This defiantly sounds like Majestic (game), though I though it was discontinued, wouldn't it be funny/sad if we were trampling all over some other guys game? also, whoever set this up must have spent a few bucks to do it, I mean, the change on the Apple site, a dedicated phone line, a bunch of domain names...
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Apple :K: Mystery
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Apple+Kahn
This is link to search apple + kahn?
http://www.apple.com/de/smallbusiness/legal/kahn/
I am not sure it help - cant read German!
This is link to search apple + kahn?
http://www.apple.com/de/smallbusiness/legal/kahn/
I am not sure it help - cant read German!
Re: Apple :K: Mystery
As I am french, perhaps can i help u. The two first sentences appear to be "correct". Beemer is a BMW addict. The second sentence is less correct, and seems to speak about a BMW roadster (coupé), but the dates are incomprehensible.
As for the last sentence, it seems left an automatic translator, like Sherlock.
Unless this compatriot does not speak well French (what would not be at all astonishing)
As I am french, perhaps can i help u. The two first sentences appear to be "correct". Beemer is a BMW addict. The second sentence is less correct, and seems to speak about a BMW roadster (coupé), but the dates are incomprehensible.
As for the last sentence, it seems left an automatic translator, like Sherlock.
Unless this compatriot does not speak well French (what would not be at all astonishing)
Searched Google for the words he is posting on the site.
Mutual Assured Destruction
Leading to:
www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Mutual_Assured_Destruction
In the text they talk about Herman Kahn, nuclear strategist.
Mutual Assured Destruction
Leading to:
www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Mutual_Assured_Destruction
In the text they talk about Herman Kahn, nuclear strategist.
CYB+ORG= huh?
Followed the link on Kahn from your link and got to this page..
Maybe a clue i have no idea.
http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/frame2/articles/borg/kahn.html
Followed the link on Kahn from your link and got to this page..
Maybe a clue i have no idea.
http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/frame2/articles/borg/kahn.html
hmm..Herman Kahn died in 1983...All the talk of the A Bomb must have something to do with some of the clues.
Rand Corporation
research institution in Santa Monica, Calif.; founded 1948 and supported by Federal, state, and local governments, as well as by foundations and corporations. Its principal fields of research are national security and public welfare. Research in national security affairs includes studies in planning, procurement, support and operations of military forces, studies of strategic and tactical forces, command and control, logistics management, and the relation between political and military strategy. Research in domestic problems includes studies in health care, education, transportation, communication, racial discrimination, poverty, housing, and environmental pollution. See B. L. Smith, Rand Corporation (1966)
research institution in Santa Monica, Calif.; founded 1948 and supported by Federal, state, and local governments, as well as by foundations and corporations. Its principal fields of research are national security and public welfare. Research in national security affairs includes studies in planning, procurement, support and operations of military forces, studies of strategic and tactical forces, command and control, logistics management, and the relation between political and military strategy. Research in domestic problems includes studies in health care, education, transportation, communication, racial discrimination, poverty, housing, and environmental pollution. See B. L. Smith, Rand Corporation (1966)
Kahn, Herman
1922-83, American military strategist. b. Bayonne, N.J. After graduate work in physics at the California Institute of Technology, he joined the Rand Corporation. Unlike scholars such as Bernard Brodie, he believed that nuclear war could be won. At Rand, he studied the application of such analytic techniques as game theory and systems analysis to military theory. In 1961 he founded the Hudson Institute, where he conducted research into questions of national security and the future. His writings include On Thermonuclear War (1961), Thinking About the Unthinkable (1962), On Escalation (1965), The Emerging Japanese Superstate (1970), The Future of the Corporation (1974), The Japanese Challenge (1979), and Thinking About the Unthinkable in the 1980s (1984).
1922-83, American military strategist. b. Bayonne, N.J. After graduate work in physics at the California Institute of Technology, he joined the Rand Corporation. Unlike scholars such as Bernard Brodie, he believed that nuclear war could be won. At Rand, he studied the application of such analytic techniques as game theory and systems analysis to military theory. In 1961 he founded the Hudson Institute, where he conducted research into questions of national security and the future. His writings include On Thermonuclear War (1961), Thinking About the Unthinkable (1962), On Escalation (1965), The Emerging Japanese Superstate (1970), The Future of the Corporation (1974), The Japanese Challenge (1979), and Thinking About the Unthinkable in the 1980s (1984).
umm....las year, bmw commisioned a bunch of top line film makers (ang lee, guy ritchie amongst them) to make I think 5 short (10 minute long) films starring guy ritchie and madonna, amongst others, with a common theme runing between them (that owen was a chauffer type character, with l33t driving skills, who got caught up in some murky business). There was some AWESOME driving in these films, and are really worth a watch - especially teh tibetan one.
anyway, they never saw a real release - they were meant as in house only promotional material, and the entire project made heavy use of quicktime, and had a typical 'work stuff out for yourself approach'. As i said, I think teh project was an inhouse promotional/training thing ( i vaguely remember that there was some apple tie in, on a slightly deeper level, but cant remember back...).
I strongly recommend finding teh films, (clive owen is kewl....), and I suspect this is all related
anyway, they never saw a real release - they were meant as in house only promotional material, and the entire project made heavy use of quicktime, and had a typical 'work stuff out for yourself approach'. As i said, I think teh project was an inhouse promotional/training thing ( i vaguely remember that there was some apple tie in, on a slightly deeper level, but cant remember back...).
