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Post by Todd on Mar 16, 2017 22:34:09 GMT -5
I keep thinking the 15 cluster looks like Cassiopeia, minus a star somewhere around Rock Springs, WY and another one around Toronto.
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Post by thebardess on Mar 17, 2017 7:31:00 GMT -5
I keep thinking the 15 cluster looks like Cassiopeia, minus a star somewhere around Rock Springs, WY and another one around Toronto. That's interesting, especially given how frequently constellations have shown up during this volume.
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Post by Prozac on Mar 17, 2017 11:33:03 GMT -5
I did half expect that kind of solution until the anomalous location made it implausible.
I'm working on the individual names of the places at the moment. No epiphany yet though.
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Post by Todd on Mar 17, 2017 11:52:28 GMT -5
I did half expect that kind of solution until the anomalous location made it implausible. Why implausible? It's just a matter of scale. It's only about twice the distance between Tokyo and Los Angeles as it is between Los Angeles and Toronto.
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Post by Prozac on Mar 17, 2017 13:55:32 GMT -5
I suppose when you put it that way it doesn't sound so far fetched. Perhaps I discounted the possibility too soon.
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Post by kite on Mar 17, 2017 14:03:44 GMT -5
I did half expect that kind of solution until the anomalous location made it implausible. Why implausible? It's just a matter of scale. It's only about twice the distance between Tokyo and Los Angeles as it is between Los Angeles and Toronto. That stanza, mapped, looks pretty scattershot, though. A cluster, then two far-scattered points. When you're zoomed out enough to see everything, the two locations in New Brunswick are indistinguishable, so why have two? Of course, you could say it represents a double star, or two closely-spaced stars like Mizar and Alcor in the Big Dipper. But none of the groupings are very suggestive of constellations to me.
Then again, I lost patience with the other C&C puzzles whose answers were constellations -- calling them vague approximations was generous. I still can't make Capricorn work. Only knowing that they were probably limiting to zodiac constellations made the answers guessable.
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Post by Prozac on Mar 17, 2017 14:21:31 GMT -5
As I've said, I gave up the possibility of constellations quite early on, but Todd's valid point has me second guessing that. You are right that some of the star maps that we've seen so far could be said to be something of a stretch. It could be the same here.
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Post by Todd on Mar 17, 2017 14:38:20 GMT -5
]That stanza, mapped, looks pretty scattershot, though. A cluster, then two far-scattered points. When you're zoomed out enough to see everything, the two locations in New Brunswick are indistinguishable, so why have two? Same for the two in Montreal. Similarly, another grouping has two in Austin, TX. And this very fact complicates every theory.
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Post by Prozac on Mar 17, 2017 15:54:46 GMT -5
That's one of the main reasons that I'm focussing on the idea that each location somehow codes for a letter. It would make sense if a particular letter was only coded by a single place and was needed more than once. If true, then that would mean that it's the general area that's relevant rather than the specific building. Still can't see how the numbers tie in though and not found an obvious use for the bingo card .
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Post by dmikester on Mar 18, 2017 19:24:22 GMT -5
phraca, if this really ends up requiring visits to the actual libraries, definitely post back here or PM me. I'm close to a number of these and Spring Break is coming up for me as well. I'd be happy to stop by some of them and do a little research if that's what's needed.
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Post by Todd on Mar 20, 2017 14:59:21 GMT -5
Maybe the books in the travel articles play into it as well.
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Post by Geodus on Mar 21, 2017 1:31:40 GMT -5
If the libraries are some kind of alphabet index, could there be a message hidden with a particular ordering of cities? The origins of the Letters to the Editor might correspond to some of those cities.
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Post by Geodus on Mar 21, 2017 1:37:56 GMT -5
If the libraries are some kind of alphabet index, could there be a message hidden with a particular ordering of cities? The origins of the Letters to the Editor might correspond to some of those cities. Sadly this doesn't seem to be working out. It was a really inspiring idea, though.
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Post by ariock on Mar 22, 2017 19:27:49 GMT -5
Just as a side thought for phraca , if the books/etc don't provide any leads, sometimes there are public message boards in libraries. Have a look there too, though this many months later, I'm doubting that anything would still be there. Good Luck! The fact that one of the libraries is The Library of Congress in Washington DC is giving me pause that it could be something there. If there's a place you definitely don't want to be leaving things around, it's Washington DC.
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Post by ejs76 on Mar 22, 2017 23:25:38 GMT -5
I keep coming back to this one and not sure if anyone else has had this thought... The website gives 7 digits total The previously mentioned curio Has a circle around 4 numbers but to me it appears that is encircling only 7 digits If you take the first 3 digits in order left to right you get the Dewey decimal classification for Latin languages The actual answer is a Latin derived word Not sure if that means anything or not...thoughts?
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