I joined, and I decided my first post is me saying that you guys are amazing. I wish I could do anything to help, but I have no decoding experience at all.
EDIT: However, if this helps, I noticed some bold letters on the “Tempus omnia revelant” page of the wiki
I tried my best, and so far I have
“White Code is out - hit” for full words
with the remaining letters of “saghcnek”
I hope this helped, and if that was already solved, sorry.
Where do you see this?
At the start of the game when you first leave the tram, the password on the display of the tram door says ‘security’
As I said, the “Tempus omnia revelant” page on the wiki - the link to the wiki is on the first page of this thread, infact.
EDIT: I just looked through the page again. Theres a comment on the wiki page, saying that he found something out of most of the bolded letters:
Bolded/italicized letters, are remember, whitecodeisouthitsaghcnek.
“seek code out he is watching” - remaining letters: ih. This definitely looks better than mine. I cant give any credit, because his name was not given on the comment. He also said that he was wondering if the I and the H were mistakes.
Thats what it says on most keypads in the game. Its not really important. Good effort, though.
Hmm . . . I’m intrigued by this. I knew where you had pulled it from, but the two comments that I see are, respectively:
[b]
'" seek code out he is I watching "
Wonder if that capital I was bolded by accident.’
[/b]
and
[b]'Additionally, there’s a capital H after a comma in […]this all from the shadows, Have added up to create[…]
I wonder myself if that H was capitalized by accident, apart from the I. If we include it in the “string”’ the full message would end up as s’’’’‘ee’’’’‘k’’’’‘Code’’’’‘o’’’’‘u’’’’‘t’‘heHi’’’’‘sIwa’’’’‘t’’’’‘c’’’’‘hi’’’’‘n’’’’'g.
I don’t know what I’m talking about, though.’[/b]
The latter was posted almost exactly one year after the former. Furthermore, the reason I asked where you saw that is because, if you read the letters in descending order, the message is clearly: “Seek Code out, he is I watching”.
That said, I am curious as to why you put the letters in the order you have. I’m under the sneaking suspicion that you are actually Storm or one of his cronies in disguise, seeing as how both of your two posts have been on this page. Either this is a hint that we didn’t correctly decipher that clue, or you, for whatever reason, read the letters in a completely jumbled order and have nothing to do with the ARG. (Can you blame me for being suspicious?)
Consider my interest piqued . . . .
EDIT: The letters left out would actually be AII, which is also interesting because I don’t think anyone made note of that. Instead of “he is I watching”, it would just be “he is watching”. That said, what do we make of the AII?
CORRECT! I didnt look at it close enough…
Quick correction: The remaining letters would be SAII. A stray “s” appears in “watchinsg”.
“seek Code out he is I watchinsg AI”
Perhaps a third party is trying to reach the HALOS program.
I don’t want to say any names, but, uh, gee, man.
My big noticings is “he is I watchinsg” (He is Watching) and “AI” somebody is watching us, and there is some sort of AI that will be important.
3noneTwo: Good catch there!
imadoofus: The G-man is always watching 
As for the SAII, I think we can rest assured that it’s simply meant to be: IS AI. In other words, the HALOS project, or whomever is watching, is AI.
EDIT:
[COLOR=‘Red’]There are two things that I just noticed about the “Tempus” page.
First, the part that begins "Report{BMRF-HALOS . . . " looks very similar to programming language. There are no functions called or anything fancy like that, and I don’t recognize any specific languages, but there is definitely something going on there.
Second, the fact that the message indicates that HALOS is its own department (“Black Mesa Research Facility - HALOS DEPT”) suggests to me that we have been right about this message. It is clearly an internal message that was “intercepted” and may be extremely important to the ARG.
The slightly more detailed blog post is here
Any thoughts?
EDIT 2: AITR = “Adult In The Room” or something more relevant like “Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report”?
An interesting article that came up during a search of “Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report”. It includes a lot of interesting information, and there is an example of XML logging that begins on page 6. The most similar portion to our “AI intercept” is at the top of page 8. I think we can rest assured that all of this has to do with AI, seeing as how the reference is to XML utilized as a language interface for AI.
That said, is it possible that our hexadecimal data is related to XML format and simply needs to be converted into a string in some shape/form? This would make sense seeing as how the latest clue is in .txt file format.
Sounds reasonable. Those four letters are the only letters that aren’t formatted in italics, assuming this means they’re separate to the rest of the message.
Is it possible that the “intercept” section is simply a markup language? Examples on the ANS.1 page are similar, though the page describes a standard and not a specific language.
If it is markup, then the language used in this section might not be important — It’s very plainly laid out and user-readable, as markup language is supposed to be, and it would suggest that the data itself is more important. But it’s still worth chasing leads, especially if it relates to the hexadecimal data in any way.
That said, has the purpose of this data been determined? Anything about what Nb/keV/use of β (beta) relates to, if there’s anything similar out there?