I strongly recommend finding teh films, (clive owen is kewl....), and I suspect this is all related
The patent on one of the photos:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='6,421,121'.WKU.&OS=PN/6,421,121&RS=PN/6,421,121
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='6,421,121'.WKU.&OS=PN/6,421,121&RS=PN/6,421,121
while all this riddle-solving is a great way to waste some time, we should really be a bit more concered about apple.com's (or more to the point, apache's) security... There is no way apple would allow someone to place a link on one of their pages like that -- this is definentally a hack (unless apple are letting bmw do this so they'll manufacture an apple branded iCar 
). So how about some discussion on the apparent security issue, rather than the riddle solving (although the riddle solving is obviously more fun )???
). So how about some discussion on the apparent security issue, rather than the riddle solving (although the riddle solving is obviously more fun )???hello,
the BMW 02 serie was first introduced in 1966
the line was called 2002 (1966-1977)
so it refers to a BmW 2002 coupé year model 1974 and black
100 hp to 130 hp, light and overpowered car ( for the time).
http://www.motorlegend.com/dossiers/vehicule/bmw_02/bmw02_07.php
the BMW 02 serie was first introduced in 1966
the line was called 2002 (1966-1977)
so it refers to a BmW 2002 coupé year model 1974 and black
100 hp to 130 hp, light and overpowered car ( for the time).
http://www.motorlegend.com/dossiers/vehicule/bmw_02/bmw02_07.php
Re: Re: Apple+Kahn
Yes, this is nothing that would help here. I´ve read it and basically it´s just a report on a lawyer´s office that is stuffed with macs..
Since the whole thing concerns movies, I´ve looked for Herman Kahn on imdb.com, but I guess this guy has nothing to do with this mystery... hmm...
Yes, this is nothing that would help here. I´ve read it and basically it´s just a report on a lawyer´s office that is stuffed with macs..
Since the whole thing concerns movies, I´ve looked for Herman Kahn on imdb.com, but I guess this guy has nothing to do with this mystery... hmm...
Ideas / comments
Well, it's interesting, although i'm quite lost...
Some comments though:
- i guess the :k: on Apple's site IS intentional, an association with BMW wouldn't be bad for advertising on both sides. Btw, do you remember the Zip ad campaign, 5 years ago ? A picture with a Zip disk, a pen, and a BMW CAR KEY on a table ? Maybe some market research studies link BMW and high technologies with the same targets...
- about the patents: US6421121 (B1), "Method and apparatus for rapid particle identification utilizing scattered light histograms", published on July 16, 2002, patentee: Oceanside (Ca), mainly biological applications. Well, the only point i saw is that it does talk about "(laser) beams", but it looks quite far-fetched to extract any sense of it. No mention of Kahn. Note: this patent is a real one, maybe BNW used it for a code, but don't expect BMW to have filed it on purpose. And no site on "www.july16.com".
If you find anything out of that...
Have fun,
Arnaud.
Well, it's interesting, although i'm quite lost...
Some comments though:
- i guess the :k: on Apple's site IS intentional, an association with BMW wouldn't be bad for advertising on both sides. Btw, do you remember the Zip ad campaign, 5 years ago ? A picture with a Zip disk, a pen, and a BMW CAR KEY on a table ? Maybe some market research studies link BMW and high technologies with the same targets...
- about the patents: US6421121 (B1), "Method and apparatus for rapid particle identification utilizing scattered light histograms", published on July 16, 2002, patentee: Oceanside (Ca), mainly biological applications. Well, the only point i saw is that it does talk about "(laser) beams", but it looks quite far-fetched to extract any sense of it. No mention of Kahn. Note: this patent is a real one, maybe BNW used it for a code, but don't expect BMW to have filed it on purpose. And no site on "www.july16.com".
If you find anything out of that...
Have fun,
Arnaud.
found this on the mortgage site
not sure if this has been spotted.. at www.54558.com in the faq sections is a link to http://www.uncaptheride.com/all4naught.html ... anyone good at code breaking ?
looks like a chess layout... ?
not sure if this has been spotted.. at www.54558.com in the faq sections is a link to http://www.uncaptheride.com/all4naught.html ... anyone good at code breaking ?
looks like a chess layout... ?
It sounds like they are talking about a BMW, but they sound as though they have modified a 1970s BMW and combined it with a 2002 version. I live in the UK and have seen this thing done before with other cars, like a porshe and a VW.
Btw
By the way, although this is thrilling, did i mention i'm also feeling quite weird ?
I mean, i'm learning about the Mutual Assured Destruction, and about Kahn's life - and it scares me to realize some people really went so far as to think about the "Doomsday Machine": "in response to such a strategy, Kahn (only half jokingly) proposed his "Doomsday Machine," a massive computer connected to a stockpile of hydrogen bombs. When the computer sensed imminent and intolerable danger from a Soviet attack, it would detonate the bombs and cover the planet with radiation fallout and billions of dead." .
WooooOOOoooOPs...
I know we're no kids (anymore), but is it really coming from good taste from BMW to base a game on that notion ? Especially in those tense days ?
Well, whatever...
Bye,
Arnaud.
By the way, although this is thrilling, did i mention i'm also feeling quite weird ?
I mean, i'm learning about the Mutual Assured Destruction, and about Kahn's life - and it scares me to realize some people really went so far as to think about the "Doomsday Machine": "in response to such a strategy, Kahn (only half jokingly) proposed his "Doomsday Machine," a massive computer connected to a stockpile of hydrogen bombs. When the computer sensed imminent and intolerable danger from a Soviet attack, it would detonate the bombs and cover the planet with radiation fallout and billions of dead."
.WooooOOOoooOPs...
I know we're no kids (anymore), but is it really coming from good taste from BMW to base a game on that notion ? Especially in those tense days ?
Well, whatever...
Bye,
Arnaud.