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'''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' | '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' | ||
("''0''" represents the numbers in the countdown. From left to right, the four three-digit numbers represented days, hours, minutes and seconds.) | ("''0''" represents the numbers in the countdown. From left to right, the four three-digit numbers represented days, hours, minutes and seconds.) | ||
When bookmarked, the page will be named by default "Transmission Log". Nobody yet knows what the website is counting down to and it is strange that the countdown will skip numbers with the digits 7, 8 and 9 (for example, it will countdown like 32, 31, 30, 26, 25, 24, etc. It will also countdown like 102, 101, 100, 66, 65, 64, etc.). It is also strange that the "minutes" and "seconds" (and possibly "hours") columns of the timer start at the number "113". However, the digit skipping could be explained by the possibility that the timer is counting in Base [[List of "Seven" references in Halo|Seven]] instead of Base Ten. If this is true, the timer is counting down to midnight on Thursday, June 21, 2007. June 21 happens to be summer solstice. | When bookmarked, the page will be named by default "Transmission Log". Nobody yet knows what the website is counting down to and it is strange that the countdown will skip numbers with the digits 7, 8 and 9 (for example, it will countdown like 32, 31, 30, 26, 25, 24, etc. It will also countdown like 102, 101, 100, 66, 65, 64, etc.). It is also strange that the "minutes" and "seconds" (and possibly "hours") columns of the timer start at the number "113". However, the digit skipping could be explained by the possibility that the timer is counting in Base [[List of "Seven" references in Halo|Seven]] instead of Base Ten. If this is true, the timer is counting down to midnight on Thursday, June 21, 2007. June 21 happens to be summer solstice. | ||
A clear reference to this is made with the [[Stonehenge|Stonehenge cromlech]] quoted on the [[Society of the Ancients]] website. The cromlech in United Kingdom is made to be aligned with the sun on the summer solstice. | A clear reference to this is made with the [[Stonehenge|Stonehenge cromlech]] quoted on the [[Society of the Ancients]] website. The cromlech in United Kingdom is made to be aligned with the sun on the summer solstice. | ||
(In the following series of text changes on the countdown website; "''0''" represents the numbers in the countdown. From left to right, the four three-digit numbers represented days, hours, minutes and seconds.) | (In the following series of text changes on the countdown website; "''0''" represents the numbers in the countdown. From left to right, the four three-digit numbers represented days, hours, minutes and seconds.) | ||
[[Image:206.16.223.65_-_Day_2.png|thumb|The countdown website's second appearance.]] | [[Image:206.16.223.65_-_Day_2.png|thumb|The countdown website's second appearance.]] | ||
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'''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' | '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' | ||
[[Image:206.16.223.65_Day_3.png|thumb|The countdown website's third appearance.]] | [[Image:206.16.223.65_Day_3.png|thumb|The countdown website's third appearance.]] | ||
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'''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' | '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' | ||
[[Image:206.16.223.65_Day_-_4.png|thumb|The countdown website's fourth appearance.]] | [[Image:206.16.223.65_Day_-_4.png|thumb|The countdown website's fourth appearance.]] | ||
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'''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' | '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' | ||
The text on the website changed again around midnight on June 17, 2007 to: | The text on the website changed again around midnight on June 17, 2007 to: | ||
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'''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' | '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' | ||
The text on the website changed again around mid-afternoon on June 18, 2007 to: | The text on the website changed again around mid-afternoon on June 18, 2007 to: | ||
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The timer also sped up considerably. People say it's 17 seconds for every minute that elapses. | The timer also sped up considerably. People say it's 17 seconds for every minute that elapses. | ||
[[Image:206.16.223.65_-_Day_6.jpg|thumb|The countdown website's seventh appearance.]] | [[Image:206.16.223.65_-_Day_6.jpg|thumb|The countdown website's seventh appearance.]] | ||
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'''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' | '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining''''' | ||
At 1 PM Eastern Standard time the timer on the [http://206.16.223.65/ countdown website] ran down to 0. It was shortly replaced by a much longer, much slower moving countdown. And then replaced later with a stationary countdown with the numbers | At 1 PM Eastern Standard time the timer on the [http://206.16.223.65/ countdown website] ran down to 0. It was shortly replaced by a much longer, much slower moving countdown. And then replaced later with a stationary countdown with the numbers | ||
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The countdown has now stopped at '''''001 012 034 053'''''. It is unknown if and when it will restart. | The countdown has now stopped at '''''001 012 034 053'''''. It is unknown if and when it will restart. | ||
In the evening of June 19, all text disappeared from the page. All that currently remains is the still-frozen countdown timer: | In the evening of June 19, all text disappeared from the page. All that currently remains is the still-frozen countdown timer: | ||
'''''001 012 034 053 Remaining''''' | '''''001 012 034 053 Remaining''''' | ||
[[Image:MtElgonCaldera.jpg|thumb|200px|Mount Elgon Caldera.]] | |||
[[Image:MtElgonCaldera.jpg|thumb|200px|Mount Elgon Caldera]] | |||
BoonIsha at unfiction noted that the stopped countdown timer of "001-012-034-053", when treated as GPS coordinates 1.12, 34.53 result in a location in South Africa. Further investigation reveals that the point is in the middle of the largest caldera in the world, at the tip of Mount Elgon, also home to some "unusual caves", and not far from Voi. | BoonIsha at unfiction noted that the stopped countdown timer of "001-012-034-053", when treated as GPS coordinates 1.12, 34.53 result in a location in South Africa. Further investigation reveals that the point is in the middle of the largest caldera in the world, at the tip of Mount Elgon, also home to some "unusual caves", and not far from Voi. | ||
On the morning of June 21<sup>st</sup>, all notion of the time disappeared and it now redirects you to a new IP address. It redirects to: http://206.16.223.61/E5h2JK/flash/web/index.html and this site has a screen asking you if you live in North America or Europe, and asks for your birth date. After gaining entrance to the site, a flash animation appears and a Forerunner looking relic comes from out of a hallway and starts floating and spinning in front of you. The user has the ability to spin the relic in any horizontal direction. When you bookmark this page it is labeled as "Server 5 Open". This is almost definitely in relation to the the | On the morning of June 21<sup>st</sup>, all notion of the time disappeared and it now redirects you to a new IP address. It redirects to: http://206.16.223.61/E5h2JK/flash/web/index.html and this site has a screen asking you if you live in North America or Europe, and asks for your birth date. After gaining entrance to the site, a flash animation appears and a Forerunner looking relic comes from out of a hallway and starts floating and spinning in front of you. The user has the ability to spin the relic in any horizontal direction. When you bookmark this page it is labeled as "Server 5 Open". This is almost definitely in relation to the the five servers on the ''Halo 3'' webpage. The relic is clearly Forerunner in design and upon further inspection, has the same symbol on it's back as the one in the [[Iris]] page.If you click on some of the symbols, it allows you to download four different documents; two text files and two pictures. One of the symbols enables a flash animation. | ||
June 23<sup>rd</sup> | June 23<sup>rd</sup> | ||
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*[[AdjutantReflex]] | *[[AdjutantReflex]] | ||
*[[Forerunner Email]] | *[[Forerunner Email]] | ||
[[Category:Halo 3]] | [[Category:Halo 3]] | ||
[[Category:Games]] | [[Category:Games]] | ||