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==Website==<br />
[http://www.artisresistance.com/ http://www.artisresistance.com/]<br />
<br />
Go to [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?t=20517 this thread] on ETS for discussion of this website<br />
<br />
The URL for this website was found on a [http://www.ninwiki.com/images/9/91/Resistancepk0.jpg red flyer] at the Feb. 22, 2007 show in Paris, France. The logos shown on the site are consistent with the [http://www.nin.com/current/photos/2_21_07.jpg 2_21_07] image posted on the nin.com/current site. <br />
<br />
===Content===<br />
This site seems to be a place for 'members of the resistance' to remind the visitors of the site that 'they have a voice'.<br />
The site contains links to a tools page and a forum, leading to anotherversionofthetruth.com/artist.htm.<br />
The tools page has stencils of the [[Art is Resistance logo]] in various forms, such as desktop images, and stencils.<br />
<br />
===External Links===<br />
There are two known links on the main page. The first links to a previously undiscovered thread on [[Another Version of the Truth (website)]]. The second links to a 'tools' page which provides downloads of the [[Resistance Logo]] in various formats. <br />
<br />
==Theories==<br />
It is speculated in some circles that TheWarden may be the Angry Sniper using a different alias.<br />
----<br />
<br />
"You think spray painting shit is going to make a fucking difference? All this art <br />
crap might make you feel better, but the cops are laughing their asses off as they <br />
haul you to jail. You want to make a difference, switch from .38 to .45, assholes. " - TheWarden<br />
<br />
This may relate to biblical passages:<br />
<br />
38: John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us."<br />
<br />
and<br />
<br />
45: And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna. <br />
<br />
''note: both the .38 and the .45 are gun types. the above biblical references may not even be relevant. sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.''<br />
<br />
"b. Jan 10, 1967<br />
d. Apr 19, 1995<br />
<br />
<br />
My mom. <br />
<br />
Explain it to me, Warden. " - soonerlater<br />
<br />
These dates could be a phone number, or manipulated to find the next clue.<br />
<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
Another way to look at the numbers is that .38 to .45 is a reference to gun calibers, and not religion. Suggesting TheWarden wants them to amp up the damage.<br />
<br />
The dates given by soonerlater about his mothers death may link to the fact that on the 19th of April 1995 a truck bomb at a federal building in Oklahoma City exploded, killing 168 in an anti-government movement. This seems to fit in with the idea that some people on the thread are choosing to show their resistance through art and not violence due to the loss of innocent life violent events can cause.<br />
<br />
Info on this event can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing<br />
<br />
Something else worth mentioning is that CazzazaKid says "he just wanted to tell us AIR has flatlined, not start WW4", suggesting that World War 3 has already happened.<br />
<br />
Also note that the Artist topic linked via the Art Is Resistance website contains text in the background which when compiled is the same passage from Slaughterhouse-Five found on the Wire-Tap website.<br />
<br />
Check out the discussion page for this article for further theories and speculation.<br />
<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
'''Another point to ponder...'''<br />
<br />
President Lyndon B. Johnson's State of the Union address:<br />
<br />
Jan. 10, 1967: ...We have chosen to fight a limited war in Vietnam in an attempt to prevent a larger war--a war almost certain to follow, I believe, if the Communists succeed in overrunning and taking over South Vietnam by aggression and by force. I believe, and I am supported by some authority, that if they are not checked now the world can expect to pay a greater price to check them later.<br />
<br />
'''BanksyForDictator'''<br />
<br />
It should also be noted that one of the screennames is 'BanksyForDictator.' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy Banksy][http://www.banksy.co.uk] is a world-famous anonymous artist/social commentator known mostly for his graffiti and stencil work. His use of illegal art in a most extreme form is a testament to the role art can play in a social movement and fits hand-in-hand with the theme of www.artisresistance.com.<br />
[[Category:World of Year Zero]]</div>Weskerhttps://www.nin.wiki/index.php?title=Art_Is_Resistance&diff=7466Art Is Resistance2007-03-19T01:19:17Z<p>Wesker: </p>
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[[Image:Art_is_Resistance.jpg|frame|Main Page]]<br />
<br />
==Website==<br />
[http://www.artisresistance.com/ http://www.artisresistance.com/]<br />
<br />
Go to [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?t=20517 this thread] on ETS for discussion of this website<br />
<br />
The URL for this website was found on a [http://www.ninwiki.com/images/9/91/Resistancepk0.jpg red flyer] at the Feb. 22, 2007 show in Paris, France. The logos shown on the site are consistent with the [http://www.nin.com/current/photos/2_21_07.jpg 2_21_07] image posted on the nin.com/current site. <br />
<br />
===Content===<br />
This site seems to be a place for 'members of the resistance' to remind the visitors of the site that 'they have a voice'.<br />
The site contains links to a tools page and a forum, leading to anotherversionofthetruth.com/artist.htm.<br />
The tools page has stencils of the [[Art is Resistance logo]] in various forms, such as desktop images, and stencils.<br />
<br />
===External Links===<br />
There are two known links on the main page. The first links to a previously undiscovered thread on [[Another Version of the Truth (website)]]. The second links to a 'tools' page which provides downloads of the [[Resistance Logo]] in various formats. <br />
<br />
==Theories==<br />
It is speculated in some circles that TheWarden may be the Angry Sniper using a different alias.<br />
<br />
"You think spray painting shit is going to make a fucking difference? All this art <br />
crap might make you feel better, but the cops are laughing their asses off as they <br />
haul you to jail. You want to make a difference, switch from .38 to .45, assholes. " - TheWarden<br />
<br />
This may relate to biblical passages:<br />
<br />
38: John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us."<br />
<br />
and<br />
<br />
45: And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna. <br />
<br />
''note: both the .38 and the .45 are gun types. the above biblical references may not even be relevant. sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.''<br />
<br />
"b. Jan 10, 1967<br />
d. Apr 19, 1995<br />
<br />
<br />
My mom. <br />
<br />
Explain it to me, Warden. " - soonerlater<br />
<br />
These dates could be a phone number, or manipulated to find the next clue.<br />
<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
Another way to look at the numbers is that .38 to .45 is a reference to gun calibers, and not religion. Suggesting TheWarden wants them to amp up the damage.<br />
<br />
The dates given by soonerlater about his mothers death may link to the fact that on the 19th of April 1995 a truck bomb at a federal building in Oklahoma City exploded, killing 168 in an anti-government movement. This seems to fit in with the idea that some people on the thread are choosing to show their resistance through art and not violence due to the loss of innocent life violent events can cause.<br />
<br />
Info on this event can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing<br />
<br />
Something else worth mentioning is that CazzazaKid says "he just wanted to tell us AIR has flatlined, not start WW4", suggesting that World War 3 has already happened.<br />
<br />
Also note that the Artist topic linked via the Art Is Resistance website contains text in the background which when compiled is the same passage from Slaughterhouse-Five found on the Wire-Tap website.<br />
<br />
Check out the discussion page for this article for further theories and speculation.<br />
<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
'''Another point to ponder...'''<br />
<br />
President Lyndon B. Johnson's State of the Union address:<br />
<br />
Jan. 10, 1967: ...We have chosen to fight a limited war in Vietnam in an attempt to prevent a larger war--a war almost certain to follow, I believe, if the Communists succeed in overrunning and taking over South Vietnam by aggression and by force. I believe, and I am supported by some authority, that if they are not checked now the world can expect to pay a greater price to check them later.<br />
<br />
'''BanksyForDictator'''<br />
<br />
It should also be noted that one of the screennames is 'BanksyForDictator.' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy Banksy][http://www.banksy.co.uk] is a world-famous anonymous artist/social commentator known mostly for his graffiti and stencil work. His use of illegal art in a most extreme form is a testament to the role art can play in a social movement and fits hand-in-hand with the theme of www.artisresistance.com.<br />
