The PRE game fun...

[smash505]

Could it be that directories only appear after a correct key was entered?

Because im pretty sure I searched for that directory (http://vanishingpointgame.com/file) a few days ago.

[n_K]

sorry might be repeating what someone else is, but i am sure it is advertising vista being released and that it is a supposidailly *infinate* and can do infinate tasks that no other os can do (b/s in my opinion) and they are getting hype and so on...

and the first person to finish the riddle will have there name put all over vista ? will be taking over microsoft ?

[Ausasuke]

You know how the clock counts down to 6:30 january 8th 2007 if u look at that in 24 hour format

2007 1830 1 8

year time month day

e= 2.7182818 etc

sigh probably shooting at nothing

[NightmarE D]

sorry might be repeating what someone else is, but i am sure it is advertising vista being released and that it is a supposidailly *infinate* and can do infinate tasks that no other os can do (b/s in my opinion) and they are getting hype and so on...

and the first person to finish the riddle will have there name put all over vista ? will be taking over microsoft ?

Have you been smoking some of that special Christmas weed or drinking some hardcore egg nog?

Put their name all over Vista? Do you mean have their name inserted into the credits of Vista? A little too late for that isn't it? It doesn't make any sense anyway

Will be taking over Microsoft? You mean actually become the CEO of Microsoft? Yeah Microsoft is really going to pick someone at random to run the company. :laugh:

[n_K]

lol i dont smoke and im allergic to egg! yeh i win ;D

naw i mean they find someone thats clever (yo would have to be clever to solve that puzzle) and they have a job for you ? and its not too late to get your name in vista, upgrades ?

and microsoft never make sence... hell i decided to reinstalled windows 98 memphis 2 days ago

[smash505]

lol i dont smoke and im allergic to egg! yeh i win ;D

naw i mean they find someone thats clever (yo would have to be clever to solve that puzzle) and they have a job for you ? and its not too late to get your name in vista, upgrades ?

"Their name will be repeated as many times as there are stars in?

No. Let?s be more precise. That name will be repeated as many times as there are grains of sand on a beach. That?s my promise. "

I dont think Vista is gonna sell that much.

and microsoft never make sence... hell i decided to reinstalled windows 98 memphis 2 days ago

That was your c:huh: :huh:

[n_K]

That name will be repeated as many times as there are grains of sand on a beach. That?s my promise. "

I dont think Vista is gonna sell that much.

you just mentioned vista (proving my point), jus because you do not own it does not mean you do not say it. and it was my choice, how stupi:/:/ lol

[Kraftman]

*sprays everyone with a fire extinguisher*

Now that those flames are out, lets move on with the PUZZLE!

[smash505]

Yeh Merry Christmas :)

Anywayz, has Doug Stockwell mentioned how he found the key?

[martskre]

Yeh Merry Christmas :)

Anywayz, has Doug Stockwell mentioned how he found the key?

It's in the first post. I'll quote his post for you though:

use this grid with rot +13

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01011000000111111110

11000000000000000000

[Karl Sheldon]

Hmm,

Just a thought - where does it say the vanishing point is at zero, it always says when the countdown reaches the vanishing point - that does not need to be 0, it could be any time they have chosen, even later - we don't really know, the countdown may even stop at another point and asssist with the final clue as seen as numbers play a part in the clues.

Q: What is the VanishingPoint ?

[schramh]

Few thoughts on this vanishing point thing.

One of the sites mentions that this person will appear and then disappear (vanish) the point (vanishingpoint) is refering to a location.

What all of us are looking for is the location (could even be an online location) were this will take place.

The interesting thing is that we are all looking to find out what this riddle means / its purpose but we don't know what the prize is.

The people from 42entertainment certainly know how to do their marketing campaings. Since all of us will be waiting for the time to come.

I was just reading on digg.com approx 29 min ago that Microsoft were due to release a computer/os (modded Vista) that will support dual cursors i.e.

two people can have one mouse each on the same computer. This is thought of for educational purposes in the developing nations. They way they have

thought of this is that I is much cheaper to buy one desktop with two mice rather then 2 desktops. I am still thinking about how the hell they are

seeing this as a success...... Yes as a driving instructur it makes sense to have some control of the car but playing with mice on the screen can

proof to be disastorous.

But then again this could be the new US passports and Mircosoft will replace the image of the cat catching the invisible sandwish with an image of the

person that manages to solve this puzzel.

.?.?.?.

[smash505]

Hmm,

Just a thought - where does it say the vanishing point is at zero, it always says when the countdown reaches the vanishing point - that does not need to be 0, it could be any time they have chosen, even later - we don't really know, the countdown may even stop at another point and asssist with the final clue as seen as numbers play a part in the clues.

Q: What is the VanishingPoint ?

^Yeah ive been thinking about that for a while now.

From the Zenith Directory:

The vanishing point is the boundary between Something and Everything; between What Is and What Can Be. Fewer than a thousand people have ever been there to see the ultimate vista. The grand prize winner will be one of them.

The race for that destiny will begin when the countdown hits zero.

There are a few possible things that the "Vanishing Point" may be:

• The "Vanishing Point" may after the countdown hits zero.
  
