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Littered throughout all of the [[Year Zero Research|websites]] published thus far, as well as in each MP3, sequences of numbers have been found.
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Littered throughout much of the [[Year Zero Research|Year Zero information]] discovered thus far, sequences of numbers have been found. All the numbers so far have been in the format "24.x.y", where "x" has up to this point been a number between 1 and 20, and "y" a number between 1 and 8.
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There have been several theories to what they mean, and no definite answer yet.
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While several theories have been posited as to their significance, no definite conclusion on their meaning has been reached.
 
[[Image:BibleReference.gif|frame|An example of the hidden numbers.]]  
 
[[Image:BibleReference.gif|frame|An example of the hidden numbers.]]  
  
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All the numbers so far have been in the format: 24.{1-20}.{1-8}
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==The numbers==
 
==The numbers==
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===24.3.1===
 
===24.3.1===
 
Found in the Morse Code at the end of recording found at phone number  [[12163331810#Transcription|1-216-333-1810]].
 
Found in the Morse Code at the end of recording found at phone number  [[12163331810#Transcription|1-216-333-1810]].
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Corresponds with the letter "s"
 
  
 
===24.3.2===
 
===24.3.2===
 
Found in the ID3 tag of [[My Violent Heart|My Violent Heart.mp3]]
 
Found in the ID3 tag of [[My Violent Heart|My Violent Heart.mp3]]
  
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Another instance of this number was found from [[2432.mp3]] (24.3.2, also in the ID3 comments) which came with Me, I'm Not.
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Another instance of this number was found from the name of a file on the USB drive that also contained the song ''[[Me, I'm Not]]''. The file, [[2432.mp3]], also had 24.3.2 in its ID3 comments.
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.3.2 - My Violent Heart.mp3|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "u".
 
  
 
===24.3.3===
 
===24.3.3===
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Found at http://www.uswiretap.com/ (earliest known time stamp for this file is 2007.02.19 19:25 GMT)
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Found at http://www.uswiretap.com/
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.3.3 - http://www.uswiretap.com/case_number_required/|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "r".
 
  
 
===24.5.1===
 
===24.5.1===
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Found at [[The_Price_of_Treason|The Price of Treason]], coloured in light grey over the word "TREASON" in the top left title.
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Found at [[The_Price_of_Treason|The Price of Treason]], coloured in light grey over the word "TREASON" in the title at the top left of the page.
  
 
===24.5.2===
 
===24.5.2===
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===24.5.3===
 
===24.5.3===
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Found in an email from "Bureau of Morality - Year 0000 Search <DCS1000@thepriceoftreason.net>", suspected to be sent to anyone who emailed the addresses at [[I_Am_Trying_To_Believe|I Am Trying To Believe]] and [[Secure_Broadcast_Informatics|Secure Broadcast Informatics]].
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Found in an email from "Bureau of Morality - Year 0000 Search <DCS1000@thepriceoftreason.net>", sent to several followers of the ARG for an as-yet undetermined reason.
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Text from the email:
  
 
  date: 26 Mar 2007 22:58:35 -0700
 
  date: 26 Mar 2007 22:58:35 -0700
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===24.10.1===
 
===24.10.1===
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Found in [[nohurry.mp3]] as morse code (earliest known time stamp for this file is 2007.02.13 06:45 GMT)
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Found in [[nohurry.mp3]] as morse code
  
 
[[Image:Nohurry_morse.jpg]]
 
[[Image:Nohurry_morse.jpg]]
  
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.10.1 - nohurry.mp3|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "g".
 
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===24.10.2===
 
===24.10.2===
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Found on http://churchofplano.com/ (earliest known time stamp for this file is 2007.02.12 21:05 GMT)
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Found on http://churchofplano.com/  
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.10.2 - http://churchofplano.com/|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "o".
 
