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| − | [http://www.themailstrom.com http://www.themailstrom.com] | + | Number: [[Year_Zero_Numbers#24.1.1|24.1.1]] |
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| − | == Discovery ==
| + | Background Text: [[Year_Zero_Banned_Media#1984|1984 by George Orwell]] |
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| − | The Mailstrom was found on a lithograph given at the listening party to those who pre ordered Year Zero (open the image in the highest resolution possible and look at the top left corner). | + | ==Discovery== |
| | + | The Mailstrom was found on a lithograph given at the listening party to those who fore-ordered ''[[Year Zero]].'' The same lithograph is used on the front page of the ''Year Zero'' liner notes. |
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| − | == Website Content == | + | ==Content== |
| | + | The Mailstrom is a server-hopping program designed to catch emails using a randomly generated decryption key [http://www.themailstrom.com/info.htm]. In this way it evades any attempt to isolate and remove it from the system, while providing those who know of it the possibility of stumbling upon a wreckage/shard combination leading to an email that can help fight the government's abusive control. |
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| − | Following a link in the main page leads to [http://www.themailstrom.com/info.htm this page] which provides the premise that the Mailstrom is a brute force means of evesdropping on communication that goes through Consolidated, the sole system of internet service available in the near future of Year Zero.
| + | ===Wreckages=== |
| | + | : ''See [[Wreckages]]'' |
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| − | On this page we can find the following example login info:
| + | Each page is an email caught by the Mailstrom's decryption net, providing insight into the lives of people living in world of year zero. The first wreckage/shard combination was provided as an example on the Mailstrom information page, and subsequent combinations have been found through audio clips, on buttons handed out at various NIN and AIR related events and in the ''Year Zero'' CD case and liner notes. |
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| − | wreckage: gallows
| + | ==Connections== |
| − | shard: Y3RG7J
| + | The Mailstrom has become the biggest tool to deciphering the state of the world in Year Zero, continuing to be a source of fresh information as new wreckage/shard combinations are found. |
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| − | This leads to [http://www.themailstrom.com/gallows_Y3RG7J.htm this page] discussing informants and a possible link to Trinity Episcopalian, it is unknown if there is another website hidden in the meaning of this email communication at this time.
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| − | At the Minneapolis Listening Party, some buttons were given out. Four buttons have been reported to date, containing another wreckage/shard retrieved from The Mailstrom. The following combination was found on two of them:
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| − | wreckage: gasoline
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| − | shard: UUu891
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| − | This leads to [http://www.themailstrom.com/gasoline_UUu891.htm this page], which is a thread between a mother and representatives at the Bureau of Morality regarding access to her child.
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| − | Those who attended the San Diego listening party obtained three more codes. There were two buttons that matched each other:
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| − | wreckage: tumbrel
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| − | shard: AD44Us
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| − | This login code leads you to [http://www.themailstrom.com/tumbrel_ad44us.htm this page], which is apparently spam or junk mail. One program advertised is CitizenKing Max, which helps people boost their citizen points, which are needed in order to have an "Administration-approved character." The next program discussed is called ChildAssist, which is approved by the US Bureau of Morality, and it helps parents improve their child-rearing score.
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| − | After each program is advertised, something called the NeroMod GX, is discussed. This devise can be used to modify any [[Nerochip]] of the third, fourth or fifth-C generation. Also it says that the NeroMod GX is the most preferred modification device by most celebrities and heads of state, implying that all citizens have the [[Nerochip]]. As a sales pitch, any citizen that purchases one of the programs advertised gets a free NeroMod GX.
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| − | Chicago listening party attendees received buttons that contained the following codes:
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| − | wreckage: wretched
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| − | shard: Ypq2QQ
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| − | This login leads to [http://www.themailstrom.com/wretched_Ypq2QQ.htm], a letter of confessional from a soldier to a pastor. The soldier talks about his station in the Middle East and his growing aggravation with his surrounding and himself. Soldiers are given pills to keep them "hopped up." The author goes on to tell of how a boy, apparently working for the enemy, reported their position with a hidden GPS unit on his bike, so the soldier shot him. Yet he didn't shoot him, the pills did. Pills are creating a loss of free-will.
