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Hello Everyone,

I've been away from the forum for the past 3 or 4 days because I have been programming a Vista Sidebar Gadget for the Vanishing Point Countdown !

Two days left ooofff just in time. Get it before Microsoft gets around to publishing it on Live.com

Download from my servers. Sorry for the IP and no domain name. My DNS is a bit off as I have configured two websites using Host Headers and well it's a long story.

http://82.235.212.17/gadgets/vista/vanishi...ishingpoint.zip

I will try to get a Live.com version and a web version berfore Saturday but no promises as time is running out.

Best Regards,

Richard

[email protected]

vanishingpoint.zip

Edited by rjstinyc
The steam machine image doesn't look at all as far as I know to any of the designs James Watt put together, some folks were able to find that the image looks closer to a Wachs Steam Engine.

The image given in the puzzle seems to be taken directly from here. I suspect many of the inventions would be unrecognizable if they had gone with accurate depictions of the first models.

The image given in the puzzle seems to be taken directly from here. I suspect many of the inventions would be unrecognizable if they had gone with accurate depictions of the first models.

Wow good catch !! one of the images looks exactly as the one shown in the mural before

filters to add some effects.

We have missed something big. In the main game page after clicking on

puzzle box 2 the following text appears above and to the right of Magic happens...

"Keep your eyes on these countdowns for changes."

The text letters are made of multiple clickable segments.

Not only is each letter clickable, each of the multiple segments that make up each letter is individually clickable. Zoom the flash and the browser both to see them better. Some of the individual segments are like the white box segments and can probably be fitted together to form something.

Get cracking guys!

"Keep your eyes on these countdowns for changes."

I think they simply new that some of the events might have gotten cancelled. They probably had some idea that the TX air event might get cancelled.... They may have even thought that they might have to move the times if the sky wasn't right in enough places that day.

I could be wrong.

ok, just something else i noticed on vanishingpointgame.com (again this is useless, but seeing as nobody else has posted...). The green glow on the last box is a lot larger/noticeable than the previous three boxes.

its just a mere indicator that this is the last puzzle box and is the last part of the game.

nothing more than looks

Imagine this Loki girl works in like...McDonalds...they just hired her off the books to talk gibberish in front of a camera. lol

Imagine this Loki girl works in like...McDonalds...they just hired her off the books to talk gibberish in front of a camera. lol

Is the vanishingpointgame site working OK - not able to caonnect to it since last night - just sits waiting - not even a 404 error - odd !

I noticed this morning that the site was too slow, I didn't check if it's the main server or

akamai's edge suite (assets.vanishingpointgame.com).

May be some follks are trying to attack/hack the servers ...

Cheers

Imagine this Loki girl works in like...McDonalds...they just hired her off the books to talk gibberish in front of a camera. lol

Imagine this Loki girl works in like...McDonalds...they just hired her off the books to talk gibberish in front of a camera. lol

She looks more sophisticated than a McGirl ...

You?ve invested time and smarts and energy in the Vanishing Point. As a reward, I?m throwing a celebration just for you. All you need to do is say "yes". Time is your only obstacle. Reply by 01.25.07 at 1800hrs or the event will be a figment of your imagination.

Date: Saturday, January 27, 2007

Time: 1900-2200hrs P.S.T.

Locale: Undisclosed. Transportation will be provided from event coordinates.

This invite is your credential to gain access to the gathering. Print it and bring it with you, or you may vanish from the list.

~L

You?ve invested time and smarts and energy in the Vanishing Point. As a reward, I?m throwing a celebration just for you. All you need to do is say "yes". Time is your only obstacle. Reply by 01.25.07 at 1800hrs or the event will be a figment of your imagination.

Date: Saturday, January 27, 2007

Time: 1900-2200hrs P.S.T.

Locale: Undisclosed. Transportation will be provided from event coordinates.

This invite is your credential to gain access to the gathering. Print it and bring it with you, or you may vanish from the list.

~L

What is that?

You?ve invested time and smarts and energy in the Vanishing Point. As a reward, I?m throwing a celebration just for you. All you need to do is say "yes". Time is your only obstacle. Reply by 01.25.07 at 1800hrs or the event will be a figment of your imagination.

Date: Saturday, January 27, 2007

Time: 1900-2200hrs P.S.T.

Locale: Undisclosed. Transportation will be provided from event coordinates.

This invite is your credential to gain access to the gathering. Print it and bring it with you, or you may vanish from the list.

~L

What I failed to mention was that my printer busted just the day before I found the invite, so I couldn't print it.

Could someone do me a huge, HUGE, favor and scan the invite for me. I'd owe you big time. Then just PM me and I'll give my email address.

I would really appreciate it if someone could do this for me.

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