Countdown Discussion

[Van Helsing]

If you visit: http://206.16.223.65/clock.swf

Your clock will soon stop

[PiousFlea]

/Systemic failure. Root cause unknown./

/ rebooting /

001 012 034 053 Remaining

now the question is, is there some meaning to the number "001 012 034 053"?

[Van Helsing]

Exactly,

It's been told to stop at this time,

to look like it froze when the system rebooted,

Please see my other post:

Listing the objects of the .swf files shows this:

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Level #0: Frame=1
  Movie Clip: Frame=1 Target="_level0.clock_mc"
    Movie Clip: Frame=1 Target="_level0.clock_mc.time_mc"
      Edit Text: Target="_level0.clock_mc.time_mc.days_txt" Variable= Visible=true Text = 001"
      Edit Text: Target="_level0.clock_mc.time_mc.hours_txt" Variable= Visible=true Text = 012"
      Edit Text: Target="_level0.clock_mc.time_mc.mins_txt" Variable= Visible=true Text = 034"
      Edit Text: Target="_level0.clock_mc.time_mc.secs_txt" Variable= Visible=true Text = 053"

Looks like they programed the flash file itself to show the time '001 012 034 053'

(also, 1+12+34+53= 100)

Also listing the variables showed this final countdown date:

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Variable _level0.clock_mc.endTime = [object #11, class 'Date'] {Thu Jun 21 00:00:00 GMT+0100 2007}

I know users have done this before, but i swear these two bits of code were never in it before, including that date which I swear didn't say anything about 'GMT+0100' (GMT+1, i.e Paris, France) before,

This time could be the time at which the system rebooted - as it says

/Systemic failure. Root cause unknown./

/ rebooting /

[Gatchaman UK]

If you visit: http://206.16.223.65/clock.swf

Your clock will soon stop

Cool,thanks!
I wonder why 001 012 034 053 is significant??

[sharpsniper99]

ive tried them backwards and forwards as a ip, peapleare trying to use em as cordinates on google earth, but it seems we have our clue

[Van Helsing]

They also equal exactly 100,

maybe nothing special, unless they equaled 117

But yes, I believe the reason the countdown was going so fast for some users, was because they were running the flash clock out of their cache, and not the newest version provided. Therefore the users cached clock could have experienced problems, lost contact with the server, thought it was a toaster and spontaneously counted down to 'a' time,

[Gatchaman UK]

001 012 034 053

Well... 1-2-3-4-5, but then 3?
or... 1-12-34-53
IP address?

1+1+2+3+4+5+3=19
1+12+34+53=100....100 Eh? Percentages?

EDIT: Oops! Sorry for repeating!

[Ibeechu]

Tex plugged the stopped countdown (001 012 034 053) into Google Earth as Coordinates (1.12, 34.53). I did the same and compared it's location to Mt. Kilimanjaro. Why Mt. Kilimanjaro? Well, guess where the coordinates landed: Between Uganda and Kenya.
EDIT: Picture size reduced for great justice!

[Heart]

Tex says they are coordinates..

Here is the link.


http://maps.google.com/maps?um=1&tab=wl ... 12%2034.53



its a place in south Africa....

[Tex]

Woot for Ibeechu Thanks for double checking my numbers.