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The Exposed Picture looks like a map.
Are there any more keywords? Or is that it?
@Jack Hill:
NO *blam* Sherlock… you are like one month late with your insights ;)
“ds found in poor conditions during kennel raid” = another oct 2, 2008 news
it actually is “Hundreds found in poor conditions during kennel raid”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-02-kennel-raid_N.htm
The stock values seem to be way off, though. Dow closed 350 points lower that day: http://dowjonesclose.com/
have you noticed that from the anti and exposed you can make up the phrase “the state of being achievable” with “achievable” crossed out in the anti.jpg
does this has to do something with attainable in the original website and project attainable from the recordings?
IGN: “PC: We’ve got the high resolution version of the amazing fan-made movie.”
Apparently, IGN has a high resolution version of the movie, smoother than the one on http://whatsinthebox.nl. It looks very sharp, if not cleaner than the http://whatsinthebox.nl one.
So, the creator of this gave IGN a copy of the movie and IGN is titling it ”
Half-Life 2: What’s in the Box?”. Despite the obvious HL2 reference and HL2 logo on IGN, perhaps this viral box stuff may be even bigger in the coming months.
The link to IGN’s video is:
Niox, unless there’s a download link I’m not seeing, that video on IGN is at best the resolution of the high quality video on whatinthebox.nl. Better than youtube, for sure. But it doesn’t look higher resolution. Is there a different version for Insiders?
I noticed that in the video, when the protagonist forcibly opens the bus doors, there is a yellow graphic that briefly appears on the glass of the right door. It says “Your driver is:” with a picture of the driver. Under the picture, there is an ID: “7-234 A”.
I thought that number bears a resemblance to the “2347” in the “operation2347” audio clip.
I think that this is going to spend my weekend… i’m in process of making a complete theory of what’s in the box
I know how to achieve operation2347 you have to go to http://babel-research.eu/?about=research_bsp
click near word “impossible”, about 1mm away from “e” . to achieve this you have to combine site and exposed.jpg and the arrow will show the the direction
Guys.
You know that there is a HD-Video of this ?
http://a13.video2.blip.tv/1390000990352/Timaciousd-RemoteStream328.mov
Its 850mb large and if those IGN peoples uploaded it with less compression, it’s likely for them to have “a better quality”
In the IRC channel, iFaux made an interesting discovery :
http://www.whatsinthebox.nl/anti.css
http://www.whatsinthebox.nl/pro.css
Those two files aren’t used in any html pages, so maybe there are still some files there we haven’t found yet…
It is viral marketing for a movie set in the Half-Life universe based on the seven hour war.
So I did a little research and looked up the WHOIS information on both websites…
whatsinthebox.nl is registered to Tim Smit
babel-research.eu is registered to an “undisclosed owner”, with “timaciousd@gmail.com” as the contact e-mail.
In the WITB site , in the newspaper section, in the paperpiece with the circle it’s written “nachtmer” .Possibly , it’s a part of “nachtmerrie” , nightmare in nederland.
Can the barcode on army evacuation procedure have some meaning?
“http://www.whatsinthebox.nl/pro.css”
Easy!
http://www.whatsinthebox.nl/pro
Its certainly possible. If anyone has an old CueCat or some other bar code reader you could give it a scan. This same sign is seen in the movie.
I also noticed something else. In the Newscast. The first one with the 10m lead-core walls was filmed at 1:11 local time. The second clip was filmed before hand, at 1:04 local time. This means the first clip was filmed after the second clip. A quick research reveled that this was during Daylight Savings Time. (-1 GMT) This is consistent as DST in Netherlands runs from March to October. While this may be irreverent it is something to consider.
Barcode
I found “9137017221126” and no real product match, owing to this site http://fr.barcodepedia.com
A member on our blog found “125002141350” with a real barcode reader (also no real product match) but he says that barcode reader could have specific configuration according to each store (he works in an Apple one ^^).
reply to efkiss
I know how to achieve operation2347 you have to go to http://babel-research.eu/?about=research_bsp
click near word “impossible”, about 1mm away from “e” . to achieve this you have to combine site and exposed.jpg and the arrow will show the the direction
you will enter this site:
http://babel-research.eu/snd/uec.mp3
I just watched the new vid from IGN all the way through. My thoughts:
It’s got new sounds to it, and some new effects. Not much has changed about the video itself.
