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hmm p = prophecy?Luv2Luvem wrote:Ok, so I've been thinking and I messaged OpAphid saying that I know it's a little early but is the P in APHID Plan, or Prepare. She sent back surprisingly quick with this message. Just thought I'd share it.
Neither.
The worthy shall demonstrate the P in APHID, if they understand our message
Cu_Roi wrote:Op has this posted on her profile:She's telling us that our next instructions are hidden in the Voicemail message. So lets take a look at that.Find instruction within the message. Only then will you be prepared.
I've formated it this way to make it easier to see the different types of information.Well done, but remember:
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. [Henry Kissinger]
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. [Voltaire]
Mistakes are the portals to discovery. [James Joyce]
Alas, never interrupt an enemy when he is making a mistake. [Napoleon]
It is possible to fail in many ways, while to succeed is possible only in one way. [Aristotle]
Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time. [Arnold H. Glasgow]
A story is told as much by silence as by speech. [Susan Griffin]
Except in this case.
And then wait for further instruction.
We've confirmed that every thing in bold is a quote with the author in brackets. What is drawing my attention is that last part "And then wait for further instruction".
Op is very careful with her diction. "And then"...is totally out of place gramatically. It implies that there are previous instructions in the text before it. We need to focus on everything before that line and see what Op has tried to impart to us. That is where progress will be made. Not in debating the meaning of the quotes, but in decoding the quotes.
This is the data we need to analyze.
I'm just not sure if I'm smart enough to do it myself.
so i've been watching. and i'm new. but i've read almost all of the posts made and thought i'd finally contribute as i find OpAphid extremely interesting.Absynth wrote:hey i dont know if this helps, but the sleep thing is also a quote:
Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.
Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
maybe there is some info related to this Isidore person
every time i try googling different combinations of the words, i always seem to get an outrageous number of D&D web pages. i just find it funny i guess. but i'm still trying to figure that one out too.gtrichar wrote:The Neutral are the only ones to side with evil
[I haven't been able to locate this one yet. The closest I have is Paulo Freire: "Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."]
I think it's because "the", "are", "only", "ones", "to", "side" and "with" are pretty regular words which you can find on nearly every HP and "neutral" and "evil" are alignments in D&D...PiIsYourFfriend wrote:also, D&D is the sort of game that people INSTIST on using obscure quotes in. even if the quote has nothing to do with the campain, the DM will still use it in some way. i don't understand why.
of course it is!PiIsYourFfriend wrote:this is off topic, but is your name a harry potter referance?
Well done, but remember,
each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
Mistakes are the portals to discovery.
Alas, never interrupt an enemy when he is making a mistake.
It is possible to fail in many ways, while to succeed is possible only in one way.
Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.
A story is told as much by silence as by speech.
Except in this case.
And then wait for further instructions
the word "invocation" really set me off, considering the video description for the Cassie Does Not R.I.P. (Rest in Peace) video:One of Trithemius' schemes was to conceal messages in long invocations of the names of angels, with the secret message appearing as a pattern of letters within the words. For example, as every other letter in every other word:
padiel aporsy mesarpon omeuas peludyn malpreaxo
which reveals "prymus apex."
I'd like to see various methods of steganography employed, and see if anyone comes up with something.2/5: Attention leads to invocation.
This really applies to what was said in the voicemail, so I think it is valid to look more into it. I've found that the name Nomanyuos doesn't exist, and is actually an anagram for Anonymous. I tried to search for whoever the author was, but couldn't find anything yet. Maybe if we can find who wrote this, and get some more information there.I am reminded of this writing in one of our historical texts, by the Roman philosopher Nomanyuos. I attempted to verify the translation on the internet, but unfortunately he remains a victim of harsh damnatio memoriae for his ideas and philosophies that did not bode well with members of certain sects. This less controversial musing regards the Roman Forum and its importance in his time:
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"Were it not for the forum, there would be no discourse amongst the people.
Were it not for this discourse, there would be no clear vision.
Were it not for clear vision, the hard work of our politicians, citizens, slaves—not even our armies could ever bring any guidance toward the right path.
But if not for the hard work behind clear vision arrived at through discourse, the forum itself could never have been built."
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Historically it is important to note, however, that most Emperors and politicians enjoyed their greatest triumphs when the forums remained largely unaware of their actions, and did not inquire about their intentions. But Nomanyuos, like most philosophers, had virtually no wealth, power or influence. Would you find it coincidental that history is full of "populists" with similar views?
I tried it in that order too, but I just let it slide. Now that I think about it, though, maybe it's right. Especially with the two "mistake" parts.Briphelia wrote:I woke up this morning with a big "DUH!" I picked up the phone, got the message, and ran over here to get to work.
Here's what I'm thinking right now...
Maybe the quotes from the message should go in chronological order to give us another clue. I was trying to figure out who Arnold H. Glasgow is and came across the full quote from which OpAphid borrows:
“Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.”
Also, A in Aphid might refer to starting things at the beginning, as well as to Aristotle. However, I still can't find any biographical info on Glasgow, so my current chronological order doesn't include him...
It is possible to fail in many ways, while to succeed is possible only in one way.
[Aristotle]
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
[Voltaire]
Alas, never interrupt an enemy when he is making a mistake.
[Napoleon]
Mistakes are the portals to discovery.
[James Joyce]
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. [Henry Kissinger]
A story is told as much by silence as by speech.
[Susan Griffin]
Except in this case.
This last bit Except in this case might refer to the fact that Griffin's quote is the only quote in order in the original.
But I'm not sure what this might mean... thoughts? Am I way off base?
Maybe she's trying to tell us that she WANTS the enemies to make mistakes, and then to discover, so they can realize what is:Alas, never interrupt an enemy when he is making a mistake.
[Napoleon]
Mistakes are the portals to discovery.
[James Joyce]
I woke up this morning with an idea that there was some hidden message in the text because of the line in OpAphids profile that says, "Find instruction within the message." The word "within" sort of stood out to me. But I had no idea where to go with that idea. I love your idea about the stegenography. I will read up on it and try some different techniques if I can.acidfingers wrote: I'd like to see various methods of steganography employed, and see if anyone comes up with something.
