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Geohashing Meets an Angry Rancher With Firearms

katicli writes "Geohashing, an obscure xkcd pastime which involves going to random coordinates generated by md5 hashing, the date, and the opening status of the stock market, appears to have just gotten far more interesting. The official wiki reports a warning for other geohashers intending to go to the spot designated for June 14th in the San Francisco area, as several avid fans of xkcd were met by an angry rancher and firearms."

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  1. Re:Overreactions by bigtangringo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think I speak for a lot of us here when I say: What a punch of pussies.

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  2. Re:Culture --weird by Majik+Sheff · · Score: 5, Funny

    Removing knives from the hands of Brits will also cut down on the number of crimes committed in the kitchen.

    My apologies to our British friends, this was a cheap shot at your cooking which has admittedly improved.

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  3. Re:Overreactions by ScrewMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    To you city folks who think this is wrong, how would you like to wake up and find me in your living room?

    Depends. Are you a seriously-hot blond nympho with huge tits who happens to have a thing for senior software engineers?

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  4. Re:Overreactions by SBrach · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's also generally not a good idea to bring a calculator to a gun fight.

  5. Re:Bacon fixin's by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

    A farm near my parents had an incident where someone started shooting at a combine.

    The combine probably deserved it.

  6. Re:Overreactions by Deltaspectre · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think 839 and 1097 have something to say to you!

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  7. Re:Overreactions by giostickninja · · Score: 5, Funny

    On the contrary, they are often quite jolly.