Bax-Man72 - 06:03pm Jan 17, 2001 CST (#9532 of 28670)
Hunt #3 for this non-MN Native!
Well I wouldn't agree and say they were bad clues, but I felt that last year's clue #5 was just too easy to be Newell. Of course I stood about 10 feet from where the medallion was eventually found and thought to myself "nahhh, not there" so go figure!
Anyway the idea of "too easy" got me looking at the past 20 years worth of clues and explanations (from the Cooler Crew Website) looking for what the first 5 clues had to say and what really is "too easy" and here are some interesting (or not) numbers:
# of times the "blanket" clue has indicated Ramsey County: 8 # of times the "blanket" clue has indicated St. Paul: 10 (including the last 5 years) # of times the "blanket" clue has indicated neither: 3 (94, 89, 80)
# of times the specific park was indicated by a clue: 2 Clue #4: 1 (97) Clue #5: 1 (94)
# of times a park with a golf course has been excluded: 2 (00, 99)
# of times a specific park(s) has been excluded my means other than not a golf-course: 3 Clue #1: 1 (86) Clue #4: 1 (97) Clue #5: 1 (96)
# of times a street near the park is indicated: 6 Clue #1: 1 (93) Clue #4: 1 (94) Clue #5: 4 (00, 98, 97, 82)
# of times a directional area in the city or county was indicated: 2 (97, 84)
# of times an activity available in the park (skiing, sledding, horseshoes, etc.) is mentioned: 10 Clue #2: 3 (99, 90 87) Clue #3: 2 (98, 80) Clue #4: 3 (00, 91, 82) Clue #5: 2 (93, 80)
# of times what the medallion is in is mentioned: 18 Clue #1: 2 (95,89) Clue #2: 6 (00, 97, 96, 92, 91, 83) Clue #3: 6 (94, 93, 88, 86, 84, 82) Clue #4: 4 (00, 95, 91, 82) Clue #5: 2 (93,80)
# of times landmarks around the park are mentioned: 25 Clue #1: 1 (92) Clue #2: 2 (98, 84) Clue #3: 9 (00, 99, 96, 95, 92, 91, 89, 87, 81) Clue #4: 4 (98, 93, 92, 85) Clue #5: 9 (99, 98, 95, 92, 91, 88, 8, 85, 83)
# of times landmarks in the park are mentioned: 26 Clue #1: 1 (91) Clue #2: 7 (99, 92, 91, 90, 88, 87, 85, 84) Clue #3: 3 (97, 95, 90) Clue #4: 8 (00, 96, 89, 88, 87, 86, 81, 80) Clue #5: 6 (97, 93, 92, 90, 89, 86)
# of times another event held in the park was mentioned: 1 Clue #2: 1 (89 Taste of MN at the Capitol Grounds)
Now assuming that early on in the hunt a "meaningful" clue is one that helps narrow it to a park, specifically one that a) indicates a park by name or b) excludes a park by name or other means or c) indicates a street near the park, and not one that talks about landmarks in the park or near it as there are so many possible interpretations, then:
A) 12 of 20 times a "meaningful" clue has been mentioned in the first 5 over the past 20 years or 60% of the time. (So maybe last year wasn't "too easy", it happens about 1/2 the time, of course street names only happen 6/20 or 30%, but that is okay for this argument)
and
B) There was only a 1 in 5 chance in the each of those years (except 00 which had 2) that of the first 5 clues a particular clue was the "meaningful" clue!
So that means we have about a 60% chance of having a 20% chance of noodling the correct clue in the first 5 to get us to the right park!
Don't know if anyone cares about that or not, but it kept me busy in the past couple of "pre-hunt" days so I thought I'd share! I'm just glad I've got you people to steal from! :)
King Boreas ------ If you are referring to the reversing of the type out of a black background, then, yes, your voice has been heard! I also happen to think you have a very good point about black on white being easier to read. Being able to actually read the clues is pretty darn essential to being in the hunt for the Treasure....... PS ---- Being King Boreas, are you EVEN eligible to hunt for the Treasure? If you are, then best of luck in this years hunt.
Thanks for the music, Ian.
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What do you want Ian?:)
Where do I start? hmmmmm
Hey, nobody's helpin' out on the Quest for 30,000
How 'bout makin' this the new "Shoot the Breeze" ???
Anything goes...life stories, even...
I spose I could post all my off topic conversation here.
NAH!:)
Hi! Jake Inge has entered the cooler...
Hey, nobody's helpin' out on the Quest for 30,000
I'll help ya out, Ian.
Have I ever told you about Scribe's boil?
Ian, did Scribe tell you we were on a mission today?
We were hunting for a 1996 button for ya.
Found several buttons but no go on 1966.
Thanks...I appreciate it.
snow
snow.
snow
snow.
snow
Snow
We're sort of on topic
medallion-covering snow
shovel-digging snow
camera-friendly snow
Snowman friendly snow?
http://members.aol.com/queteapi/thunder.html
One of the very first websites I ever visited, and still one of my favorite.
