What kind of idiocy is that? Suburb stands for "sub-urban", so urban certainly never meant suburb. Was that supposed to be some kind of humour? (and, for that matter, who is George Carlin?)
I'd rather pay cash for that program where you get kidnapped off the street and have to escape (couldn't find a link to it), than wander around a busy city looking for shit and get really kidnapped.
--
The poor fool will never know the joys of Monkey Physics. Hmm...I'm going to eat my pipe now.
Re:This is cool, but...
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Santa_Clause
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· Score: 1
pay me 10grand, and I'll kidnap you. For the small sum of 20 grand, this adventure will have a way to get free.
-- Don't forget, Christmas is coming, and I check my list twice!
The Dallas event was great!
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openbear
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· Score: 2, Insightful
I participated in the Dallas UC and it was a blast. It really gives you a chance to learn about local history.
I've done something like this
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StarmanDeluxe
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· Score: 3, Funny
But, of course, thanks to awesomeness of my calc professor, you had to work massive algebra and calculus problems to find the next checkpoint. And, naturally, it was over not just Los Angeles, but all of LA County.
Not a single person in the class (about 90) won.
Google Cache
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BizidyDizidy
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· Score: 4, Informative
Because registration is a pain, regardless of what people say.
It doesn't require running (although you're not gonna win without running). My wife and I participated in the Austin challeng. We're nowhere near fit and walked pretty much the entire course, and still came in smack in the middle of the standings. We took about 3:15 to finish.
"Because registration is a pain, regardless of what people say."
You registerred to Slashdot and posted this commment. How much harder is NYT registration?
Honestly guys, ya do it once and then it's done. If you're willing to register to Slashdot, then why's it such a BFD to register with NYT? It's not like NYT stories here are rare.
We're nowhere near fit and walked pretty much the entire course, and still came in smack in the middle of the standings.
You must remember that many/.ers think "too much exercise" means "leaving the basement".
And "exhausting journey" means "getting beyond WiFi range of my home WLAN".
And "Strenuous Trek" is a code phrase for what they did when they last played their collection of "Seven of Nine of Borg" videos. (Yeah, they got "assimilated".)
I think once the homeland of department security figure out that the same PC is accessing slashdot (pro Linux==pinko commies) and the NYT(left wing radicals acc to such levelheaded radio personalities such as Michael "not my real name" Savage and Rush "send druggies to Switzerland" Limbaugh, they'll take your PC and ship you to Guantanamo Bay.
Its just you (and maybe some friends), no real pressure. Plus its an actual trek (ranges from in-city, to some caches are ones that need Scuba or moutain gear or whatever).
And with geocaching you've just got your GPS, a compass, and maybe a topographic map (if you can get one). None of this fancy cell phones with internet to tell you answers stuff;-)
-Colin
Username / Password for NYTimes
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c_oflynn
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· Score: 2, Informative
For NYTimes just use:
username: plasticuser password: plastic
Compliments of plastic.com
The Great Slashdot Scavenger Hunt!
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Davak
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· Score: 2, Interesting
I think we need a great slashdot scavenger hunt! List of things to find...
1. Dupe Postings 2. Misspellin's 3. A day without two SCO posts in one day 4. Window vs *nix thread/flame 5. New IE exploit 6. Ascii penis troll 7. An excellent idea by an AC 8. Geeks without social life jokes 9. Lame attempt at humor (ie, this post...)
Add your own!
Davak
Re:The Great Slashdot Scavenger Hunt!
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sklib
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· Score: 1
12. ? 13. Profit!
-- -S
Suburban Challenge
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 3, Funny
Travel to various checkpoints using only your SUV.
If you're in Washington DC, or the environs;
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Morologous
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· Score: 1
Check out the DC Hunt, it's a similar scavenger hunt/trivia game/bar crawl.
No website that I can find, however, as it's organized each year by the team that won the preceding year's hunt.
Re:If you're in Washington DC, or the environs;
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koreth
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How does one find out more about it? I know someone who just moved to DC and would enjoy this kind of thing.
Re:If you're in Washington DC, or the environs;
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Morologous
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Well. It's coming up later this month (October). I'll ask my wife, she has the contact information. Monitor this space.
Re:If you're in Washington DC, or the environs;
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Morologous
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· Score: 1
Ok. I confirmed it with my wife. It's the 25th of October. The website is www.dchunt.org.
Re:If you're in Washington DC, or the environs;
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koreth
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· Score: 1
Thanks! I'll let my friend know. Sounds like fun.
This seems like an advertisement...
