Friday, September 30, 2005

piri reis map

In 1929, a group of historians found an amazing map drawn on a gazelle skin.
Research showed that it was a genuine document drawn in 1513 by Piri Reis, a famous admiral of the Turkish fleet in the sixteenth century.


The Piri Reis map shows the western coast of Africa, the eastern coast of South America, and the northern coast of Antarctica. The northern coastline of Antarctica is perfectly detailed. The most puzzling however is not so much how Piri Reis managed to draw such an accurate map of the Antarctic region 300 years before it was discovered, but that the map shows the coastline under the ice. Geological evidence confirms that the latest date Queen Maud Land could have been charted in an ice-free state is 4000 BC.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

notpr0n

Updated 11/01/05 - Sweet, this post is top of Ggl's search results for notPr0n passwords

It is what the name implies, not pr0n!!

This is a web based game similar to... i don't think it has a precedent

You need to go from one screen to the other by giving a username/password or changing the url or clicking in a "special way"... it's very difficult sometimes and the creator of the game could have designed a couple of levels in a better way, imho but it's very interesting and when you pass a level, it's very satisfying :)

It's easier if you have some basic knowledge about how url's work and how a web page looks like in the web page source...

Unlike puzzle based games like the Monkey Island series, I found it easier to do without anyone looking over my shoulder

[WARNING!! MAJOR SPOILERS FOLLOW - do not read below unless u r stuck on a level and pulling hairs from your head... there are not hints, just answers...]

below is a list of the username, passwords for all the level I have done.. I will keep updating as I go along (notpr0n keeps changing passwords frequently since they come up in forums etc so I cannot confirm if these still work)

(level - username/password - url)
1 - click door - http://www.deathball.net/notpron/levelone.htm
2 - change level2 to level3 or open door quickly - http://deathball.net/notpron/not/level2.htm
3 - change false to true in url - http://www.deathball.net/notpron/false/gototheothersite.htm
4 - voodoo/power - http://deathball.net/notpron/true/gototheothersite.htm
5 - simple/songs - http://deathball.net/notpron/google/shestheoneforme.htm
6 - kill/hour - http://deathball.net/notpron/nothing/hesgotitall.htm
7 - http://deathball.net/notpron/sdrawkcab/tieman.htm - rename to http://deathball.net/notpron/sdrawkcab/rediar.htm
8 - inverted/levelten - http://deathball.net/notpron/sdrawkcab/rediar.htm
9 - turnmeon/deadman - http://deathball.net/notpron/luv2music/paulisdead.htm
10 - grey/world - http://deathball.net/notpron/wrong/roawr.htm
11 - funcking/pans - http://deathball.net/notpron/reality/mystery.htm
12 - remote/control - http://deathball.net/notpron/blame/crossview.htm
13 - devil/hell - http://deathball.net/notpron/ps/afterdeath.htm
14 - déjà vu - http://deathball.net/notpron/neo/beenthere.htm
15 - random/shit - http://deathball.net/notpron/rusty/board.htm
16 - doom/murder - http://deathball.net/notpron/zoo/mznvh.htm
17 - change pron.htm to lamp.htm - http://deathball.net/notpron/finale/pron.htm
18 - change lamp to deaf - http://deathball.net/notpron/finale/lamp.htm
19 - weird/stuff - http://deathball.net/notpron/finale/deaf.htm
20 - really/unfair - http://deathball.net/notpron/windows/something.php

Friday, September 02, 2005