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Blank · Boot Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 21

Yeah Bellebet i think it may be a central point .. one other thing we should look at is any DATA storage centers in these areas i know that in Palo Alto which came up three times there are quite a few areas that host data storage . i may be barking up the wrong tree but worth a look ..

Im 30 mins from SF and 10 mins for palo alto im gonna do some digging and let yall know what i come up with .

**Posted:** Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:06 pm

krystyn

One of the spots lands right in front of the Sears Tower, main entrance. To my recollection, there is no payphone there, but I will go look on my break, just to make sure.

I am fairly confident these won't be geocache sites, either, since if someone tried something at this particular location, they'd probably be arrested for violating our sweet, sweet Homeland Security.

(eta: there's payphones in the lobby, but, um, a whole bank of them. also, many payphones in chicago won't accept incoming calls - I wonder if these do? hrm.)

marq · Boot Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 47 Location: Charlotte, NC

I don't think it is payphones (or at least not all of them). One of the points is off of the west coast in the water. The sat. photo shows nothing but water there.

**Posted:** Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:10 pm

zlyoga

**Posted:** Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:12 pm

Danzilla76 · Veteran Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 118

This is one of the weirder ones I saw in the few I looked at. I looked at the ones closest to me once gohoss posted the map. I live in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, and looked at the one located near St. Cloud.
It is:
45.5533 -94.2096
Here's a link:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=45.5533&longitude=-94.2096
Zoom in all the way and you'll see it is on a divider in the middle of a divided street in the middle of Waite Park. It doesn't seem like that would be a payphone.
I'm feeling like a road trip tonight...maybe.

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missphinx · Unfettered Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 395

**Posted:** Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:13 pm

Cakmaster · Guest

Holy crap

**Posted:** Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:14 pm

Etymologician · Boot Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 59

The point in the water could be someone playing the game from a research vessel. A friend of mine goes out into the Pacific fairly often, and they have email access. I don't have an ip location utility, so I'm not sure if any of the IP addresses that show up in her headers get plotted in the ocean.

**Posted:** Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:17 pm

floorneyne · Veteran Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 89

if it's spread, it did so across the internet. not sure why it gave us these coordinates, but i doubt they're physical. go to them if you want... but i would be surprised if you found anything.

**Posted:** Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:18 pm

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wild guess

**Posted:** Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:21 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:21 pm

cedmond · Veteran Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 112

why would these locations be important

**Posted:** Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:22 pm

Scumbag · Decorated Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 214

**Posted:** Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:23 pm

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mayday · Boot Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 16 Location: Canada EH?

reversed longitude

**Posted:** Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:25 pm

HoldenC · Boot Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 24

**Posted:** Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:26 pm