RetrieversOfTruth.com

[jacksloststepkid]

Site is legit for two reasons - one someone on our boards confirmed seeing it for sure in the TV ad. Also if you go to the genetics page on THF.com and hold down tab you can see the url of the website in white behind the xray image.

JLSK

Edit - never mind Wesh has an even better explanation - the roll overs. Could not figure out why those were hotspots that didn't seem to do anything.

[nctrnlbst]

Here's a recap from my blog.

On June 6th, during an episode of "Boston Legal" a thf.org commercial aired directing viewers to retrieversoftruth.com/. When you visit the site, you will find a rather kooky looking site about the psychic abilities of golden retrievers.

When you go to the bio of Dr. Vincent "Wally" Bole (Wally Bole which is an anagram for "Yellow Lab"), you will find several allusions to character in the show, and a reference to a incident where Wally met Alvar Hanso.

The clue to cracking this site comes from an e-mail that is sent to you after submitting you e-mail address into the box provided. Shortly after submitting your e-mail, you get the following message sent to you:

You're about to enter...

First let's start this by saying, "thank you."

There's a word into which dreams can come true. This email is your
gateway to that word and more that will open your mind and your
consciousness.

Imagine a field - a field of yellow... yellow labs running free,
playful, and enjoying each other's company. But in their hearts they
are not complete. They miss an integral part of their being and the
thing that makes their existence complete. That one thing is the "word"
for which we all search - mankind and labkind.

But first a story.

I was checking into a hotel and a dapper porter escorts me to my room.
As we're going up the elevator in total silence I decide to ask him
his name. He replies, "Mandrake Wig" and immediately starts to explain
the odd name, his German ancestry, and his mother's preoccupation with
botany. He ends the story by saying, "my friends just call me Manny."

We continue talking about our lives, hopes, and dreams as I'm getting
settled in my room. When he's done I offer a generous tip but he
refuses saying, "Let me give you a tip, a single word that will enrich
your life, as it has mine." I accept.

The next day I go to the front desk to leave a tip for Manny. They tell
me no such person works there. I question everyone with no luck. I
think about what he told me and write down his name so I don't forget
it. As I write I see something in the letters. I rearrange a few and
create the words, "waking dream."

The word he gave me that day was - YOU.

Yours truly, Dr. Vincent "Wally" Bole

We later find that this site is actually a cover for another site. By entering the password "Porter" into the newsletter regristration box, you will find the real Retrievers of Truth site.

Notice that on the first page, it says "Supported by the Hanso Foundation", and then on the hidden page, it says "Subjugated by the Hanso Foundation".



The hidden ROT site is a forum which is populated by emplyees of Verizon.
From what I have been able to asertain from reading the forum posts, a group of Verizon employees use the forum to keep in contact about the Hanso Foundation and the business they are conducting with Verizon. It appears that these employess found out about Hanso's dirty deals, either from Persephone's hacks, Gary Troup's attempts to subvert the organization through his Bad Twin Novel, and have developed the forum to spread the word.

They are very cautious about getting caught, and created the golden retriever site to hide the forum. Behind it, the message board becomes public to us, the webmazers in their world, possibly in an attempt to share the knowledge that they acquire.

UPDATE:
Like all connected websites in the ARG, "Retrievers of Truth" can be found on the IGA page by moving your mouse over the "Cells" picture in the upper right.

By following a link found in the "Gospel according to DSL" thread, you will find a Verizon web site

If you look at the source code, you will find the embeded password, "parthenogenesis". (Thanks Adam Mackenzie for sending this in this screen cap.)

[wannabeactuary]

jacksloststepkid said:

Site is legit for two reasons - one someone on our boards confirmed seeing it for sure in the TV ad. Also if you go to the genetics page on THF.com and hold down tab you can see the url of the website in white behind the xray image.

JLSK

Edit - never mind Wesh has an even better explanation - the roll overs. Could not figure out why those were hotspots that didn't seem to do anything.

yeah, I caught this this afternoon and updated the wiki in the hansofoundation.org part

at this point, if it's not updated since then, it will need to be, as I didn't connect it with retrieversoftruth.com

I did search google for "Retrievers of Truth" and got no responses this afternoon. This was about 4:00 pm ET

[大杂烩]

did anyone catch who the commercial was sponsored by?

