TheNay Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 (edited) Funny how Microsoft is teaming with AMD, before everyone thought Intel and Microsoft were gonna be one company.. lol.. I guess not now... My guess with all what is being said on here is that it has something to do with Virtualization in AMD processors, and Vista has something to offer, maybe only thru an Ultimate Extra? We'll see :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjaspers Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 00:00:00:00:007and froze for about a minute or so then continued and stopped at 00:00:00:00:006 The timing at 6 and 7 may be a clue.... mine stops at 015, i think this is just a case of floating-point accuracy on each client computer. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecShdw Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Probably has something to do with marketing I'm guessing. AMD has been loosing sales due to the new core2 CPU's from Intel (or so I've read ;) ) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequestor Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Or its just a bunch of nice Vista Ultimate extras. Lets find out tomorrow... I would agree but for the fact Vista is not even officially launched yet, and the beta testing of the extras is still pretty raw. I am not on the "Extras" beta so I don't know 1st hand, but from what I have heard its a bit off yet :( Yes one could argue that Shadowrun is not released yet either, and that is a good point too, but I can't see Microsoft paying out the huge $$$$ they are no doubt paying 42E ntertainment for this promotion to promote a downloadable PlusPack for Vista Ultimate. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moshefromsinai Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 mine stops at 015, i think this is just a case of floating-point accuracy on each client computer. sorry 4 my stupidity, whats floating-point acuracy? Is that something re how accurately ur machine counts? I'm in HS and i dont hv much time 4 pc's. I've just been looking @ Ms's site and stumbled on this. Also, what's the relation of the other locations on the list under vanishingpointgame.com/circumambulation ? mine stops at 015, i think this is just a case of floating-point accuracy on each client computer. sorry 4 my stupidity, whats floating-point acuracy? Is that something re how accurately ur machine counts? I'm in HS and i dont hv much time 4 pc's. I've just been looking @ Ms's site and stumbled on this. Also, what's the relation of the other locations on the list under vanishingpointgame.com/circumambulation ? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moshefromsinai Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 mine stops at 015, i think this is just a case of floating-point accuracy on each client computer. sorry 4 my stupidity, whats floating-point acuracy? Is that something re how accurately ur machine counts? I'm in HS and i dont hv much time 4 pc's. I've just been looking @ Ms's site and stumbled on this. Also, what's the relation of the other locations on the list under vanishingpointgame.com/circumambulation ? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgsg Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 http://virtualexperience.amd.com/ another flash based site with black background and green letters. Not sure if related but some similarities there. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawx's Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Why does everyone think that the girl in the movies is loki? It could very well be the guy she was talking on the phone with. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolmst Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 sorry 4 my stupidity, whats floating-point acuracy? Is that something re how accurately ur machine counts? I'm in HS and i dont hv much time 4 pc's. I've just been looking @ Ms's site and stumbled on this. Also, what's the relation of the other locations on the list under vanishingpointgame.com/circumambulation ? floating point accuracy is how precise decimal numbers are represented on the computer.. but I don't think that's what's causing it. What's more likely is it is caused by the delay between the real server time and when your computer receives the server time. Because this has a lot to do with the speed of your internet connection and server load, it will vary a bit between computers. I really don't think it means anything. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawx's Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Also i don't know if any of you can make changes on the wiki site, but on the lyrics for the song, i think there are two things wrong. First being where it says "I have you in place" I think it says "I held you in place". The second being when it says "You help me in pain" again i think it says "You held me in pain". Someone at least please check this out and make sure im not hearing things. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawx's Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Also i don't know if it makes a lot of difference, but i went on to the site on my ps3 and for some reason the countdowns have a lot more numbers, as in digits, then anywhere else. And i don't want to hear any fanboy crap. I am a proud owner of a PS3, Abox 360, and my family should be getting a wii soon. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboTuna Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Anyone notice that during the webcast when they are showing vista, he opens a document. It has LOKI stuff in it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdfoi83wyrl Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Just saw that & screenshotted. