NIM Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 I went to Vista Team Blog and saw this box..The same picture can be also found on IE Blog. This leads us to Vanishing point site..As I got interested, I've browsed various forums and blogs to get some info about this..I've found the blog of the Laughing SquidI've also found a topic at Neowin.net and on Unifiction Forums.Currently few puzzles have been solved.Initial image was solved as wh0isl0kiAlso solved as iw4nttwinyou from a blog post on HeavenGames.comAlso solved as 3scap3grav1ty from an edited post by the mystery lokivanishes posterAlso solved as imm0rtaliz3m3 thanks to a key from Doug StockwellAlso solved as wh3r3t0g0 thanks to the guys at unfictioniw4nttwinyou - gives US phone number (when called asks for PIN) - solved with PIN 35813, prompting the user to THIS webpage3scap3grav1ty - gives different grid-based puzzle - solved, leading the user to THIS webpage3akix3ozidd1b - identical to the above - solvedwh0isl0ki - gives grid-based puzzle - solved, leading the user to THIS webpageimm0rtaliz3m3 - gives an mp3 file, the waveform of which looks like THIS and is solved like this (thanks go to Ehsan from Unfiction), leading the user to THIS webpagewh3r3t0g0 - gives some html-escaped data. Putting this into a basic html page reveals a word, leading the user to THIS webpageThere's also a Wiki article here.What do you think guys, should we get involved in this also :sweatingbullets: Quote
Guest beemarin Posted January 1, 2007 Posted January 1, 2007 Looks like some viral marketing for a book/movie/game of some sort. Looks fun, but I think I'll watch others progress... too much time, and I'm kinda ... ok really bad at most puzzles Quote
NIM Posted January 1, 2007 Author Posted January 1, 2007 Looks like some viral marketing for a book/movie/game of some sort. Looks fun, but I think I'll watch others progress... too much time, and I'm kinda ... ok really bad at most puzzles It looks like something that Bill Gates will announce at Vista presentation at the end of this month. Quote
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