[[Category:World of Year Zero]]</div>Weskerhttps://www.nin.wiki/index.php?title=Solutions_Backwards_Initiative&diff=7465Solutions Backwards Initiative2007-03-19T01:16:35Z<p>Wesker: </p>
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==Discovery==<br />
Clicking the "submit" button at the [[Secure_Broadcast_Informatics|Secure Broadcast Informatics]] site ([http://www.securebroadcastinformatics.com/ http://www.securebroadcastinformatics.com/]) directs you to the Solutions Backward Initiative page.<br />
<br />
==Website==<br />
[http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims/ http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims/]<br />
<br />
===Content===<br />
The /pilgrims website mentions Mallett Rings. Further research indicates this may be a reference to Ronald L. Mallett, Ph.D., Professor of Physics at University of Connecticut. Some of his research includes time travel and rings of light. [http://www.physics.uconn.edu/~mallett/main/research_activities.htm http://www.physics.uconn.edu/~mallett/main/research_activities.htm]<br />
<br />
Furthermore, the name Chiarello is mentioned in the logs. This is a direct reference to Fabio Chiarello, who since 1992 has been involved in major research in the field of Quantum computing. Currently, Fabio Chiarello right now is the major researcher in the field of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQUID SQUIDs] or Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices. [http://www.ifn.cnr.it/Groups/SQC/people/CHIARELLO.HTML For more info on Chiarello's work]<br />
<br />
It seems that a group of self-described "pilgrims" working for a quantum encryption company have devised a method of sending information from [[Year Zero]] back through time to the present, in the hope that we will change their reality. This suggests that the Nine Inch Nails album [[Year Zero]] is an artifact from 15 years in the future.<br />
<br />
===IRC Transcript===<br />
From IRC at [http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims/ http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims/]<br />
''keyed by ap4thy20''<br><br />
''edited by Keiichi-san, contingencyplan, and ap4thy20''<br />
<br />
(Carolina: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
<br />
(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
<br />
YI: Who is there?<br />
<br />
JORDAN: Wayne & Carolina @ SBI. Carolina's in the tarpit. Frank is relaying. I'm @ McGill. I've got a class writing an exam--may have to jump out.<br />
<br />
MIGUEL IS NOW ONLINE<br />
<br />
MIGUEL: I'm representing for Georgetown. Sorry I'm late.<br />
<br />
EVA: my palms are fucking drenched.<br />
<br />
WAYNE: No problem Mikey. You good and secure over there?<br />
<br />
MIGUEL: As secure as it gets. FWIW.<br />
<br />
EVA: this is all pointless, i'm telling you this is an inside job.<br />
<br />
WAYNE: Eva thinks we're screwed.<br />
<br />
EVA: toller. i bet toller ratted us out.<br />
<br />
YI: You are young. You want it to be an enemy. It isn't like that. It's the cafeteria worker, the neighbor, the janitor, your boss, the telecomm repairman. It's not a matter of "who." Just "when."<br />
<br />
MIGUEL: Wow. Cynical.<br />
<br />
YI: No. Just old.<br />
<br />
KALPESH IS NOW ONLINE.<br />
<br />
KALPESH: What have I missed?<br />
<br />
(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
<br />
YI: When I was 13, I was a Red Guard. I rode the train to Beijing to hear Mao speak. I told on people who were reactionaries, including my parents. I tried to change the world.<br />
<br />
MIGUEL: Hi, Kalpesh. How are things on your side of the pond?<br />
<br />
KALPESH: Bloody crazy. Let's get this over and done with and shut down for awhile.<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: I'm back. Carolina's in the tarpit.<br />
<br />
MIGUEL: And feeling Biblical!<br />
<br />
YI: You do not have to join an organization. Sometimes if you just wait, times will change. The hard part is not doing things that later you are ashamed of.<br />
<br />
ALICIA IS NOW ONLINE<br />
<br />
ALICIA: you folks need me?<br />
<br />
JORDAN: Is Carolina running her stuff, Wayne?<br />
<br />
WAYNE: Yes.<br />
<br />
ALICIA: really, do you need me? bad time here at Fermi.<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: You're worried about security, A?<br />
<br />
ALICIA: to put it mildly<br />
<br />
JORDAN: Then go. Burn this log, but watch your instruments. If we get something, it may move the needle over there.<br />
<br />
ALICIA: tx<br />
<br />
JORDAN: burn this log, obviously<br />
<br />
ALICIA: y<br />
<br />
ALICIA IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: C has just asked me to run calibration.<br />
<br />
EVA: i cannot believe you guys chose her. i'd be faster.<br />
<br />
JORDAN: Eva, if they are coming to audit tomorrow, and they find something, it would be stupid to have all three of you onsite at SBI.<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: Doctoring the access logs now. As far as they know, Wayne and Carolina never came back into the building.<br />
<br />
WAYNE: skilz, Frankie!<br />
<br />
EVA: This was my last fucking sick day.<br />
<br />
(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
<br />
YI: No one believes Carolina is a subversive<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: Hm. Shit.<br />
<br />
KALPESH: We'll see if that's still true tomorrow.<br />
<br />
MIGUEL: What's our key text?<br />
<br />
(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
<br />
EVA: don't get me started.<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: Wayne, you're bleeding data somehow.<br />
<br />
JORDAN: We mined a few banned books/songs.<br />
<br />
WAYNE: Eva didn't like my choice.<br />
<br />
EVA: jesus christ. why not send back "winnie the pooh"?<br />
<br />
WAYNE: When they ban Piglet, I will.<br />
<br />
(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
<br />
EVA: wayne shut the FUCK up<br />
<br />
MIGUEL: Banned books? Oh, THAT was a good idea.<br />
<br />
WAYNE: It's not me, I swear. There's some kinda glitch, it keeps reposting.<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: Wayne, this login is bleeding onto the main page.<br />
<br />
JORDAN: Sorry.<br />
<br />
KALPESH: Shit I keep thinking I hear someone on the roof of my apartment.<br />
<br />
MIGUEL: Boo!<br />
<br />
WAYNE: What?<br />
<br />
KALPESH: <kalpesh gives Miguel the finger><br />
<br />
(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: Carolina's running now. Suerte, chica.<br />
<br />
(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
<br />
EVA: at least i used music from someone who's alive and fucking kicking.<br />
<br />
MIGUEL: Was alive when he went to prison. Who knows now.<br />
<br />
WAYNE: What do you mean "bleeding data?"<br />
<br />
KALPESH: heard it again<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: Carolina says text is in the bed.<br />
<br />
WAYNE: Sandwich 1/2 done.<br />
<br />
JORDAN: Shut up Wayne.<br />
<br />
(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
<br />
EVA: I'm going to pull your fingers out of their sockets, wayne.<br />
<br />
WAYNE: IT'S NOT ME!!<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: SHIT. I scrubbed out logon off the main page but it's back again! Wayne, stop screwing around!<br />
<br />
WAYNE: I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING!!!!<br />
<br />
YI: could it be carolina's machine?<br />
<br />
EVA: Christ you're right it's on the front page. If someone sees what we're fucked.<br />
<br />
(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
<br />
KALPESH:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;shit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;think<br> thtjm8b8b8uiitb8itb8itrnbu8jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj<br />
<br />
KALPESH IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
<br />
YI: ah<br />
<br />
MIGUEL: FUck<br />
<br />
EVA: It's official<br />
<br />
JORDAN: they got kalpesh?!<br />
<br />
EVA: how much longer, frank?<br />
<br />
(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: Parsing.<br />
<br />
JORDAN: god damn it. Wayne, Eva -- any of you in the States, you've got to abort. Get out of there!<br />
<br />
MIGUEL: I can't believe it.<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: 30 seconds. Blackbox logon reposting on the front page AGAIN.<br />
<br />
WAYNE: sirens<br />
<br />
JORDAN: test bed's too deep<br />
<br />
WAYNE: Fuck! Suits! All over the place!<br />
<br />
EVA: goddamn theyre not supposed to search till tomorrow<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: 10 s<br />
<br />
(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: Should I yank her out or what?<br />
<br />
JORDAN: HIT THE BUTTON! TELL C TO HIT THE BUTTON!<br />
<br />
EVA: keep her in there! tell her to send send send. Send everything<br />
<br />
JORDAN: oh my god<br />
<br />
EVA: TELL HER TO FUCKING FLOOD IT<br />
<br />
WAYNE: Jesus god. I locked the doors cause, hey, I'm fucked anyway. Might as well get an extra 3 mins.<br />
<br />
WAYNE: Carolina says bye.<br />
<br />
[''the chat box for the window starts slowly typing in the following phrase:'']<br />
<br />
CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND<br />
