Go to ESPN.com (disable any ad-blockers), and play the Halo 4 YouTube video in the banner.
The new orange/upside down Didact symbol flashes on screen, things go wonky, and then all sorts of weird gibberish code appears. I only screencapped a few times and got these bits and pieces:

!attach act drop

,{"gameId":39598,"date":"201205
22060000","home":{name":"S.
Mirza","score":"1

!diag proc 10

Pretty cool effect, but I wonder if this is the start of some viral marketing for Halo 4?

Ok, so as posted already, all the strings in the flash have been found. Listed (in order from the flash source):

,{"gameId":39598,"date":"20120522060000","home":{"name":"S. Mirza","score":"1 5","idme":{"name":"A. Rus","score":"7 3 6","id":"810"},"away":{"name":"J. Zvba","leagues":[{"league":"wnba","display

this json may just be a red herring, to look like a broken standard sport stats request... Mirza and Rus are tennis players, though I couldn't find anything about "Zvba" in the WNBA
Other strings:

38XUI¶¶ aos . 299 .
!attach act drop
d!D@cT
thanksshk terminal
862.293.342.3487.2
linvntry terminal
proc 7 8 9
rogue proc 10
probe terminal proc 10
!bite proc 10
!diag proc 10
94. ssdd a s--------
§200 sdkue
!bite rogue pro 1 recurse
clean !splotch control
s et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur
So8ii aspoke qpdkv disofasddddddd
Cras mattis imperdiet est, quis pharetra sdr3
Curae; In tempor pulvinar felis in ves
Maecenas tincidunt vehicula est, vitae condim
imperdiet felis sit amet mauris dignissim
oque penatibus et magnis dis parturient r35
Curabitur sagittis quam vel nisl cas37 jj6-fdd
scelerisque faucibus. In auctor leo eu sapien
Ut sollicitudin neque
faucibus neque accumsan. Ut convallis sagittis
Proin suscipit malesuada elementum.
a justo. Vestibulum dapibus aliqu

hard to tell if the latin is just lorem ipsum placeholder text. The phrases aren't connecting with any text other than other forums posting about the same ad content
still digging...

[but of course on the other hand] It could all just be purely esthetic, random, with bits thrown in to trigger some nostalgia on recognizable words and phrases...

: The list of orange strings that show up reversed on the page: !diag proc 10
: probe terminal proc 10
: rogue proc 10
: proc 7 8 9
: linvntry terminal
: 862..293.342.3487.2
: thanksshk terminal
: d!D@cT
: !attach act drop
: 38XUI¶¶ aos . 299 .
: clean !splotch control
: !bite rogue pro 1 recurse
: §200 sdkue
: 94. ssdd a s--------
A few of the lines there (in particular, the ones referring to 'rogue proc', '!bite rogue pro', 'probe proc' and '!splotch') are extremely similar to the commands used in the I Love Bees campaign by the SPDR AI - as far as I can tell, this language was created specifically for the ARG and didn't exist beforehand. Is there a connection here or is 343 just re-using old material?

A compilation of the command language from I Love Bees: http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Flea++

Following that, I can decipher the following from the commands:
-Examine terminal process 10
-Process 10 is acting suspiciously (sometimes associated with Mendicant Bias in the Halo 3 terminals)
-Something involving processes 7-9
-Something involving a terminal
-?
-Something else involving a terminal
-Didact
-Attach the user to something (act is a known term, but it's purpose is unclear)
-?
-'Control' has been successfully destroyed (this should be a reponse to a previous command, perhaps whatever has been corrupted in the last line)
-Attempt to terminate the rogue process, and keep trying until it is terminated.
-?
-?

Not entirely sure if this relates to anything, but I'll leave with you to see if it you can make anything out of it.

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!bite rogue pro 1 recurse
clean !splotch control

862..293.342.3487.2
This is some kind of IP address, I think, or other kind of address, as the line that follows immediately after is
thanksshk terminal which in relation to the access(?) coding two lines above it is either another instruction directed at the terminal, or some other kind of connection establisher.

Thoughts?

Here's my interpretation of the latin text, based on two different online translators and a lot of reading into things.
<span>Not bothered if it ends up being a Lorum Ipsum, but I'm hopeful all the same, especially with the [url=<a class="smarterwiki-linkify" href="http://az204726.vo.msecnd.net/prod/audio/radio_infinity_levels_v03.ogg]new">http://az204726.vo.msecnd.net/prod/audio/radio_infinity_levels_v03.ogg]new</a> Infinity audio recording out.[/url]</span>

And great rich parturient*
The mount will carry off.

Tomorrow (on the eve of) Everyone will quiver (with fear?) of My Management.

Upon transitory dust (when change has occurred i.e. Halo 1-3)
lucky upon (look upon?)

Add your e-
conveyance is , (method of arrival/transport)
life to agree

Name lucky he is (the one is named lucky - The Chief?)

View results published (reviewing stats, my guess on humanity's battle readiness)

The fifth home of the great (The fifth place the Didact has stayed in? Or the 5th Requiem esc planet?)
rich parturient* (can I just say.. hot)
link how or
more crime (Humanity has failed to take up the mantle? Commited crimes?)

Upon person responsible (Uh oh)
lion good wise (woken the sleeping lion?)

When concern worthless (no point in being afraid of something you can't beat? Or that he has no reason to fear us?)
worthless to add to a heap. (weird one, maybe no point in more death/destruction? Doubtful)

When to grow strong
Consequently to raise up
about first principle of equity. (coming to kick our ass at the right time?) (wanting an equal fight?)

We/Opening/Entrance
seneschal – Middle Ages Noble Officer/Officer in charge of Justice & Control (Us failing to take up the mantle have been judged as too big for our own breeches)
some/come (he's opening/coming to kick our ass)

* About to give birth; in labor.

On the weird numbers:
So8ii (So ate i?)
sdr3 - (Radio for the wild south?) lawlz
r35 – (Risk Phase 35? R35: Causes severe burns)

tl;dr - We've failed to take up the mantle, have grown too strong, Didact has waited and it's time to be judged.
Primordium: Precusor esc, no?

It seemed obvious when I saw you mention it, but I checked and it doesn't quite fit IPv4, MAC addresses, or IPv6; it's kind of like someone tried to combine them all, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was supposed to be some kind of unique identifier.

Maybe the address is partial/corrupted/incomplete? We have all these other numbers appearing throughout the selection and a double-dot between 862 and 293. Maybe it implies a missing number string?