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Post by Rue on Jun 2, 2004 22:13:50 GMT -5
Yeah, I read that on her site too. So of course once I found that someone had hacked in beyond the door, I went on google and typed in, www.jkrowling.com, "hack," and "book." But I ended up finding the link to the book beyond the door: origin.jkrowling.com/f7b3qash/my_room_book.swf and the text in the book is Latin and repeats itself, so I went here to find out what it meant. They explain that the text in the book is just dummy text that's used by the printing and typesetting industry. It was invented in the 1500's and "The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English." So, yeah, that's what's up with the secret door right now.
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Post by KoNeko on Jun 4, 2004 2:43:42 GMT -5
*hasn't found any clues or anything yet *
Hang on, I have a question about that site. Do things like, just appear and disappear on your computers? Because sometimes I'll see stuff that I couldn't click on before, or stuff that wasn't there before will just appear and stuff. The site confuses me...
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Post by hermoine on Jun 4, 2004 7:44:49 GMT -5
That's it! Not much really. Although I think ther'es one each day, else why would there be the date of the day?
Well if you're referring to the butterfly thing, or the fly, stuff like that, I can't click on them either, they're too fast.
Guys, did you find a hidden potion by any chance? I'm not gonna say where I did find it, so those who haven't found it yet can do so.
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Post by S.S Tigress on Jun 12, 2004 18:03:06 GMT -5
I got one thing in my scrapbook. A clue for that would be to go to Extra Stuff and "use" the eraser. IF anyone's interested.
Herm(Or anyone), can you PM some clues about getting the other exclusive stuff that goes in the scrapbook?
I'm completly dumb-founded by the "Help" section. I hovered over the scroll in Fan Sites and it just swished the ribbons away...
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Post by hermoine on Jun 13, 2004 6:56:49 GMT -5
Yeah that one Ti. I had found it, just hadn't found the things it says you need. But no worries. I've found them now. I have 4 in total. I admit, one I did it my finding how to on a forum.
Sure thing Ti.
Swished out the ribbons? What do you mean?
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Post by S.S Tigress on Jun 13, 2004 18:52:40 GMT -5
Oh never mind the ribbon theory. I recall I had been in that page for quite some time and you know how on the main page you stay long enough the cup of pens is blown down? Same thing happens in the trophy room. Hovering over the scroll didn't make the ribbons fly away, lingering did.
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Post by hermoine on Jun 15, 2004 7:19:28 GMT -5
Oh. Well that's probably due to Peeves. Usually it's Peeves who knocks the cup of pens over. If I recall well.
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Post by KoNeko on Jun 17, 2004 1:58:09 GMT -5
What do the blue sparkly quill (which disappeared when I clicked on it) and the mobile phone do?
Never mind. I figured out the blue sparkly quill, and yeah. But I still have no idea about the phone. I typed in random phone numbers and stuff but I don't know what it does. I think maybe there is a number somewhere on the site that we have to find and dial in?
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Post by S.S Tigress on Jun 17, 2004 14:17:50 GMT -5
Ko think book five, "Ministry of Magic" . I hope that'll help you.
Blue sparkly quill? Where?
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Post by Sphi on Jun 17, 2004 15:27:37 GMT -5
Hehe. The phone thing was the first thing I got. I liked that one. ;D
How did you guys get Peeves to come and knock over the cup? And what happens then? I've never even seen Peeves before. Am I not waiting long enough? Or do you actually have to do something?
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Post by S.S Tigress on Jun 17, 2004 16:44:00 GMT -5
I think he comes after being on the main page for about...10 minutes I think? I left it up and had TD on top of it. Then later I heard the wind and heard a laugh and looked, lo and behold the cup was falling down and the weird bug crawled by.
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Post by dianella on Jun 26, 2004 6:30:51 GMT -5
The leaky cauldron is posting a link to text and video that someone claims they found behind the locked door with the do not disturb sign. Read the article for yourself at the leaky cauldron, and watch the video link which claims to have recorded what they saw. I don't think it is true, but a nicely done fake or a joke by JKR. In the text of what they found, "she" claims that the new title of book 6 is Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storge'. Storge' (pronounced STOR gee with a hard G) is a greek word for love (one of 4) and refers more to affection type love or liking. Stupid title...pretty good fake though...check it out for yourself www.the-leaky-cauldron.org
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Post by hermoine on Jun 26, 2004 8:52:20 GMT -5
I saw the video and all. This is what there's written in the book too:
Erm… it is perhaps time for me to reveal the title of Book 6! I am nearing completion of the first draft and have definitely decided upon a title. I had numerous possibilities in mind, but as I wrote, I realized that only one did the book justice.
