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markbett

markbett

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In the rush to finish the heist, you may have missed some things...  here are some of the little things that I noticed, if there is anything you saw feel free to add it....

the phrase “iBeforePre” which kicks off the mission is likely a reference to the Palm Pre
http://www.grabup.com/uploads/885a8380b7613f5df83015abf1a2fdcf.jpg


the (C) notice on the BAMSPART website is Copyright © 2034 BAMSPART
http://www.grabup.com/uploads/8ee73b947d97970b2be3ed27008d43a8.jpg

for those that were curious this is the license plate in the end video
http://www.grabup.com/uploads/d41d93db59da2f24e36eb0a06beab2da.jpg
not sure if it has any meaning they do slow down on it to show it off...


the lack of plate on "Steve's" car
http://www.grabup.com/uploads/aa00e44cdab84db7a77cd2008319b861.jpg
might be in reference to:
http://gizmodo.com/5049482/steve-jobs-d … the-future
http://jalopnik.com/5049431/steve-jobs- … een-solved

note the irony of the first article where they question if the license plate is "one from the future"

when he gets out of the car you will see:
http://www.grabup.com/uploads/31ce977e274ec76820eda24b9500d597.jpg
which correlates with:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=50608
though in the video "he" is wearing socks....



erikbakker wrote:

Entering this lonely park will bring the joy
you're sure to always cherish and forever
love, whether you explore by bike or on foot

After folding the map, it reads:
Enjoy
your
loot

http://gallery.me.com/markbett/100039/photo1237607430641/web.jpg?ver=12376074300001

The note that is in with the Time Machine Files at PalmInternal refernces US HEISTERS:

Three months in, and the situation remains tenuous. Research and development is going well due to our successful temporal acquisitions… but attempts at sabotage are failing over and over again. Apple remains strong.

Our successful theft of the Time Machine has led to seeming victory after victory, setting the stage for a battle the industry will remember through the ages. But fate mocks my efforts. Despite everything, it appears I have barely evened the playing field.

My paranoia is growing, and becoming crippling. Each night I lie in bed for hours, imagining thosands of shadowy figures just beyond my vision, working relentlessly to dismantle my plans. I know it is not true but… too many of our efforts have been thwarted too quickly to have just been coincidence. Or was it just Time meddling with us right back?

Victory is in reach, but the odds are still against us, and hope is flickering each day.

John Rubenstein - http://www.macheist.com/briefings/view/29
John Rubenstein, as noted in the second briefing played a key role at Apple, instrumental in the creation of the iPod, the portable music and video device first sold by Apple Computer Inc.   FURTHERMORE Rubinstein left his position as senior vice president of Apple's iPod division on April 14, 2006. He became executive chairman of the board at Palm, Inc. after private equity firm Elevation Partners completed a significant investment in the handheld manufacturer in October 2007.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Rubinstein




and of course for the little kid in all of us:

mikey6480 wrote:

Did you notice

Dick Beaver, M.D. - Urology at the University stop @ bamspart

Kenwe, Cheatem & Haow Attorney's at Law at the Downtown Mall stop

Master Bait shop at the Golden Circle stop

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not to be critical but they did make one *mistake*....  in the video you will see that the car has a black top (im guessing convertable but im not sure)
http://www.grabup.com/uploads/c2959799b1e181c4a686f1494a449e76.jpg
where as steves real car has a silver top
http://www.grabup.com/uploads/b295eff3d5edb654c26d0cbe74de506e.jpg
perhaps his car was in the shop and he was driving a dealership loaner for the day? tongue

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March 21, 2009 4:14 am

Ljohnson72

Urchin

1 posts

iPhone > Pre smile

March 21, 2009 4:18 am
maxwell

maxwell

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from outthere,way outside o Yonkers
91 posts

Nice. I hadn't noticed that. But I did notice that the symbol graphic was called "Overlay"

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March 21, 2009 4:23 am
btester92

btester92

Big Game Hunter

from USA
944 posts

I got the iBeforePre reference... but what's with the 2034 copyright? Just another time anomaly?