<br />
MIGUEL: Sirens in front of my building. Shutting down. It's been real, guys.<br />
<br />
MIGUEL IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: No response from C<br />
<br />
ALICIA IS NOW ONLINE<br />
<br />
YI: America is not the world. The work will continue.<br />
<br />
JORDAN: wayne are you still there<br />
<br />
(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
<br />
ALICIA: what the HELL is happening??!? Our instruments just went crazy<br />
<br />
WAYNE: They're coming through. I'm cutting power.<br />
<br />
WAYNE IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
<br />
(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
<br />
(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: This is pulling way more data than it should.<br />
<br />
YI: What?<br />
<br />
EVA: remoted in to check arrays<br />
<br />
ALICIA: server brownout<br />
<br />
EVA: She put everything through the bed holy shit !!!!!!!!<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: EVERYTHING I'm watching the data rate, it's through the ceiling.<br />
<br />
YI: I'm going to miss my granddaughter.<br />
<br />
EVA: THROUGH!<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: Something went through.<br />
<br />
ALICIA: Spike!<br />
<br />
JORDAN: Depth?????<br />
<br />
EVA: STRONG<br />
<br />
(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
<br />
JORDAN: what happened to carolina!<br />
<br />
EVA: you did good, C<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO: channel snapped. I think C's just waiting for them to break through the doors.<br />
<br />
ALICIA: Oh my god.<br />
<br />
ALICIA: Oh my god.<br />
<br />
EVA: WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?????<br />
<br />
FRANCISCO IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
<br />
YI IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
<br />
JORDAN IS NOW OFFLINE <br />
<br />
ALICIA IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
<br />
EVA IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
<br />
(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
<br />
(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
<br />
(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
<br />
==Theories==<br />
It is speculated that the above mentioned music ("at least i used music from someone who's alive and fucking kicking") is in fact Year Zero and that the "someone" is Trent Reznor. Further evidence for this can be found in the music video for [[survivalism (song)|Survivalism]], in which a SWAT team member is seen dragging Trent's corpse down a hallway.<br />
<br />
It is also speculated that all of the "world of Year Zero" websites are in fact sent back in time from the year 2022--Year Zero. This is strengthened by the graininess of the background of the sites, as well as the reflected text, etc. This distortion could have happened when the sites were being sent through time.<br />
<br />
The literature mentioned in the irc conversation, then, would be the quotes from Slaughterhouse-Five, etc. that have been found in broken text in the background of the sites.<br />
<br />
==Hidden Numbers==<br />
[[Image:Sbi_numbers.jpg|thumb|Numbers Highlighted]]<br />
<br />
The number sequence 24.19.12 is found hidden on the Solutions Backwards Initiative page.<br />
<br />
==Hidden Text==<br />
<br />
[[Image:Huckfinn.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Additionally, there is hidden content in the form of fragments of obscured text embedded the background of the site. These five bits of text directly reference a line from Huck Finn. The passage that is quoted in the fragments: <br />
<br />
'It was a close place. I took it up, and held it in my hand. I was a-trembling, because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: “All right then, I’ll go to hell”—and tore it up. It was awful thoughts and awful words, but they was said. And I let them stay said; and never thought no more about reforming.'<br />
<br />
[[Category:World of Year Zero]]</div>Weskerhttps://www.nin.wiki/index.php?title=Solutions_Backwards_Initiative&diff=7464Solutions Backwards Initiative2007-03-19T01:15:35Z<p>Wesker: </p>
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<br />
==Discovery==<br />
Clicking the "submit" button at the [[Secure_Broadcast_Informatics|Secure Broadcast Informatics]] site ([http://www.securebroadcastinformatics.com/ http://www.securebroadcastinformatics.com/]) directs you to the Solutions Backward Initiative page.<br />
<br />
==Website==<br />
[http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims/ http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims/]<br />
<br />
===Content===<br />
The /pilgrims website mentions Mallett Rings. Further research indicates this may be a reference to Ronald L. Mallett, Ph.D., Professor of Physics at University of Connecticut. Some of his research includes time travel and rings of light. [http://www.physics.uconn.edu/~mallett/main/research_activities.htm http://www.physics.uconn.edu/~mallett/main/research_activities.htm]<br />
<br />
Furthermore, the name Chiarello is mentioned in the logs. This is a direct reference to Fabio Chiarello, who since 1992 has been involved in major research in the field of Quantum computing. Currently, Fabio Chiarello right now is the major researcher in the field of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQUID SQUIDs] or Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices. [http://www.ifn.cnr.it/Groups/SQC/people/CHIARELLO.HTML For more info on Chiarello's work]<br />
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It seems that a group of self-described "pilgrims" working for a quantum encryption company have devised a method of sending information from [[Year Zero]] back through time to the present, in the hope that we will change their reality. This suggests that the Nine Inch Nails album [[Year Zero]] is an artifact from 15 years in the future.<br />
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===IRC Transcript===<br />
From IRC at [http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims/ http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims/]<br />
''keyed by ap4thy20''<br><br />
''edited by Keiichi-san, contingencyplan, and ap4thy20''<br />
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(Carolina: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
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(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
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YI: Who is there?<br />
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JORDAN: Wayne & Carolina @ SBI. Carolina's in the tarpit. Frank is relaying. I'm @ McGill. I've got a class writing an exam--may have to jump out.<br />
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MIGUEL IS NOW ONLINE<br />
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MIGUEL: I'm representing for Georgetown. Sorry I'm late.<br />
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EVA: my palms are fucking drenched.<br />
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WAYNE: No problem Mikey. You good and secure over there?<br />
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MIGUEL: As secure as it gets. FWIW.<br />
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EVA: this is all pointless, i'm telling you this is an inside job.<br />
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WAYNE: Eva thinks we're screwed.<br />
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EVA: toller. i bet toller ratted us out.<br />
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YI: You are young. You want it to be an enemy. It isn't like that. It's the cafeteria worker, the neighbor, the janitor, your boss, the telecomm repairman. It's not a matter of "who." Just "when."<br />
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MIGUEL: Wow. Cynical.<br />
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YI: No. Just old.<br />
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KALPESH IS NOW ONLINE.<br />
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KALPESH: What have I missed?<br />
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(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
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YI: When I was 13, I was a Red Guard. I rode the train to Beijing to hear Mao speak. I told on people who were reactionaries, including my parents. I tried to change the world.<br />
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MIGUEL: Hi, Kalpesh. How are things on your side of the pond?<br />
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KALPESH: Bloody crazy. Let's get this over and done with and shut down for awhile.<br />
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FRANCISCO: I'm back. Carolina's in the tarpit.<br />
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MIGUEL: And feeling Biblical!<br />
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YI: You do not have to join an organization. Sometimes if you just wait, times will change. The hard part is not doing things that later you are ashamed of.<br />
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ALICIA IS NOW ONLINE<br />
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ALICIA: you folks need me?<br />