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mcknation
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· Score: 2
for the cities they are in. Not only that you pay them money for it. I'm not paying 100 bucks for a self guided tour around a city.
JavaOne's Urban Adventure was similar. Teams were given 2 cell phones and had to run around SF gathering information to answer questions (or if you wanted a break, answer questions about Java). There were also actions to perform to get an answer - my team had to find the right person waiting for a cable car, join hands around that person and sing "You are my sunshine". You received questions based on your location (GPS phone) so you didn't get a question that required your team to travel across the city.
It was more fun than I probably made it sound. Definitely a highlight of this year's JavaOne (along with Borland's party, where they rented a nightclub, hired a great band, and paid for all the drinks. BYOC (bring your own chick)). Oh yeah, there was something about Java at JavaOne as well...
google link
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elykyllek
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· Score: 2, Informative
Also good, if you're on the west coast, is the Go Game. Same theory, and as a veteran of 3 games, I can attest to the organizer's wit and the game's fun, though technical snafus have been common. They use public games to beta-test ideas, and make most of their money from private functions.
The Go Game is just one of many different kinds of games out there. Here is an FAQ I wrote up for a game I hosted a while back. It was before the Urban Challenge was out, but it still applies.
What is a this all about?
There are several types of these events: "games", "mini-games", and "road rallies". They are often compared to scavenger hunts and treasure hunts, though they are usually much more complex. The hosts of the event spend months planning the events, preparing and testing clues, and recruiting teams to participate.
What is a "game"?
Games usually last 24 to 48 hours and are the most intricate and difficult type of road rally. Teams must apply to participate prior to the game and submit fees which can run into the hundreds of dollars. Games are usually held in large cities, only a few times each year.
What is a "mini-game"?
Mini-games are related closely to games. They last no longer than twelve hours and attract teams of different skill levels. They are often the gateway event to the more complex games.
What is a "road rally"?
Road rallies are the shortest of the game events. They usually last from three to five hours and entrance costs are minimal. They are often held in the evening ending at a restaurant where teams converge and a winner is declared. Road rallies can be found in many suburbs, large cities, and even rural areas. Often times road rallies are hosted by church groups, singles networks, neighborhood associations, or held as annual events.
What is a team?
Teams consist of typically four to eight people who enter the game event as a group. Skill levels of teams can range from total novices to veteraned experts depending on the type of event. Teams must provide their own transportation, required and suggested supplies, and clue-solving ability.
What's a clue?
Clues are the guts of any game event. Clues can be as simple as a crossword puzzle or a word search or as complicated as decoding a message using cryptographic algorithms. On the more creative side, clues can be hidden in objects requiring manipulation to find.
Why do I need transportation?
A clue's solution will lead a team to a destination where the next clue will be hidden, revealed, or opened. Some game events are designed so teams can walk between the clue locations while others cover hundreds of miles. The hosts of the game event will indicate what type of transportation is required.
What are typical supplies?
Game event hosts will provide a list of required supplies which could include a specific almanac, a ruler, spare change, specific maps, phone books, a compass, etc. Experienced teams will often supplement this list with supplies known to be useful: cell phones, graph paper, a collegiate dictionary, etc.
One caveat about Go Game: Do not under any circumstances give them a valid email address. The purchase email lists from various sources and send tons of spam. Of course, if you're one of those people whjo prefer not to do business with spammers, than maybe you'll avoid them altogether.
-- It's simple: I demand prosecution for torture.
This isn't an event or a sport
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kfg
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It's a product to "promote bonding" and "team building" for those incapable of bonding or building teams on their own.
Or, more likely, it will be sold to managers who feel "left out of the team" and thus feel it's the rest of the office's fault, little realizing that the office is a well oiled team who's main business is trying to get work done without managment wasting their time with "team building exercises."
It looks as equally manufactured, artificial, plastic and fun as all other such bonding/team building exercises.
Which is to say I'd rather go have some entirely unecessary root canal work done.
I've got an idea. Instead of giving these doofwads fifty bucks a head to manipulate you so you can bond with your workmates/troubled teen, why not take that money and put it all into beer, potato salad and Doritos, make up your own event. . . and have fun.
Just a thought.
KFG
Re:This isn't an event or a sport
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Drakon
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dude we talked managment into a lasertag game and it was hella fun:-) so stop bitching thanks
Watch too much HBO and you see Midnight Madness, a movie themed on a similar challenge. Showing here. Starred Michael J. Fox in his silver screen debut, and was the first Disney movie to ever earn the PG-13 rating.
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--You will rephrase your request for me to go to hell. Goto statements are not acceptable programming constructs
Re:Watch too much HBO...