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| − | Also, this e-mail leads us to believe that other terrorist attacks (or climate phenomena) has caused the abandoning of other US cities like Detroit, New Orleans and St. Louis. Also, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C3%BCksekova Yüksekova] is a province in Turkey, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmia Urmia] is a district and city in northern Iran.
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| − | == Buttons ==
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| − | At the Year Zero listening parties, buttons have become available that have codes for either the wreckage or the shard. Here is the complete list of buttons. New finds are highlighted.
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| − | {| border="1" style="border: solid 1px #cccccc; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%" |
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| − | |-style="background-color: #e0e0e0; font-weight: bold"
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| − | | Button Detail || Wreckage || Shard
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| − | |-style="background-color: #ffffff"
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| − | | Robot Head (wreckage) / Molotov Cocktail held by robot (shard) || gasoline || UUu891
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| − | | AIR Flag (white on green) || sickle || <em>not seen</em>
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| − | | SPEAKTRUTH || <em>not seen</em> || I682fg <em>or</em> L682fg <em>or</em> 1682fg
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| − | | YOU HAVE A VOICE || spore || <em>not seen</em>
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| − | | YOU WILL BE HEARD || bitter || <em>not seen</em>
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| − | | Police Baton || <em>not seen</em> || blE34c <em>or</em> b1E34c <em>or</em> biE34c
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| − | | <em>something to do with police on billboard</em> || <em>not seen</em> || <em>not seen</em>
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| − | |-style="background-color: #f0f0f0"
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| − | | AIR Flag (from mural, <strong>more detail on appearance, please!</strong>) || tumbrel || AD44Us
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| − | |-style="background-color: #f0f0f0"
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| − | | AIR Flag (white on black) || <em>not seen</em> || vC99iT
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| − | |-style="background-color: #f0f0f0"
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| − | | AIR Flag (red on white) || infarction || <em>not seen
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| − | |-style="background-color: #f0f0f0"
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| − | | Angel's Hand with Sickle (wreckage) / Angel (shard) || wretched || Ypq2QQ
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| − | == Hidden Numbers ==
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| − | 24.1.1 on the main page.
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| − | == Hidden Text ==
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| − | A quote from the beginning of 1984 by George Orwell composes the broken text.
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| − | "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him."
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| − | [[Image:1984.jpg]]
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| | + | ===Consolidated Mail Systems=== |
| | + | The Mailstrom catches emails as they are transmitted to the [[Consolidated Mail Systems]], a government controlled central e-mail server for all e-mail content on the internet. Inherent flaws in the predictability of the CMS allows the Mailstrom to hop servers without ever losing its target and remaining hidden from any attempt to isolate and remove it. |
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| | [[Category:World of Year Zero]] | | [[Category:World of Year Zero]] |
http://www.themailstrom.net/
Number: 24.1.1
Background Text: 1984 by George Orwell
Discovery
The Mailstrom was found on a lithograph given at the listening party to those who fore-ordered Year Zero. The same lithograph is used on the front page of the Year Zero liner notes.
Content
The Mailstrom is a server-hopping program designed to catch emails using a randomly generated decryption key [1]. In this way it evades any attempt to isolate and remove it from the system, while providing those who know of it the possibility of stumbling upon a wreckage/shard combination leading to an email that can help fight the government's abusive control.
Wreckages
- See Wreckages
Each page is an email caught by the Mailstrom's decryption net, providing insight into the lives of people living in world of year zero. The first wreckage/shard combination was provided as an example on the Mailstrom information page, and subsequent combinations have been found through audio clips, on buttons handed out at various NIN and AIR related events and in the Year Zero CD case and liner notes.
Connections
The Mailstrom has become the biggest tool to deciphering the state of the world in Year Zero, continuing to be a source of fresh information as new wreckage/shard combinations are found.
Consolidated Mail Systems
The Mailstrom catches emails as they are transmitted to the Consolidated Mail Systems, a government controlled central e-mail server for all e-mail content on the internet. Inherent flaws in the predictability of the CMS allows the Mailstrom to hop servers without ever losing its target and remaining hidden from any attempt to isolate and remove it.