• The "Vanishing Point" may also be when the countdown reaches zero.
  
• The "Vanishing Point" may be when solve all of the riddles.
  

There are also a few things that the "Vanishing Point probably isnt:

• The "Vanishing Point" isnt winning the grand prize because

  The vanishing point is the boundary between Something and Everything; between What Is and What Can Be.

  And I would say that "between What is and What Can Be" would mean Now and Winning the Grand Prize.
  

The race for that destiny will begin when the countdown hits zero.

This means that this doesnt finish when the countdown reaches zero but it continues. The winner wont recieve the grand prize once the countdown reaches zero.

This makes it seem like the vanishing point is when the countdown reaches zero because the point when the countdown reaches zero is the point of change.

Edited the pic 2 say 07 :fro:

Edited December 26, 2006 by smash505

[JoDaddy]

Whoever started this marketing campaign deserves major kudos...as do the guys who have solved the puzzles so far...I really hope you all make it :-)

Maybe Chris Angel is going to be at the CES to make Loki disappear?

[da13ro]

Correction for above 08.01.07 :p Wee 2007 yay! Anyhoo back on track... This is definetly working I think for Microsoft.

[Zyphrax]

Below is a new summary of hints/clues, I've added the findings of today. That way we don't have to come to the same conclusions over and over. Let me know if you miss any important hints/clues and i'll add them...

! Visitors to the thread, start by reading the introduction post and watch the video...

Vanishingpointgame.com

Important links

The video

The file page (unsolved)

The biography page (unsolved)

The flickr website

Video clues/findings

[00:19] She is packing white gloves, a suit and a high hat (magician costume?)

[00:32] There is a guy at the right side (probably a cameraman slipup)

[00:35] On the left is the map of the Bellagio.

The center sidewalk in front of the fountains has been marked with pen

[00:36] On the right is the Main welcome text of the Japanese Bellagio website

[00:43] She puts 1 watch in her pocket and 4 watches and a small red dart in a box

[00:59] The drawings look like watches and describe the Laplace Transform technique,

which is related to Euler (rotated pic)

[01:12] The colored items are chocolates of the hotel she's staying in

[01:17] The black book that she is reading on the bed is:

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Vol 2 by Edward Gibbon (read online)

Biography clues/findings

1. The formula and biography might be Leonhard Euler

Other clues/findings

1. Changing your system time progresses the counter, but nothing happens when it reaches 00:00:00.

2. The website counts down to 8th of January 2007 6.30pm

3. Every 15-letter word yields no results on the website

4. Flash decompiler and network monitor revealed /now.asmx and /precodehandler.ashx

=========

Edit: added some existing screenshots of the video time frames...

Edited December 26, 2006 by Zyphrax

[novastar]

Looking at the rotated pic the first thing I thought of was theory of relativity. The cone thing looks like a light cone. I've also seen differentials like that , but not cubic, in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity.

Maybe the vanishing point has something to do with light?

[crimsonhead]

It obviously has something to do with the universe/space. The diagrams look like the earth's orbit, rotation, and maybe something to do with gravity.

[smash505]

Looking at the rotated pic the first thing I thought of was theory of relativity. The cone thing looks like a light cone. I've also seen differentials like that , but not cubic, in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity.

Maybe the vanishing point has something to do with light?

Does this mean anything?

So I learned Chinese and English and Latin and Greek. I learned that music was a kind of astronomy and that pure light was infinite but invisible.

[randy_tho]

rains of sand on a beach

An article I read about one of the mathematicians I was looking at talked about calculating sand on a beach. It was also talking about fractals I believe. Was on wikipedia somewhere.

[novastar]

maybe, if one were to travel at the speed of light weird things happen in the equations of relativity.

I don't know much about relativity, but from the equations, it would seem that something moving at the speed of light relative to a reference frame would have all "distance measurements" go to infinity from the point of view of the reference frame. Same for time measurements.

At the same time we can't actually visibly see light in any way, it's just energy and it's massless (i.e. takes up no "space").

[hyper4ctive]

I just noticed something...could be a slip up tho...the book "Herodutus" (or however you spell it) isn't on the bedside table at 00:32 but it is later on when she goes to sit down...could be a hint?

maybe there are more little details are put in and taken out before or after the camera focuses on them? just a thought...

[Not Cool]

I just noticed something...could be a slip up tho...the book "Herodutus" (or however you spell it) isn't on the bedside table at 00:32 but it is later on when she goes to sit down...could be a hint?

maybe there are more little details are put in and taken out before or after the camera focuses on them? just a thought...

Could be that's why the cameraman was in the video, they forgot to put the book there and he didn't get out of the picture in time after placing it?

[yanowhiz]

I changed my time until the counter reached zero, but something weird happened. Once I put my calendar on January 2, 2007 it said 20days remaining

I followed it until it reached 0; which is January 22, 2007 9:30pm (-5 gmt)

[hyper4ctive]

Could be that's why the cameraman was in the video, they forgot to put the book there and he didn't get out of the picture in time after placing it?

...or if they're really smart, he was deliberately put there hoping we would freeze frame it and draw attention to the fact that the book wasnt there...but thats a long shot.