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Doug52392
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Joined: Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:12 pm Posts: 58
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 Countdown timer at halo3.com is now counting down to a date.
the clock at http://halo3.com/believe/halo3_countdownClock.swf is now counting down to 11 days, insted of sayin g NaN.
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Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:39 am |
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the new one
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Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:44 pm Posts: 75
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 Re: Countdown timer at halo3.com is now counting down to a date.
? where did you find it, the link did not work for me, maybe because my browser does not play .swf on its own.
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Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:05 pm |
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lostgeek
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Joined: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:45 am Posts: 6
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 Re: Countdown timer at halo3.com is now counting down to a date.
10-14-07 at 9pm... 
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Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:10 pm |
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thebruce
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Joined: Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:59 pm Posts: 221 Location: KW, Ontario
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 Re: Countdown timer at halo3.com is now counting down to a date.
odd... the swf code has the date 10/14/2010, 20 hours (8pm?) My time left is 10 days, 22 hours, 26 minutes, which comes to 10/14, 3pm (EDT) The countdown display doesn't include year, so I'm not sure if 2010 is relevent or not. If it stays 2010, then after T-0, it'll reset to 365 days (10/14 of the next year).
Anyway... interesting... what's on 10/14?
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Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:32 pm |
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ii otnemem ii
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Joined: Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:29 pm Posts: 386 Location: Portland F'ing Oregon
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 Re: Countdown timer at halo3.com is now counting down to a date.
Hmmm... downloadable content? The explanation of the Legendary Ending? Halo brand Hot Dog Buns!?
Edit: Hey... on the Believe diorama, there is a video that was supposed to be up on 10-01-07, but it looks like it hasn't been posted yet. Anyone able to see it? It is entitled "Testimonial: Gravesite".
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Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:08 pm |
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jeffwar7
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Joined: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:55 pm Posts: 6
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 Re: Countdown timer at halo3.com is now counting down to a date.
Yea i noticed that as well... i actually just posted that in another thread lol, hope i dont get flamed.. maybe their bein lazy over at bungie and microsoft, or they just forgot about it. that would be funny
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Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:19 pm |
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Doug52392
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Joined: Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:12 pm Posts: 58
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 Re: Countdown timer at halo3.com is now counting down to a date.
I just noticed someting odd about the countdown timer: it's counting down on its own. I installed a Firerfox plugin that tells me all the files of certain extensions that are used on web pages. When I load most of the pages on halo3.com or on one of the Iris servers, they use XML files to load data. This is a practice to save time programming, so insted of editing an entire SWF file, a programmer can just edit a short XML file. However, the countdown uses no outside data except what's on the page. I am still able to see the countdown after shutting the Internet off and loading the SWF file. So someone at Microsoft reprogrammed the page...
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Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:25 pm |
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retina
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Joined: Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:11 am Posts: 26
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 Re: Countdown timer at halo3.com is now counting down to a date.
Hmm... I wonder. Oh yeah, the site launched on 9/14/07. Local month has no revelance, I presume. Just wait another month...
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Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:31 pm |
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UNSCleric
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Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:57 pm Posts: 11 Location: Earth 2552
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 Re: Countdown timer at halo3.com is now counting down to a date.
How did you find the countdown on Halo 3.com?
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:17 pm |
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DHalo
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Joined: Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:19 am Posts: 376
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 Re: Countdown timer at halo3.com is now counting down to a date.
It was the SWF used to countdown to the Believe site's launch. All they are doing is looking at a no-longer functioning timer.
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:01 pm |
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