tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post1958382624257033025..comments2023-09-07T07:50:20.993-07:00Comments on BRAD!CAL: Alright updates on this blog!bradicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959372139042044679noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-88380119618095567342009-05-01T01:53:00.000-07:002009-05-01T01:53:00.000-07:00The numbers greater than 26 are: 34, 55, 93, 54, 3...The numbers greater than 26 are: 34, 55, 93, 54, 30, and 117.<br /><br />Page 34 has the JJA logo<br />Page 55 has the JJA logo<br />Page 93 has the JJA logo<br />Page 117 has the JJA logo<br /><br />Page 54 has a Subaru ad.<br /><br />Page 30 has no logo, but has a guide to solving puzzles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-86216481884077875772009-04-30T15:30:00.000-07:002009-04-30T15:30:00.000-07:00but, grrr, it just occurred to me I might have giv...but, grrr, it just occurred to me I might have given a spoiler with that info.. bah, I didn't mean to do that. :(<br /><br />As far as non-ad related things, and anything that is Wired controlled, yeah, anything that looks like there might be a pattern you should follow up on for sure... eventually you will figure out something, likely...JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266594892325393865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-33081677984489553292009-04-30T15:28:00.000-07:002009-04-30T15:28:00.000-07:00As far ast he 1&1 ad, I think that's a leg...As far ast he 1&1 ad, I think that's a legit ad. Given that they have trademark and copyright subtext, and reference to PayPal using its official logo... things that probably wouldn't be put into a fake ad for numerous reasons.<br /><br />As far as I can tell, all the ads in the issue are legit, other than the ones on the single page that is very obviously fake, and all of those ads have no actual legal copy of any type... the sites they link to were also registered by Wired, probably to avoid any legal issues with actual businesses.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266594892325393865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-33159739734708099382009-04-30T12:27:00.000-07:002009-04-30T12:27:00.000-07:00Just got the issue a few days ago, so I late to th...Just got the issue a few days ago, so I late to the game (literally).<br /><br />Just a few Qs, and I apologize if this has already been looked at:<br /><br />1. does the spine of the magazine have any hidden meaning? I thought Morse, but I just get nonsense.<br /><br />2. pg. 16, the card scanner ad, on the bottom, CityCourier and other notes look legible, anything there?<br /><br />3. pg. 137-8, the 1&1 ad, the website for artisanguitars.com looks like it can be an easter egg...maybe related to the music page?<br /><br />4. pg. 67, the family puzzle mansion, the picture of the room has the book Hughes prominently placed...Alo-icioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093452427706690491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-13419696829535692962009-04-30T11:48:00.000-07:002009-04-30T11:48:00.000-07:00It was actually the August 2003 issue of Wired, an...It was actually the August 2003 issue of Wired, and as far as I could tell, was the actual issue, so probably just a nod to Wired with an episode time-appropriate issue (that coincidentally spoke of Time Travel, and had 108 on the cover, both very convenient concidences, unless they'd been planning this in their crystal ball for 6 years). More info on the next comment in this blog, actuallyJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266594892325393865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-4243963236719791552009-04-30T06:31:00.000-07:002009-04-30T06:31:00.000-07:00I'm not sure if it matters, but last night in the ...I'm not sure if it matters, but last night in the episode of Lost, they included a shot of a "Superheroes" edition of Wired Magazine, that as far as I can remember, was not one that they actually released. In the time scale of the show, the magazine that they had shown would have been out in the real world around the end of 2004.Kevin Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941382997053456226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-39955150614418268262009-04-28T17:58:00.000-07:002009-04-28T17:58:00.000-07:00I have a couple of thoughts. First is that the ke...I have a couple of thoughts. First is that the key might be "the journey" or "yenrouj eht". If you read the article by Brian Greene, on page 18, it talks about how science *isn't* about finding the truth, it's about the journey. The first sentence of the second paragraph is "But science <I>is</I> the journey".<br /><br />Another clue I found is that on page 13, the format of the page numbers is backwards. Instead of 013 - Wired - May 2009 it is May 2009 - Wired - 013. And that section "Rants" aka letters from readers, so maybe "use letters" can be taken literally.Kevin Lenewayhttp://astartupaday.