User talk:Virgletati
Restricted Area Geohash
- Nice job! In retrospect, it's highly unsurprising that the first Restricted Area Geohash happened at a particle accelerator:
- particle accelerators tend to be restricted areas;
- they tend to employ the kind of people who read xkcd; and
- they encompass vast swathes of land.
- 203.97.216.171 00:49, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
- You're right. Where were all the other Fermilab people? By the way; it's just occurred to me that if you're patient enough, you might be in a good position to attend the first Underground Restricted Area Geohash, unless the CERN people beat you to it. 203.97.216.171 01:35, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
- Congratulations! That is very awesome. I agree with 203.97.216.171 that there was definitely some selection bias. Brett Daniel 04:51, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
- Congrats! This is exactly what I meant when I wrote the requirements for this achievement. FunkyTuba 05:33, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
"Fail"
I completely agree with you regarding the "Failed" categories. I would never have named them that because getting out of the house and travelling all that way is in no way a failure. "Reached" and "Not Reached" are better terms and I don't know why Thomcat put "failed" on the reason categories. He does acknowledge on the page where the categories are discussed that it's not really a failure, but you've hit the nail on the head with the fact that it feels bad to have that category on your expedition. I always feel bad putting it on someone's page. Yes, by all means, celebrate your approach to the geohash. If you have any suggestions for encouraging people to do so ... well it's a wiki so you can encourage. The name+timestamp mark is achieved by typing four consecutive tildes. -Robyn 15:28, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- I like the sound of "Thwarted"! David Souther 20:30, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
