Talk:Curse of Unawareness
Does this mean that if I can prove I've been there, it counts as a successful expedition? --Ilpadre 10:27, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
- IMHO: no, because it's still no geohashing expedition. You need to be there on purpose and aware of the coordinates. But if that ever happens to you, we'll all happily read about your proof. --Ekorren 21:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Retro unawareness
A discussion just came up about two more unresolved points with this consolation prize:
- a) If you visited the coordinates on the right day, but before Dow opening, so that the coordinates were not available at that time, does it still count?
- b) Does this extend to days before publication of the algorithm, so that there actually wasn't any point to be unaware of because geohashing in itself didn't exist at that time?
My own opinion:
a) yes, for sake of fairness. In some timezones it would be impossible otherwise on weekdays for dates before 30W introduction)
b) undecided. Could even be made into a consolation prize of its own (Prophets Geohash?)
--Ekorren 21:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
I almost did it.
I was biking on the Virginia Creeper Trail this past Saturday and would have been about half a mile to a mile from the next day's point...had I known and had it been the next day. - Oracle989
Categorization
Meetup pages for curses of unawareness are currently categorized inconsistantly.
Are they expeditions? I agree with Ekorren's comment from above that they are not expeditions, one has to be aware in order for it to count as an expedition.
I'm noticing that there are two types of curse pages: There is a difference between "I drove right through it" and "I drove 100 meters past it, but it would have been so easy to get out and reach it". I would argue that the former (where only awareness is missing) belong into Category:Coordinates reached - Did not attempt, while the latter (where both awareness and a minimal detour are missing) belong into Category:Not reached - Did not attempt. I would also argue that neither belong into Category:Coordinates reached nor Category:Coordinates not reached, since those are for expeditions.
