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RufiusRufius Member Posts: 2,031
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What is this?

http://www.eon5.com/


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  • SnaKeySnaKey Member Posts: 3,386

    abso-lutely nothing.

    I've been following eon8 for about 5months now. Done alot of research and came to the conclusion that it is a publicity stunt for some movie or game or something.

    Watch it be PS3. There was a site for the 360 that was kinda the same thing, with riddles.

    Here's the source, so you can see for yourself:

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>EON5</title>
    <style type="text/css">
    <!--
    body {
    background-image: url('site_imgs/148600_3735.jpg');
    background-attachment: fixed;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: -120px -50px;
    background-color: #fff;

    margin-top: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    margin-left: 0px;
    margin-right: 0px;

    color: #000;
    font-family: arial, tomaha, verdana, helvetica;
    font-size: 10px;
    }
    -->
    </style>
    </head>
    <body>

    </body>
    </html>

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  • RufiusRufius Member Posts: 2,031

    yeah, i just got through talking to someone about it and on 06/06/06 it reached 0/0/0 on the timer.

    But, whatever it is something's not right, I remember reading an article bout a hacker that was going to trial and stuff around this time.

    Yahoo published it then removed it.

    SOmethng google popped up about it.

    http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/?p=268

    edit: I know how to view the source of a webpage. lol

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  • XeximaXexima Member UncommonPosts: 2,698

    Originally posted by SnaKey

    abso-lutely nothing.
    I've been following eon8 for about 5months now. Done alot of research and came to the conclusion that it is a publicity stunt for some movie or game or something.
    Watch it be PS3. There was a site for the 360 that was kinda the same thing, with riddles.
    Here's the source, so you can see for yourself:



    EON5









    it took you 5 months to conclude that its a publicity stunt....took me an hour...
  • RufiusRufius Member Posts: 2,031

    Originally posted by Xexima

    Originally posted by SnaKey
    abso-lutely nothing.
    I've been following eon8 for about 5months now. Done alot of research and came to the conclusion that it is a publicity stunt for some movie or game or something.
    Watch it be PS3. There was a site for the 360 that was kinda the same thing, with riddles.
    Here's the source, so you can see for yourself:
    EON5body {background-image: url('site_imgs/148600_3735.jpg');background-attachment: fixed;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: -120px -50px;background-color: #fff;margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 20px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;color: #000;font-family: arial, tomaha, verdana, helvetica;font-size: 10px;}--
    it took you 5 months to conclude that its a publicity stunt....took me an hour...
    Ok, so how'd you come to that conclusion? oh wait you won't answer that cause you like looking like a genius, when you obviously aren't.

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  • Rikimaru_XRikimaru_X Member UncommonPosts: 11,718

    Originally posted by Xexima

    Originally posted by SnaKey

    abso-lutely nothing.
    I've been following eon8 for about 5months now. Done alot of research and came to the conclusion that it is a publicity stunt for some movie or game or something.
    Watch it be PS3. There was a site for the 360 that was kinda the same thing, with riddles.
    Here's the source, so you can see for yourself:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">












    it took you 5 months to conclude that its a publicity stunt....took me an hour...

    Took me 38 seconds.

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  • GruntyGrunty Member EpicPosts: 8,657

    Took me about 30 minutes. But that's because I like to think about different possibilities before my bullshit meter goes off.

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  • SnaKeySnaKey Member Posts: 3,386

    Originally posted by Xexima
    it took you 5 months to conclude that its a publicity stunt....took me an hour...

    No, actually it took me about a day to figure out it was something like that. I just said I knew about it.

    I spent about a month on some computer forums trying to hack it, since it seemed to be an open invitation. We found some pretty interesting stuff, but nothing came through. There are alot of weird little quarks about that page. For one... the dots? There used to be about 400 and each one is a seperate image. Another thing is, there is an encryption somewhere in the page. Lots of little stuff, there are other pages to it. I can't remember any of them and I haven't been reading that other thread, but it's been out long enough I'm sure if you do some google research on it then you will find them.

    We eventually got bored with it.

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  • SnaKeySnaKey Member Posts: 3,386

    10m left btw :)

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  • Username!Username! Member Posts: 165
    Took me the second I saw it.. If it were some secret website, how would the public find it?

  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015
    its 12:19 am wtf happened???