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JORDAN: Is Carolina running her stuff, Wayne?<br />
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WAYNE: Yes.<br />
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ALICIA: really, do you need me? bad time here at Fermi.<br />
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FRANCISCO: You're worried about security, A?<br />
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ALICIA: to put it mildly<br />
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JORDAN: Then go. Burn this log, but watch your instruments. If we get something, it may move the needle over there.<br />
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ALICIA: tx<br />
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JORDAN: burn this log, obviously<br />
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ALICIA: y<br />
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ALICIA IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
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FRANCISCO: C has just asked me to run calibration.<br />
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EVA: i cannot believe you guys chose her. i'd be faster.<br />
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JORDAN: Eva, if they are coming to audit tomorrow, and they find something, it would be stupid to have all three of you onsite at SBI.<br />
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FRANCISCO: Doctoring the access logs now. As far as they know, Wayne and Carolina never came back into the building.<br />
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WAYNE: skilz, Frankie!<br />
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EVA: This was my last fucking sick day.<br />
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(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
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YI: No one believes Carolina is a subversive<br />
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FRANCISCO: Hm. Shit.<br />
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KALPESH: We'll see if that's still true tomorrow.<br />
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MIGUEL: What's our key text?<br />
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(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
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EVA: don't get me started.<br />
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FRANCISCO: Wayne, you're bleeding data somehow.<br />
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JORDAN: We mined a few banned books/songs.<br />
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WAYNE: Eva didn't like my choice.<br />
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EVA: jesus christ. why not send back "winnie the pooh"?<br />
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WAYNE: When they ban Piglet, I will.<br />
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(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
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EVA: wayne shut the FUCK up<br />
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MIGUEL: Banned books? Oh, THAT was a good idea.<br />
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WAYNE: It's not me, I swear. There's some kinda glitch, it keeps reposting.<br />
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FRANCISCO: Wayne, this login is bleeding onto the main page.<br />
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JORDAN: Sorry.<br />
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KALPESH: Shit I keep thinking I hear someone on the roof of my apartment.<br />
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MIGUEL: Boo!<br />
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WAYNE: What?<br />
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KALPESH: <kalpesh gives Miguel the finger><br />
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(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
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FRANCISCO: Carolina's running now. Suerte, chica.<br />
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(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
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EVA: at least i used music from someone who's alive and fucking kicking.<br />
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MIGUEL: Was alive when he went to prison. Who knows now.<br />
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WAYNE: What do you mean "bleeding data?"<br />
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KALPESH: heard it again<br />
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FRANCISCO: Carolina says text is in the bed.<br />
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WAYNE: Sandwich 1/2 done.<br />
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JORDAN: Shut up Wayne.<br />
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(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
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EVA: I'm going to pull your fingers out of their sockets, wayne.<br />
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WAYNE: IT'S NOT ME!!<br />
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FRANCISCO: SHIT. I scrubbed out logon off the main page but it's back again! Wayne, stop screwing around!<br />
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WAYNE: I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING!!!!<br />
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YI: could it be carolina's machine?<br />
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EVA: Christ you're right it's on the front page. If someone sees what we're fucked.<br />
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(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
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KALPESH:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;shit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;think<br> thtjm8b8b8uiitb8itb8itrnbu8jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj<br />
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KALPESH IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
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YI: ah<br />
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MIGUEL: FUck<br />
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EVA: It's official<br />
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JORDAN: they got kalpesh?!<br />
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EVA: how much longer, frank?<br />
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(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
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FRANCISCO: Parsing.<br />
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JORDAN: god damn it. Wayne, Eva -- any of you in the States, you've got to abort. Get out of there!<br />
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MIGUEL: I can't believe it.<br />
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FRANCISCO: 30 seconds. Blackbox logon reposting on the front page AGAIN.<br />
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WAYNE: sirens<br />
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JORDAN: test bed's too deep<br />
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WAYNE: Fuck! Suits! All over the place!<br />
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EVA: goddamn theyre not supposed to search till tomorrow<br />
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FRANCISCO: 10 s<br />
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(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
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FRANCISCO: Should I yank her out or what?<br />
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JORDAN: HIT THE BUTTON! TELL C TO HIT THE BUTTON!<br />
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EVA: keep her in there! tell her to send send send. Send everything<br />
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JORDAN: oh my god<br />
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EVA: TELL HER TO FUCKING FLOOD IT<br />
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WAYNE: Jesus god. I locked the doors cause, hey, I'm fucked anyway. Might as well get an extra 3 mins.<br />
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WAYNE: Carolina says bye.<br />
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[''the chat box for the window starts slowly typing in the following phrase:'']<br />
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CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND<br />
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MIGUEL: Sirens in front of my building. Shutting down. It's been real, guys.<br />
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MIGUEL IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
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FRANCISCO: No response from C<br />
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ALICIA IS NOW ONLINE<br />
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YI: America is not the world. The work will continue.<br />
