Talk:2008-11-19 47 8
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Photo uploaded on the main page, details pending I presume. Looks like fun! --Thomcat 14:48, 20 November 2008 (UTC) (fellow latitude 47 geohasher)
I presume that one was part of the Swiss radio campaign for geohashing. Reports from participants are strongly encouraged. :) -- Relet 18:01, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
- The photo is copied from the radio station's homepage (I just hope it was someone of the radio guys who did that, so there won't be a copyright issue with that). My hopes for a decent description here are rather low but I'd like being wrong in that case.
- Maybe we should, for the time being, just link to their [radio report]. For those who won't understand anything of it because they don't speak german, it may be a consolidation that you wouldn't understand anything either if you did speak german, as it's entirely in swiss german which isn't simply a funny dialect but almost another language. --Ekorren 22:42, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
- You're totally exaggerating. ;) But if you have some spare time (I know you do) maybe you'd like to begin a transcript/translation? -- Relet 23:13, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
- Seconded. I demand a translation :) -- UnwiseOwl 00:14, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
- Refused. I gave up listening after the first part, for mostly two reasons (I am repeating myself): One, it's in swiss german (which actually doesn't make it impossible to understand but only difficult, I admit), two, I feel a bit ambivalent about this radio appearance. I think the fact that not even one of the listeners showed up in the wiki by now somehow proves they missed a vital part. And that someone who took part should write that report. If they offered a transcription somewhere, I may volunteer for translation or summary. --Ekorren 08:08, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
- Seconded. I demand a translation :) -- UnwiseOwl 00:14, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
- You're totally exaggerating. ;) But if you have some spare time (I know you do) maybe you'd like to begin a transcript/translation? -- Relet 23:13, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
- That's great. But it does show how confusing the concept can be to non-geeks. We need a more succinct non-geek way of explaining converting a Dow Jones opening value to a point within 100 km of you. I think the DJI can be left out and you can just say "random number" unless they ask where it comes from. And non-geeks believe in random numbers, so they won't ask. -Robyn 20:21, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