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-13741559817859454122009-04-28T13:01:00.000-07:002009-04-28T13:01:00.000-07:00To be clear, for each of the counting letters back...To be clear, for each of the counting letters backward in the JJ article (all 4 variations, i.e. from "dig", the last "end", and the last "cheating" (including and excluding cheating)), I also decoded using the Vigenere Cipher for these codewords<br />WIREDMAGAZINE<br />ENIZAGAMDERIW<br />USELETTERSBACKWARDSFROMEND<br />DNEMORFSDRAWKCABSRETTELESU<br />LOST<br />TSOL<br />THEISLAND<br />DNALSIEH<br />MEGALOTTOJACKPOT<br />TOPKCAJOTTOLAGEM<br />MEGALOTTO<br />OTTOLAGEM<br />SCIENCEISTRUTHFOUNOUT<br />TUODNUOFHTURTSIECNEICSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-66432469098198929352009-04-28T10:42:00.000-07:002009-04-28T10:42:00.000-07:00Counting letters backwards from end ("Dig.") of JJ...Counting letters backwards from end ("Dig.") of JJ article:<br />E S A O G E<br />T S A A Y I<br />Y S A E I L S<br />I G O I D G DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-7432185522799558132009-04-28T08:42:00.000-07:002009-04-28T08:42:00.000-07:00I've tried counting letters backward from the end ...I've tried counting letters backward from the end of the JJ article, from the last occurance of "end" in the article, and from the last occurance of the word "cheating" (the beginning of the article says, in bold "This essay ends with cheating."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-3331362990687506862009-04-26T15:41:00.000-07:002009-04-26T15:41:00.000-07:00Did anyone else notice that the "o" in lotto align...Did anyone else notice that the "o" in lotto aligns witn the "o" in jackpot to form an "8"?Benxaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11046730030247583591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-903260514651327912009-04-24T12:30:00.000-07:002009-04-24T12:30:00.000-07:00The image on the last page is an exact copy of the...The image on the last page is an exact copy of the 1986 piece by Ed Ruscha (including the words). That said, I don't think there is anything directly buried in its meaning, no secret meaning to the space between IS and TRUTH, etc... the image is unchanged.<br /><br />That doesn't mean the answer isn't buried in it.. it only means that the trick of it (if there is one) was an 23 year afterthought, not an idea the image itself was created AROUND.<br /><br />I did try using the letters from right to left as a key in a vigenere cipher, and while the results seemed promising, ultimately I think I was just grasping... There is plenty of room for error, as many of the letters are almost even, so deciding the order for those was tough.<br /><br />the best I came out with was <br />W O N A T L <br />O N M X Q S <br />Z R X E Z H M <br />J V E U X W O<br /><br />... it ALMOST seems like that is the right track, because the lottery WAS won somewhere, won at lonsomething? But then, unless the last part was a clue of some sort, that would be somewhat anti-climactic, so it's likely just a coincidence that context-fitting real words came out of my attempt.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266594892325393865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-48688916332982284192009-04-24T03:05:00.000-07:002009-04-24T03:05:00.000-07:00I think I have something here... Can't talk right ...I think I have something here... Can't talk right now, I'll post later.aehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01716785256348116078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-35042427352884538202009-04-24T01:47:00.000-07:002009-04-24T01:47:00.000-07:00Well, I've tried so many things I've forgotten the...Well, I've tried so many things I've forgotten them all... some things that might spark ideas in others, though:<br /><br />Maybe the numbers that are over 26 are literal numbers... like, this is the string: <br />D 34 R 55 N 93 <br />54 E F K J M <br />30 L F S B V E <br />B A 117 B Q A Q<br /><br />However, none of my previous ideas made any more sense when applied to this... I tried reverse engineering it a bit, too... I thought, since the JJA logo appears on all the numbers int he first line, maybe it was like: p 34, p 55, p 93, etc<br /><br />But, the key (in a non-variant vigenere cipher) to achieve that starts with OCY , and I couldn't think of anything that that fit forwards or backwards... just because, I tried for 54 words, which made the key = OCYIRTGU++++ , which also didn't really make much sense or help.<br /><br />I also tried various things from the Letters section (Rants), from the article about the end of the world (armaggedon years), and a ton of other ideas I can't remember that didn't (seem to) pan out.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266594892325393865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-50116007564040273612009-04-23T22:28:00.000-07:002009-04-23T22:28:00.000-07:00I feel like I said this somewhere, but I did try t...I feel like I said this somewhere, but I did try the backwards letters on the music page, backwards and forwards, to no avail.. I also tried some of the hidden tracks, violet sedan chair songs, etc, didn't catch any breaks there either...<br /><br />there must be SOME significance to the fact that the numbers don't constrain to the lower 26 like the left side does, though... wish I could think of what...JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266594892325393865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-19674804790998204942009-04-23T20:20:00.000-07:002009-04-23T20:20:00.000-07:00(Somehow missed all the comments from this post ea...(Somehow missed all the comments from this post earlier so I duplicated some of the work - thanks JM for pointing this out).