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JORDAN: wayne are you still there<br />
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(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
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ALICIA: what the HELL is happening??!? Our instruments just went crazy<br />
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WAYNE: They're coming through. I'm cutting power.<br />
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WAYNE IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
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(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
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(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
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FRANCISCO: This is pulling way more data than it should.<br />
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YI: What?<br />
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EVA: remoted in to check arrays<br />
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ALICIA: server brownout<br />
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EVA: She put everything through the bed holy shit !!!!!!!!<br />
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FRANCISCO: EVERYTHING I'm watching the data rate, it's through the ceiling.<br />
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YI: I'm going to miss my granddaughter.<br />
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EVA: THROUGH!<br />
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FRANCISCO: Something went through.<br />
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ALICIA: Spike!<br />
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JORDAN: Depth?????<br />
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EVA: STRONG<br />
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(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
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JORDAN: what happened to carolina!<br />
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EVA: you did good, C<br />
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FRANCISCO: channel snapped. I think C's just waiting for them to break through the doors.<br />
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ALICIA: Oh my god.<br />
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ALICIA: Oh my god.<br />
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EVA: WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?????<br />
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FRANCISCO IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
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YI IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
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JORDAN IS NOW OFFLINE <br />
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ALICIA IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
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EVA IS NOW OFFLINE<br />
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(WAYNE: w8ting w8ting 4 what?)<br />
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(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
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(CAROLINA: thE HOUR IS AT HAND)<br />
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==Theories==<br />
It is speculated that the above mentioned music ("at least i used music from someone who's alive and fucking kicking") is in fact Year Zero and that the "someone" is Trent Reznor. Further evidence for this can be found in the music video for [[survivalism(song)|Survivalism]], in which a SWAT team member is seen dragging Trent's corpse down a hallway.<br />
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It is also speculated that all of the "world of Year Zero" websites are in fact sent back in time from the year 2022--Year Zero. This is strengthened by the graininess of the background of the sites, as well as the reflected text, etc. This distortion could have happened when the sites were being sent through time.<br />
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The literature mentioned in the irc conversation, then, would be the quotes from Slaughterhouse-Five, etc. that have been found in broken text in the background of the sites.<br />
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==Hidden Numbers==<br />
[[Image:Sbi_numbers.jpg|thumb|Numbers Highlighted]]<br />
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The number sequence 24.19.12 is found hidden on the Solutions Backwards Initiative page.<br />
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==Hidden Text==<br />
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[[Image:Huckfinn.jpg]]<br />
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Additionally, there is hidden content in the form of fragments of obscured text embedded the background of the site. These five bits of text directly reference a line from Huck Finn. The passage that is quoted in the fragments: <br />
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'It was a close place. I took it up, and held it in my hand. I was a-trembling, because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: “All right then, I’ll go to hell”—and tore it up. It was awful thoughts and awful words, but they was said. And I let them stay said; and never thought no more about reforming.'<br />
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[[Category:World of Year Zero]]</div>Weskerhttps://www.nin.wiki/index.php?title=Operation_Swamp_0000&diff=7053Operation Swamp 00002007-03-13T03:02:57Z<p>Wesker: </p>
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<div>http://www.operationswamp0000.net/<br />
[[Category:World of Year Zero]]<br />
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==Discovery==<br />
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This site was found via a billboard underneath a bridge. The location of the bridge was given in an Art Is Resistance flier handed out at the 3/11/2007 show in London. See [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?t=21364 this] thread for more images and info. The billboard had Operation Swamp 0000 written on it. A site was found when .net was added to "operationswamp0000"<br />
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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/418142576_c9480f4b28.jpg<br />
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==Content==<br />
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This site appears to have been constructed by one of the "chip-pullers" mentioned on [[Operation Chip Sweep]]. It contains detailed instructions, complete with photographs, on safe removal of a [[nerochip]] from one's own body. The anonymous author claims to have been a paramedic or EMT, and insists, "Don't think for yourself, it's not your strong suit. Just do EXACTLY what I fucking tell you."<br />
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The interesting thing about this site is that it is quite obviously based in England, revealing that in the world of Year Zero, the shift to totalitarianism previously thought to be occurring only in the United States is apparently spreading elsewhere. However, it is not that clear in the U.K. and the government is using cameras and chips to keep track of everyone's movements.<br />
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This site also mentions something called [[Operation Chip Sweep]], which led to another website, also apparently based in England.<br />
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A quote from catcher in the rye is in the broken text on the site:<br />
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"I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff— I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy." ~ J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye<br />
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[[Image:CatcherInTheRye.jpg]]<br />
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==Theories==<br />
On the website, the author states that thinking for themselves is not the British people's "strong suit." (Quote above.) This is most likely simply the author looking down his nose at the convicts who would have these chips in them, but it may also allude to the use of [[Parepin]] or a similar drug in England.<br />
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== Hidden Numbers ==<br />
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24.20.1 was found on this site.<br />
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24.20.3 was found on the billboard.<br />
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24.20.4 was found on the [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/418209836_e12fe81937.jpg flyer].<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* [http://www.met.police.uk/history/brixton_riots.htm Operation Swamp 81] refers to an actual plainclothes police operation and related riots in Brixton in 1981. Operation Swamp 0000 seems to be named after this historical event.</div>Weskerhttps://www.nin.wiki/index.php?title=Nerochip&diff=6923Nerochip2007-03-12T03:18:50Z<p>Wesker: </p>
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<div>==Overview==<br />