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March 21, 2009 4:28 am
markbett

markbett

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from Tokyo
585 posts

btester92 wrote:

I got the iBeforePre reference... but what's with the 2034 copyright? Just another time anomaly?

yes, its to show that we are still traveling through time...

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March 21, 2009 4:32 am
kracker

kracker

Big Game Hunter

from I'm right behind you!
550 posts

the plate says 761-GCP

You are now reading my signature

March 21, 2009 4:32 am
mwhogan

mwhogan

Big Game Hunter

from Dallas, TX
793 posts

Fun! Hadn't seen that little tidbit about SJ's license plate.

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March 21, 2009 4:37 am
tegeril

tegeril

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from Boston, MA
86 posts

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have succeeded in the phone-call decode so I'm quite glad that someone found that out. Great heist! I did however notice that the latest evidence is not a letter. So much for the theories on it being a word of some kind.

-Aaron

March 21, 2009 4:46 am
markbett

markbett

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from Tokyo
585 posts

tegeril wrote:

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have succeeded in the phone-call decode so I'm quite glad that someone found that out. Great heist!

cause he is manipulating time to hide the truth......

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March 21, 2009 4:47 am
mikey6480

mikey6480

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from Annapolis, MD
159 posts

@markbett....love the flying spaghetti monster avatar.

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March 21, 2009 4:52 am
MacHeritage

MacHeritage

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from British Columbia, Canada
304 posts

kracker wrote:

the plate says 761-GCP

And a British Columbia Canada plate at that. I see a ton of those where I live lol.

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March 21, 2009 4:54 am
mikey6480

mikey6480

Automaton Tech

from Annapolis, MD
159 posts

Did you notice

Dick Beaver, M.D.
Urology

He was listed at the University stop @ bamspart....i thought it was funny

there is also a

Kenwe, Cheatem & Haow Attorney's at Law at the Downtown Mall stop

and a

Master Bait shop at the Golden Circle stop

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March 21, 2009 4:59 am
markbett

markbett

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from Tokyo
585 posts

mikey6480 wrote:

Did you notice

Dick Beaver, M.D.
Urology

He was listed at the University stop @ bamspart....i thought it was funny

there is also a

Kenwe, Cheatem & Haow Attorney's at Law at the Downtown Mall stop

and a

Master Bait shop at the Golden Circle stop

ty updated the OP w/those

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March 21, 2009 5:09 am
Zard

Zard

Tinkerer

14 posts

I'll have to go back again and read more carefully.

"Wasting time is an important part of living."- A. Brilliant

March 21, 2009 5:14 am
tumuchtime

tumuchtime

Automaton Tech

from the OC
438 posts

I totally missed that License plate and the copyright date....probably because I had so many windows open at once trying to keep up!  There are some very fast (and smarter than me)  heisters here.  wink

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March 21, 2009 5:18 am
bagrossi

bagrossi

Gearhead

from Durham, NC
53 posts

mikey6480 wrote:

Did you notice

Dick Beaver, M.D.
Urology

He was listed at the University stop @ bamspart....i thought it was funny

there is also a

Kenwe, Cheatem & Haow Attorney's at Law at the Downtown Mall stop

and a

Master Bait shop at the Golden Circle stop

And don't forget the Amber Flow restaurant at Rue de Musée stop

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March 21, 2009 6:21 am
Secretagent1

Secretagent1

Automaton Tech

from Canada
400 posts

Hahaha, after doing the mission and watching those briefings, I knew there were gonna be a few threads concerning the things most of us have missed. Good job, never knew about the Steve Jobs license plate thingy.

Team Green

March 21, 2009 6:30 am
singhnarender79

singhnarender79

Big Game Hunter

from Pune, India
573 posts

Also, the Hair Force One and Abreadcrumb & Fish Costa Coffee under Leary Corner.

