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| − | '''2009-07- | + | '''2009-07-30''' How accurate are the co-ordinates?<br/> |
| + | I like to answer questions like this, so I had a go. By my reckoning, the geohash algorithm gives a maximum grid resolution of about 6 femtometres, which is about 6,000 times smaller than a hydrogen atom. Talk about a hammer to crack a nut! | ||
| + | '''2009-07-29''' More about Couch Potato<br/> | ||
I think my previous estimate was pessimistic. Personally I would count anything within a 30m radius of the centre of my house, given that the grounds are fairly large. Actually they are rectangular, but likely to be equivalent to a 30m radius circle. I must measure this accurately at some point. | I think my previous estimate was pessimistic. Personally I would count anything within a 30m radius of the centre of my house, given that the grounds are fairly large. Actually they are rectangular, but likely to be equivalent to a 30m radius circle. I must measure this accurately at some point. | ||
Anyway, this new criterion yields a 1 in 3 million chance on a given day (equating to a 1 in 8200 chance in a given year). | Anyway, this new criterion yields a 1 in 3 million chance on a given day (equating to a 1 in 8200 chance in a given year). | ||
| − | '''2009-07-17''' Couch Potato... | + | '''2009-07-17''' Couch Potato...<br/> |
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I have just worked out that at my latitude of 50 degrees, assuming my house includes its land area of about 30x40m, there is a 1 in 6.7 million chance of getting a couch potato award on a given day. Not good odds, though admittedly a little better than the Lotto jackpot :| | I have just worked out that at my latitude of 50 degrees, assuming my house includes its land area of about 30x40m, there is a 1 in 6.7 million chance of getting a couch potato award on a given day. Not good odds, though admittedly a little better than the Lotto jackpot :| | ||
Revision as of 11:36, 30 July 2009
58 / m / 50,-1Macronencer
| Real name | Mike |
| Based in | Bursledon, Southampton, UK |
| Education | Southampton Uni Maths grad, 1986. |
| Job | Software developer |
| True vocation | Media Composer (I'm working on it) |
| xkcd history | Fan since the first mention on BoingBoing in 2005 |
Other information
Mike can close his nose without touching it, which makes him fart-proof. He eats at least forty times his own body weight every century, is a part-time volunteer in the Lynne Truss militia, and loves skunks, his son and longevity research - but not in that order. Give him an inch and he takes a mile. Give him a pinch and he makes a pile. He is a full-time sceptic, part-time father, one-time rock star and all-time champion awful punster.
Local graticules
Southampton, United Kingdom (home)
Swindon, United Kingdom (convenient alternative)
Brighton, United Kingdom (possible alternative as I work near Fareham)
Planned hashes
Standard hashes
Retro hashes and special expeditions
- 2008-05-21 51 -1 Standby retrohash for next year's Mouse Over Day - hash for original geohash day in the Swindon grat.
Attempted Hashes
Standard hashes
(icon work in progress!)
| Seq# | ID | Location | Information | 
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Meetup | First encounters |
| 005 | 2009-07-27 50 -1 | Romsey, Hampshire |     
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5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 004 | 2009-07-27 51 -0 | Flitwick, near Luton | 
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4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 003 | 2009-07-22 50 -0 | The Road To Bognor |  
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3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 002 | 2009-07-18 50 -1 | Hambledon Cricket pilgrimage! | Meetup
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2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 001 | 2009-06-28 50 -1 | Hedge End recreation ground | 
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sermoa |
Retro hashes and special expeditions
| Date | ID | Location | Information |
| 2009-07-27 | 1965-05-06 51 0 | Origin Geohash achievement In a field next to Hylands Park, Chelmsford |
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Statistics
Score card(s)
| -2 | -1 | -0 | |
| 52 | x | x | x |
| 51 | x | x | 1 |
| 50 | x | 3 | 1 |
Achievements
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Macronencer achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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This user earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement
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This user earned the Multihash Achievement
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Macronencer earned the Origin geohash achievement
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Macronencer earned the Land geohash achievement
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
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Gratuitous Ribbons
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Macronencer earned the Musician Achievement
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Macronencer earned the Rubik's Achievement
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Long-term intentions
- Earn various Displaced origin geohash achievements (some of these are rather ambitious, I'll admit!)
- 1965-05-06 51 -3 - actually on a green on the Aberdare golf course near Cardiff in Wales :)
- 1965-05-06 52 0 - marginally within somebody's front garden, but I could wangle it, I'm sure.
- 1965-05-06 53 -1 - next to a canal and the M62 near Sheffield. Sounds inaccessible, but satellite imagery makes it look relatively easy.
- 1965-05-06 39 3 - very accessible as it is right next to a road... but it's on Mallorca.
- 1965-05-06 20 -156 - Maui - therefore expensive to get to. But just a short walk into the hills...
- Leave a variety of unusual xkcd signs
- One made out of ants (Oh yeah!)
- One that can only be seen from the right angle (like the Channel 4 logos on TV)
- One in ASCII binary (probably already been done)
- One in Morse code (ditto)
- Collar someone with a boat and do a Water geohash, probably in the Solent, or the river Itchen or Hamble.
- Gain the Minesweeper Geohash ribbon because it's shiny! Probably centred on the Swindon graticule.
Completed!
- Earn the Origin geohash achievement by visiting 1965-05-06 51 0 in a field near Chelmsford
- Leave an xkcd sign in Braille
VERY long-term intentions
- Complete a hash expedition in all 64,800 graticules. Hey, I'm a life-extensionist and I think big, what can I say? The real question is: centuries from now, will geohashing exist? Come to that, will the Dow Jones exist? I think Gene Roddenberry would probably say "Let's hope not". So there ya go.
Journal
2009-07-30 How accurate are the co-ordinates?
I like to answer questions like this, so I had a go. By my reckoning, the geohash algorithm gives a maximum grid resolution of about 6 femtometres, which is about 6,000 times smaller than a hydrogen atom. Talk about a hammer to crack a nut!
2009-07-29 More about Couch Potato
I think my previous estimate was pessimistic. Personally I would count anything within a 30m radius of the centre of my house, given that the grounds are fairly large. Actually they are rectangular, but likely to be equivalent to a 30m radius circle. I must measure this accurately at some point.
Anyway, this new criterion yields a 1 in 3 million chance on a given day (equating to a 1 in 8200 chance in a given year).
2009-07-17 Couch Potato...
I have just worked out that at my latitude of 50 degrees, assuming my house includes its land area of about 30x40m, there is a 1 in 6.7 million chance of getting a couch potato award on a given day. Not good odds, though admittedly a little better than the Lotto jackpot :|