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Santa_Clause
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I don't believe there was a PG-13 rating in 1980.
G, PG, R, sticky floor.
-- Don't forget, Christmas is coming, and I check my list twice!
I can't post to Slashdot without registering. I can get NYTimes articles without registering. Also, NYTimes doesn't seem to care; indeed, they set up a system to facilitate it.
It's way easier to click the google cache inevitably posted, and I'm not giving away information for marketing purposes. Since no one had posted it this time, I decided to.
-- The safest way to approach lava is to have another person with you and he goes first.
"Also, NYTimes doesn't seem to care; indeed, they set up a system to facilitate it."
Fair point.
" It's way easier to click the google cache inevitably posted"
Why? First you have to go into the comments section, then you have to scroll down until you find it. Or, you could register once, get cookied, and never worry about it again.
" I'm not giving away information for marketing purposes."
As a general practice, I agree with you. In this case, it's so benign. You don't even need to send them a valid email address or honest information. I've never recieved spam from them (I used a specially created address just for them). Even if they did, as I said, you don't need to send them a new address.
If we were talking about any given site, I'd 100% agree with you. However, NYTimes stories make it here ALL the time. Every single time there are people who bitch about it and waste time finding away around the registration. I'm sorry, but it's just so silly to worry about this.
Here, just log in using this account I created for you (and anybody else who feels that registerring is way too hard)
user: toowhiney pass: slashdot
Yes, I'm serious, that'll work. Log in, then get cookied, then quit whining.
Well, I'm not whining first of all. I'm providing a service to people who want it (which is obviously not you). You might argue that my comments to the effect of "registration is a hassle" were whining; in some sense they were, but honestly I was trying to preempt the kind of whining that you offer.
Whenever someone posts one of these, which many people find helpful, people seem to complain about them. You are one of these people. If you don't like them, don't use them. I don't care either way; it's not like I'm getting a clickthrough.
-- The safest way to approach lava is to have another person with you and he goes first.
"Well, I'm not whining first of all. I'm providing a service to people who want it (which is obviously not you)... Whenever someone posts one of these, which many people find helpful, people seem to complain about them. "
You're right. I shouldn't have jumped you about it. I'm sorry.
-- "Derp de derp."
If you are going to be in Michigan...
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mac-diddy
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· Score: 1
Checkpoint 2^nth-1: Divide the increase in the stock price of SCO by the number of lines of non-GPL'd SCO code in the current Linux kernel.
If quotient is positive, go to the nearest topless bar.
If quotient is negative, go to the nearest topless bar.
If quotient is imaginary, get out of Darl McBride's wet dreams and go to the nearest topless bar.
On a Divide by Zero exception, pat yourself on the back and go to the nearest topless bar.
(Programmer's note: while we recognize that the GO TO statement is considered ill-structured and obsolete, we also appreciate that geeks understand legacy code.)
-- "It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
I was one of the folks at a checkpoint for "The Big Onion" this year in NYC. Fun? These poor guys where out mountain biking in "severe thunderstorms", had to make it through the crowds outside Yankee Stadium post Clemens 300th win, were supposed to kyack down to the Statue of Liberty (USCG call that off due to the weather)
It got UGLY
-- --
73 de KG2V
For the Children - RKBA!
"You are what you do when it counts" - the Masso
Demeter might be the name of the goddess who was credited with winter, but in Roman mythology, not Greek. Ceres is the proper Greek name, and though Demeter will also yield the proper answer, it's alot simpler to use Ceres. (3+5+18+5+19=50 50/5=10).
Slashdot Mirror
since when did "urban" stop meaning "sprawling suburbs" to meaning "inner city."
"Come on, let's go drink till we can't feel feelings anymore."
I'd rather pay cash for that program where you get kidnapped off the street and have to escape (couldn't find a link to it), than wander around a busy city looking for shit and get really kidnapped.
The poor fool will never know the joys of Monkey Physics. Hmm...I'm going to eat my pipe now.
I participated in the Dallas UC and it was a blast. It really gives you a chance to learn about local history.
But, of course, thanks to awesomeness of my calc professor, you had to work massive algebra and calculus problems to find the next checkpoint. And, naturally, it was over not just Los Angeles, but all of LA County. Not a single person in the class (about 90) won.
Read about it here
This looks like a lot of fun, if I was more of a runner.
The safest way to approach lava is to have another person with you and he goes first.
I still think Geocaching is more fun.
;-)
Its just you (and maybe some friends), no real pressure. Plus its an actual trek (ranges from in-city, to some caches are ones that need Scuba or moutain gear or whatever).