Edit: The George “W” Hotel under Lodging in Land's End. smile

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March 21, 2009 7:24 am
undermind

undermind

Urchin

from Bellevue, WA USA
7 posts

I noticed that the only place where there wasn't a Starbucks was the University.
What a neat, strange little town!

... and that's when all Hell broke loose.

March 21, 2009 7:54 am
michaelyakub

michaelyakub

Automaton Tech

from SF Bay Area, California
152 posts

Thanks Markbett.

Cheers

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March 21, 2009 8:14 am
seekis

seekis

Urchin

from Santa Barbara
8 posts

what?

~=seekis=~

March 21, 2009 8:18 am
mooseworks

mooseworks

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from Manchester UK
350 posts

Did anyone else notice it was Chuck Norris in the SLK  wink

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March 21, 2009 9:44 am
erikbakker

erikbakker

Gearhead

from The Netherlands
72 posts

Entering this lonely park will bring the joy
you're sure to always cherish and forever
love, whether you explore by bike or on foot

After folding the map, it reads:
Enjoy
your
loot

I like such details.

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March 21, 2009 10:22 am
markbett

markbett

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from Tokyo
585 posts

erikbakker wrote:

Entering this lonely park will bring the joy
you're sure to always cherish and forever
love, whether you explore by bike or on foot

After folding the map, it reads:
Enjoy
your
loot

I like such details.

great catch.... i even had the map printed out and i missed that one

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March 21, 2009 3:05 pm

avatar4stefan

Urchin

from Curitiba, Brazil
7 posts

Also, Amazon.com seems to have opened their first retail store

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March 21, 2009 3:19 pm
notyoubutme

notyoubutme

Automaton Tech

from Land of the windmills
374 posts

Nice details. I surely missed most of that...

Those who put this together must have had a lot of fun.. Great work MacHeist !!

March 21, 2009 6:06 pm
markbett

markbett

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from Tokyo
585 posts

going back through the mission i found a few more things that i threw in there...

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March 21, 2009 6:19 pm
delano

delano

Automaton Tech

from Alabama
462 posts

Thanks for the observations.  I noticed them, but pretty much ignored them in the bustle to try to figure out the #$%# statue page.  These reminders gave me a chuckle smile

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March 21, 2009 6:28 pm
boringgeek

boringgeek

Urchin

from Beaumont, CA
6 posts

Dick Beaver, M.D. would have to be my favorite.  Classic.  Thanks for posting these! I would have completely missed the others...

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March 21, 2009 6:31 pm
melheist

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Good job again... I bet you are really impressing your Daddy... smile

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March 21, 2009 6:50 pm
robartsd

robartsd

Tinkerer

from SLO, CA, USA
11 posts

MacHeritage wrote:
kracker wrote:

the plate says 761-GCP

And a British Columbia Canada plate at that. I see a ton of those where I live lol.

I'm pretty sure that the briefings were filmed in BC: according to her profiles Lisa (the girl in the videos) is from Vancouver, BC.

Go ORANGE!

March 21, 2009 7:25 pm
BillyBob4240

BillyBob4240

Automaton Tech

from Vancouver, Canada
265 posts

robartsd wrote:
MacHeritage wrote:
kracker wrote:

the plate says 761-GCP

And a British Columbia Canada plate at that. I see a ton of those where I live lol.

I'm pretty sure that the briefings were filmed in BC: according to her profiles Lisa (the girl in the videos) is from Vancouver, BC.

You are correct...Filmed at the University of BC (Vancouver, BC)...pretty cool for us Canucks to have such a tie into MacHeist!

Mark it Zero.

March 21, 2009 9:16 pm
markbett

markbett

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from Tokyo
585 posts

BillyBob4240 wrote:
robartsd wrote:
MacHeritage wrote:

And a British Columbia Canada plate at that. I see a ton of those where I live lol.

I'm pretty sure that the briefings were filmed in BC: according to her profiles Lisa (the girl in the videos) is from Vancouver, BC.