  
 
===24.10.3===
 
===24.10.3===
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Found in [[opalo.mp3]] as morse code (earliest known time stamp for this file is 2007.02.12 22:37 GMT)
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Found in [[opalo.mp3]] as morse code  
  
 
[[Image:Opalo_morse.jpg]]
 
[[Image:Opalo_morse.jpg]]
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.10.3 - opalo.mp3|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "d"
 
  
 
===24.10.4===
 
===24.10.4===
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Warning code in the popup on the [[Consolidated Mail Systems]] website (earliest known time stamp for this file is 2007.02.12 23:54 GMT)
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Warning code in the popup on the [[Consolidated Mail Systems]] website
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.10.4 - WARNING MESSAGE|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "g"
 
  
 
===24.10.5===
 
===24.10.5===
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Found in [[ballgameOver.mp3]] as morse code (earliest known time stamp for this file is 2007.02.13 02:30 GMT)
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Found in [[ballgameOver.mp3]] as morse code  
  
 
[[Image:Ballgameover_morse.jpg]]
 
[[Image:Ballgameover_morse.jpg]]
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.10.5 - ballgameOver.mp3|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "i"
 
  
 
===24.10.6===
 
===24.10.6===
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Found on [[105th Airborne Crusaders|http://www.105thairbornecrusaders.com/]] (earliest known time stamp for this file is 2007.02.13 00:36 GMT)
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Found on [[105th Airborne Crusaders|http://www.105thairbornecrusaders.com/]]
  
 
[[Image:Hiddenbible1.gif]]
 
[[Image:Hiddenbible1.gif]]
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.10.6 - http://105thairbornecrusaders.com/|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "v"
 
  
 
===24.10.7===
 
===24.10.7===
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Found on [[Be the Hammer|http://www.bethehammer.net/]] (earliest known time stamp for this file is 2007.02.12 21:54 GMT)
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Found on [[Be the Hammer|http://www.bethehammer.net/]]
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.10.7 - http://bethehammer.net/|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "e"
 
  
 
===24.10.8===
 
===24.10.8===
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Found on [[Another Version of the Truth (website)|http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com/]] (earliest known time stamp for this file is 2007.02.12 23:16 GMT)
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Found on [[Another Version of the Truth (website)|http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com/]]
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.10.8 - http://anotherversionofthetruth.com|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "n"
 
  
 
===24.13.1===
 
===24.13.1===
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Found on [[Art Is Resistance |http://www.artisresistance.com]] (The warning shows up after a few seconds)
 
Found on [[Art Is Resistance |http://www.artisresistance.com]] (The warning shows up after a few seconds)
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.13.1 - http://www.artisresistance.com|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "t".
 
  
 
===24.13.2===
 
===24.13.2===
 
Found on a flyer (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=399108993&size=l) handed out at a show in Paris, France on February 21, 2007. Under the right side of the horizontal part of the T, there are a bunch of horizontal lines running down alongside it. If you count, there are 24 horizontal lines, then a vertical line, then 13 horizontal lines, then another vertical line, and finally 2 more horizontal lines. This gives 24.13.2.
 
Found on a flyer (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=399108993&size=l) handed out at a show in Paris, France on February 21, 2007. Under the right side of the horizontal part of the T, there are a bunch of horizontal lines running down alongside it. If you count, there are 24 horizontal lines, then a vertical line, then 13 horizontal lines, then another vertical line, and finally 2 more horizontal lines. This gives 24.13.2.
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Corresponds with the letter "h".
 
  
 
===24.14.1===
 
===24.14.1===
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[[Image:Iamtryingtobelievetourshirt.jpg]]
 
[[Image:Iamtryingtobelievetourshirt.jpg]]
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.14.1 - I Am Trying To Believe Tour T-Shirt|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "a"
 
  
 
===24.14.2===
 
===24.14.2===
 
Found in the [[I Am Trying To Believe#Auto-Reply E-Mail|auto-response email]] from http://iamtryingtobelieve.com/
 
Found in the [[I Am Trying To Believe#Auto-Reply E-Mail|auto-response email]] from http://iamtryingtobelieve.com/
  
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.14.2 - http://iamtryingtobelieve.com/ auto-response email|Bible Reference]]
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Text of the email:
  
 
     "------------------------AUTO_RESPONSE--------------_--"  
 
     "------------------------AUTO_RESPONSE--------------_--"  
  
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Corresponds with the letter "n"
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Counting the consecutive hyphens results in 24.14.2.
  