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  • SnaKeySnaKey Member Posts: 3,386

    {eon8} Complete
    As of July 1st, 2006, the E8 Project has completed.
    The purpose of this project was to determine the reactions of the internet public to lack of information.
    History
    The domain eon8.com was chosen, as it is short, easily remembered, and eon9 was already registered.
    It was originally posted on www.msfn.org, but was promptly removed as 'spam'. It was enough time for it to be copied to other forums throughout December 2005.
    Results
    We were amazed to discover that the site was instantly linked with terrorism, simply for the fact that it seems mysterious. Evil was the number one first impression people had of the site, in spite of the fact that there are no threats on the site. The only thing Eon 8 says is "We don't want you here". Nothing else.
    Other less disappointing opinions were social experimentation (which was correct), James Bond movie viral marketing, and promotions for video games.
    For many people, being faced with a countdown timer was an instant reason to try to shut down or hack the site. This is a worrying reaction, that if someone doesn't understand something they must destroy it. As a result, the servers have been hit quite hard these last few days, but luckily 99% of the 'hackers' could easily be described as 'l4me well versed veterans'.
    Another worrying example of paranoia was how quickly people would jump to conclusions, such as telephoning the registered owner of a dog seen in a photograph on a server that hosts a page that links to eon8.
    Surprises
    The folks at Unfiction.com were the most resourceful and inventive, they successfully managed to decrypt several of the 'codes' on the site, forcing them to be re-encrypted using more secure methods.
    FAQ
    What about eon5.com?
    Nothing to do with us. Pure coincidence, but worked in our favor.

    What about the 8th eon being the end of the world?
    We picked Eon 8 because Eon 9 was already taken. We didn't know about the significance of this. Eon is a cool sounding word!

    Why July 1st?
    We didn't know how long it would take to get the word out using our subtle promotion methods. We allowed over 6 months.

    What do the codes on the site mean?
    They're mostly randomly generated integers encrypted with md5, but with certain letters removed and replaced. The Logs page is simply based on the current timestamp, encrypted and modified. You can't decrypt them, they really are random numbers.

    What is the Deployment Map?
    They're dots placed over major cities and several random locations, it was done mostly from memory. The random gif filename is an added touch to force a slight delay on loading, which looks more impressive in Internet Explorer, but not as much in Firefox.

    What's the password?
    There isn't one. If you did somehow manage to get in, you'd see an empty folder with a single text file that says "This is a decoy folder. Please connect to the internal secure network".

    Can I see your website statistics?
    Yes, click here.

    Are you anything to do with Scientology?
    Did you see anything talking about a Free Personality Test or Xenu? Use your brain.

    Who are you, really?
    The most I can tell you is I am a 23 year old web designer from Florida named Mike. I can't narrow it down anymore than that. When I say 'we', I really mean 'me'.
    Conclusions
    People take things too seriously and panic over the most trivial things. But at the same time there are many people out there who think things through without jumping to conclusions. You can't let pointless speculation rule your lives and force you to live in fear.
    In Closing
    Thanks to everyone who kept things interesting, especially to the folks at unfiction. Sorry there is no ARG for you to play, but at least you had fun while it lasted.


    Click here for one Final Message from Eon 8

    BE HAPPY
    THE END
    Sincerely, x21b

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  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015
    some guy needs to get a life instead of gettin thousands of people scared shitless 

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  • GruntyGrunty Member EpicPosts: 8,657

    Originally posted by Balter
    some guy needs to get a life instead of gettin thousands of people scared shitless image

    "Thousands of people scared shitless" need to get a clue.

    "I used to think the worst thing in life was to be all alone.  It's not.  The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone."  Robin Williams
  • BalterBalter Member Posts: 1,015
    i was one of them 

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  • RufiusRufius Member Posts: 2,031

    I wasn't scared but, I was curious. He talks bout people relying on speculation but, in many case's that is all people have at thier disposal, a weakness I guess for the public of the internet. I dont' know much about decoding myself so I could only speculate on popular details and, use my surroundings as a source of information.

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  • Rikimaru_XRikimaru_X Member UncommonPosts: 11,718

    I swear everbody who was scared of this is stupid. I swear you guys are scared of a RANDOM website on the INTERNET. If things like this really got to you, you might need to get off the internet and go out for a good week. No offence but I told you guys this is a gimmick.

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  • RufiusRufius Member Posts: 2,031

    Riki there is a such thing as cyber terrorism.

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  • gizma99kgizma99k Member Posts: 239

    He hasn't figured that one out yet.

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