And with geocaching you've just got your GPS, a compass, and maybe a topographic map (if you can get one). None of this fancy cell phones with internet to tell you answers stuff
-Colin
For NYTimes just use:
username: plasticuser
password: plastic
Compliments of plastic.com
I think we need a great slashdot scavenger hunt!
List of things to find...
1. Dupe Postings
2. Misspellin's
3. A day without two SCO posts in one day
4. Window vs *nix thread/flame
5. New IE exploit
6. Ascii penis troll
7. An excellent idea by an AC
8. Geeks without social life jokes
9. Lame attempt at humor (ie, this post...)
Add your own!
Davak
Travel to various checkpoints using only your SUV.
Check out the DC Hunt, it's a similar scavenger hunt/trivia game/bar crawl.
No website that I can find, however, as it's organized each year by the team that won the preceding year's hunt.
for the cities they are in. Not only that you pay them money for it. I'm not paying 100 bucks for a self guided tour around a city.
mck
JavaOne's Urban Adventure was similar. Teams were given 2 cell phones and had to run around SF gathering information to answer questions (or if you wanted a break, answer questions about Java). There were also actions to perform to get an answer - my team had to find the right person waiting for a cable car, join hands around that person and sing "You are my sunshine". You received questions based on your location (GPS phone) so you didn't get a question that required your team to travel across the city.
It was more fun than I probably made it sound. Definitely a highlight of this year's JavaOne (along with Borland's party, where they rented a nightclub, hired a great band, and paid for all the drinks. BYOC (bring your own chick)). Oh yeah, there was something about Java at JavaOne as well...
google link
Also good, if you're on the west coast, is the Go Game. Same theory, and as a veteran of 3 games, I can attest to the organizer's wit and the game's fun, though technical snafus have been common. They use public games to beta-test ideas, and make most of their money from private functions.
It's a product to "promote bonding" and "team building" for those incapable of bonding or building teams on their own.
Or, more likely, it will be sold to managers who feel "left out of the team" and thus feel it's the rest of the office's fault, little realizing that the office is a well oiled team who's main business is trying to get work done without managment wasting their time with "team building exercises."
It looks as equally manufactured, artificial, plastic and fun as all other such bonding/team building exercises.
Which is to say I'd rather go have some entirely unecessary root canal work done.
I've got an idea. Instead of giving these doofwads fifty bucks a head to manipulate you so you can bond with your workmates/troubled teen, why not take that money and put it all into beer, potato salad and Doritos, make up your own event. . . and have fun.
Just a thought.
KFG
"Feeling low? There's someone else out there that's having a worse day than you. Trust me."
Are you kidding? You got a chick a week ago. Lotsa people here envy you!
Watch too much HBO and you see Midnight Madness, a movie themed on a similar challenge. Showing here. Starred Michael J. Fox in his silver screen debut, and was the first Disney movie to ever earn the PG-13 rating.
--You will rephrase your request for me to go to hell. Goto statements are not acceptable programming constructs
I can't post to Slashdot without registering. I can get NYTimes articles without registering. Also, NYTimes doesn't seem to care; indeed, they set up a system to facilitate it. It's way easier to click the google cache inevitably posted, and I'm not giving away information for marketing purposes. Since no one had posted it this time, I decided to.
The safest way to approach lava is to have another person with you and he goes first.
I'm hosting two upcoming games in Michigan, one this fall and one next spring.
If quotient is positive, go to the nearest topless bar.
If quotient is negative, go to the nearest topless bar.
If quotient is imaginary, get out of Darl McBride's wet dreams and go to the nearest topless bar.
On a Divide by Zero exception, pat yourself on the back and go to the nearest topless bar.
(Programmer's note: while we recognize that the GO TO statement is considered ill-structured and obsolete, we also appreciate that geeks understand legacy code.)
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
Some wearable computing gear, with net access. Search in style.
stuff
I was one of the folks at a checkpoint for "The Big Onion" this year in NYC. Fun? These poor guys where out mountain biking in "severe thunderstorms", had to make it through the crowds outside Yankee Stadium post Clemens 300th win, were supposed to kyack down to the Statue of Liberty (USCG call that off due to the weather)
It got UGLY
-- 73 de KG2V For the Children - RKBA! "You are what you do when it counts" - the Masso
That is actually pretty funny.
Demeter might be the name of the goddess who was credited with winter, but in Roman mythology, not Greek. Ceres is the proper Greek name, and though Demeter will also yield the proper answer, it's alot simpler to use Ceres. (3+5+18+5+19=50 50/5=10).