Puzzle Box 4

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I think I'm disapearing... No really, I went to log on to vanishingpointgame and it would not take my user name and password. I tryed it on 4 other computers and double checked cap lock, lower case. I figured, what the heck I'll just click the remind me link and get a new one in the email. I did just that and thats when it got weird. The password it sent me is "Password: .taDE1"

The anagram for Date1. maybe L.O.K.I. is ****ed at me for not showing up after RSVPing.... Mayebe I'm reading too much into it but I've tryed for 3 days to login with every combo, and 8 other computers, no luck. I tryed the forgot password thing agian and it keeps saying "Unable to send email. Please try again later. " It has done this for 2 days now! I really want to finish the puzzle but time is limited! Ahhhh, I'm fadding away......

Anybody else having problems like these logging on to vanishingpointgame ?

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garykagan

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I think I'm disapearing... No really, I went to log on to vanishingpointgame and it would not take my user name and password. I tryed it on 4 other computers and double checked cap lock, lower case. I figured, what the heck I'll just click the remind me link and get a new one in the email. I did just that and thats when it got weird. The password it sent me is "Password: .taDE1"

The anagram for Date1. maybe L.O.K.I. is ****ed at me for not showing up after RSVPing.... Mayebe I'm reading too much into it but I've tryed for 3 days to login with every combo, and 8 other computers, no luck. I tryed the forgot password thing agian and it keeps saying "Unable to send email. Please try again later. " It has done this for 2 days now! I really want to finish the puzzle but time is limited! Ahhhh, I'm fadding away......

Anybody else having problems like these logging on to vanishingpointgame ?

I just logged in this morning with no problems.

What tool are you using (link please) to map out the miles from the last clue? I tried google earth, but it does not seem to have the miles from point to point I am looking for. Any help?

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Ices_Eyes

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I have an idea that not want to go away...

Are we sure that the mile distance on /roamingroaming are in effect distance?

They are really preciseand do a trip around the worl for who knows why, for than come back near to the starting point...

Shouldn't them mean something else than distance?

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redsquareblack

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I have an idea that not want to go away...

Are we sure that the mile distance on /roamingroaming are in effect distance?

They are really preciseand do a trip around the worl for who knows why, for than come back near to the starting point...

Shouldn't them mean something else than distance?

I agree. Though I haven't found the "Mystery Spot", I'm convinced that each direction takes you to a specific PLACE; the names of each place at which you arrive along the way will be used to make a word that will serve as a tag.

That's my humble opinion, at least.

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confusio

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I agree. Though I haven't found the "Mystery Spot", I'm convinced that each direction takes you to a specific PLACE; the names of each place at which you arrive along the way will be used to make a word that will serve as a tag.

That's my humble opinion, at least.

The last riddle is very tricky, I don't believe you can arrive to a trivial solution.

Using the distances to draw lines in a map is not quite precise and the distances are given with

fraction of a mile precision, asuming that left means west, right east, up north and down south

I converted all the mileages to deltas in degrees, for longitude 1 degree = 69.172 miles and

for latitude 1 degree = 69.2 miles.

I like the idea of thinking as each place as a way to make a word, so far depending on what

starting point you take some of the intermediate points are in the middle of nowhere like in

the atlantic ocean.

If for example I take the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz coordinates as the starting point, based

on my calculations, which may be completely wrong I end in Abilene Texas.

One interesting fact is that Abilene is the network name for Internet2.

But where TANLI fits in here ?, yes you can make the word LATIN with it, could be that we

have to permutate the letters on some name to get the final solution ?

Just thinking out loud, I'm still having a tough time to accept that the final answer is just

a trivial one.

Cheers

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garykagan

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The last riddle is very tricky, I don't believe you can arrive to a trivial solution.

Using the distances to draw lines in a map is not quite precise and the distances are given with

fraction of a mile precision, asuming that left means west, right east, up north and down south

I converted all the mileages to deltas in degrees, for longitude 1 degree = 69.172 miles and

for latitude 1 degree = 69.2 miles.

I like the idea of thinking as each place as a way to make a word, so far depending on what

starting point you take some of the intermediate points are in the middle of nowhere like in

the atlantic ocean.

If for example I take the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz coordinates as the starting point, based

on my calculations, which may be completely wrong I end in Abilene Texas.

One interesting fact is that Abilene is the network name for Internet2.

But where TANLI fits in here ?, yes you can make the word LATIN with it, could be that we

have to permutate the letters on some name to get the final solution ?

Just thinking out loud, I'm still having a tough time to accept that the final answer is just

a trivial one.

Cheers

What tool are you using to map it out? I can't get google earth to work with drawing lines with miles. Any help would be appreciated.

thanks,

Gary

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confusio

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What tool are you using to map it out? I can't get google earth to work with drawing lines with miles. Any help would be appreciated.

Gary

I use Google Earth but I don't draw the lines on the map, I just calculated the latitude and longitude coordinates for each point

and use Google Earth to locate where are them.

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garykagan

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I use Google Earth but I don't draw the lines on the map, I just calculated the latitude and longitude coordinates for each point

and use Google Earth to locate where are them.

ok - I need a quick lesson then

I want to try out some mystery spots.

How do I add 5874.61 miles east to a lat and long value?

for instance, if I start at 37deg 14'38.00" and 115deg 48'39.00" and use:

for longitude 1 degree = 69.172 miles and

for latitude 1 degree = 69.2 miles.

how do I do the math properly?

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garykagan

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No! I think we would have noticed that. Maybe they realized that people were trying to figure out the mystery spot instead of the real objective so they put this in.

Think what you want. I had my lokiv page open for 2 days. I was sick yesterday, and refreshed it today after I read the CA was added. Sure enough, it poped up.

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