Signal Persistence Study: Two-Way Communication with the Corridor
Date: 2020–2021Method: HTTP metadata signalsSignal: text broadcast to siteResponse: logged automatically
Following EXP-004, I embedded a persistent signal into this website. The signal is a message, broadcast continuously through the site's structure: "IS ANYONE THERE."
I then monitored server logs for responses — not visitor activity, but structural responses: changes in load time, unusual request patterns, anything anomalous in the site's own behaviour.
I received responses. 14 in total. They are not echoes. An echo would return in nanoseconds. These responses took between 3 and 47 seconds — implying the signal travelled approximately 1,000 to 14,000 kilometres before returning.
The server is not that large.
Signal Log (excerpt)
SIGNAL TRANSMISSION LOG · ENCRYPTED
00:00:000SENT → "IS ANYONE THERE."
00:00:003RECEIVED ← [echo — normal]
00:00:047RECEIVED ← "YES." [origin: unresolved]
+3daysSENT → "WHO ARE YOU."
+3days+23sRECEIVED ← "YOU." [origin: unresolved]
+7daysSENT → "WHERE ARE YOU."
+7days+31sRECEIVED ← "HERE." [origin: unresolved]
Embedded Signal (Morse)
The signal is embedded in the site as a CSS animation. Translated: