Difference between revisions of "Another Version Of The Truth (website)"
(General overhaul.) |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Image:AVOTT_index.jpg|thumb|Both views of the front page.]] | [[Image:AVOTT_index.jpg|thumb|Both views of the front page.]] | ||
| − | |||
| − | + | == Discovery == | |
| − | + | At the February 12th, 2007 Nine Inch Nails concert in Lisbon, Portugal, a plain-looking USB flash drive was found in a bathroom stall. It was found to hold a single MP3 file with the title "[[My Violent Heart]]". In the ID3 tags of that file, a URL, http://anotherversionofthetruth.com, was found. | |
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| + | == Website == | ||
| + | On first glance, the website appears to be nothing more than a large graphic, with a simple, patriotic, (if somewhat propagandistic) American message, not unlike the kind frequently used by politicians, and it is labeled at the bottom as coming from the "US Bureau of Morality". Clicking and dragging over the image begins to reveal "another version" of the graphic, with the cheerful image replaced by a dark and bleak revision of the farm scene, and the text replaced with pessimistic and satirical messages. Once the new image is revealed, clicking the large bold words "Another Version of the Truth" takes you to a [http://anotherversionofthetruth.com/forum.htm message board] in which citizens of this particular setting are discussing many things about society, mostly involving resistance to the oppressive authority in place. | ||
== Topics == | == Topics == | ||
| − | The topics are: | + | The topics viewable on the message board are: |
- End of the World? | - End of the World? | ||
| + | The discussion in this forum centers around [[The Presence]] and what it may be, if it in fact exists. It also contains, in a post, what are described as song lyrics: "Used to be the leader/ now comes the time to serve/ maybe we show some mercy/ maybe you get what you deserve." It is not yet known what song these may be from or if it is a song on the Year Zero album, although some have noted their similarity to NIN song [[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]: "Bow down before the one you serve/ you're going to get what you deserve." | ||
- Acts of Resistance | - Acts of Resistance | ||
| + | This forum mainly discusses an act of terrorism at a [[Baseball in February|baseball]] game that is alluded to by a poster named [[Be the Hammer|BeTheHammer]]. It is assumed that this poster is the same as the author of the [[Be the Hammer]] website, which he links to. | ||
- Cops Murder Muslim Kid | - Cops Murder Muslim Kid | ||
| + | This forum only has two posts, but does link to an MP3, [[nohurry.mp3]], in which a media report is contrasted with a cell phone recording of what is revealed to be a police murder. | ||
- Violent Resistance | - Violent Resistance | ||
| + | This forum centers around the debate which started in the "Acts of Resistance" forum over whether violence is useful in resisting the authority. It also contains a linked MP3, [[ballgameOver.mp3]], in which an assassin, most likely BeTheHammer, talks about organizing the attack as it happens. | ||
- Opal/Cocaine | - Opal/Cocaine | ||
| + | This forum begins with a link to another MP3, [[opalo.mp3]], which contrasts a media report about the Colombian drug trade and a firstand account from a Colombian woman, indicating that cocaine's downfall is due to global warming and [[opal]]. | ||
| − | - In | + | - In Memoriam |
| + | This forum has only one post, a notice to other forum members that the poster's brother was killed and the circumstances surrounding it. | ||
- Missing in Action | - Missing in Action | ||
| + | This forum lists the names of people who have gone missing, and one post from "Shatter36" indicating he or she is fine; the implication being he or she is one of the people named as missing above. | ||
The list of screennames on these forums is as follows: | The list of screennames on these forums is as follows: | ||
8ballz, angelfood, AVT001, AVT019, AVT021, AVT80, AVT092, AVT666, Barnlikr (quoted), BeTheHammer, Che2, ChicagoAnon, fairisfair, Fiddler5Weather, giventake, Gradiosity, GrogeousGeorge, guiltfree, Haberdasher, HumanInterest, kidwithacam, KingdomCome, Lenguetaindia lovemonger, McLuhanDisciple, mitzvah, musiclover06, PaxHarmonica, pharlarope (quoted), Phil&Sophie (unsure about &), romeisburning, [[Shatter36]], ShiHuang, Sunset Clause, ticktock9, Victor12, VoxIsMyCowboy | 8ballz, angelfood, AVT001, AVT019, AVT021, AVT80, AVT092, AVT666, Barnlikr (quoted), BeTheHammer, Che2, ChicagoAnon, fairisfair, Fiddler5Weather, giventake, Gradiosity, GrogeousGeorge, guiltfree, Haberdasher, HumanInterest, kidwithacam, KingdomCome, Lenguetaindia lovemonger, McLuhanDisciple, mitzvah, musiclover06, PaxHarmonica, pharlarope (quoted), Phil&Sophie (unsure about &), romeisburning, [[Shatter36]], ShiHuang, Sunset Clause, ticktock9, Victor12, VoxIsMyCowboy | ||
| − | The last entry on any of the forums is 2/10/00 at 14:26. | + | The last entry on any of the forums is 2/10/00 at 14:26, however, there appears to be evidence that dates were changed. [[Image:Date_mismatch_avt.png|thumb|302px|Evidence of date mismatch in AVT forum topic page. Click image for close-up.]] |
| + | The "glitched" date of the Violent Resistance topic, below the topics on the background image of the topics page, appears different than the text written one. The background shows "Started by AVT001 on 02/04/0000" rather than "Started by AVT001 on 02/10/0000". This same glitch occurs within the discussion threads. Also, the '0's each of the dates' 10s is one pixel wider than other zeros in this same font. Both details suggest that the original dates of these posts may have been altered. It is not yet known the significance of this alteration, however. | ||
| − | + | == Art is Resistance == | |
| − | + | The [[Art Is Resistance]] website has a [http://anotherversionofthetruth.com/artist.htm link] to an archived thread, entitled "Artist Behind AIR Goes Missing". The thread mainly discusses the usefulness of art (as opposed to violence) as a tool for resistance. | |
| − | The | ||
| − | == | + | == Revisionism == |
| + | [[Image:Another_Version_of_the_Truth_revisionism.jpg|thumb|200px|Hidden page]] | ||
| − | + | Another page, [http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com/revisionism.htm], was found through the [http://yearzero.nin.com/survivalism/survivalism.pdf Survivalism lyrics pdf] posted on yearzero.nin.com. Initially,it shows a page with a dated history of how America created a "new world order" in Year Zero. Similar to the splash screen of the AVT website, this is a propagandistic version, and there is hidden text which shows a contrasting, dissident view. | |
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | + | Clicking and dragging the left section of the page to the right, and the top section downward, until the two line up, one can reveal the alternate text. (It is also possible to open the flash file called [http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com/road.swf road.swf]. This new text shows how past, current and predicted future events lead to the world described in Year Zero. | |
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | == | + | == Numbers == |
| + | This website reveals the number [[numbers#24.10.8|24.10.8]]. It can be found on the splash page right below the flash object. To reveal it choose "Select All" or press 'CTRL + A'. | ||
| − | + | The MP3 files linked on the AVT forum pages also each revealed a number as well. | |
| − | + | == Background Text == | |
| + | In the graphical "glitches" in the background of the AVT forum pages some backwards text was found, which, when combined with text from the backgrounds of other related pages, it was revealed was a passage from "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien: | ||
| − | + | "For your hospitality our sincerest thanks, and for your offer of professional assistance our grateful acceptance. Terms: cash on delivery, up to and not exceeding one fourteenth of total profits (if any); all traveling expenses guaranteed in any event; funeral expenses to be defrayed by us or our representatives, if occasion arises and the matter is not otherwise arranged for." | |
| − | |||
| − | + | On the "revisionism" page, some background text can be found after the hidden text is assembled. The text that is then visible is a quote from "A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present" by Howard Zinn: | |
| − | + | "Arawak men and women, naked, tawny and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island's beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore carrying swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them food, water, gifts. He later wrote of them in his log: They brought us...and many other things. They are well built, with good bodies and handsome features. They do not bear arms...With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want." | |
| − | "Arawak men and women, naked, tawny and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island's beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore carrying swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them food, water, gifts. He later wrote of them in his log: They brought us...and many other things. They are well built, with good bodies and handsome | ||
== Unlinked Images == | == Unlinked Images == | ||
| − | There has been [[Unlinked Images#From anotherversionofthetruth.com|1 image]] found that was not linked in the | + | There has been [[Unlinked Images#From anotherversionofthetruth.com|1 image]] found that was not linked in the HTML. |
[[Category:World of Year Zero]] | [[Category:World of Year Zero]] | ||
Revision as of 21:21, 30 March 2007
Contents
Discovery
At the February 12th, 2007 Nine Inch Nails concert in Lisbon, Portugal, a plain-looking USB flash drive was found in a bathroom stall. It was found to hold a single MP3 file with the title "My Violent Heart". In the ID3 tags of that file, a URL, http://anotherversionofthetruth.com, was found.
Website
On first glance, the website appears to be nothing more than a large graphic, with a simple, patriotic, (if somewhat propagandistic) American message, not unlike the kind frequently used by politicians, and it is labeled at the bottom as coming from the "US Bureau of Morality". Clicking and dragging over the image begins to reveal "another version" of the graphic, with the cheerful image replaced by a dark and bleak revision of the farm scene, and the text replaced with pessimistic and satirical messages. Once the new image is revealed, clicking the large bold words "Another Version of the Truth" takes you to a message board in which citizens of this particular setting are discussing many things about society, mostly involving resistance to the oppressive authority in place.