 
===24.14.3===
 
===24.14.3===
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Found on [[I Am Trying To Believe|http://iamtryingtobelieve.com/index.html]] (earliest known time stamp for this file is 2007.02.10 04:18 GMT)
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Found on [[I Am Trying To Believe|http://iamtryingtobelieve.com/index.html]]
  
 
[[Image:BibleReference.gif]]
 
[[Image:BibleReference.gif]]
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.14.3 - http://iamtryingtobelieve.com/|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "o"
 
  
 
===24.15.1===
 
===24.15.1===
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[[Image:Nintourshirt2.jpg]]
 
[[Image:Nintourshirt2.jpg]]
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.15.1 - 1-310-295-1040 Tour T-Shirt|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "i"
 
  
 
===24.15.2===
 
===24.15.2===
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[[Image:13102951040_morse.jpg]]
 
[[Image:13102951040_morse.jpg]]
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.15.2 - 1-310-295-1040 message|Bible Reference]]
 
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Corresponds with the letter "n"
 
  
 
===24.16.1===
 
===24.16.1===
 
Found on [[The Water Turned To Blood|http://www.thewaterturnedtoblood.net]]
 
Found on [[The Water Turned To Blood|http://www.thewaterturnedtoblood.net]]
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Corresponds with the letter "z"
 
  
 
===24.16.2===
 
===24.16.2===
 
Found on [[Judson Ogram Correctional Facility|http://www.judsonogram.net]]
 
Found on [[Judson Ogram Correctional Facility|http://www.judsonogram.net]]
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Corresponds with the letter "e"
 
  
 
===24.16.3===
 
===24.16.3===
 
Found on [[The Water Turned To Blood|http://www.thewaterturnedtoblood.net/bridge.htm]]
 
Found on [[The Water Turned To Blood|http://www.thewaterturnedtoblood.net/bridge.htm]]
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Corresponds with the letter "r"
 
  
 
===24.16.4===
 
===24.16.4===
 
Found on the video for Survivalism - in the bottom-right corner of some of the monitors.
 
Found on the video for Survivalism - in the bottom-right corner of some of the monitors.
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Corresponds with the letter "o"
 
  
 
===24.17.1===
 
===24.17.1===
Line 205: Line 134:
  
 
[[Image:Hollywood_in_Memorium_numbers.jpg]]
 
[[Image:Hollywood_in_Memorium_numbers.jpg]]
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[[Year Zero Bible References#24.17.1 - http://www.hollywoodinmemoriam.org|Bible Reference]]
 
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First number not to correspond to the current halo.track.letter theory (unless one counts the bonus track on the Japanese release, which would be track 17).
 
  
 
===24.18.1===
 
===24.18.1===
Line 214: Line 139:
  
 
===24.19.1===
 
===24.19.1===
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From the Auto-Reply email from Francisco@securebroadcastinformatics.com.  Count the ">" symbols.
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From the Auto-Reply email from Francisco@securebroadcastinformatics.com.  Counting the the ">" symbols in order gives a sequence of 2, 4, 1, 9, and 1. Formatting as the other numbers gives 24.19.1.
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Text from the email:
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From: <blocked>
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To: Francisco@securebroadcastinformatics.com
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Content: hidden bandwidth
 +
 
 +
>>Dear Sir:
 +
 
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>>>>It has come to the attention of the Bureau of Morality's Internet Monitoring Taskforce that several of the clients for whom you handle IT seem to show bandwidth loads that do not match their formally submitted audit numbers.  
  
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In the auto response the brackets are spread like this:
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We have asked for clarification of this matter on three occasions. Your replies have been either evasive or insufficient or simply late. Frankly, speaking as one human being to another, it has been as bad as dealing with a health insurance company.
  
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>> = 2
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>You may be aware of that frustration yourself, in the lengthy delays you have encountered trying to process the papers for your wife's breast cancer treatments. So I know you understand our frustration, and will be motivated to do your very best to explain these bandwidth discrepancies.
  
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>>>> = 4
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>>>>>>>>>You may submit any information in the full confidence that it will remain anonymous.
  
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> = 1
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Perhaps your wife will start feeling better soon.
  
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>>>>>>>>> = 9
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>A friend
  
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> = 1
 
  
 
===24.19.2===  
 
===24.19.2===  
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From the http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims/ background.
 
From the http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims/ background.
  
Line 241: Line 174:
  
 
===24.20.3===
 
===24.20.3===
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Found on the billboard underneath a bridge
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Found on the [[Operation Swamp 0000]] billboard.
  