[jacksloststepkid]

I'd assume maybe Verizon...

[wannabeactuary]

I haven't seen the commercial

[jacksloststepkid]

Just a FYI - I've been in Europe on business this week and will be traveling all next week as well, so haven't had access to my normal computer for doing a lot of screen caps and such, so I thank all those that are helping maintain the wiki with all the new information.

Mainly I've been going on and just reverting all the crap that gets added into it.

Also, I know Jay is looking into setting up a "need to be logged in to edit" rule for the wiki, but he is a busy guy. That should help some when it goes live though.

JLSK

[Syndie]

Thanks to all of you who do this work and keep us updated. I started a new medication and have been so sick from side-effects I haven't gotten a chance to keep up with everything, but now I'm all caught up

[thenumb3rs]

ROT has been infiltrated and check out www.broadbandstories.com

[jacksloststepkid]

Mittelwerk is becoming a movie star!

[thenumb3rs]

Yup! Maybe he'll star in The Hanso Foundation: Taking Down RB...The Motion Picture.

[thenumb3rs]

Now, you can't access the hidden side of ROT and when you sign up for the newsletter, you receive this message:

[thenumb3rs]

Now, you can't access the hidden side of ROT and when you sign up for the newsletter, you receive this message:

SPOILER: Click to show

Dear friends,

Thank you for supporting the Retrievers of Truth. You unwavering
loyalty and patronage are what keep me working so hard to get the truth out
there about the Labrador. Things are going very well for the
organization and for myself. I would not be speaking to you if it were not for
your belief.

Today I would like to talk to you about something that has effected us
all at one time or another - change. Change is the nature of existence.
Do you think the now mighty and mentally superior Labrador retriever
was always such a symbol of canine superiority? Definitely not.

I myself have experienced change in my life. An awakening or rebirth of
sorts. And from that change came personal growth. A flowering, if you
will. When a young yellow is but a pup he hasn't the slightest inkling
of the changes he will endure. He goes though life as a pet only to
later become the true master.

I can't tell you how to overcome change but I can tell you to look to
the future. Aim for the stars. Pick a point in your mind that you want
to reach and allow yourself to change - to adapt and be ready for
anything that might come your way.

Like a wise old yellow once told me, "If I didn't change my mind, I'd
be thinking the same things every single day."

Yours truly, Dr. Vincent "Wally" Bole

[jacksloststepkid]

Try:

1CF11D16-C378-4D5A-B038-00DF9ED171FF

heh -

Well, it looks like Beatnik may have sold them out.

In case you hadn't read the latest post in there:

Fiberoptician
10:15am Morning all. Who else saw see the atrocity on Broadband Stories?

iobiSeeingYou
10:18am Huh? Checking.

iobiSeeingYou
10:35am !!!!! What in the world took over Beatnik??? Was he bribed??

DSLerator
10:40am Good lord. This is horrific. Mittelwork promoting broadband?

Fiberoptician
10:42am He looks creepy as ever on camera.

iobiSeeingYou
10:45am Beatnik is in BIG BIG trouble. Has anyone seen him?

DSLerator
10:47am I'll find him even if he is hiding in the server closet.

Fiberoptician
10:48am Now I remember seeing boxes on his desk yesterday. I thought it was just a run of the mill delivery, what have you.

iobiSeeingYou
10:51am *Gasp!* Do you think he...

DSLerator
10:53am The lowlife probably took a job with Hanso!

Fiberoptician
10:54am He went for the money.

iobiSeeingYou
10:56am I can't believe he would do that. He is... was totally devoted to the cause. One of us.

DSLerator
10:58am Time to let go of your naïve ideals my dear. The man is dead to me.

Fiberoptician
11:01am What in the world will happen now? Think he gave out the password and codes to the ROT?

iobiSeeingYou
11:05am No way. He wouldn't...

DSLerator
11:10am I have a bad feeling about this.

[wesh]

where did that code came from, if i may ask?