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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)."

2 of 90 comments (clear)

  1. Re:The problem is that there's no article. by Angostura · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Indeed. Having read the thread, I suspect I've just witnessed a mathematical game of Mornington Crescent.

  2. Re:Uh by j00r0m4nc3r · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, this is obviously an invitation to another party.

    Or a trap.