Talk:XKCD-100

Is this 100 miles as in "it took over 100 miles of travel just to get the hash", or "getting to the hash and back involved over 100 miles of travel in total"? I sort of assume the former, but some explicit disambiguation wouldn't hurt any. :) --Youhas 20:41, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, my intention was 100 miles one way -- basically, to the far end of the graticule via windy roads -- but I suppose the whole achievement thing is "honor system", so folks can award them to themselves however they see fit. But my intention was "100 mi [one way] for the express purpose of making xkcd meetup." That is, vacationing in another state and then deciding "hey, I'm bored, I should geohash..." isn't in the spirit of the award, which is intended for a more "I'm going to make the xkcd meetup no matter what, dammit!" mindset. 192.42.249.12 21:14, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I'd figured that "100 miles one way" was the intention, but just got slightly confused when I saw the link to Ted's achievement, which was approximately half that. Turns out that the answer was "the link was underselling Ted's accomplishment", to the tune of about 50 miles - Modesto being way further afield than Newark, coming from Santa Cruz. Fixed the link, convinced myself that I am not losing my mind - successes all around, really. :) --Youhas 23:59, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm taking a trip this weekend to my hometown, which is 140 miles away from where I currently live. I might try to make it to the Saturday meetup in my hometown, so I'm wondering if I'd be worthy of this achievement. Something tells me that intended destination plays a role in winning this prize. --Alex 20:21, 16 June 2008 (EST)

Yeah, I'd guess that whether one qualifies or not sort of hinges on one's primary reason for traveling. "I'm (out of town on business / traveling about on vacation / whatever) and incidentally happened to stumble upon a conveniently-located hash point!" is probably qualitatively different than "there's a geohash at a far-flung location, and by golly, we are going to make the trek out there to get it!" The latter seems much more in the spirit of the accomplishment. --Youhas 23:43, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Honorable mention?

What about a honorable mention for meetups which are not saturday 4 pm meetups because they take place at another day or time, but still are meetups where several people travelled independently to meet at the hashpoint? This refers to 2009-02-22_51_10 where six people started from four different regions, all of them travelling for more than 161 km one way (more than 500 for myself, actually). Only, it was on a sunday.

I'd guess that the achievement was thought up in the early days of hashing, perhaps assuming that people would only want to go hashing on a Saturday. It probably needs a slight tweak now that we've collectively shown that it's just as good on any other day of the week! -- Benjw 15:11, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

I'd support the honourable mention. I do think we need to retain awards that emphasize the Saturday 4 p.m, MEET UP to increase the likelihood that we'll actually meet. I met two geohashers who had arrived at 4 p.m. on a Saturday by coincidence, not even realizing that it was the right time, and as Uglystick, whom I discovered last night, has shown, there are people out there happily geohashing and not reporting nor being part of the wiki community. -Robyn 16:44, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough: I hadn't thought of it like that. It would indeed be nice to actually meet another geohasher while on an expedition, so anything to make that more likely is great. -- Benjw 17:10, 25 February 2009 (UTC)