 
===24.20.4===
 
===24.20.4===
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==The Theories==
 
==The Theories==
 
===Dates===
 
===Dates===
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The first big theory was that the numbers corresponded to dates,
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One initial theory was that the numbers corresponded to dates; for example: 24.14.2 would translate to the 14th of February, 2024. However, this theory was quickly seen to be flawed; "[[Year Zero]]" itself has been determined to be 2022, and the frequency of the second and third numbers make the date theory unlikely. Also, efforts to link the numbers to the emerging [[Year Zero Timeline]] have proven fruitless.
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For example: 24.14.2 would translate to the 14th of February, 2024
 
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However, there are several reasons why this theory is flawed:
 
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- "[[Year Zero]]" itself has been determined to be 2022.
 
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- The frequency of the second number does not lend well to the theory.
 
  
 
===[[Year Zero Bible References|Bible Verses]]===
 
===[[Year Zero Bible References|Bible Verses]]===
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The second big theory came when it was discovered that in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Bible King James Bible], verses from the 24th book, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah], offered a fitting undertone to the overall story.
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A second theory was developed by some who suspected a Biblical connection; in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Bible King James Bible], the 24th book is the book of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah]. Many reading it felt that it offered a fitting undertone to the overall Year Zero story.
  
 
For example:  24.14.2 would translate as book 24 (Jeremiah), chapter 14, verse 2.
 
For example:  24.14.2 would translate as book 24 (Jeremiah), chapter 14, verse 2.
  
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So far, there have been no numbers that do not match up with bible verses.
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So far, there have been no numbers that do not match up with bible verses; however, many numbers interpreted in this way do not seem to give any special insight.
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 +
For more information, see [[Year Zero Bible References]].
  
 
===Year Zero Tracklisting===
 
===Year Zero Tracklisting===
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The current big theory is that the numbers equate to characters from the Year Zero song titles.
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One widely researched theory is that the numbers correspond to letters from the Year Zero song titles. The logic behind this is that the first number, 24, refers to Halo 24, the designation of Year Zero in the NIN catalog; the following numbers refer to a track number and a letter in the title of that track. For example: 24.14.2 would translate as: Halo 24 (Year Zero), song 14 ([[Another Version of the Truth (song)|Another Version of the Truth]]), character 2 (n). In this theory, it has never been determined exactly what the purpose of the numbers would be. However, with the discovery of numbers which had a second value higher than 16, some doubt was cast on the validity of this theory. Because Year Zero only has 16 known tracks, one would have to then discount several well-established numbers.
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For example: 24.14.2 would translate as: Halo 24 (Year Zero), song 14 ([[Another Version of the Truth (song)|Another Version of the Truth]]), character 2 (n)
 
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In this theory, it's unsure what the purpose of the numbers would be.
 
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So far, the best theory to have arisen is as follows:
 
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If each code represents halo.track.letter (example: 24.01.1 would be "H"), then things seem a bit too easy because, hey, we automatically know every code, from 24.01.1 to 24.16.8. There may be another step. Currently, there are graphics on [http://yearzero.nin.com  yearzero.nin.com] that appear a bit weird, so to speak. Off to the left there is some noise, and around the track "My Violent Heart" there is an odd pattern. These exact same graphics are found on churchofplano.com. Since 24.10.2 is the only code on there, it's reasonable to suspect that O (the letter that 24.10.2 goes with) is the first letter in the puzzle. The next site to use these graphics will be the next letter, and so on.  
 
  
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Thus far the corresponding letters to the entries, in order, given on this site, are "surgodgiventhanoinw".  The phrase "god given" is clearly readable in the message (it is the title of track 10). As other clues are found and other letters are derived, perhaps a clearer message will emerge.
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The letters which, using this theory, have been referenced are:
  
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At the very least, it gives a definite scope of the number of clues which may exist, assuming there is a number for each clue.
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hsurvesgodgiventhanoinzero
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Another theory corresponds to the first, where numbers stand for clues so as to keep the fans deciphering on track. Since there are so many letters to fill in, it's possible that we are left with a few at the end. It could be that the letters ''left over'' would be the anagram.
 
  
 
===Federal Orderly Conduct Act===
 
===Federal Orderly Conduct Act===
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The number 24.13.1, found in the warning for accessing the [http://artisresistance.com/  Art Is Resistance] website, is a section from the Federal Orderly Conduct Act which the user violates by visiting the page without proper authorization. This suggests that each of the found numbers correspond to a section of the Act.
 
The number 24.13.1, found in the warning for accessing the [http://artisresistance.com/  Art Is Resistance] website, is a section from the Federal Orderly Conduct Act which the user violates by visiting the page without proper authorization. This suggests that each of the found numbers correspond to a section of the Act.
  
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This theory will be impossible to confirm, however, until a copy of the Act is released or leaked.
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This theory will be impossible to confirm, however, unless a copy of the Act is released.
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===The Stand or other books===
 
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Due to the new clues, 24.19.X, it is unlikely the numbers are referring to the 19th track of YearZero, since there isn't one.
 
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References to books like The Stand, and Slaughter House 5, have led some to believe that possibly these books are the clues given by the numbers.  The Stand (reissuing of the expanded version) is the 24th book Stephen King has written.
 
  
 
===Halos===
 
===Halos===
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The numbers could form a soundtrack for the World of Year Zero, seeing as they fit very well with the context of each location they are found. The 24 section of each number could mean that they should be viewed from the perspective of Year Zero.
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Some theorists suspect that the second section of each number refers to the Halo number of previous NIN releases, with the third part of the number indicating a track. In this theory, the 24 at the beginning of the number serves only to link them all together as part of the world of Year Zero, which is, as stated above, Halo 24.  
  
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Some of the tracks referred to in this theory:
 
* Halo 3.  Head Like a Hole
 
* Halo 3.  Head Like a Hole
 
# Head Like A Hole (Slate)
 
# Head Like A Hole (Slate)
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* Halo 15.  We're in This Together, Pt. 1
 
* Halo 15.  We're in This Together, Pt. 1
 
# We're In This Together
 
# We're In This Together
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# 10 Miles High (NOTE: This would rule out 24.15.8 as a valid number, though if one considers the 3 variations of this cd in the halo, track 8 is the second track of the third disc "complications of the flesh")
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# 10 Miles High
  
 
* Halo 16. Things Falling Apart
 
* Halo 16. Things Falling Apart
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# You Know What You Are?
 
# You Know What You Are?
  
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This is supported by the following excerpt from the solutionsbackwardsinitiative website:
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Supporters of this theory point to the following excerpt from the chat at the solutionsbackwardsinitiative website as suggesting there is a link between the materials with numbers on them and the music of NIN:
 +
 
 
  MIGUEL: What's our key text?
 
  MIGUEL: What's our key text?
 
  EVA: don't get me started.
 
  EVA: don't get me started.

Revision as of 20:04, 27 March 2007

Littered throughout much of the Year Zero information discovered thus far, sequences of numbers have been found. All the numbers so far have been in the format "24.x.y", where "x" has up to this point been a number between 1 and 20, and "y" a number between 1 and 8. While several theories have been posited as to their significance, no definite conclusion on their meaning has been reached.

An example of the hidden numbers.


Contents

  • 1 The numbers
    • 1.1 24.1.1
    • 1.2 24.3.1
    • 1.3 24.3.2
    • 1.4 24.3.3
    • 1.5 24.5.1
    • 1.6 24.5.2
    • 1.7 24.5.3
    • 1.8 24.10.1
    • 1.9 24.10.2
    • 1.10 24.10.3
    • 1.11 24.10.4
    • 1.12 24.10.5
    • 1.13 24.10.6
    • 1.14 24.10.7
    • 1.15 24.10.8
    • 1.16 24.13.1
    • 1.17 24.13.2
    • 1.18 24.14.1
    • 1.19 24.14.2
    • 1.20 24.14.3
    • 1.21 24.15.1
    • 1.22 24.15.2
    • 1.23 24.16.1
    • 1.24 24.16.2
    • 1.25 24.16.3
    • 1.26 24.16.4
    • 1.27 24.17.1
    • 1.28 24.18.1
    • 1.29 24.19.1
    • 1.30 24.19.2
    • 1.31 24.20.1
    • 1.32 24.20.2
    • 1.33 24.20.3
    • 1.34 24.20.4
  • 2 The Theories
    • 2.1 Dates
    • 2.2 Bible Verses
    • 2.3 Year Zero Tracklisting
    • 2.4 Federal Orderly Conduct Act
    • 2.5 Halos

The numbers

24.1.1

Found on http://www.themailstrom.com/

24.3.1

Found in the Morse Code at the end of recording found at phone number 1-216-333-1810.

24.3.2

Found in the ID3 tag of My Violent Heart.mp3

Another instance of this number was found from the name of a file on the USB drive that also contained the song Me, I'm Not. The file, 2432.mp3, also had 24.3.2 in its ID3 comments.