Used to be one of my favorite sites when I had more time to browse the net.
http://www.random.com/
The personal/family pages are the best.
http://www.mcsquared.com/error1.htm
http://www.yesterdayland.com/
http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/decades/music_1970s.php
Thanks Ian, the error messages were great!
does anyone know when the big hunt begins
Doggy, Doggy
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Bax-Man72 - 06:03pm Jan 17, 2001 CST (#9532 of 28670)
Hunt #3 for this non-MN Native!
Well I wouldn't agree and say they were bad clues, but I felt that last year's clue #5 was just too easy to be Newell. Of course I stood about 10 feet from where the medallion was eventually found and thought to myself "nahhh, not there" so go figure!
Anyway the idea of "too easy" got me looking at the past 20 years worth of clues and explanations (from the Cooler Crew Website) looking for what the first 5 clues had to say and what really is "too easy" and here are some interesting (or not) numbers:
# of times the "blanket" clue has indicated Ramsey County: 8 # of times the "blanket" clue has indicated St. Paul: 10 (including the last 5 years) # of times the "blanket" clue has indicated neither: 3 (94, 89, 80)
# of times the specific park was indicated by a clue: 2 Clue #4: 1 (97) Clue #5: 1 (94)
# of times a park with a golf course has been excluded: 2 (00, 99)
# of times a specific park(s) has been excluded my means other than not a golf-course: 3 Clue #1: 1 (86) Clue #4: 1 (97) Clue #5: 1 (96)
# of times a street near the park is indicated: 6 Clue #1: 1 (93) Clue #4: 1 (94) Clue #5: 4 (00, 98, 97, 82)
# of times a directional area in the city or county was indicated: 2 (97, 84)
# of times an activity available in the park (skiing, sledding, horseshoes, etc.) is mentioned: 10 Clue #2: 3 (99, 90 87) Clue #3: 2 (98, 80) Clue #4: 3 (00, 91, 82) Clue #5: 2 (93, 80)
# of times what the medallion is in is mentioned: 18 Clue #1: 2 (95,89) Clue #2: 6 (00, 97, 96, 92, 91, 83) Clue #3: 6 (94, 93, 88, 86, 84, 82) Clue #4: 4 (00, 95, 91, 82) Clue #5: 2 (93,80)
# of times landmarks around the park are mentioned: 25 Clue #1: 1 (92) Clue #2: 2 (98, 84) Clue #3: 9 (00, 99, 96, 95, 92, 91, 89, 87, 81) Clue #4: 4 (98, 93, 92, 85) Clue #5: 9 (99, 98, 95, 92, 91, 88, 8, 85, 83)
# of times landmarks in the park are mentioned: 26 Clue #1: 1 (91) Clue #2: 7 (99, 92, 91, 90, 88, 87, 85, 84) Clue #3: 3 (97, 95, 90) Clue #4: 8 (00, 96, 89, 88, 87, 86, 81, 80) Clue #5: 6 (97, 93, 92, 90, 89, 86)
# of times another event held in the park was mentioned: 1 Clue #2: 1 (89 Taste of MN at the Capitol Grounds)
Now assuming that early on in the hunt a "meaningful" clue is one that helps narrow it to a park, specifically one that a) indicates a park by name or b) excludes a park by name or other means or c) indicates a street near the park, and not one that talks about landmarks in the park or near it as there are so many possible interpretations, then:
A) 12 of 20 times a "meaningful" clue has been mentioned in the first 5 over the past 20 years or 60% of the time. (So maybe last year wasn't "too easy", it happens about 1/2 the time, of course street names only happen 6/20 or 30%, but that is okay for this argument)
and
B) There was only a 1 in 5 chance in the each of those years (except 00 which had 2) that of the first 5 clues a particular clue was the "meaningful" clue!
So that means we have about a 60% chance of having a 20% chance of noodling the correct clue in the first 5 to get us to the right park!
Don't know if anyone cares about that or not, but it kept me busy in the past couple of "pre-hunt" days so I thought I'd share! I'm just glad I've got you people to steal from! :)
thanks ian really interesting
IAN!
Thats really great!
Great being at the pre-dig bash last night. Met some new faces, saw a couple old ones too.... Talk to you more a bit later...clue was sucky. Amen.
mornin SM
Customer: "Ok."- Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?"
Customer: "No."- Tech Support: "Ok. Right click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?"
Customer: "No."- Tech Support: "Ok, sir. What you have done up until this point?"
Customer: "You told me to write 'click' and I wrote click'."
I don't get it.
how do you write things on the destktop? lol. that is pretty good
I still don't get it.
King Boreas ------ If you are referring to the reversing of the type out of a black background, then, yes, your voice has been heard! I also happen to think you have a very good point about black on white being easier to read. Being able to actually read the clues is pretty darn essential to being in the hunt for the Treasure....... PS ---- Being King Boreas, are you EVEN eligible to hunt for the Treasure? If you are, then best of luck in this years hunt.
Alex Leary,
Reader Advocate
I don't get it.
one of them joe green things?
like, you got 2's on each end, then you got the 8's, and in the middle is a lonely little 6
I still don't get it.
You know, a palomino palindromedary thing?
don't get it.
Send e-mail to nephi3@gbpackers.com
I don't get it.
snowghost?
Is this still working???