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2007-01-09T07:27:11Z

X9: /* Hard */

Puzzle Box 1 consists of 12 puzzles, four each of Easy (10 [[points]] each), Medium (20 [[points]] each), and Hard puzzles (50 [[points]] each). It will be opened on Monday, January 8 2007 at 6:30pm Pacific time. Footage of the event will be available.
====Easy====
* [[Mantle Clock]] - solved
* [[Watch Springs]] - solved
* [[Gears]] - solved
* [[Sundial]] - solved

====Medium====
* [[Airport]]
* [[Cuckoos]] - solved
* [[Pocket Watches]] - solved
* [[Current Events]] - solved

====Hard====
* [[Starfield]] - solved
* [[Calendars]] - solved
* [[Repair Table]] - solved
* [[Hourglass]] - solved

Puzzle Box 1 - Complete

Microsoft CES Keynote

2007-01-08T06:43:36Z

X9:

Initial post: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=523893&st=1740&gopid=588203909&#entry588203909
<blockquote>"My job is to find the smartest people on the planet. My employers are rewarding them with outstanding prizes, including a trip into space to see the ultimate vista, and being immortalized in a computer chip around the world."</blockquote>

More info: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=292483#292483
<blockquote>"An audience of general spectators and key players arrive at the Bellagio Hotel on Monday night around 6pm and wait alongside the [something] in anticipation of something significant to take place. The general public will not be aware that something unusual is about to take place but the community will have deciphered the countdown and the precise time and showing location for this spectacular event. The famous Bellagio Fountains (Lake Bellagio), are renouned as the [something] [something] of Las Vegas are about to reveal the global challenge and deliver the first set of visual clues in a way no-one has seen before. Of course, there is still one big suprise they won't see coming. Countdown hits zero at exactly 6:30pm. I look left to right, scanning the audience.

Lights and music turn off (fountains stay on). Two more water curtains rise on the left and right side of the original curtains. As these curtains rise, they fill with multiple clocks and the sound of the original clock multiplies by hundreds revealing... (view full production notes)."</blockquote>
^^ Transcribed from screen caps by x9
Note that the folder shown in both these screenshots is called 'Windows Vista Game'.
This almost certainly ties the VanishingPointGame to the Windows Vista launch.

This information was discovered, apparently, in a live video stream. Several screen captures exist:

[[Image:Keynote1.png]]

[[Image:Keynote2.jpg]]

Microsoft CES Keynote

2007-01-08T05:04:22Z

X9:

Initial post: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=523893&st=1740&gopid=588203909&#entry588203909
<blockquote>"My job is to find the smartest people on the planet. My employers are rewarding them with outstanding prizes, including a trip into space to see the ultimate vista, and being immortalized in a computer chip around the world."</blockquote>

More info: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=292483#292483
<blockquote>"An audience of general spectators and key players arrive at the Bellagio Hotel on Monday night around 6pm and wait alongside the [something] in anticipation of something significant to take place. The general public will not be aware that something unusual is about to take place but the community will have deciphered the countdown and the precise time and showing location for this spectacular event. The famous Bellagio Fountains (Lake Bellagio), are renouned as the [something] [something] of Las Vegas are about to reveal the global challenge and deliver the first set of visual clues in a way no-one has seen before. Of course, there is still one big suprise they won't see coming. Countdown hits zero at exactly 6:30pm. I look left to right, scanning the audience.

Lights and music turn off (fountains stay on). Two more water curtains rise on the left and right side of the original curtains. As these curtains rise, they fill with multiple clocks and the sound of the original clock multiplies by hundreds revealing... (view full production notes)."</blockquote>
^^ Transcribed from screen caps by x9

This information was discovered, apparently, in a live video stream. Several screen captures exist:

[[Image:Keynote1.png]]

[[Image:Keynote2.jpg]]

Microsoft CES Keynote

2007-01-08T05:01:23Z

X9:

