★ VirMach ★ Black Friday & Cyber Week 2018 ★ RAID 10 SSD ★ OpenVZ & KVM ★ Check inside for offers!

dTQzBen8

@JabJab said:
Numbers are the keys to universe!

It's 42! (not a clue, just for fun)

oriend

"90% off recurring* flash sales" would be da bomb, but I have no time to hunt unfortunately. Just wanted to help with pushing this thread to 200 pages and say good luck to my OG Virmach dudes.

TheWizard

@FrankZ said:

Still looking but have yet to find the 70% off 1GB.

A clue was given about it earlier actually; something to do with Buffalo!

FAT32

90% off recurring SSD512 is fully claimed now.

Chronic

FAT32 said: 90% off recurring SSD512 is fully claimed now.

Can you tell us where it was, given that it's claimed?

FrankZ

TheWizard said: A clue was given about it earlier actually; something to do with Buffalo!

Thanks, I saw that, and have been looking at buffaloes for the last few hours without success, yet.

pullangcubo

There's a reason why @FAT32 didn't put anything under the "Thread" column for the "50% off recurring KVM Lite". It's because the easter egg is located in both threads!

And oh, you shouldn't inspect just the content of the posts itself; easter eggs could be anywhere where a user can customize its content

uptime

Aye those buffaloe have been run ragged - but at least the billing server is not on fire any more ...

FAT32

Sure, explanation for 3 of the eggs

90% off recurring SSD512

1. Go to this comment: https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/3061019#Comment_3061019
2. There are lots of coupon codes there by hovering on the dots symbol, but only one of them is real
3. The real one is the last dot in the 4th line: EASTEREGG312019201 (Trial and error)
4. Reading other lines will give you hint on how to use it (SSD512 on 2nd line, Annual on 6th line)

80% off recurring SSD8G

1. Go to this comment: https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/3061013/#Comment_3061013
2. The "here" is actually a link to order SSD8G, but the coupon code is incomplete because it is just ".gif"
3. Click on "show previous quotes" to show the GIF of 2 eggs that I posted earlier
4. The file name of the GIF is the complete coupon code: TGWn.gif

100% off first year KVM Lite

1. Go to this comment: https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/3060496/#Comment_3060496
2. Open the math paper named "Stability in Commutative Combinatorics"
3. Noticed that the author is Syed Ahmed, this suggest there's something wrong with this file. In case you don't know, Syed Ahmed is one of the main staff in VirMach
4. Read page 8 under Conclusion section, there's a "Conjecture 8.3" which gives you the coupon code: BF2019FULLKVMLITEFIRSTYEAR
5. In case this is too hard, me and @uptime actually created fake conversations that hinted quite a lot

moni099878

FAT32 said: Just to prevent you guys from spending too much time, that random colorful puzzle is from 2018.

The promotion code entered has already been used
Did I find the wrong puzzle?

FAT32

@moni099878 said:
The promotion code entered has already been used
Did I find the wrong puzzle?

What I mean is that puzzle is NOT this year's egg.

geo

Damn. Thought I had to do something with the numbers. You win some, you lose some.

moni099878

Sorry, I misunderstood.

dTQzBen8

@FAT32 said:
Sure, explanation for 3 of the eggs

Well placed. Only got last one but happy with that.

@FAT32 said:

@moni099878 said:
The promotion code entered has already been used
Did I find the wrong puzzle?

What I mean is that puzzle is NOT this year's egg.

Don't you say random color thing and page 27~30? I thought that's it?

FAT32

@dTQzBen8 said:
Don't you say random color thing and page 27~30? I thought that's it?

This is the hints for one of the eggs that is still valid:

1. Find a text / image / link that is not what it supposed to be.
2. It is in page 27-30
3. It is NOT the colorful puzzle

dTQzBen8

@FAT32 said:
This is hint for one of the eggs that is still valid:

1. Find a text / image / link that is not what it supposed to be.
2. It is in page 27-30
3. It is NOT the colorful puzzle

OK that's clear. Power up and go searching.

bakageta

@geo said:
Ugh, what do all these numbers mean?

Right? I feel so lost, and then so dumb that it was just trial and error of those all.

FrankZ

FAT32 said: Sure, explanation for 3 of the eggs

Nice job hiding the eggs.

FAT32

@FrankZ said:
Nice job hiding the eggs.

The credit should goes to @VirMach because the first 2 is hide by him

uptime

@FAT32 instructions unclear - buffaloe stuck in billing server. Please advice!

I am curious to know how many people got the 100% off first year KVM Lite. I feel fortunate to have been pointed to read that paper - I didn't realize it was an easter egg at first, just some very confusing math, which I spent a little bit of time trying to research - because I am curious to understand interesting concepts such as "Reimannian prime" ... But when I searched on the web on that term, and the search engine suggested "Reimannian prime rib" I was a bit puzzled but still not fully aware that the supposed paper really was just a bunch of pseudo-mathematical buzzwords!

I did notice the first author's name ... so I kept going to see if it got better - just skimmed it quickly and then just skipped to the end (as I often do when trying to understand a paper, it sometimes helps to first read the conclusion, references, appendix and then go back to the beginning with some better sense of direction, so as not to get too bogged down in details from the start) ... AND THEN I SAW IT! IT WAS SO AWESOME MY FIRST EASTER EGG! IT WAS REAL AND IT WAS MAGNIFICENT!

thanks for that experience @FAT32 - very much appreciate how you put that one together! And that free for a year KVM Lite is pretty nice too, so thanks very much for that one @VirMach for serving up the good stuff

moni099878

FAT32 said: This is the hints for one of the eggs that is still valid:

Find a text / image / link that is not what it supposed to be.

It is in page 27-30
It is NOT the colorful puzzle

Found it. 100%one time off for flash sale.

geo

@bakageta said:

@geo said:
Ugh, what do all these numbers mean?

Right? I feel so lost, and then so dumb that it was just trial and error of those all.

Ahh yeah the shameful defeat I felt. 🤣

FrankZ

FAT32 said: Seriously tho, the first 2 is hide by @VirMach

Ha, I should have known, they were pretty devious hides.

FrankZ

moni099878 said: Found it. 100%one time off for flash sale.

Well that's a winner !!

uptime said: I am curious to know how many people got the 100% off first year KVM Lite.

I was lucky enough to get one, great deal

moni099878

I need sleep😪...

dTQzBen8

@moni099878 said:

FAT32 said: This is the hints for one of the eggs that is still valid:

Find a text / image / link that is not what it supposed to be.

It is in page 27-30
It is NOT the colorful puzzle

Found it. 100%one time off for flash sale.

Wow so fast. I searched a time and still find nothing. I'm so stupid.

dribbler

@FAT32 said:
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3. Read page 8 under Conclusion section, there's a "Conjecture 8.3" which gives you the coupon code: BF2019FULLKVMLITEFIRSTYEAR

Here's a tip for the next time you need to mix text and math in LaTeX. Use \mathrm or \mathit like this $$\mathrm{BF2019FULLKVMLITEFIRSTYEAR}$$. Not doing this gives you math spacing around each character and thus the spaced out look for that code. Further links to learn more here.

Thanks for the great eggs!

dTQzBen8

OK check it 5 times and still nothing. Cats? Buffalos? Helmet? Trash? Going to have a meal as I'm hungry.

FrankZ

ZA_capetown

To 200 and beyond!