24.3.3

Found at http://www.uswiretap.com/

24.5.1

Found at The Price of Treason, coloured in light grey over the word "TREASON" in the title at the top left of the page.

24.5.2

Found at Open Source Resistance.

24.5.3

Found in an email from "Bureau of Morality - Year 0000 Search <DCS1000@thepriceoftreason.net>", sent to several followers of the ARG for an as-yet undetermined reason.

Text from the email:

date: 26 Mar 2007 22:58:35 -0700
from: Bureau of Morality - Year 0000 Search <DCS1000@thepriceoftreason.net>
subject: YOU HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS UN-AMERICAN
to: <muted>

<TRACE>
<INITIALIZE: DCS1000 v24.5.3>
<SEARCH>
<IDENTIFIED: http://www.iamtryingtobelieve.com>
<IDENTIFIED: http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com>
<IDENTIFIED: http://www.artisresistance.com>
<ERROR: http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims>
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<RESUME SEARCH>
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24.10.1

Found in nohurry.mp3 as morse code

Nohurry morse.jpg

24.10.2

Found on http://churchofplano.com/

24.10.3

Found in opalo.mp3 as morse code

Opalo morse.jpg

24.10.4

Warning code in the popup on the Consolidated Mail Systems website

24.10.5

Found in ballgameOver.mp3 as morse code

Ballgameover morse.jpg

24.10.6

Found on http://www.105thairbornecrusaders.com/

Hiddenbible1.gif

24.10.7

Found on http://www.bethehammer.net/

24.10.8

Found on http://www.anotherversionofthetruth.com/

24.13.1

Found on http://www.artisresistance.com (The warning shows up after a few seconds)

24.13.2

Found on a flyer (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=399108993&size=l) handed out at a show in Paris, France on February 21, 2007. Under the right side of the horizontal part of the T, there are a bunch of horizontal lines running down alongside it. If you count, there are 24 horizontal lines, then a vertical line, then 13 horizontal lines, then another vertical line, and finally 2 more horizontal lines. This gives 24.13.2.

24.14.1

Found on the Black/red 2007 tour t-shirt

Iamtryingtobelievetourshirt.jpg

24.14.2

Found in the auto-response email from http://iamtryingtobelieve.com/

Text of the email:

    "------------------------AUTO_RESPONSE--------------_--" 

Counting the consecutive hyphens results in 24.14.2.

24.14.3

Found on http://iamtryingtobelieve.com/index.html

BibleReference.gif

24.15.1

Found on the White 2007 tour t-shirt

Nintourshirt2.jpg

24.15.2

Found in the Morse Code at the end of the message heard at 1-310-295-1040

13102951040 morse.jpg

24.16.1

Found on http://www.thewaterturnedtoblood.net

24.16.2

Found on http://www.judsonogram.net

24.16.3

Found on http://www.thewaterturnedtoblood.net/bridge.htm

24.16.4

Found on the video for Survivalism - in the bottom-right corner of some of the monitors.

24.17.1

Found on http://www.hollywoodinmemoriam.org/memoriam.htm

Hollywood in Memorium numbers.jpg

24.18.1

Found on http://www.cedocore.com

24.19.1

From the Auto-Reply email from Francisco@securebroadcastinformatics.com. Counting the the ">" symbols in order gives a sequence of 2, 4, 1, 9, and 1. Formatting as the other numbers gives 24.19.1.

Text from the email:

From: <blocked> To: Francisco@securebroadcastinformatics.com Content: hidden bandwidth

>>Dear Sir:

>>>>It has come to the attention of the Bureau of Morality's Internet Monitoring Taskforce that several of the clients for whom you handle IT seem to show bandwidth loads that do not match their formally submitted audit numbers.

We have asked for clarification of this matter on three occasions. Your replies have been either evasive or insufficient or simply late. Frankly, speaking as one human being to another, it has been as bad as dealing with a health insurance company.

>You may be aware of that frustration yourself, in the lengthy delays you have encountered trying to process the papers for your wife's breast cancer treatments. So I know you understand our frustration, and will be motivated to do your very best to explain these bandwidth discrepancies.

>>>>>>>>>You may submit any information in the full confidence that it will remain anonymous.

Perhaps your wife will start feeling better soon.

