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− | In the video description to [[Jonas Sucks]], Daniel posted a link to the file, http://tinyurl.com/33s4w2. The file has been uploaded [http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=54391B2B2164E5D8 here]. It is a .rar file named "53454d494f54494353.rar", which is hex for " | + | In the video description to [[Jonas Sucks]], Daniel posted a link to the file, http://tinyurl.com/33s4w2. The file has been uploaded [http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=54391B2B2164E5D8 here]. It is a .rar file named "53454d494f54494353.rar", which is hex for "SEMIOTICS". |
==The books== | ==The books== |
Revision as of 05:49, 23 February 2007
In the video Jonas Sucks Daniel finds a package in their car. It includes a set of Nancy Drew books and a note from Tachyon. From the start, Daniel suspects that this package contains some kind of clue to guide them in figuring out the password to the encrypted file Tachyon had left Bree.
The note
Tachyon's note reads
xxxxxxxxxxx Where it all started the answer is before you a subtle clue I Drew xoxo, T yyy
The file
In the video description to Jonas Sucks, Daniel posted a link to the file, http://tinyurl.com/33s4w2. The file has been uploaded here. It is a .rar file named "53454d494f54494353.rar", which is hex for "SEMIOTICS".
The books
The package contained five books from the Nancy Drew series, including
- The Clue in the Diary
- The Quest of the Missing Map
- The Secret of the Old Clock
- The Secret of the Forgotten City
Semiotics background
Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols, both individually and grouped in sign systems. It includes the study of how meaning is constructed and understood. It can represent a methodology for the analysis of texts regardless of modality, which is the particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans. For these purposes, "text" is any message preserved in a form whose existence is independent of both sender and receiver. Naming the file "semiotics" could signify that the password to the file already exists in what Tachyon sent Daniel. In this way, Daniel and Tachyon need know nothing about each other to be able to communicate what the password is.
External links
- Forum thread discussing puzzle
- You can download the file from here.
- Wikipedia article on Semiotics