The nerochip, mentioned on both [[Operation Chip Sweep]] and [[Operation Swamp 0000]] Is a tiny red device, implanted in the right wrist of all convicts of violent crimes, which traces the whereabouts of the person who carries it. It is mentioned as a government policy in England on both websites, but on Operation Chip Sweep, it is stated that the technology was borrowed from America. This may mean that the U.S. government tracks all of their convicts this way, or all of their citizens. It is as of yet unclear.<br />
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The author of Operation Swamp 0000 is also worried that the British government is going to begin implanting these chips in all of their citizens.</div>Weskerhttps://www.nin.wiki/index.php?title=Nerochip&diff=6922Nerochip2007-03-12T03:09:58Z<p>Wesker: </p>
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<div>I am trying to believe.</div>Weskerhttps://www.nin.wiki/index.php?title=Operation_Swamp_0000&diff=6921Operation Swamp 00002007-03-12T03:08:35Z<p>Wesker: </p>
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<div>http://www.operationswamp0000.net/<br />
[[Category:World of Year Zero]]<br />
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24.20.1 found on this site.<br />
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==Content==<br />
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This site appears to have been constructed by one of the "chip-pullers" mentioned on [[Operation Chip Sweep]]. It contains detailed instructions, complete with photographs, on safe removal of a [[nerochip]] from one's own body. The anonymous author claims to have been a paramedic or EMT, and insists, "Don't think for yourself, it's not your strong suit. Just do EXACTLY what I fucking tell you."<br />
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The interesting thing about this site is that it is quite obviously based in England, revealing that in the world of Year Zero, the shift to totalitarianism previously thought to be occurring only in the United States is apparently spreading elsewhere.<br />
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This site also mentions something called Operation Chip Sweep, which led to another website, also apparently based in England.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* [http://www.met.police.uk/history/brixton_riots.htm Operation Swamp 81] refers an actual plainclothes operation and related riots in Brixton in 1981. Operation Swamp 0000 seems to be named after this historical event.</div>Weskerhttps://www.nin.wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Baseball_in_February&diff=6474Talk:Baseball in February2007-03-07T04:15:47Z<p>Wesker: </p>
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<div>A common tactic in totalitarian governments is to keep mass media as active as possible. Given that baseball is already important to Americans, is it too far a stretch to think that rather than shifting the season, the government simply extended it? After all, when people have something to do, they're more distracted from the situation at hand. Why have a revolution, or an anti-government rally, when you could see the Cubs play the Cardinals? Especially if you're on Parepin. This could also cause some of the Angry Sniper's words to be taken two ways. Namely, the banner he flies over the stadium, which reads, "this is a bomb, fuckheads. Wake the fuck up." It may be possible to assume that he wants the populace to "wake up" to the fact that they are being lulled into complacency.<br />
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Just a thought.<br />
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Assuming that we know that the year is indeed 2022, then www.churchofplano.com shows that the months of the year have not shifted in the transition to year 0 dating. Churchofplano indicates that it is Sunday, February 13. This is correct for the 2022 calendar. You can use a [http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/PerpetualCalendar.html | perpetual calendar] to figure this out.--[[User:Shadowplay|Shadowplay]] 19:07, 17 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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yeah, there are other things that match between dates that make the "date shifting" hypothesis really not play out at all. Not to mention, why change when your year starts, but leave the month names the same. [[User:Ledgekindred|Ledgekindred]] 22:59, 17 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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global warming?</div>Weskerhttps://www.nin.wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Year_Zero_Numbers&diff=6472Talk:Year Zero Numbers2007-03-07T03:57:39Z<p>Wesker: </p>
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<div>Forgive my ignorance, but can someone please elaborate on how the numbers "correspond" with specific letters?<br />
(e.g. 24.3.1<br />
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Found in the Morse Code at the end of recording found at phone number 1-216-333-1810.<br />
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Corresponds with the letter "s" )<br />
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Thanks.<br />
--[[User:Wesker|Wesker]] <br />
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I made this page because the bible references are only a theory, so the numbers shouldn't be automatically called "bible references"<br />
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I have no problem with the bible references being merged into this article. I envisioned this article having more bulk - more explanations about where the numbers were found, but it turns out that there is really no need. [[User:Nympholept|Nympholept]] 10:07, 16 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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Rearranging all the letters from the clues I have found that:<br />
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God given not in US war<br />
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can be found, does this mean anything? -velvolver<br />
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UPDATE: God given nation can be spelled out with WR U S left over...and with the new clue Y is there also.<br />
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The clue for 24.15.8 is a little iffy. How can we determine that's a clue just by counting the beats? We could do that for any song. Further more, the number 8 falls out of sequence with the numbers before it, and a good amount of these numbers are sequencial. I don't think 24.15.8 is a clue without further evidence to prove it. --[[User:Velvolver|Velvolver]] 11:13, 1 March 2007 (PST)<br />
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With the new clues, the track number theory would bump year zero into having 19 tracks. I think this completely disproves that the numbers are referring to track numbers now. We need to look elsewhere than the year zero track listing and the Bible, as neither have been fruitful. --[[User:Velvolver|Velvolver]] 11:13, 1 March 2007 (PST)<br />
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The Track Number + Letter Offset theory seems weak, unless it's meant to be an anagram. The "God Given" in the text doesn't seem to surprising since (a) "God Given" is the track title of track 10, and (b) nearly all the number sequences are sequential. So the fact that "godgiven" is clearly seen in the string of "corresponding characters" shouldn't be given too much weight.--[[User:Mr z|Mr z]] 17:30, 28 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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The clue for 24.19.1 is weak, too. I don't see how that works. A screenshot would be nice backup for that one. --[[User:Tsguitar|Tsguitar]] 21:18, 28 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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(Kept for historic purposes I guess, but now I believe 19.1 is a clue, read below)<br />
I agree Tsguitar, the clue says that the >'s count as the number 19. Yet I don't see enough > to equate a 24, or an extra > left over for the 1. This isn't like the auto response e-mail on an earlier clue with the dashes between the 24 underscores and the other numbers.<br />
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Further more, are there clues in the HD-DVD version of BYIT?<br />
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addon: My mistake, don't add the Brackets all together, add line per line. Example: >> 2, >>>> 4 > 1 etc...<br />
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:I see it now. Thanks for the clarification. --[[User:Tsguitar|Tsguitar]] 22:36, 1 March 2007 (PST)<br />
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== Federal Orderly Conduct Act ==<br />
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How about the fact that one of the numbers, 24.13.1, directly references a section of the Federal Orderly Conduct Act? <br />
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I'll be speaking within the context of the Year Zero universe after this sentence - just saying this to avoid confusion.<br />
