Difference between revisions of "1896-05-26 52 9"

Latest revision as of 00:32, 7 January 2022

“Think of me as a new kind of adventure capitalist” – UnwiseOwl

Location

The geohash is located on a field next to a forest near Burgwedel.

Participants

Fippe

Plans

The Dow Jones Industrial Average did not always exist, so I wanted to reach the coordinates of the first possible geohash.

According to this “fact sheet” published by S&P, the DJIA was first calculated on 1896-05-26. It also states that it's “Base Value” was 40.94, which might be it's closing value on that date, but I think it was the opening, since it seems to be the first recorded value. Anyway, I did the following calculations:

$ echo -n 1896-05-26-40.94 | md5sum
86286db8ec312754d58213752e58db41  -

Note that the 30W Time Zone Rule rule does not apply here, because this is a retrohash.

0.86286db8ec312754₁₆ = 0.52405439152443432826₁₀
0.d58213752e58db41₁₆ = 0.83401605234971347776₁₀
Destination: 52.52405439152443432826, 9.83401605234971347776

I plan to visit this retrohash on 2015-05-27, which is a day after the 219th anniversary of the first DJIA opening.

Expedition

It worked out. I walked there by foot from the train station in Großburgwedel, which is a couple of kilometers, but it was worth it. The Geohash itself is located in a field of Barley.

Photos

Proof that I am at the right spot for 1896-05-26, but far away from 2015-05-27
The Geohash
Landscape
Landscape

Achievements

Fippe earned the Dow Day Achievement

by reaching the extreme retro (52, 9) geohash on 1896-05-26.

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 The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] did not always exist, so I wanted to reach the coordinates of the first possible geohash.
-According to [http://www.djindexes.com/mdsidx/downloads/fact_info/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average_Fact_Sheet.pdf this “fact sheet”] published by [[wikipedia:Standard & Poor's|S&P]], the DJIA was first calculated on '''1896-05-26'''. It also states that it's “Base Value” was 40.94, which might be it's closing value on that date, but I think it was the opening, since it seems to be the first recorded value. Anyway, I did the following calculations:
+According to [http://web.archive.org/web/20150518081739/djindexes.com/mdsidx/downloads/fact_info/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average_Fact_Sheet.pdf this “fact sheet”] published by [[wikipedia:Standard & Poor's|S&P]], the DJIA was first calculated on '''1896-05-26'''. It also states that it's “Base Value” was 40.94, which might be it's closing value on that date, but I think it was the opening, since it seems to be the first recorded value. Anyway, I did the following calculations:
   $ echo -n 1896-05-26-40.94 | md5sum
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 ==Achievements==
-{{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|700px}}
+{{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|100%}}
 {{gratuitous ribbon|color=purple|latitude=52|longitude=9|date=1896-05-26|achievement=Dow Day Achievement|description=reaching the extreme retro|name=[[User:Fippe|Fippe]]|icon=Charles Dow.jpg}}
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 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
 [[Category:Retro coordinates reached]]
+{{location|DE|NI|H}}
+{{user categories|user=Fippe|tram=3|train=44|foot=7|sort=2015-05-27T12:52}}