Portal: ApertureScience.com (Possible Spoilers)

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zukeft said:
Yeah, the first 32 characters is an MD5 hash of your IP. The other 32 are unknown. The weird thing is that it doesn't just accept any random string for the next 32 characters. For example, here's one of my UIDs:

Code: 
c0bfe170ddc59b73110e1f87c7108764d0fc2939c777e488f630b074199e6fcf

My current IP is 69.79.201.205, and when MD5 encoded is c0bfe170ddc59b73110e1f87c7108764. (You can try it out and confirm here) The remaining string, d0fc2939c777e488f630b074199e6fcf, is what's a mystery. You can convert Valve's Birthday to a Unix Time timestamp here. Afterwards you should MD5 encode it so you have a 32 character code, then add that code to your MD5 encoded IP. To know if you've entered a valid UID, when testing it with gdxt.php it should print out &okay=okay&.
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Something weird is happening with my UID. The first two letters/numbers are always the same and the last 22 letters/numbers remain the same. But the middle 40 letters/numbers are variable.

When encoding my IP (86.4.135.153) with MD5, I get bc52ad29e98d2a38e1b448f2c57dc20b

my UID is 'bc "52jd29968d2a382151f862c57bc20853oq64" 58cbcb28511dc53724c057'

The bit enclosed in "" is the changing part. Only the first 2 figures match up.


EDIT: Okay I get it now, at first it matches your IP but then the middle changes over time.

You can safely ignore me. :p
 
meh, i dont think the MP5 hash has anything to do with finding more out. A pointless exercise.

I would love to see what valve make next. Probably something like a cypher you have to figure out, to get a secret message again.

great little waste of time
 
From what people have said it seems like everyone thinks the site is more than it is. If the .swf was decompiled and nothing new was found, then there is NOTHING more to it. At least at this point.
 
Selkcip said:
From what people have said it seems like everyone thinks the site is more than it is. If the .swf was decompiled and nothing new was found, then there is NOTHING more to it. At least at this point.
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Thats what I've been saying...unitl Valve add more theres nothing to do.
 
What about the last page, you can write something, but no-one has figured out which command works? (Last page = after failing to enter the correct UID and getting the message please "remain at your workstation")
 
If you look at the decompiled .swf, there are NO INPUTS for the last page.

Seriously, everything has been found. Let it rest til more is found.
 
Warning: mysql_fetch_object(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /valve/www/www.aperturescience.com/index.php on line 30

Dunno if anyone noticed this, highlight above the console
 
Here is the popup of the cake

http://photos.the009.net/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=aperturescience/cake.JPG&var2=0


The code and all the results depending on what you say are everything that happens in generated off a php scrip named gdxt.php

The Diffrent funny lil messages that come up are

qar[3] = "ERROR 07 [Incorrect Password]^^Password> ";

qar[4] = "Loaded: ENRICHMENT CENTER TEST SUBJECT APPLICATION PROCESS ^Form : FORMS-EN-2873-FORM (PART1: PERSONALITY & GENERAL KNOWLEDGE)^^If you are a first time applicant, please type \"CONTINUE\".^^DISREGARD THIS INSTRUCTION if you are returning to form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM after a break of any duration for any reason. In that case, you MUST contact your supervisor before proceeding.Your supervisor will solicit your Authorized Administrative Unit for an affirmative injunction to type \"CONTINUE\".^^If permission to type \"CONTINUE\" has been granted, please do so now, unless the box labeled \"DO NOT TYPE CONTINUE\" on the \"Forms Re-Sanction\" form you should have received from your supervisor is checked, in which case you should remain at your workstation not typing \"CONTINUE\" until such a time as you are instructed by your supervisor to discontinue not typing it.^^> ";

qar[5] = "Below is your form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM Unique Indentity Number (Plus Letters) (UIN(+L)):^^^@^^^Please memorize your UIN(+L), as you may be required to recite it from memory as proof. The opening and closing braces are decorative and should not be memorized.^^When you are finished memorizing your case sensitive UIN(+L), type \"CONTINUE\" to proceed.^^^> ";

qar[8] = "If this is an actual plea for help in response to a hazardous material spill, an explosion, a fire on your person, radiation poisoning, a choking gas of unknown origin, eye trauma resulting from the use of an emergency eye wash station on floors three, four, or eleven, an animal malfunction, or any other injurious experimental equipment failure, please remain at your workstation. A Crisis Response Team has already been mobilized to deliberate on a response to your crisis.^^If you need help accessing the system, please refer to your User Handbook.^^> ";


