Viral Thing, I think we'll be seeing a huge rise in this sort of subversive
I want to join in so bad but I'm building two servers right now. I'll check back in in the morning.
However, I and/or the MM have nothing to do with this, if thats what you guys are wondering. And this reminds me I have about 2 weeks worth of MM backlog to take care of.
-bhance"
$ lynx -dump -head http://thepurification.org | lessThe index page was last modified yesterday at 14:35:43 EST, about the time I posted that I called him.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:34:30 GMT
Server: Apache/2.0.59 (FreeBSD) PHP/5.1.4 mod_ssl/2.0.59 OpenSSL/0.9.7e-p1
Last-Modified: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:35:43 GMT
ETag: "7ff27a-521-41eed3a6ac1c0"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 1313
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
Not anymoreThey are, in fact, valid. They just return 403s instead of 404s. That has been the case since the first time I checked. This indicates one of two things: the server spits out 403s whenever you try to access either of those two files or they exist and are protected. Checking my own server yields the same results whether or not the file is actually there. Dead end there.
So this is Spain Spanish, not Mexico Spanish? 1I discovered upthread that fuso is a Portugese word, not a Spanish word. Accodring to Webster's, it's also an Italian word. I'm not sure if this has any bearing on your point, as cdmon.com is definitely registered in Spain.
Excuse if you guys already noticed that, but in MagicHAL's soundclick profile, you can actually see this record:And FWIW, I think there's more that MagicHAL could share. He's involved in a lot of ARGs, which you can read him discuss here. (For the record, this thread is the first time I've ever heard the acronym, ARG, so who knows wtf I'm talking about.)
I really do think getting in contact with him again in a non-creepy way may be the key.I agree, sorting out the details with the guy listed in the domain registration is probably a solid place to start. Anyone with experience doing this type of cold calling in a professional, non-creepy manner willing to give it a try? I was thinking a journalist, or someone posing as one, might make for good cover.
McKee Wallwork ClevelandI haven't researched it any further. Anyone want to make some phone calls?
This is a small, low-res version to save on page-load. Click for a high-res version:You might be thinking: "Whatever, man, what the hell can a typeface tell you?" Designers love their typefaces, holding their most cherished close to their hearts. It's not uncommon to see someone use a favourite typeface in many pieces they create (I trot Gill Sans out like a goddamned circus entertainer). Using the same typeface (one I wouldn't say is particularly common, or, at least, overused) in the same all-caps style suggests a connection. This suggestion is strengthened by the fact that Bixby's a marketing consult in Albuquerque.
Ragma: The timer will also reach zero at midnight on the opposite side of the planet.taosbat's note that the end time is 9pm in Taos seems to correspond pretty well to some sort of evening event (movie premiere?). Most planned major events in real life don't happen at midnight. Unless Taos is going to purify itself into a pumpkin and six white mice.Perplex City is a place, a story, a game and a real-life treasure hunt.So did they bring in a marketing consultant and a 14 year old playtester, and hey kid wanna make some money?
The Receda Cube has been stolen from Perplex City. It's an object of immense power and importance, and the people of Perplex City want it back.
The thieves have buried the Cube somewhere on Earth and there's a reward of $200,000/£100,000 for whoever finds it first.
Welcome to the hunt.
The registrant is not required to respond to an email, phone, or postal mail inquiry. We need evidence that the email is invalid (such as a bounce), the phone is invalid (such as a disconnection), or the mail has been returned as undeliverable.I don't think this kind of thing is all that enforceable. At least not by November 15. :)
One day, he was searching stuff on YTMND (it's an internet-meme type site, check it out) when he came across a Scientology YTMND (which are extremely abundant in the YTMND community). He opened it and watched it, thought it was interesting, and decided to read up about it. He typed a Google search for "Scientology", and came up with two results. http://purification.org/ and http://purificationpgm.org/ . He read up, was satisfied, and closed out. A few weeks later, he wanted to show a friend the Scientology sites he had saw. He couldn't remember the link, so he typed in what he remembered: http://thepurification.org/ . Then he posted it in Ventrilo, which I found and thought was interesting, and posted onto StumbleUpon because other people might find it interesting, and then I landed myself here, and yada yada yada blah.As posted by Magichal about how his CS:Source friend found this site.
Sprint IP Relay Conversation - Saturday, October 07, 2006, 12:33 AMWhile I firmly believe that this has no end result, that all we see is all there is, if there is in fact a puzzle to be solved it is clear that a)magichal is only an instrument with no meaning b)wayne is the only "open" clue. By that I mean, if this is an ARG/some type of marketting, the responsible firm isn't going to own up and taint their own goose.
Operator: SPRINT IP 8551F DIALING 479-790-2895 RINGING 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... THIS IS WAYNE LEAVE ME UR NAME NUMBER AND A BRIEF MESSAGE AND I LL GET BACK THANKS ... TO PAGE THIS PERSON PRESS 1 NOW (BEEP) (M) (ANS MACH HUNG UP) GA
User: ty
I just spoke with Mr. Wayne Arnold he owns a trucking company in Ark.posted by muddgirl at 1:59 PM on October 9, 2006
Seems like a nice guy and he didn't have a clue what the website is about nor why is he listed as the owner of the site....He sounded genuine ????
VB Price: What’s the power of the web in terms of communications and education in your industry?(Oh, and sportbucket, if a thread has almost 700 comments, I think protocol goes out the window. I'm halfway expecting some pancakes to start creeping in.)
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McKee: It’s new media. We can’t control it. Nobody can control it. That’s why it is so powerful.
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McKee: If a company’s product or service is bad or not as advertised, it’s all over the web. It’s really a check on us that we are being genuine and sincere and honest.
No círculo azul, cada uma das estrelas representa um dos estados que formam o Brasil. Com respeito a posição do eixo da constelação do Cruzeiro do sul, o alinhamento vertical das estrelas Alfa da crux e Gama da crux , retratam um trânsito sideral do fuso de número 13 , tal qual as demais republicas austrais, no caso do Brasil estão como observadas num eclipse na cidade do Rio de Janeiro às 9 horas e 22 minutos da manhã do dia 15 de Novembro de 1889, data local e hora da proclamação da república ou no em oposição abraxas ao Sol nessa mesma posição, às 9 horas 22 minutos da noite do dia 13 de maio de 1888 data da sanção da Lei Áurea) sendo que no caso da bandeira brasileira elas estão conforme seriam vistas por um observador posicionado fora da esfera celeste.Very loosely translated using Google :
In the blue circle, each one of the stars represents one of the states that form Brazil. With respect the position of the axle of the constellation of the Southern Cross, the vertical alignment of the stars Alpha of crux and Gamma of crux, portraies a transit sidereal of the spindle of number 13, such which the excessively republicas austral ones, in the case of Brazil is as observed in an eclipse in the city of Rio De Janeiro to the 9 hours and 22 minutes of the morning of day 15 of November of 1889, dates place and hour of the announcement of the republic or in in opposition abraxas the Sun in this same position, the 9 hours 22 minutes of the night of day 13 of May of 1888 dates of the sanction of the Golden Law) being that in the case of the Brazilian flag they are in agreement would be seen by a located observer outside of the celestial sphere.So, "fuso" might also be linked to the flag of Brazil, as the stars where represented at a certain time.
A paradox
A labyrinth
A cartograph to show the way
Alterations are needed
Disorganize to communicate
Your cats are safe
The End is the Beginning
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