It has a ‘character track’ which means you can hear the guy pant as he’s being attacked.
It opens differently, and it’s still labeled as a test film.
It’s still labeled Half-Life: is this IGN mistaking the video, or labeling it as it’s told?
to lion:
barcodes are always store based,for instance,your apple products won’t scan in your supermarket,however,every barcode has a landcode
http://www.thebestplaceto.be/one/landen_codes_streepjescodes.htm(parts are in dutch)
About Joris PK’s post above:
It’s not easy to know where to click, so here is an image of the ‘Research and Technology’ site, overlaid with exposed.jpg and anti.jpg. the point to click is roughly where the cursor is: the intersection of the red lines from the arrows. Also notice that the ‘B’ from anti.jpg is perfectly centered in the exposed circle.
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3364/babeloverlaid.png
(Mac users who want to try this are advised to use Afloat – google it)
As you probably already know the movie was shot in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, the city where Tim Smit is also based.
Now the picture of the research facility on the Babel Industries website is in fact a picture of an existing power station in Nijmegen. It is a bit modified though but it’s certainly the same building.
Just for your information.
Tried searching around on the manufacturer code “25002”, found nothing. Also tried searching for the whole code here “http://www.upcdatabase.com/itemform.asp”, nothing there either.
If you watch another film made by Tim Smit: The Phone Book Myth (via youtube) you’ll see another flickering box with question mark on 3:53 minutes. You’ll see the same at the end of the video. Not that it adds anything but it at least shows how big this viral is.
I checked the Barcode with my phone (Upcode Bat code reader)
Product ID: 74155
Manufacturer ID: 5002
Country code: us
Funny how the results conflict like this.
About B in the circle – maybe B for Brout [secured] ?
Look at this:
http://www.upcdatabase.com/item/125002741352
It’s the barcode including the “2” instead of the “0” at the end.
2Wout:
And on the 4:30 this logo too
On 1:49 – down-right – Tenacious D
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Sorry for my bad English =(
Interview by the authors of the film “What’s in the box”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8rRb4z0gVA
@Jack: Do you understand what they’re saying
D: ???
Afew days ago, i search in google “what is in the box” and.. i find this site. but.. no this site.. “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_in_the_Box”
now today i find this site, and i find this curios date:
Original airdate March 13, 1964
The Twilight Zone episode
“What’s in the Box”
and
Youtube.com
“What’s in the Box” Test Film
is publicated in a 13 of March
im translating all this post of wikibroce, to spanish.. later i show you the translated post.
See ya later: Sorry for mi bad english
I understand.
He is basically saying that if there is enough comotion about it and people really want a big movie of it wich will be 90 minutes,
he will continue. Also about the 150 euro and the conversation in the train with the hollywood guys. But i think Thibaut Niels is to be investegated more.
The army_evac barcode is really incorrect, but if you go to http://trakstuff.com/help_center/article/2 and click the sample barcode link you will get the full image of the barcode (http://www.zrox.net/Personal/images/barcode.png). I dont think that the last digit is meant to be 2 instead of 0.
the whole thing,has to do something with the playstation 3.just look at the red ring,same as on playstation.com.maybe a half life exlusive on the ps3???
the red ring of death oO
IF you look on the Babel research site the page with all the heads of each division. Their names spell something. Take each letter before the period and organize them into “The Fall”.
I really dont think it is a PS3 Exclusive for a few reasons:
A) Sony would already be flaunting this exclusive around becuase they need to boost PS3 Sales even after killzone 2.
B) Orange Box was not Exclusive to XB360 so why would what ever this be exclusive to PS3. VAVLe allyways is true to PC gamers. They get it first.
C) VALVe is up to their neck in L4D updates (rolling out at the end of this month) HL2: EP3.
This is not a game trailer….
He just used them as references and to support his site…
there is no any content yet, but check out the title
http://blackmesa.eu/
The army_evac barcode not american. It is european. So the check digit may be “0” – http://www.barcoderobot.com/ean-13/2125002741350
c’mon guys! we need updates. let’s try to find something new
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