qar[9] = "Congratulations!^^You have finished the:^^ENRICHMENT CENTER TEST SUBJECT APPLICATION^FORMS-EN-2873-FORM (PART1: PERSONALITY & GENERAL KNOWLEDGE)^^Please enter your 64 digit UIN(+L) to complete the process.^^> ";


qar[10] = "The entered UIN(+L) does not match your assigned UIN(+L).^^Please REMAIN AT YOUR WORKSTATION until a Computer-Aided-Enrichment Crisis Team arrives.^^";


qar[11] = "... > ^ >^ ^When was the last time you left the building? Do you know anyone who\'s left the building lately? I don\'t know what lunatic wrote the new lockdown policy. I don\'t know who\'s in charge. But they\'re building an \'Enrichment Center\'. Check out this security feed. Whatever the hell a \'relaxation vault\' is, it doesn\'t have any doors. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^If a supervisor walks by, press return. I don\'t think going home is part of our job description anymore. ^ ";
 
correct there is nothing possiable with the uin. all that it is is a clever lil sceme. you can enter your thing that only you know you commited. but that just does the same thing.

the only other thing that you can answer for your uid in the end part of the test that will do anything is entering THECAKEISALIE

as seen below

Code: 
case 9:
        {
            if (_l2 == "THECAKEISALIE")
            {
                entryMode = 4;
                _l1 = true;
            }
            else
            {
                qon = 9;
                _l1 = true;
            } // end if
            break;
        }

also found is

Code: 
 var hintMessage = "thecakeisalie";
 
Aazn said:
MD5 passwords work like this:

When you register, your password is recorded on a piece of paper then burned.
When you try to login, the password is recorded on a piece of paper and then burned.

Then the server compares the burns and if they match, it authenticates you.

But you can't un-burn burned stuff.

[Aazn]
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I would like to add that this is the best layman explanation of MD5 evar xD
 
Surely someone from Valve is reading this right now, come on! 44,000 views of this thread alone!!!

WE LOVE THIS STUFF! GIVE US MORE!

THROW ME A FRICKIN' BONE HERE!!
 
Letters.
UIN(+L) = Unique Identity Number (+Letters).

I believe that has been stated serveral times before. You should really read the whole thread before posting (yes, I know it's long).
 
Er. Heh. I made a login here just to post. I haven't looked up much, and about Aperture, we know next to nothing... A bit of wild speculation perhaps, but who else do we know next to nothing about? Good ol' G Man. In fact, page three heavily applies to that particular letter, G. Someone previously mentioned in this thread, that Franklin's favorite letter is G as well, but... again, simple and wild speculation, probably getting ahead of myself for debunking the story of Portals.
 
Did anybody notice that when it asks for franks favorite letter, they skip s?
 
smokeythebear said:
I'm guessing we have some LOST fans in this forum ;)

4+8+15+16+23+42=108 :O
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We actually burn most of them alive since they can't seem to grasp the concept of Lost's "mystery" which they are so fond of. Like Pavlov's dogs they bark when a certain type of stimulae is given...
 
[QUOTE="Ryenoru's Post Count:]1[/QUOTE]

He ****ing REGISTERED to tell us that.
 
other game

Has anyone seen/played this: www.syst3m.co.uk ? it’s not by Valve, but is a similar sort of experience. Has lots of cryptic puzzles and some cool vids… Might b worth checking out until this page updates! I hope this turns out to be a portal ARG!
 
Didn't mean it to sound like that?! but I figured I’d point people making posts like:
Huntingbear
but...I want more cryptic riddles!!!
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Towards something that I enjoyed!..... Sorry if this offended you:dozey:
 
Para said:
We actually burn most of them alive since they can't seem to grasp the concept of Lost's "mystery" which they are so fond of. Like Pavlov's dogs they bark when a certain type of stimulae is given...
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No mystery...

The Island has magnets under it that are controlled by the thoughts of scientists who gather a group of people to save before the world ends.








this post may contain spoilers :eek:
 
I think a mod will close it soon..Especially since nothing new has surfaced since the beginning of the thread...
 
People should just let it go till something new gets uploaded. Just stop posting the same thing over and over again. Stop trying to find something thats not there. Or dont keep posting what your looking into just post if you FIND something that really is part of the puzzle.
 
ZOMG - I was just on teh website and these letters started flashing. I noted them all down and got
thecakeisalie
Do you think it means anything!!!1!!11
 
No it means nothing. That's why everyone else has been talking about how the cake is a lie. Did you read the thread? It's on the second or third page.
 
