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Getting a Card for the Briefings Page?
Anyone know how to do this yet?
And anyone know why this audio file is embeded into the briefings page:
http://mhstatic.com/aud/dot_matrix.wav
December 4, 2007 4:25 am
Most likely just so whenever the card is inserted into the slot, that sound plays to make it sound like it's being read, or punched out, or whatever.
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December 4, 2007 4:26 am
December 4, 2007 4:26 am
good idea though.
edit: Phil mentioned earlier on irc that we should start more threads in the lounge, and it was in a critical stage right now. Might be nothing though.
phillryu on #macheist wrote:
<phillryu> you guys should post in the new forums
<phillryu> its in a criticla stage right now
<douglasbell> what card?
<phillryu> you guys should be starting more threads in the lounge
<Spyker> I want a card
<jeremy> god, they were bashing the "delicious generation before, can't wait to see their new gripes about the new design
<phillryu> to get that burning
<phillryu> lol
December 4, 2007 4:30 am
It's like the mission impossible "this card will self destruct" after we read it. and most likely, after installing HeistAgent from the Loot page, it will popup when the Heists arrive, and give us the Briefings card. And we can only start on the missions after "destroying the evidence."
I dunno, just my theory.
December 4, 2007 4:51 am
No it contacts mhstatic.com once in a while.
edit: I theorize that the first briefing will occur when the post count in the Lounge reaches some predefined number and my guess is 1300 posts and that is the reason for the library and the lounged were merged.
December 4, 2007 5:04 am
Anyone know Morse Code?
December 4, 2007 5:09 am
I don't think that's morse code. It does sound a bit like a printer, perhaps you could figure out what it's printing? Nah, a bit far fetched. However, from what I can remember from MH1, some things are VERY far fetched :P
December 4, 2007 5:16 am
WiLLGT09 wrote:
Warbrain wrote:This is from willgt09 in the IRC cause he's such a cool frood:
warbrain.xsyshost.com/Cypher.zip
thanks, but i gotta ask: what's a "frood?"
Noun
frood
(slang): A really amazingly together guy.
Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.
December 4, 2007 6:09 am
Alright, call me crazy, but does anyone else think the dot matrix sounds like dashes and dots?
December 4, 2007 7:30 am
could be, but I think that that's just the sound for printion out something, becaus it sounds EXACTLY like a reciept printing out.
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December 4, 2007 7:45 am
I just wondered where you have to put the card into. Because there is also a small slot right under the little monitor which says "Insert Card...". In my opinion this slot is probably the one to put the card in because its not logically to have a message on a screen about something on the left side. Normal users read and use from top to bottom. Else it might be vice versa. Anyway there are too slots one for putting the card in, and one will print a sheet of paper.
December 4, 2007 9:14 am
Osai wrote:
I just wondered where you have to put the card into. Because there is also a small slot right under the little monitor which says "Insert Card...". In my opinion this slot is probably the one to put the card in because its not logically to have a message on a screen about something on the left side. Normal users read and use from top to bottom. Else it might be vice versa. Anyway there are too slots one for putting the card in, and one will print a sheet of paper.
You obviously have to put the card in the left slot, since this slot is called "slot" and the big one is called "printerslot".
I suppose that the card will be showing on the left space and that some info will come "print" out at the right space.
The gates in my computer are AND, OR and NOT; they are not Bill.
December 4, 2007 9:55 am
thekryz wrote:
Osai wrote:I just wondered where you have to put the card into. Because there is also a small slot right under the little monitor which says "Insert Card...". In my opinion this slot is probably the one to put the card in because its not logically to have a message on a screen about something on the left side. Normal users read and use from top to bottom. Else it might be vice versa. Anyway there are too slots one for putting the card in, and one will print a sheet of paper.
You obviously have to put the card in the left slot, since this slot is called "slot" and the big one is called "printerslot".
I suppose that the card will be showing on the left space and that some info will come "print" out at the right space.
Yes. I just checked the source code. I already edited my post some seconds after writing, but forgot to send it.
<div class="panel">
<div class="slot" id="slot"></div>
<div class="screen" id="screen">Insert Card...</div>
<div class="screenglare"></div>
<div class="printerslot"></div>
</div>
Also there is a javascript and all the items are currently, marked with style.display='none';. Changing that value didn't work to make anything occur.
I bet there will be cards under the slot which can be dragged into the slot, but its probably not done yet.
December 4, 2007 10:08 am
//mhstatic.com/img/briefing/briefing_card.png
This will be the card...
You have to add "http" at the beginning... I was not allowed to post images yet 
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December 4, 2007 10:19 am
Any word on how to get a card yet?