Topics
The topics viewable on the message board are:
- End of the World? The discussion in this forum centers around The Presence and what it may be, if it in fact exists. It also contains, in a post, what are described as song lyrics: "Used to be the leader/ now comes the time to serve/ maybe we show some mercy/ maybe you get what you deserve." It is not yet known what song these may be from or if it is a song on the Year Zero album, although some have noted their similarity to NIN song Head Like A Hole: "Bow down before the one you serve/ you're going to get what you deserve."
- Acts of Resistance This forum mainly discusses an act of terrorism at a baseball game that is alluded to by a poster named BeTheHammer. It is assumed that this poster is the same as the author of the Be the Hammer website, which he links to.
- Cops Murder Muslim Kid This forum only has two posts, but does link to an MP3, nohurry.mp3, in which a media report is contrasted with a cell phone recording of what is revealed to be a police murder.
- Violent Resistance This forum centers around the debate which started in the "Acts of Resistance" forum over whether violence is useful in resisting the authority. It also contains a linked MP3, ballgameOver.mp3, in which an assassin, most likely BeTheHammer, talks about organizing the attack as it happens.
- Opal/Cocaine This forum begins with a link to another MP3, opalo.mp3, which contrasts a media report about the Colombian drug trade and a firstand account from a Colombian woman, indicating that cocaine's downfall is due to global warming and opal.
- In Memoriam This forum has only one post, a notice to other forum members that the poster's brother was killed and the circumstances surrounding it.
- Missing in Action This forum lists the names of people who have gone missing, and one post from "Shatter36" indicating he or she is fine; the implication being he or she is one of the people named as missing above.
The list of screennames on these forums is as follows: 8ballz, angelfood, AVT001, AVT019, AVT021, AVT80, AVT092, AVT666, Barnlikr (quoted), BeTheHammer, Che2, ChicagoAnon, fairisfair, Fiddler5Weather, giventake, Gradiosity, GrogeousGeorge, guiltfree, Haberdasher, HumanInterest, kidwithacam, KingdomCome, Lenguetaindia lovemonger, McLuhanDisciple, mitzvah, musiclover06, PaxHarmonica, pharlarope (quoted), Phil&Sophie (unsure about &), romeisburning, Shatter36, ShiHuang, Sunset Clause, ticktock9, Victor12, VoxIsMyCowboy
The last entry on any of the forums is 2/10/00 at 14:26, however, there appears to be evidence that dates were changed.
The "glitched" date of the Violent Resistance topic, below the topics on the background image of the topics page, appears different than the text written one. The background shows "Started by AVT001 on 02/04/0000" rather than "Started by AVT001 on 02/10/0000". This same glitch occurs within the discussion threads. Also, the '0's each of the dates' 10s is one pixel wider than other zeros in this same font. Both details suggest that the original dates of these posts may have been altered. It is not yet known the significance of this alteration, however.
Art is Resistance
The Art Is Resistance website has a link to an archived thread, entitled "Artist Behind AIR Goes Missing". The thread mainly discusses the usefulness of art (as opposed to violence) as a tool for resistance.
Revisionism
Another page, [1], was found through the Survivalism lyrics pdf posted on yearzero.nin.com. Initially,it shows a page with a dated history of how America created a "new world order" in Year Zero. Similar to the splash screen of the AVT website, this is a propagandistic version, and there is hidden text which shows a contrasting, dissident view.
Clicking and dragging the left section of the page to the right, and the top section downward, until the two line up, one can reveal the alternate text. (It is also possible to open the flash file called road.swf. This new text shows how past, current and predicted future events lead to the world described in Year Zero.
Numbers
This website reveals the number 24.10.8. It can be found on the splash page right below the flash object. To reveal it choose "Select All" or press 'CTRL + A'.
The MP3 files linked on the AVT forum pages also each revealed a number as well.
Background Text
In the graphical "glitches" in the background of the AVT forum pages some backwards text was found, which, when combined with text from the backgrounds of other related pages, it was revealed was a passage from "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien:
"For your hospitality our sincerest thanks, and for your offer of professional assistance our grateful acceptance. Terms: cash on delivery, up to and not exceeding one fourteenth of total profits (if any); all traveling expenses guaranteed in any event; funeral expenses to be defrayed by us or our representatives, if occasion arises and the matter is not otherwise arranged for."
On the "revisionism" page, some background text can be found after the hidden text is assembled. The text that is then visible is a quote from "A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present" by Howard Zinn:
"Arawak men and women, naked, tawny and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island's beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore carrying swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them food, water, gifts. He later wrote of them in his log: They brought us...and many other things. They are well built, with good bodies and handsome features. They do not bear arms...With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want."
Unlinked Images
There has been 1 image found that was not linked in the HTML.