Yeah HE was the one who got all possible information out of the flash by decompiling it (post nr 38 in this thread) <3. The rest is just repeation of known stuff and false theories on what might be clues.
 
Long, Drawn Out, Possibly Unrelated.

Ok I just read about 30 pages of mostly the same thing posted over and over... Have some ideas conserning this, and they are probably all a huge stretch, or possibly related in a metaphorical way... see what you guys think:

A. Cake: In Half-Life 1, when you push the "sample" into the machine to start the test, the "sample" is yellow and is an irregular shape. A certain uranium oxide called U308 Urania (numbers should be subscript). This oxide is yellow in color and is referred to as Yellowcake. It takes a lot of refining to create (although it is by no means rare, however a very pure sample is rather hard to obtain), and is the basis for creating weapons-grade uranium.

B. Yellowcake Forgeries: Possible metaphoric connection. A document "discovered" by the Itallian Intelligence Agency, which showed that Sadam Hussein attempted to purchase Yellowcake, and other materials used to create and refine uranium, from the African country Niger. These documents were a major peice of evidence in the case for America to go to war with Iraq. Later, U.S. and British Intelligence Agencies determined these documents to be falsified.

Just a few interesting tidbits of information. So far, everyone has taken "cake" to be a food. This just gets us thinking outside the box a little bit. As far as the "Yellowcake Forgeries," the documents were essentially a lie, and while researching yellowcake on Wikipedia, I discovered this also and thought it was at least sort of relevent (The CAKE is a LIE). If nothing else, I learned something new, and this also brought something fresh to the debate.


PS. I apologize for even mentioning politics in this forum, and I truly hope that no one will bring up or turn this into a political debate. Again, it was just some fresh meat for us to chew over for a while.
 
Yeah, I read most of what's on this topic. And at this point, I see that everyone seems to be giving up, simply because the swf and other resources don't lead to anything else on the site.

But what if (and sorry if this has already been suggested, i did read a lot) the key lies not in what's actually contained in the swf, but simply clues that we're supposed to pick up on what's being said in it, and from there, create a new link. i mean, what if there's a diff swf, or htm, or dir, that's not mentioned in the original swf, but if one were to find something suspicious and simply type it in the URL, it would come up.

I mean, is there a way of checking whats on this site, without having to have links to the items? I'm guessing not.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents, and I'm bored, so I'm gonna be trying that. But i suck at picking up clues and crap.
 
I dont fully understand what your saying BDae, but the whole site is just the flash file, nothing else. So you cant look for other clues there. Maybe in the WWW but yeah, good luck!

As for what you said Quickness, what do u think Yellowcake has to do with the game Portal? Im not flaming you, but i dont see any connection. Or are you just saying the statement is one of politics, with no other relevance?

My personal opinion is that the statement is making a reference to the question saying "which of these is not a type of cake" when in reality, all are cakes. So the Cake question is a trick, a lie.

I think that is about it for the statement.
 
thequickness187 said:
Ok I just read about 30 pages of mostly the same thing posted over and over... Have some ideas conserning this, and they are probably all a huge stretch, or possibly related in a metaphorical way... see what you guys think:

A. Cake: In Half-Life 1, when you push the "sample" into the machine to start the test, the "sample" is yellow and is an irregular shape. A certain uranium oxide called U308 Urania (numbers should be subscript). This oxide is yellow in color and is referred to as Yellowcake. It takes a lot of refining to create (although it is by no means rare, however a very pure sample is rather hard to obtain), and is the basis for creating weapons-grade uranium.

B. Yellowcake Forgeries: Possible metaphoric connection. A document "discovered" by the Itallian Intelligence Agency, which showed that Sadam Hussein attempted to purchase Yellowcake, and other materials used to create and refine uranium, from the African country Niger. These documents were a major peice of evidence in the case for America to go to war with Iraq. Later, U.S. and British Intelligence Agencies determined these documents to be falsified.

Just a few interesting tidbits of information. So far, everyone has taken "cake" to be a food. This just gets us thinking outside the box a little bit. As far as the "Yellowcake Forgeries," the documents were essentially a lie, and while researching yellowcake on Wikipedia, I discovered this also and thought it was at least sort of relevent (The CAKE is a LIE). If nothing else, I learned something new, and this also brought something fresh to the debate.


PS. I apologize for even mentioning politics in this forum, and I truly hope that no one will bring up or turn this into a political debate. Again, it was just some fresh meat for us to chew over for a while.
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That's a good CAKE theory. I suspect you're from Valve. Are you? Am I getting paranoid?
 
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