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It actually has Problem 8 on the USB drive, but only on 46.2% of 10,000 copies, and it’s encoded in the Fibonacci sequence.

nxrm wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:08 pm

DETAILS
Wrench Cassette 64GB USB Drive
USB 2.0 (1.0 compatible)
64 GB capacity
USB case modeled after the 72826 demo tape
THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY MUSIC

those fuckers. i bet it absolutely contains music! i'll take a couple 10k Days throw pillows just in case they also contain music

Kittaan wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:21 pm It actually has Problem 8 on the USB drive, but only on 46.2% of 10,000 copies, and it’s encoded in the Fibonacci sequence.

I’m quite disappointed not one of you wise asses piled on this and one-upped me. There’s still time…

I was messing around with DALL - E , the A.I. art generator based on text. Here are some results it spit out when entering miscellaneous phrases regarding Tool...

I will wait for the salival boxset usb stick......or the aenima smoke box magic ball.. maybe the lateralus man rubix cube( made from blown glass) is still on the drawing board. fear inoculums holographic light drop lamp with sound featured on intro to tools single -fear inoculum will be a hit too

Kittaan wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:09 am

Kittaan wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:21 pm It actually has Problem 8 on the USB drive, but only on 46.2% of 10,000 copies, and it’s encoded in the Fibonacci sequence.

I’m quite disappointed not one of you wise asses piled on this and one-upped me. There’s still time…

The thing is (ahem), the first rule of Problem 8 is...

Actually, let me back up here, because I'd hate to send you down the same frustrating and circuitous path I found myself on while attempting to follow the breadcrumbs and decipher all of those cleverly hidden clues in the Newsletters over the years. The real "problem" here is that not all of the clues have yet been revealed.

First, one only need read the correct pages (or perhaps the pages in the correct order) of that humble tome...Ijinx. It is the key. This was the first mistake I made, thinking it perhaps a path of its own, but no.

Marketed as a a unique collection of occult prose-poems by an author who has been studying, experimenting, and writing about the western esoteric tradition for over twenty years, many have dismissed it as rambling nightside symbolism wrapped in magical vocabulary (including encounters with the transmundane entities that inhabit these parallel continua), but in fact reveals a higher Arcanum and the alchemical entelechy of the dead. Challenging even the author's initiated interpretation of things perceived, a closer examination of the cryptic word play (anti-apotropaic in nature) suggests that there's more than just fleeting glimpses of the Grand Dreaming to a Treasured Eye (i.e. a hidden track).

I suggest a large and hot cup of herbal tea, with just a drop of locally sourced organic (goddammit) honey, an open window, and plenty of incense. All to put one's mind in the proper frame of mind to begin the journey.

Next, obviously, is to dive straight into The Othering. Set aside enough time to read it in one sitting, but only during daylight. This is the only way the book reveals itself. Speed is key to this one. No lingering here, or I guarantee that your thoughts will succumb to doubt and soon enough you'll be seeing will-o'-the-wisps appearing just out of sight as the next twilight approaches. No coming back from that.

Ever onward...The Paragon Junk. Ha! What a misnomer. Paragon indeed, and I assume "junk" being another attempt to throw off the skeptics and fair-weathered followers. Everything's in plain sight here. No mystery at all. Read for yourself and convince me otherwise.

And finally, Grumble's Star leading us to...

But maybe I've already said too much.

Blair, I hate to tell you this, but you posted that under your Nxrm account…

Don’t worry, Hellboy will clean it up, as he always does.

I'm starting to assume everything is now Chat GPT

Kittaan wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 8:53 am Blair, I hate to tell you this, but you posted that under your Nxrm account…

Don’t worry, Hellboy will clean it up, as he always does.

Oops.

tys0n wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:48 pm I'm starting to assume everything is now Chat GPT

I think I should have tried that first. Maybe would have made it easier on myself.

tys0n wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:48 pm I'm starting to assume everything is now Chat GPT

Who would have imagined Skynet starting by the name Chat GPT.

ms2r wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:49 am

tys0n wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:48 pm I'm starting to assume everything is now Chat GPT

Who would have imagined Skynet starting by the name Chat GPT.

Or that the initial attack of the machines would be via balloons…

Kittaan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 11:29 am

ms2r wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:49 am

tys0n wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:48 pm I'm starting to assume everything is now Chat GPT

Who would have imagined Skynet starting by the name Chat GPT.

Or that the initial attack of the machines would be via balloons…

nxrm wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:40 pm

Kittaan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 11:29 am

ms2r wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:49 am
Who would have imagined Skynet starting by the name Chat GPT.

Or that the initial attack of the machines would be via balloons…

"..and the horn of judgement was thus sounded in rubber chariots born on wings of helium"
Book of Chewbacce 69:420

!!

Buzz and Mackie Osborne were on the latest episode of the Making Ways podcast, talking about the art of Melvins music, but Mackie also talked about some other things she's doing, including this bit about Tool reissues about 11 minutes into the episode:

"I'm also working on some really limited edition things for Tool who are rereleasing all of their back catalog on this very limited edition package. And then they're also gonna rerelease all the back catalog in kind of the standard way. Standard for them, which is not standard... but they'll be mass produced. There's a limited edition thing that's going to be very limited. And then they're rereleasing 10,000 Days which has never been on vinyl."

Source: https://www.makingways.co/episodes/epis ... ie-osborne

"Limited editions"

you'll have to buy a skull with it

Whowatchesthewampas wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:24 am you'll have to buy a skull with it

I'll take 2 and a poster.

10000 Days and Aenima on vinyl would be great though.

More blankets. And cowbell.

I bet a fat-ass, dirty dollar that they won't even be remastered or include any bonus tracks.

Just give us Salival II

Limited editions of limited editions.

tys0n wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:40 pm I bet a fat-ass, dirty dollar that they won't even be remastered or include any bonus tracks.

Just give us Salival II

Why should any or their music be remastered?
Oh well, except 10000 Days, of course...

tys0n wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:40 pm I bet a fat-ass, dirty dollar that they won't even be remastered or include any bonus tracks.

Just give us Salival II

I thought all of the albums were already remastered, just before they were released on streaming platforms.

Tool Streaming/Remastered Versions

I imagine it'll be these remastered versions used on the upcoming re-releases.

I'm not blaming vaccinations but holy shit grammar has gone out the fucking window in the past year.

tys0n wrote: ↑Sun Mar 05, 2023 12:24 pm I'm not blaming vaccinations but holy shit grammar has gone out the fucking window in the past year.

I blame Lindsey Grahammer. It does be definitely wholly he fault.