>A friend


24.19.2

From the http://www.solutionsbackwardsinitiative.net/pilgrims/ background.

Sbi numbers.jpg

24.20.1

Found on http://www.operationswamp000.net

24.20.2

Found on http://www.operationchipsweep.net

24.20.3

Found on the Operation Swamp 0000 billboard.

24.20.4

Found on the Art Is Resistance flier that gave the location of the billboard.

The Theories

Dates

One initial theory was that the numbers corresponded to dates; for example: 24.14.2 would translate to the 14th of February, 2024. However, this theory was quickly seen to be flawed; "Year Zero" itself has been determined to be 2022, and the frequency of the second and third numbers make the date theory unlikely. Also, efforts to link the numbers to the emerging Year Zero Timeline have proven fruitless.

Bible Verses

A second theory was developed by some who suspected a Biblical connection; in the King James Bible, the 24th book is the book of Jeremiah. Many reading it felt that it offered a fitting undertone to the overall Year Zero story.

For example: 24.14.2 would translate as book 24 (Jeremiah), chapter 14, verse 2.

So far, there have been no numbers that do not match up with bible verses; however, many numbers interpreted in this way do not seem to give any special insight.

For more information, see Year Zero Bible References.

Year Zero Tracklisting

One widely researched theory is that the numbers correspond to letters from the Year Zero song titles. The logic behind this is that the first number, 24, refers to Halo 24, the designation of Year Zero in the NIN catalog; the following numbers refer to a track number and a letter in the title of that track. For example: 24.14.2 would translate as: Halo 24 (Year Zero), song 14 (Another Version of the Truth), character 2 (n). In this theory, it has never been determined exactly what the purpose of the numbers would be. However, with the discovery of numbers which had a second value higher than 16, some doubt was cast on the validity of this theory. Because Year Zero only has 16 known tracks, one would have to then discount several well-established numbers.

The letters which, using this theory, have been referenced are:

hsurvesgodgiventhanoinzero

Federal Orderly Conduct Act

The number 24.13.1, found in the warning for accessing the Art Is Resistance website, is a section from the Federal Orderly Conduct Act which the user violates by visiting the page without proper authorization. This suggests that each of the found numbers correspond to a section of the Act.

This theory will be impossible to confirm, however, unless a copy of the Act is released.

Halos

Some theorists suspect that the second section of each number refers to the Halo number of previous NIN releases, with the third part of the number indicating a track. In this theory, the 24 at the beginning of the number serves only to link them all together as part of the world of Year Zero, which is, as stated above, Halo 24.

Some of the tracks referred to in this theory:

  • Halo 3. Head Like a Hole
  1. Head Like A Hole (Slate)
  2. Head Like a Hole (Clay)
  3. Terrible Lie (Sympathetic Mix)
  • Halo 5. Broken
  1. Pinion
  2. Wish
  3. Last
  • Halo 10. Further Down The Spiral
  1. Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)
  2. The Art Of Self Destruction, Part One
  3. Self Destruction, Part Two
  4. The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)
  5. Hurt (Quiet)
  6. Eraser (Denial, Realization)
  7. At The Heart Of It All
  8. Eraser (Polite)
  • Halo 13. The Day the World Went Away
  1. Day the World Went Away
  2. Starfuckers, Inc.
  • Halo 14. The Fragile
  1. Somewhat Damaged
  2. The Day The World Went Away
  3. The Frail
  • Halo 15. We're in This Together, Pt. 1
  1. We're In This Together
  2. 10 Miles High
  • Halo 16. Things Falling Apart
  1. Slipping Away
  2. The Great Collapse
  3. The Wretched (version)
  4. Starfuckers Inc. (version)
  • Halo 17. And All That Could Have Been
  1. Terrible Lie
  • Halo 19. With Teeth
  1. All The Love In The World
  2. You Know What You Are?

Supporters of this theory point to the following excerpt from the chat at the solutionsbackwardsinitiative website as suggesting there is a link between the materials with numbers on them and the music of NIN:

MIGUEL: What's our key text?
EVA: don't get me started.
. . .
JORDAN: We mined a few banned books/songs.
WAYNE: Eva didn't like my choice.
. . .
MIGUEL: Banned books? Oh, THAT was a good idea.
. . .
EVA: at least i used music from someone who's alive and fucking kicking.
MIGUEL: Was alive when he went to prison. Who knows now.
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