<br /><br />I went through the magazine and pulled out all the large letters at the beginnings of some articles to use as the key but nothing came of it.<br /><br />Also no luck using the letters in the slide puzzle like graphic in reverse as the key.AZMoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416917948420643281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-63177168785295486712009-04-23T20:07:00.000-07:002009-04-23T20:07:00.000-07:0027+ characters = numbers that are over 27 (not DIR...27+ characters = numbers that are over 27 (not DIRECTLY applicable to a character in the 26 letter alphabet)<br /><br />FYI, I just converted the page numbers that the JJA symbol is on to letters.. in forward order they are:<br /><br />cfjnqhstvcacdioydms<br /><br />(Assuming overflow)<br /><br />I tried that and that backwards as a key, no good there either.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266594892325393865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-73289031953965604162009-04-23T19:51:00.000-07:002009-04-23T19:51:00.000-07:00maybe it has something to do with the "Game Over" ...maybe it has something to do with the "Game Over" or the graphic that accompanied it? Although I read somewhere that you didn't need the internet to solve any of the puzzles in the issue.<br /><br />Also, what do you mean by the 27+ characters in the first line?Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544842241803336220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-44109366179054891112009-04-23T19:34:00.000-07:002009-04-23T19:34:00.000-07:00also tried using the backwards words from the Musi...also tried using the backwards words from the Music article too, no good there (forwards or backwards... which WAS forwards.. or.. yeah...)JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266594892325393865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-34782195262781085382009-04-23T19:15:00.000-07:002009-04-23T19:15:00.000-07:00Oh, I also tried using the letters at the end of t...Oh, I also tried using the letters at the end of the unencrypted and encrypted versions of the left page, right page, and both pages, forward and backwards, no good there either. :/JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266594892325393865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-81178059441421791892009-04-23T19:14:00.000-07:002009-04-23T19:14:00.000-07:00I've tried comparing to ASCII equivalents as w...I've tried comparing to ASCII equivalents as well, for both just the high numbers and all, but that didn't really produce anything useful.<br /><br />Interestingly, all the 27+ numbers in the first line all relate to pages where the JJA logo is, but none of the other ones seem to have that in common, so might be unrelated...<br /><br />I also tried various combinations of "The End"->"Play"->"Test"->"Start"->"Rants"->"The Beginning", as that's the general categories in the table of contents, but didn't get much from there either. both going backwards, forwards, as a group, individually, etc, etcJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266594892325393865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-78017014778329061022009-04-23T17:07:00.000-07:002009-04-23T17:07:00.000-07:00also, I tried various combinations of a reverse-ke...also, I tried various combinations of a reverse-key vigenere, a reverse alphabet, reversing the numbers themselves, and various keys both forward and reversed, but still haven't found anything useful.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266594892325393865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-9373600491415982502009-04-23T17:06:00.000-07:002009-04-23T17:06:00.000-07:00The numbers greater than 26 are: 34, 55, 93, 54, ...The numbers greater than 26 are: 34, 55, 93, 54, 30, and 117.<br /><br />I would actually be easy to break MOST of these numbers into multiples that were under 26: 117 has a number of sub-26 factors (1, 3, 9, and 13), though only one group has both numbers under 26: 9x13. 34 would be 2x17, 55 would be 5x11... the rest cause more problems... 54 could be 3x18 or 6x9 (ignoring 2x27), 30 could be any of 2x15, 3x10 or 5x6, and worst of all, 93 only has 1x93 or 3x31 ... and 31 is prime and can't be broken up any more.<br /><br />Given that, I'm thinking it's not related to converting the numbers to multiplicable factors... still could be based on addition or subtraction (though that would have so many possibilities I doubt that's it either), simple combination (117 = 11 7 or 1 17 or 1 1 7 ), or... well, something else.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266594892325393865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-5738882282769016462009-04-23T16:52:00.000-07:002009-04-23T16:52:00.000-07:00JM - earlier i tried reverse mapping the letters (...JM - earlier i tried reverse mapping the letters (z=1, a=26) but didn't come up with anything. but I didn't think to reverse the vigenere key. good thinking.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544842241803336220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865320106935224802.post-35864950266591054632009-04-23T16:33:00.000-07:002009-04-23T16:33:00.000-07:0093 is not 3* 13 26 is my bad...but it still stands...93 is not 3* 13 26 is my bad...but it still stands that this may workUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11504228851191031929noreply@blogger.com