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Unless the raid of Art Is Resistance was a hoax, those who have been spreading the numbers have a lot of explaining to do. All of the numbers have been in the form 24.{3-19}.{1-8}, just like the section of the Act. So, everyone who has posted a number in this form, both government sanctioned and resistance, has been directly referencing a law that should be publicly documented.<br />
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I think this is a strong clue to the numbers' significance. A copy of the Federal Orderly Conduct Act would be helpful (guess we'll just have to wait for them to write that one in).<br />
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By the way, I honestly didn't know that someone on echoing the sound already made this connection. Still worth brining it up here.<br />
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That's an excellent idea...you should have signed that post. Perhaps each number is a part of the Act that was violated by the website. Are the websites scrambled due to being attacked by the Feds or by distortion from time travel (part of another theory).--[[User:Velvolver|Velvolver]] 11:39, 2 March 2007 (PST)<br />
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Thanks. Not sure if there's anyway to prove it now, but the last post was mine. But anyway, assuming that the Church Of Plano is government sanctioned, why would the Feds attack it? --[[User:Augmatic|Augmatic]] 11:52, 2 March 2007 (PST)<br />
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You can nearly sig anything, I've left about half the sigs on my posts. But the feds attacked the church of plano?<br />
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It seems more likely to me that the Federal Orderly Conduct Act warning was just a convenient way to give us another number. Citing specific sections of the act doesn't seem particularly interesting by itself, even with the act in hand. --[[User:Mr z|Mr z]] 22:19, 3 March 2007 (PST)</div>Weskerhttps://www.nin.wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Solutions_Backwards_Initiative&diff=6432Talk:Solutions Backwards Initiative2007-03-06T03:41:57Z<p>Wesker: </p>
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<div>Can we get a screenshot of the reference to Huck Finn?<br />
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I think that the hidden text from ''Huck Finn'' and ''Slaughterhouse-Five'', along with every Year Zero related website and Year Zero itself, are all supposed to be sent back from the future. I mean, Eva claims to have sent music from someone who's "alive and fucking kicking." Could this be Trent? And although the literary passages hold some vague relevance to the Year Zero theme, they don't have the glaringly obvious Sci-Fi Horror punch that most of the other content has. The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that (in the fictional universe of Year Zero) everything we've been looking at was sent back through time by these "pilgrims." That might also serve to account for the grainy, scrambled background images and all the reflected text.<br />
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== w8ting w8ting 4 what? ==<br />
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what is Wayne talking about here?<br />
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well, waiting for something. probably the police (or whatever they are... the government figures), since the hour is at hand (according to carolina's bug)<br />
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== Clue ==<br />
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Is it 24.19.2 or 24.19.12?<br />
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Definitely 24.19.2 --[[User:Farzaneh|Farzaneh]] 02:14, 4 March 2007 (PST)<br />
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There are four drawings (a sketch, a diagram, and two mirror/optics figures) under the title Shared Images. What are they talking about?<br />
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As of right now, the drawings mean nothing. it might be revieled later on.<br />
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I don't know if they're clues or window dressing. The notation references [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger_equation Schroedinger's Equation], which is a quantum physics construct. The sketch looks like it could be a Feynman diagram. The whole jist of the SBI project is that they were (are? will be?) able to use quantum physics to send samples of the future to the present. (Or, from their perspective, samples of the present to the past.) This could just be window dressing as part of the conceit that we've logged in as Carolina to the SBI website. --[[User:Mr z|Mr z]] 10:30, 4 March 2007 (PST)<br />
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There is a ghost of the text behind the actual text in the chat window. The thing is, after Miguel asks what the key text is, some of it stops reflecting what was actually typed, and starts saying "w8ting, w8ting 4 what?" and "thE HOUR IS AT HAND" respectively. Also, the only time anything is actually typed by Carolina is when Eva tell her to "flood it" (I put it in quotation marks, because I'm unsure what it means) about 5 minutes in. She types what her bug has been putting up.</div>Weskerhttps://www.nin.wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Art_Is_Resistance&diff=6431Talk:Art Is Resistance2007-03-06T03:22:59Z<p>Wesker: </p>
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<div>Has anyone considered the fact that this TheWarden person might be The Angry Sniper? His writing style seems rather similar, both in the gratuitous use of profanity and the extremely high levels of condescension present. If he's not the Sniper himself, perhaps he's another veteran from the 105th?<br />
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-- [[User:Wesker|Wesker]] 19:22, 5 March 2007 (PST)<br />
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I think the .38 to .45 is a reference to gun calibers personally, not religion. Oh and see how they mention World War 4 in there, asif world war 3 has already happened? cool.<br />
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And on the 19th of April 1995 a truck bomb at Federal Building in Oklahoma City explodes, killing 168 in an anti-government movement. It seems to fit the motive of the thread, make art not war.<br />
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--[[User:Quentin|Quentin]] 17:11, 22 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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:"It seems to fit the motive of the thread, make art not war." It does? How does the bombing tie in to art? I don't see that bombing as an act of making art instead of war, which is what it would need to be to fit any kind of motive to the thread; I don't see how you're connecting that bombing to any kind of motive. Further, should that kind conjecture be on the main page for this entry? That's the kind of assumption that belongs on the Talk page, but to see it in the actual entry only takes away from the credibility of the page/site. --[[User:Tsguitar|Tsguitar]] 22:08, 22 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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That was just a short summary, motive may not be the correct word. If you have been following this since the beginning, there have been many violent acts of resistance throughout the sites leading up to year zero. Everything to do with Year Zero to date has been fictional and set in a future time. This is the first instance I have seen a date mentioned on the Year Zero sites that is set in real time. Originally I put all of this info into the talk section of the article, but after reading the theory section already on display I decided to move it to the main page. I didn't create the theory page, but I thought it was less logical then the discoveries I had made so I shifted it there. You might not see the connection with the bombings, however it is a violent act of resistance against a government force, much in tune with the theme of yearzero. I see the boy using his mothers death as an example of where violent acts of resistance cost unnecessary lives, in response to TheWardens comment. The whole thread is an argument about art as a form of resistance compared to actual violent acts. Another reason I had moved it to the main page is that barely any people visit the talk section unless its to have a whinge, so out in the open in a "theories" section people can draw there own conclusions and maybe put a few more peices together. When someone creates a more indepth theories page surrounding the yearzero events, im sure it can be moved there. The point of this wikipedia isn't just to collect and display facts but to also help solve the puzzle.