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December 4, 2007 1:30 pm
December 4, 2007 2:52 pm
Warbrain wrote:
abeckstrom wrote:Any word on how to get a card yet?
Just wait for the heists to start.
+1
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Whistle while you work. Patience is key.
December 4, 2007 5:11 pm
December 4, 2007 5:54 pm
Warbrain wrote:
bullet wrote:I hope not all of the heists require being on a Mac. I only have a PC at work. :-(
They will. But they last a week or so and won't be a problem to start while at work and finish at home.
not necessarily. I did some of the heists from my PC last time. Not everything can be done, or done as easily, though (in fact most things are not as easy).
Whistle while you work. Patience is key.
December 4, 2007 6:44 pm
macfoo wrote:
i know MH hates IE (which I am forced to use at work)
Try Portable FireFox from PortableApps.com
December 4, 2007 6:48 pm
Heard you guys mentioning cypher. Though I'm not sure it's going to be of any help (at least not at the moment), I uploaded it in case any of you wanted to play with it. Click here!.
It would normally be on MacMage.com, but we're setting up a new site which will hopefully open within the next few days with the new Santa's Gizmo.
Get your free MacHeist desktop pic here!
Ninja over to PixelSage.com and see my work!
December 4, 2007 7:03 pm
Pixel Sage wrote:
Heard you guys mentioning cypher. Though I'm not sure it's going to be of any help (at least not at the moment), I uploaded it in case any of you wanted to play with it. Click here!.
It would normally be on MacMage.com, but we're setting up a new site which will hopefully open within the next few days with the new Santa's Gizmo.
Remember, I've put the link up as well: http://warbrain.xsyshost.com/Cypher.zip
It'll be handy later on, I think.
December 4, 2007 7:24 pm
Warbrain wrote:
Pixel Sage wrote:Heard you guys mentioning cypher. Though I'm not sure it's going to be of any help (at least not at the moment), I uploaded it in case any of you wanted to play with it. Click here!.
It would normally be on MacMage.com, but we're setting up a new site which will hopefully open within the next few days with the new Santa's Gizmo.
Remember, I've put the link up as well: http://warbrain.xsyshost.com/Cypher.zip
It'll be handy later on, I think.
Oh, I must've missed it. 
Get your free MacHeist desktop pic here!
Ninja over to PixelSage.com and see my work!
December 4, 2007 7:28 pm
Pixel Sage wrote:
Warbrain wrote:Pixel Sage wrote:Heard you guys mentioning cypher. Though I'm not sure it's going to be of any help (at least not at the moment), I uploaded it in case any of you wanted to play with it. Click here!.
It would normally be on MacMage.com, but we're setting up a new site which will hopefully open within the next few days with the new Santa's Gizmo.
Remember, I've put the link up as well: http://warbrain.xsyshost.com/Cypher.zip
It'll be handy later on, I think.
Oh, I must've missed it.
Better two sources than one. Thanks.
December 4, 2007 7:29 pm
Adobe wrote:
Cash machine!
What are you referring to?
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December 4, 2007 8:10 pm
There should be a countdown like the match on MH1. looks like there isn't, though. Maybe that means heist 1 will come soon?
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December 4, 2007 8:14 pm
If you guys need an online version of a cypher, I made one a while back.
December 4, 2007 8:20 pm
Ooh, I want to get heisting!
December 4, 2007 9:07 pm
Warbrain wrote:
bullet wrote:I hope not all of the heists require being on a Mac. I only have a PC at work. :-(
They will. But they last a week or so and won't be a problem to start while at work and finish at home.
or vice versa. My work mac is much faster than the home one.
December 4, 2007 9:17 pm
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December 5, 2007 12:16 am
Pixel Sage wrote:
Heard you guys mentioning cypher. Though I'm not sure it's going to be of any help (at least not at the moment), I uploaded it in case any of you wanted to play with it. Click here!.
It would normally be on MacMage.com, but we're setting up a new site which will hopefully open within the next few days with the new Santa's Gizmo.
You're from mac mage? I've been waiting for #2.
December 5, 2007 12:30 am
thekryz wrote:
//mhstatic.com/img/briefing/briefing_card.png
This will be the card...You have to add "http" at the beginning... I was not allowed to post images yet
I noticed there are two numbers on the card, that look a lot like dates...
200711231406 - could be 23 november 2007 14:06, creation time of the card?
and the second number at the bottom looks a lot like a unix timestamp, just add two zeroes:
1197459200 - 12 / 12 / 07 6:33am
again, this could be just nothing, or my imagination going berserk
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December 5, 2007 10:59 am