You are correct...Filmed at the University of BC (Vancouver, BC)...pretty cool for us Canucks to have such a tie into MacHeist!

this clearly was done with some clever editing as we all know Canadians still use horse and buggy tongue
http://www.grabup.com/uploads/34fdf649157080fc75ff8f2d920c85dd.jpg

I updated the OP with information regarding Rubenstein for those who aren't in the know.  He was a player at Apple, NeXt, and Palm.

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March 21, 2009 10:04 pm
BillyBob4240

BillyBob4240

Automaton Tech

from Vancouver, Canada
265 posts

Heeeyyy...Come to think of it though, with the price of fuel these days, H&B is probably not a bad thing! Beware, the FSM! He may come and claim back his Noodley Appendages!

Mark it Zero.

March 21, 2009 11:21 pm
noetherstheorem

noetherstheorem

Automaton Tech

from Swarthmore, PA
121 posts

Ljohnson72 wrote:

iPhone > Pre smile

How do you know? Know one has played with the Pre yet. Especially with cellphones, one never really knows how it will be until it is held in one's own hands.

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March 21, 2009 11:28 pm
MrsBatch

MrsBatch

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from Virginia - USA
407 posts

All goes to show the level of creativity the MH group puts into these missions. Very clever!

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March 22, 2009 1:06 am
vortigern

vortigern

Automaton Tech

from Cymru
289 posts

Great, I  really enjoyed that mission and had missed a couple of those references. It was a very complicated mission and there was loads going on, the level of effort Macheist have put into this is amazing!

thanks everyone.

'sdim ots!

March 22, 2009 8:31 am
WetSuit

WetSuit

Urchin

from Ontario
6 posts

kracker wrote:

the plate says 761-GCP

What's the big deal about the license plate?  I just don't get it.

March 22, 2009 12:28 pm
markbett

markbett

Moderator

from Tokyo
585 posts

WetSuit wrote:
kracker wrote:

the plate says 761-GCP

What's the big deal about the license plate?  I just don't get it.

i dont know that there is one...  if someone can find a link that would be cool

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March 22, 2009 7:31 pm
zeta3232

zeta3232

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from Las vegas
90 posts

pretty cool stuff!!!!

Viva las vegas..
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March 22, 2009 7:55 pm
moonlander

moonlander

Automaton Tech

209 posts

we seem to still be traveling in time with the facts mentioned above,
Good WorkMarbett

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March 22, 2009 8:37 pm
tonyg7

tonyg7

Tinkerer

from Georgetown, IN
22 posts

I completed the steps but only got 2 items instead of 3 in my loot. Is that unusual?

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People may forget what you did,
But people will always remember how you
made them feel.

March 23, 2009 5:03 pm
wendorage

wendorage

Automaton Tech

from Portland Oregon
152 posts

tonyg7 wrote:

I completed the steps but only got 2 items instead of 3 in my loot. Is that unusual?

You should get the 3 item and $2 off when you input the jester..... Then go back to the briefings for close out of mission 3

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March 23, 2009 5:07 pm
MacOvation

MacOvation

Urchin

from Denver Colorado
1 posts

Could be a map with  4  points on it. . . just can't figure out where.

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March 23, 2009 5:49 pm
concettaz

concettaz

Tinkerer

11 posts

wendorage wrote:
tonyg7 wrote:

I completed the steps but only got 2 items instead of 3 in my loot. Is that unusual?

You should get the 3 item and $2 off when you input the jester..... Then go back to the briefings for close out of mission 3

What jester? Input where/how?
I never get past the first briefing to get a check mark before it.

I just went to the end (really bogged down these days), got my $2 discount and Scribbles and the racing game - but no iStock.

So what's with the jester? Please?

Concetta

March 24, 2009 5:30 am
kmiffy

kmiffy

Automaton Tech

from San Francisco
136 posts

concettaz wrote:

So what's with the jester? Please?

Concetta

I think "jester" is actually the gesture pad on the main page.

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March 24, 2009 6:28 am
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