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Raze, read the few posts immediately above yours. This does not work - going east at a more northerly latitude takes you further round the globe than a southerly one (north of the equator). You cannot add distances in that way.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:02 pm

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Raze50 · Boot Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 67

DC,

I guess that's what I get for trying to be smart...so where do you end up if you follow the curve of the earth?

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:27 pm

doublecross

RedHatty ended up in Issaquena county, Mississippi, and I ended up in Alabama, but I think my last step may have been wrong (I was getting rather tired by that point!).

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:52 pm

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Raze50 · Boot Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 67

i give up

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:54 pm

ahecht

IN case no one notice, the page has been updated to read "Mystery Spot CA". I guess no one has submitted a correct answer yet.

However, before everyone jumps on The Mystery Spot� outside of Santa Cruise, don't forget that the AMD headquarters (and many, many other locations) are also in CA. Or that CA could mean Canada. Therefore, just because it says "Mystery Spot CA" doesn't mean that it is The Mystery Spot� (which I would find a bit strange, since The Mystery Spot� is a funhouse run by a business unaffiated with Microsoft, AMD, 42E, or any of the other people involved here).

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:57 pm

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**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:42 pm

bekuletz · Greenhorn Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 8

location relative to starting point

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:05 pm

aliendial

irc quickly boiled down thewebqueen's questions into two approaches:

1. In both cases up and down are literal, and

2A. Left and right continue along the globe curve E/W with changes in altitude at each up or down point (the end result being 304 feet lower than the start point - what's the altitude of Santa Cruz?), or

2B. Left and right are also lines straight off the starting point and thus project into air/space. And hopefully return to earth at some point with all the lefts and downs.

You can begin to see possible problems with each - the first needs a big valley or a cave at the end, because Santa Cruz is not much above sea level, and the second approach may not make it back down to earth. BUt maybe it will, or maybe you end up in Death Valley. Give it a whirl!

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:09 pm

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bekuletz - as pointed out already above, you can't just net the distances when measuring lines over the curve of the earth. If you go 1000M east, then north 500 miles and then 1000M west you will not be directly north of your start point because you're travelling a different section of the sphere. So no, those numbers are not right. The only way to do it is to get the right start point and do all the legs of the journey.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:12 pm

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doublecross

Not only does it now say 'Mystery Spot, CA', but they have also added 'Remember, even the smallest places have names.'

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:49 pm

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Raze50 · Boot Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 67

one thing

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:00 pm

Schnaufi · Greenhorn Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 4

Next update is coming up

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:56 pm

bethelmark · Guest

Re: Next update is coming up

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:09 pm

danteIL · Unfictologist Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 1990

Re: Next update is coming up

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:11 pm

luckyphil · Greenhorn Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 3

Sorry if I missed something ... but why isn't it 'Issaquena' for the I.?

**Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:18 pm