[code]95Nb 41 54 94.9068358(21) 34.991(6) d β- 95Mo 9/2+
95mNb 235.690(20) keV 3.61(3) d IT (94.4%) 95Nb 1/2- β- (5.6%) 95Mo
96Nb 41 55 95.908101(4) 23.35(5) h β- 96Mo 6+
97Nb 41 56 96.9080986(27) 72.1(7) min β- 97Mo 9/2+
97mNb 743.35(3) keV 52.7(18) s IT 97Nb 1/2-
98Nb 41 57 97.910328(6) 2.86(6) s β- 98Mo 1+
98mNb 84(4) keV 51.3(4) min β- (99.9%) 98Mo (5+)
IT (.1%) 98Nb
99Nb 41 58 98.911618(14) 15.0(2) s β- 99Mo 9/2+
99mNb 365.29(14) keV 2.6(2) min β- (96.2%) 99Mo 1/2-
IT (3.8%) 99Nb
100Nb 41 59 99.914182(28) 1.5(2) s β- 100Mo 1+
100mNb 470(40) keV 2.99(11) s β- 100Mo (4+,5+)
101Nb 41 60 100.915252(20) 7.1(3) s β- 101Mo (5/2#)+
102Nb 41 61 101.91804(4) 1.3(2) s β- 102Mo 1+
102mNb 130(50) keV 4.3(4) s β- 102Mo high
103Nb 41 62 102.91914(7) 1.5(2) s β- 103Mo (5/2+)
104Nb 41 63 103.92246(11) 4.9(3) s β- (99.94%) 104Mo (1+)
… Sending MINDAT via HAFB. [/code]
Edit: Knowing now that it is Niobium, the exact same data is available here. I totally overlooked the comments section on the Tempus page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_niobium
I assume this is somehow referring to Beta decay for Niobium. Specifically, it’s referring to the energy (Measured in Kilo Electron Volts or keV) of the Beta particles after the beta decay from Nb 95 to Nb 98. I think the time measurements refer to the Half Life of these isotopes. I think this is still somehow relevant. Why would they study beta decay for Niobium. We already established the Niobium is important, but not why it is.
I see few reasons Niobium could be important. I’m pulling most of this out of wiki so its probably all wrong anyways.
Niobium nitride’s main use is as a superconductor. Detectors based on it can detect a single photon in the 1-10 micrometer section of the infrared spectrum, which is important for astronomy and telecomunications. It can detect changes up to 25 gigahertz.
There’s also this
Niobium treated with sodium hydroxide forms a porous layer that aids osseointegration
Osseointegration derives from the Greek osteon, bone, and the Latin integrare, to make whole. The term refers to the direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the surface of a load-bearing artificial implant.
Maybe just maybe someone is using niobium, which is apparently cheap, to make themselves a cyborg? maybe someone is dying and wants to live on as a machine?
Hmmm . . . very interesting hypothesis.
Actually, upon further thought, the idea of a superconductor does make a lot of sense. Quantum computing, a field with a lot of potential, is seen as a way to make several breakthroughs in many different fields if made, such as but not limited to, creation of AIs. Instead of silicon, however, these chips will be made from other materials, such as Niobium. I think it’s something more like downloading Dr. Bottomly’s consciousness onto the AI (think Portal 2 and GLaDOS and Caroline). I remember that there was a clue that perhaps referenced that one possibility (something about questioning whether or not he actually died in the Wiki)
Intesting to point out the I and the H but, why does noone seem to care there is also a capital C
in the simpel context of only “H” and “I” is say “he is saying “HI” to us to further show that he is indeed watching”
I like how I mentioned one thing and then everybody started getting back on the ball.
Anyway, P(PORTAL)RTAL, the HI has been confirmed to actually be SAII.
This is really exactly what we’ve been waiting for–someone to come along and spur some innovation and open a new venue of thought. Either that or a direct hint from Storm. We will probably need another ten “revelations” before we can actually determine how to solve this thing; the primary reason for this is that we have so much material that distinguishing what is important, and what isn’t, is nigh impossible.
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3noneTwo: Good catch there!
imadoofus: The G-man is always watching
As for the SAII, I think we can rest assured that it’s simply meant to be: IS AI. In other words, the HALOS project, or whomever is watching, is AI.
EDIT:
[COLOR=‘Red’]There are two things that I just noticed about the “Tempus” page.
First, the part that begins "Report{BMRF-HALOS . . . " looks very similar to programming language. There are no functions called or anything fancy like that, and I don’t recognize any specific languages, but there is definitely something going on there.
Any thoughts?"
I just noticed there are seven different fields in the data portion of the tempus omnia revelant page:
Report{BMRF-HALOS-AITR-0001,
author = {HALOS AUTOMATED},
title = INTERCEPT DATA,
year = 20xx,
month = OCT,
institution = {Black Mesa Research Facility - HALOS DEPT},
number = {099.00//a}
IRC Clue 5 solution revealed: “This is a message left for Dr. Horn. Just to remind you in case of emergencies that the password to the HALOS files is BENALOHPAILLIER. I have programmed HALOS to send in level seven cases. You should bring pizzas.”
Could these 7 entries be used in any way to open the HALOS files?
Back to the bold/italicized letters, I always thought that the bold “s” followed by the g could be taken as:
“Seek code out he is AI watch in Sector G”
Not sure about the capitol H, could be (Horn).
I know there is a hidden “Superbus via Inscientiae” emblem across the bridge of the dam in the building. There are also a number of other things in Sector G that could be related to AI.
Maybe you have to feed the dam monster pizza.
Either that, or HALOS.txt should not be HALOS.txt.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but decrypting it with Benaloh and/or Phaillier encryption has failed, correct? So what if the data is supposed to be another format? Like, I dunno, a .rar file or something else that can be password-protected.
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