The more clever Potter fans may recognize that the title relates directly to both 'Order of the Phoenix' and 'Chamber of Secrets.' I will be highly amused if one of you can guess exactly what's going on!
On a side note, the length of the book is growing so fast, I could swear Filius has put an Engorgement Charm on it; an editor's nightmare! I promised myself not to exceed the length of 'Order of the Phoenix,' but every day that passes makes that undertaking more difficult. Incidentally, I have much more work ahead.
Alas, the time has come! Here is the reward for you lot that so diligently figured out all the puzzles on the site. If you scroll down to the bottom of this page, I will reveal to you the title of Book 6!
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The title of Book 6 is: Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storgé
Maybe it is true. The date could suggest it. Maybe the door was to be opened on 1st of July and this person clicked on the door to see if something happened and it opened while the people managing the website were testing if the door worked fine or not. And maybe it's not. The colours in the video aren't really the same to begin with,
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Post by S.S Tigress on Jun 26, 2004 22:06:21 GMT -5
Rowling deffinetly wouldn't spell realized the american way...but that's the only false thing I can really tell with.
As for the "more clever" and "cleaverer"..I think more clever is a fine choice for the sentence and I don't that just because she uses one more than the other in the books means the whole thing is false. there are phrases I prefer to use in something like a paper for a teacher than to others I use in everday chatting.
I think it coudl be real, but if it isn't, I can see that happening. My guess is, it's only a matter of time before Rowling gets on her site and writes about this.
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Post by hermoine on Jun 27, 2004 7:36:31 GMT -5
I've found the following reasons on Mugglenet as to why the film shown isn't right and Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storge' is not the title to Book 6. It's rather long I'm afraid.
For one, "she" uses American punctuation instead of British punctuation on this sentence: The more clever Potter fans may recognize that the title relates directly to both 'Order of the Phoenix' and 'Chamber of Secrets.'
In Britain, the ending quotation mark should go inside the period. As I was reading her biography on her site today, I noticed that she punctuated things the "British way," which leads to the assumption that either she made a typo in her book 6 post (the same problem appears in the next paragraph, except with a comma rather than a period) or that an American typed it up for her.
The first assumption seems incorrect because it is unlikely that she would make the same mistake twice in a row. The second doesn't seem likely either, because she affirmed that she is indeed the one writing the things on her website, and I'm sure Lightmaker made some easy system allowing her to update, so she could do it herself. Another reason the second assumption does not seem probable - the title of the sixth book is classified information, and she wouldn't let just any staff member at Lightmaker type that up, because then it would leak in no time.
Also, why would Jo put that information anywhere on her site prior to when she wanted to release it? She is the master of secrecy, and you think she'd be able to wait until July 1 to put it on her site. Although it's not in an easy-to-access area, it seems very non-JKRish to do that.
It is a bit strange that she would include a difficult-to-pronounce word such as Storgé in the title of her book.
One more reason: The only way that some visitors can "hack" past the door is by downloading the file to their computer, and then opening it to find this link to a book with Latin characters on the pages. Once you open the file on your computer, you can modify it however you like, which includes modifying the text on the book.
Other reasons exist for why the title may be fabricated, these are just some.
Updates: A few more reasons... 1) When watching the video, the "help" tab disappears momentarily. While perusing her site, the "help" tab never disappears from the screen. 2) The Dark Mark (what Jo uses as a spoiler warning) is on the wrong side of the page. The Dark Mark should be on the page with the spoiler, and you then have to click on the Dark Mark to reveal the text. The Dark Mark then appears as a faded image underneath the text. 3) The font used for "Book 6" does not appear anywhere else on the site. Look at the words "Book" and "Biography" (on the main page) -- the B's don't match. 4) Although the text circulating the Internet said that the date on the post was July 1, a closer look at the video reveals that the date is "22.06.04" (June 22). 5) "The more clever Potter fans may recognize that the title relates..." The correct British spelling of "recognize" is "recognise."
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