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Puzzle In xkcd Book Finally Cracked

Posted by kdawson on from the be-there-or-be-somewhere-else dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After a little over five months of pondering, xkcd fans have cracked a puzzle hidden inside Randall Munroe's recent book xkcd: volume 0. Here is the start of the thread on the xkcd forums; and here is the post revealing the final message (a latitude and longitude plus a date and time)."

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  1. Uh by Threni · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The start of the thread, containing spoilers, isn't much use if you want to attempt the puzzle and haven't got the book. Do I need the book? If so, this is something of a non-story, isn't it?

    1. Re:Uh by war4peace · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Wait, there is a puzzle? Where? xkcd? What's that? Who? What year is it?
      Oh, it's /. - nevermind then, all makes sense now.

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      ...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)