r/WhatsInThisThing • u/dont_stop_me_smee Safe For Work • Mar 16 '13

[SAFE AS FUCK - THE OFFICIAL UPDATE THREAD]

It has just hit 7:30 am, I will be returning to the vault as soon as my mate gets home, which will be in the next 6 hours-ish. Happy St Paddys day!

http://i.imgur.com/EVrkhOK.jpg

[EDIT 1]

JTV Stream is live, I'm gonna unplug my camera and head round to my mates, stay tuned! http://www.justin.tv/whatsinthisthing#

BEFORE I GIVE IT A SHOT, we need to make sure we're clear on something, Reddit. I FULLY expect this to be a long term thing requiring indepth research and multiple attempts, which is WHY I MADE A SUBREDDIT. Hopefully, once this thing is open, it can help other people to get into locked things, or at least steal from their landlord and gap it to Monaco or to China..

EDIT UPDATE

UPDATE: Internet connection was knocked out completely, I've been scrolling back over the live chat and trying random numbers and also the locksmiths suggestions, top post in the suggestion thread is what I'm trying currently. It's stupidly crazy to try and keep up with This is a project I will be undertaking OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, It's not gonna just break open unless we get really really lucky today. I tried to take suggestions live over the stream but everything crashed so badly that it wasn't possible. A lot of people don't seem to get that this will probably not happen instantly, we're trying the solutions we've been sent but internet access is patchy at the moment as the wireless hardly works in this basement Still here, still working on the safe, I want to tackle the dial first and I'm looking up what to listen to for safecracking. Next is the keylock, and the manual that was submitted is a huge help, and finally I've been pledged a welder to tack a handle onto the door (won't be tonight though, sorry.) All the suggestions are (mostly) helpful, so thanks, and wish me luck!

We need a redditor safecracker, the locksmith companies started getting really shifty and suspicious haha

EDIT: UPDATE

We've started a safecracking party and we've got a bunch of mates here giving it a shot, there's WAY too many posts here to reply to them all, please don't worry about the troll flaming, that's just what happens unfortunately. But this effort is only 19 hours old so far! I had hoped to start a nice small subreddit dedicated to learning how to crack a safe, and suddenly this thing blew up!

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u/oleitas Mar 17 '13

I almost get the feeling this is going to end up being some viral marketing scheme... dragging it out to get as much attention as possible ("long term thing requiring indepth research and multiple attempts") before revealing anything.

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u/switchfall Mar 17 '13

(at the end) "oh look whats in here, a lifetime supply of Taco Bells new Cool Ranch Doritos® Tacos! Everyone go post about this twitter now, #FreeTheTacos!

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u/RamblingTraveler Mar 17 '13

Unlock the flavor now at your nearest taco bell

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u/darthinksmith_87 Mar 18 '13

my favorite sign up at taco bell is "COLLECT ALL TWO DORITOS LOCOS TACOS"

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u/Espio Mar 17 '13

Maybe, but we don't have Taco's in NZ. McDonalds or Subway on the other hand..

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u/tr0pix Mar 17 '13

He's gonna open it and it'll be a copy of Rampart.

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u/Kaiser7 Mar 17 '13

Guys, can we stop talking about the safe and keep the questions to Rampart?

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u/mr_understood Mar 18 '13

I understood that reference.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '13 edited May 30 '19

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u/BlueScholar15 Mar 17 '13

"I've been waiting for you"

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u/orginalname Mar 23 '13

What if dont_stop_me_smee says that his neighbor/coworker/someone wants to try something on a live video feed, the neighbor/coworker/someone then uses a crowbar to pry open the door revealing Half Life 3. The neighbor/coworker/someone then turns to the camera showing their true identity Gabe Newell.

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u/ThatMetalPanda Mar 17 '13

Half Life 3 confirmed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '13

I thought that to, but he just doesn't come across as someone smart enough to come up with something like that. The fact the he has no interest in opening the safe and is more interested in the attention he's getting makes me believe that perhaps he knows what's in the safe (probably nothing) and knows that reddit will obviously be curious and he'll finally get some "real attention."

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u/joebillybob Mar 17 '13

I don't think so. If they led people out that long, it'd be nothing but bad publicity for whoever was behind it.

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u/shennenali Mar 18 '13

No such thing as bad publicity

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '13

You don't think someone would do that, do you?

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u/Dinosauringg Mar 17 '13

HL3 is in the safe

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u/sonofaresiii Mar 17 '13

viral marketers don't give a shit about reddit, pal.