Initial post: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=523893&st=1740&gopid=588203909&#entry588203909
<blockquote>"My job is to find the smartest people on the planet. My employers are rewarding them with outstanding prizes, including a trip into space to see the ultimate vista, and being immortalized in a computer chip around the world."</blockquote>

More info: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=292483#292483
<blockquote>"An audience of general spectators and key players arrive at the Bellagio Hotel on Monday night around 6pm and wait alongside the [something] in anticipation of something significant to take place. The general public will not be aware that something unusual is about to take place but the community will have deciphered the countdown and the precise time and showing location for this spectacular event. The famous Bellagio Fountains (Lake Bellagio), are renouned as the [something] [something] of Las Vegas are about to reveal the global challenge and deliver the first set of visual clues in a way no-one has seen before. Of course, there is still one big suprise they won't see coming. Countdown hits zero at exactly 6:30pm. I look left to right, scanning the audience."</blockquote>
^^ Transcribed from screen caps by x9

This information was discovered, apparently, in a live video stream. Several screen captures exist:

[[Image:Keynote1.png]]

[[Image:Keynote2.jpg]]

Microsoft CES Keynote

2007-01-08T04:58:25Z

X9:

Initial post: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=523893&st=1740&gopid=588203909&#entry588203909
<blockquote>"My job is to find the smartest people on the planet. My employers are rewarding them with outstanding prizes, including a trip into space to see the ultimate vista, and being immortalized in a computer chip around the world."</blockquote>

More info: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=292483#292483
<blockquote>"An audience of general spectators and key players arrive at the Bellagio Hotel on Monday night around 6pm and wait alongside the [something] in anticipation of something significant to take place. The general public will not be aware that something unusual is about to take place but the community will have deciphered the countdown and the precise time and showing location for this spectacular event. The famous Bellagio Fountains (Lake Bellagio), are renouned as the [something] [something] of Las Vegas are about to reveal the global challenge and deliver the first set of visual clues in a way no-one has seen before. Of course, there is still one big suprise they won't see coming. Countdown hits zero at exactly 6:30pm. I look left to right, scanning the audience."</blockquote>

This information was discovered, apparently, in a live video stream. Several screen captures exist:

[[Image:Keynote1.png]]

[[Image:Keynote2.jpg]]

Microsoft CES Keynote

2007-01-08T04:52:15Z

X9:

Countdowns

2007-01-03T11:43:59Z

X9: /* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney Sydney, Australia] */

List of cities and calculated countdowns from cipher key 2: wh3r3t0g0.

__NOTOC__
Please note that the times were calculated using local times. If you are planning on going to one of these events, please double check the date & time using [http://vanishingpointgame.com/circumambulation/ the countdown], and the [http://stackoverflow.org/tools/timer.php Countdown Predictor] (or your own calculations), as mistakes do happen. Unfortunatley. :)

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada]==
'''Date & Time:''' Monday, 8 January 2007, 6:30:00 pm, PST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' Fountains at Bellagio

'''Who's Going:''' Konamouse, Konashark, GIIRyudo, fubarz, freitasm, TwiztedMatt1007 (tentative)

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles Los Angeles, California]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 9:00:00 am, PST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Randomeis, Patricia Moore, Dr. Kinder, Ms. Gwyn, fubarz, [[User:Shadow|Shadow]]

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney Sydney, Australia]==
'''Date & Time:''' Sunday, 14 January 2007, 8:00:00 am, AEDT (Local Time)

<s>I (SirQuady) am not entirely sure about this time/date. There has been some mention of datelines and daylight savings time, so i'm just lost. Could someone from Sydney area please confirm this time?</s> Thanks davebee!

davebee: I am in Sydney Zone. Originally shown here as 8am Saturday, but I checked and added note
here that seemed "someone" had forgotten the date line. Sydney is currently 19 hours AHEAD of PST.

<s>x9: If i can get the location i'll be there (hopefully).</s> x9 Can't go as he'll be in Victoria. I, (The Atomic) am hoping to take his place instead.

