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m (New page: http://www.miningforlife.com/ == Discovery == This website was posted by a new ETS member named p.l.a.n.t on [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?t=23059 this] thread. Th...)
 
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<nowiki>http://www.miningforlife.com/</nowiki> (Website from the [[Year_Zero#Alternate_Reality_Game|Year Zero alternate reality game]])
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Number: [[Year_Zero_Numbers#24.22.1|24.22.1]]
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Background Text: [[Year_Zero_Banned_Media#Brazil|Brazil by Terry Gilliam]]
  
 
== Discovery ==
 
== Discovery ==
  
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This website was posted by a new ETS member named p.l.a.n.t on [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?t=23059 this] thread. The users name is a practical joke referencing the fact that 42 Entertainment doesn't use planted forum members to further their game. Full details about the discovery are forthcomming.
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Probably intended to be found through themailstrom.com/usurp_397W4P.htm, Mining For Life was indexed by Google and found through a Google search.
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However, at the time of discovery the website shows only a characteristic YZ website background and the following text:
 
  
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Pilgrim Stream: 24.22
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== Content ==
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This site is for Anglo-Johnson (A-J), a company "54% controlled by [[Cedocore]]"[http://www.miningforlife.com/invest.htm].  A-J offers "life-saving options for families in South Africa" by providing a secure place to stay and the possibility of employment if donating healthy tissue. Corneas, kidneys, blood, bone marrow, and skin are requested.
  
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The background text is from Shawshank Redemption:
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Tissue donation, what's referred to as "conversion" on the site, earns donors "free snacks and beverages." Payment also includes "A-J certificates," all offered in pounds and only "good on company property."
  
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"Brooks Hatlen knew it. Knew it all too well. All I want is to be back where things make sense. Where I won't have to be afraid all the time."
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Both employees and non-employees are welcome to donate. Employees are warned: "payment will be withheld if employee is suspended or released from employment during the payment period." [http://www.miningforlife.com/employees.htm] Non-employees, if giving more than blood, are promised: "preferential consideration for donor or any member of immediate family for employment by
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Anglo-Johnson."
  
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The [[Exterminal]], [[Free Rebel Art]] and [[Viability Index]] websites have the same text in the background, however the words and letters used are different.
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However, the home pages states the following:
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"Currently we are running at full employment with a long waiting list of fully qualified applicants. We do not expect to be accepting applications for the next 18 months."
  
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== CD Release ==
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The home pages also hints at another interpretation of the name of the site: "Platinum Mining, providing the world with platinum for beauty, palladium for manufacturing and electronics." This site indicates plans to not only mine for organs, but for certain elements as well. Further information, a possible purpose for mining palladium, is found in themailstrom.com/usurp_397W4P.htm
  
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It is possible that because this site is mentioned in the CD booklet, that it will not be live until the CD is released in the United States.
 
 
[[Category:World of Year Zero]]
 
[[Category:World of Year Zero]]

Latest revision as of 02:19, 20 March 2025

http://www.miningforlife.com/ (Website from the Year Zero alternate reality game)

Number: 24.22.1

Background Text: Brazil by Terry Gilliam

Discovery

Probably intended to be found through themailstrom.com/usurp_397W4P.htm, Mining For Life was indexed by Google and found through a Google search.

Content

This site is for Anglo-Johnson (A-J), a company "54% controlled by Cedocore"[1]. A-J offers "life-saving options for families in South Africa" by providing a secure place to stay and the possibility of employment if donating healthy tissue. Corneas, kidneys, blood, bone marrow, and skin are requested.

Tissue donation, what's referred to as "conversion" on the site, earns donors "free snacks and beverages." Payment also includes "A-J certificates," all offered in pounds and only "good on company property."

Both employees and non-employees are welcome to donate. Employees are warned: "payment will be withheld if employee is suspended or released from employment during the payment period." [2] Non-employees, if giving more than blood, are promised: "preferential consideration for donor or any member of immediate family for employment by Anglo-Johnson."

However, the home pages states the following: "Currently we are running at full employment with a long waiting list of fully qualified applicants. We do not expect to be accepting applications for the next 18 months."

The home pages also hints at another interpretation of the name of the site: "Platinum Mining, providing the world with platinum for beauty, palladium for manufacturing and electronics." This site indicates plans to not only mine for organs, but for certain elements as well. Further information, a possible purpose for mining palladium, is found in themailstrom.com/usurp_397W4P.htm

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