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brody McKee Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Anyone notice that during the webcast when they are showing vista, he opens a document. It has LOKI stuff in it. He linked to the Bellagio!!! "Special Event we are planning" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexcyn Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Anyone notice that during the webcast when they are showing vista, he opens a document. It has LOKI stuff in it. They also had the Belagio picture there ... and when they were doing the demonstration of Windows Live they went to the EXACT spot in front of the fountain.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgsg Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 yes saw that. anyway to magnify and read the content there? I do see LOKI but cant read other content. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboTuna Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 They also had the Belagio picture there ... and when they were doing the demonstration of Windows Live they went to the EXACT spot in front of the fountain.... Again, i noticed that. wonder if it does have anything to do with Vista? Guess we'll have to find out whats going on tomorrow. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdfoi83wyrl Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Yeah. I doubt they intend for you to be able to actually read the content. Bill just announced Windows Home Server, but the stream paused for some sort of intellectual property right protection or something. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
canalla450 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Ok im kinda late with this stuff i know, but I got back home today and found a silver envelope amongst the pile of post containing a 256 mb usb key and a letter too. The letter read "You are now a decoder. There are only a few like you, but thousands more are looking for you. Find the other decoders before Zero Hour. Go to: www.vanishinngpointgame.com A Spectacular adventure is on the horizon... Can you find it before it desappears? -L" On the USB key was a txt file, an image, and a video. The text file reads: "Well done! Now you have your first cipher key, plus a video my employer didn?t think you needed to see. What he doesn?t know won?t hurt him. Do others deserve to see these files, too? I?ll leave that up to you. ~Loki P.S. Go to vanishingpointgame.com to find out what to do next." Then theres the image on the key which is Cipher Key 4.jpg. Ive read most of the posts here and had a good look around on the vanishing point site using the clues here. Guess I'll find out for sure in about 22 hours what the hell this is all about. Shame I'm not in america to see what is going to happen at the Belagio Fountains! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emcwill792 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 I was able to read the text below where it says LOKI in that screencap. From what I can read it says: "My job is to find the smartest people on the planet. My employers are rewarding them with outstanding prizes, including a trip into space to see the ultimate vista, and being immortalized in a computer chip around the world." Maybe I got it wrong, but I am awful good at this type of reading. Trying to decipher the top part now, but it appears to discuss what will happen at the event. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Markus Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 I was able to read the text below where it says LOKI in that screencap. From what I can read it says:"My job is to find the smartest people on the planet. My employers are rewarding them with outstanding prizes, including a trip into space to see the ultimate vista, and being immortalized in a computer chip around the world." Maybe I got it wrong, but I am awful good at this type of reading. Trying to decipher the top part now, but it appears to discuss what will happen at the event. I read exactly the same thing with a bit of magnification. So there we have it... First prize is a trip to space, and having their name(?) put on an(AMD?) chip. :woot: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 There's supposed to be an On-Demand version available shortly, so you'll be able to get a good look at it. -Spenser Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequestor Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Well bloodyhell, it does look like the Vista launch :( Sigh. But a trip to space on Spaceship One would scare the bajebies out of me. Not nearly proven enough. And I don't think I would care to have my name on a chip [R600 maybe?]. Oh well, good catch. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bik111 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 (edited) trying to link AMD virtual online tour and vanishingpointgame.com, since in almost every occasion letters such as o and i and replaced with hteir common number corrispodence, 0 and 1, i have typed in v1rtual (*edit* i tried all possible ways to re-type virtual using all symbols and numbers, andi still dont get any reaction from vanishingpointgame.com) into the game, and nothing happens, absolutely nothing, i have tried this in I.E. 7 and Firefox, i dont get the incorrect key error, to me on "keys" that dont come up with the incorrect key error and dont redirect you might have a page to come in the future but it just might not be updated untill those codes are actualy part of a riddle, game or cipher key Edited January 8, 2007 by bik111 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymousjon Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 these events/times/locations that have been found form cipher key 2, are these like invite only events? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/523893-the-pre-game-fun/page/70/#findComment-588203974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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