--[[User:Quentin|Quentin]] 22:41, 22 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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:I'm not so sure that violent acts in resistance to the government is what the AIR site suggests. The "Tools" page definitely offers other alternatives. Simply the title of the site implies a more civil disobedience (or at least a less violent one). When you add "make art not war" to your musing, you imply that the Oklahoma bombing is art, not war. I have a hard time with that and I'm not sure that's what you meant. Good point about the purpose of this Wiki. I hadn't thought of it quite like that as a writer, though I've been using this quite like that as a reader. --[[User:Tsguitar|Tsguitar]] 22:57, 22 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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No the AIR site opposes it, as do most of the people on the artist forum. When I said "make art not war" I was coming from the point of view that up til now most of yearzero has been about violent resistance, where as now people are coming forward who are against it. Going along with the theory, the bombing was just an instance soonerlater used to say "violence doesn't help the cause, it only causes more pain" in response to TheWarden's view. I tried to simplfy my theories so i didnt clutter the theory page but it seems it has caused it to come across meaning something different then what was intended. I've rewritten the last part of that paragraph to try make it a little easier to explain --[[User:Quentin|Quentin]] 23:12, 22 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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:I see. I changed what you wrote on the main page in order to make things a bit more clear. --[[User:Tsguitar|Tsguitar]] 00:24, 23 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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:The Oklahoma Bombings were also looked at as a government conspiracy to cover up other things. Therefore, the whole backdrop of the album (the U.S. Gov't wagind war on the U.S. citizens) can be seen through this event. It could be when the government started to 'wage' war on the citizens or to cover up it's own mistakes or actions... I dunno, haven't done enough research on it, but it's interesting... I have continually tried to find if anyone that was killed in the bombings was also born on the dates given for the child's mom... Any info? [[User:Jgrizzy89|Jgrizzy89]] 17:42, 22 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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I believe the actual identy of the childs mother is unimportant, the dates just there to link us to the bombing. Year Zero is a fictional environment, so i think the point of mentioning a real world incident would be to tie current real-world events to the possible grim future of Year Zero and give it some weight. Possibly the whole idea behind Year Zero is to give us a glimpse of hell, then point out what's really going on in the world that's driving us to a similar fate, and what we should do about it.<br />
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This is probably a -really- big stretch, but in the dates listed, if you add up the digits of the first few numbers (10, 1967), it adds up to... 24 (1 + 1 + 9 + 6 + 7). If you then look at "Apr 19, 1995" seperate that into "Apr 19" and "1995", convert April to it's month number (4) and add up the digits to the first one (4 + 1 + 9), you end up with 14. The sum of the last few digits (1 + 9 + 9 + 5) are also 24, leaving you with 24.14.24. Total stretch, but track 14 on Year Zero is Another Version of the Truth, the fourteenth character being the last one: 'h'. --[[User:Drake|Drake]] 23:45, 22 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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Thats a pretty good observation. One more thing about that site is the dates all read 02/03/000 in both the posts and the reproductions in the background, unlike on the rest of the forum where 02/10/0000 is reflected as 02/04/0000. An exception to this though is Iridium's post where 02/03/0000 which appears to reflect as 02/00/0000... no day? <br />
--[[User:Quentin|Quentin]] 18:58, 22 February 2007 (PST)</div>Weskerhttps://www.nin.wiki/index.php?title=Art_Is_Resistance&diff=6427Art Is Resistance2007-03-06T03:12:35Z<p>Wesker: /* Theories */</p>
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==Website==<br />
[http://www.artisresistance.com/ http://www.artisresistance.com/]<br />
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Go to [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?t=20517 this thread] on ETS for discussion of this website<br />
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The URL for this website was found on a [http://www.ninwiki.com/images/9/91/Resistancepk0.jpg red flyer] at the Feb. 22, 2007 show in Paris, France. The logos shown on the site are consistent with the [http://www.nin.com/current/photos/2_21_07.jpg 2_21_07] image posted on the nin.com/current site. <br />
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===Content===<br />
This site seems to be a place for 'members of the resistance' to remind the visitors of the site that 'they have a voice'.<br />
The site contains links to a tools page and a forum, leading to anotherversionofthetruth.com/artist.htm.<br />
The tools page has stencils of the [[Art is Resistance logo]] in various forms, such as desktop images, and stencils.<br />
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===External Links===<br />
There are two known links on the main page. The first links to a previously undiscovered thread on [[Another Version of the Truth (website)]]. The second links to a 'tools' page which provides downloads of the [[Resistance Logo]] in various formats. <br />
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==Theories==<br />
"You think spray painting shit is going to make a fucking difference? All this art <br />
crap might make you feel better, but the cops are laughing their asses off as they <br />
haul you to jail. You want to make a difference, switch from .38 to .45, assholes. " - TheWarden<br />
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This may relate to biblical passages:<br />
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38: John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us."<br />
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45: And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna. <br />
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''note: both the .38 and the .45 are gun types. the above biblical references may not even be relevant. sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.''<br />
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"b. Jan 10, 1967<br />
d. Apr 19, 1995<br />
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Explain it to me, Warden. " - soonerlater<br />
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These dates could be a phone number, or manipulated to find the next clue.<br />
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Another way to look at the numbers is that .38 to .45 is a reference to gun calibers, and not religion. Suggesting TheWarden wants them to amp up the damage.<br />
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The dates given by soonerlater about his mothers death may link to the fact that on the 19th of April 1995 a truck bomb at a federal building in Oklahoma City exploded, killing 168 in an anti-government movement. This seems to fit in with the idea that some people on the thread are choosing to show their resistance through art and not violence due to the loss of innocent life violent events can cause.<br />
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Info on this event can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing<br />
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Something else worth mentioning is that CazzazaKid says "he just wanted to tell us AIR has flatlined, not start WW4", suggesting that World War 3 has already happened.<br />
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Also note that the Artist topic linked via the Art Is Resistance website contains text in the background which when compiled is the same passage from Slaughterhouse-Five found on the Wire-Tap website.<br />
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Check out the discussion page for this article for further theories and speculation.<br />
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'''Another point to ponder...'''<br />
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President Lyndon B. Johnson's State of the Union address:<br />
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Jan. 10, 1967: ...We have chosen to fight a limited war in Vietnam in an attempt to prevent a larger war--a war almost certain to follow, I believe, if the Communists succeed in overrunning and taking over South Vietnam by aggression and by force. I believe, and I am supported by some authority, that if they are not checked now the world can expect to pay a greater price to check them later.<br />
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'''BanksyForDictator'''<br />
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It should also be noted that one of the screennames is 'BanksyForDictator.' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy Banksy][http://www.banksy.co.uk] is a world-famous anonymous artist/social commentator known mostly for his graffiti and stencil work. His use of illegal art in a most extreme form is a testament to the role art can play in a social movement and fits hand-in-hand with the theme of www.artisresistance.com.<br />
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