'''Exact Location:''' '' MAY be on George Street, right near Hyde park and Sydney Tower''

'''Who's Going:''' '' davebee (pending details), mrmckeb (pending details),<s> x9 (pending details),</s> The Atomic (pending deatils). ''

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami Miami, Florida]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 4:00:00 pm, EST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' '' no one yet''

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%2C_Texas Austin, Texas]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 3:00:00 pm, CST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Incitatus, Boy Blue, EarlyWyrm

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix%2C_Arizona Phoenix, Arizona]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 4:00:00 pm, MST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' MisterAnderson, curtis18

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore Singapore]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 8:30:00 pm, SST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' ''Nobody yet''

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%2C_Germany Berlin, Germany]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 6:00:00 pm, UTC+1 (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' PatRol

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London, England]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 7:00:00 pm, GMT (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Ruuku & The Cliff, Jenna, Rob, spysect, Seretar, PuzzledPineapple

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto Toronto, Canada]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 7:00:00 pm, EST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' SirQuady, thebruce (tentative), Dionysus (tenative)

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco%2C_California San Francisco, California]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 7:00:00 pm, PST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' dmax (tentative), BBQedPizza

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle Seattle, Washington]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 27 January 2007, 6:00:00 pm, PST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Panzerlied, SuperRob, Accipitridae

Countdowns

2007-01-02T11:26:23Z

X9: /* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney Sydney, Australia] */

List of cities and calculated countdowns from cipher key 2: wh3r3t0g0.

__NOTOC__
Please note that the times were calculated using local times. If you are planning on going to one of these events, please double check the date & time using [http://vanishingpointgame.com/circumambulation/ the countdown], and the [http://stackoverflow.org/tools/timer.php Countdown Predictor] (or your own calculations), as mistakes do happen. Unfortunatley. :)

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada]==
'''Date & Time:''' Monday, 8 January 2007, 6:30:00 pm, PST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' Fountains at Bellagio

'''Who's Going:''' Konamouse, Konashark, GIIRyudo, fubarz, freitasm

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles Los Angeles, California]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 9:00:00 am, PST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Randomeis, labfly, Patricia Moore, Dr. Kinder, Ms. Gwyn, fubarz

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney Sydney, Australia]==
'''Date & Time:''' Sunday, 14 January 2007, 8:00:00 am, AEDT (Local Time)

I (SirQuady) am not entirely sure about this time/date. There has been some mention of datelines and daylight savings time, so i'm just lost. Could someone from Sydney area please confirm this time?

davebee: I am in Sydney Zone. Originally shown here as 8am Saturday, but I checked and added note
here that seemed "someone" had forgotten the date line. Sydney is currently 19 hours AHEAD of PST.

x9: If i can get the location i'll be there (hopefully).

'''Exact Location:''' '' Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' '' davebee (pending details), mrmckeb (pending details), x9 (pending details) ''

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami Miami, Florida]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 4:00:00 pm, EST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' '' no one yet''

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%2C_Texas Austin, Texas]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 3:00:00 pm, CST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Incitatus, Boy Blue, EarlyWyrm

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix%2C_Arizona Phoenix, Arizona]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 13 January 2007, 4:00:00 pm, MST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' MisterAnderson, curtis18

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore Singapore]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 8:30:00 pm, SST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' ''Nobody yet''

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%2C_Germany Berlin, Germany]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 6:00:00 pm, UTC+1 (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' PatRol possibly

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London, England]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 7:00:00 pm, GMT (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Ruuku & The Cliff, Jenna, Rob, spysect, Seretar

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto Toronto, Canada]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 7:00:00 pm, EST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' SirQuady, thebruce (tentative), Dionysus (tenative)

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco%2C_California San Francisco, California]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 20 January 2007, 7:00:00 pm, PST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' dmax (tentative), BBQedPizza

==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle Seattle, Washington]==
'''Date & Time:''' Saturday, 27 January 2007, 6:00:00 pm, PST (Local Time)

'''Exact Location:''' ''Unknown''

'''Who's Going:''' Panzerlied, SuperRob, Accipitridae