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Post by ironwill on Jan 11, 2020 20:30:00 GMT -5
OKAY! I've thought about it. I know this will never get asked because its from me ( ) , but here goes.... Forrest, Nice to see you doing well approaching 90, and I'd love to ask you so many things not CHASE related...but I have one question for now. Is there at least 1 searcher who has reached the final clue?
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jan 12, 2020 12:02:42 GMT -5
Hi Iron Will: every winter there seems to be 100 searchers who ~think~ they have, and so far 100% of them have been wrong. ;-)
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Post by Jenny on Jan 13, 2020 8:42:45 GMT -5
It would seem to me if a searcher has the final clue, they would have the treasure. Didn't Forrest recently say something like that? Something like if they had the last clue they'd be holding the treasure?
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Post by crm114 on Jan 13, 2020 15:10:49 GMT -5
Which line of the poem made you smile the most?
(Per a question by RahRah elsewhere)
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Post by ironwill on Jan 13, 2020 21:52:36 GMT -5
It would seem to me if a searcher has the final clue, they would have the treasure. Didn't Forrest recently say something like that? Something like if they had the last clue they'd be holding the treasure? I actually just asked if they'd reached the final clue...not solved it.
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Post by theoretical on Jan 14, 2020 15:50:26 GMT -5
Since FF has basically stated if we don’t have the correct WWWH, we don't have anything, to me as many questions as possible should be aimed at WWWH. My attempt at that would be along the lines of “Since you have stated there are many WWWH north of Santa Fe, can the location of WWWH be determined from the poem alone?” My apologies if this has been asked and answered before.
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Post by davebakedpotato on Jan 14, 2020 16:42:04 GMT -5
Since FF has basically stated if we don’t have the correct WWWH, we don't have anything, to me as many questions as possible should be aimed at WWWH. My attempt at that would be along the lines of “Since you have stated there are many WWWH north of Santa Fe, can the location of WWWH be determined from the poem alone?” My apologies if this has been asked and answered before. Well you might also need a map...but agree with your sentiment otherwise. "Can you solve the starting point with just the poem and Google Earth" seems like a really good question to me, and one that helps everyone. There are some questions on here that really won't be of any use as they are very niche to the asker's pet solve.
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jan 14, 2020 18:37:24 GMT -5
Since FF has basically stated if we don’t have the correct WWWH, we don't have anything, to me as many questions as possible should be aimed at WWWH. My attempt at that would be along the lines of “Since you have stated there are many WWWH north of Santa Fe, can the location of WWWH be determined from the poem alone?” My apologies if this has been asked and answered before. Unless you have a comprehensive knowledge of geography, I would say the answer is no. But if you have the poem and a map of the U.S. Rocky Mountains, the answer is ~probably~ yes (per Little Indy). Unfortunately, Forrest's answer to Jenny's Little Indy question is not ironclad on the issue since it says nothing of her identifying clue locations. It only says poor Indy can't get "closer" than the first two clues. In other words: he places a limit on her best conceivable outcome, but no guarantee that she can solve anything with just those resources.
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Post by theoretical on Jan 14, 2020 21:50:30 GMT -5
Appreciate your thinking on this. I worry the addition of Google Earth to the question might be too broad. Alternatively I might rephrase it as poem and The Thrill of the Chase book.
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Post by davebakedpotato on Jan 15, 2020 2:24:12 GMT -5
Since FF has basically stated if we don’t have the correct WWWH, we don't have anything, to me as many questions as possible should be aimed at WWWH. My attempt at that would be along the lines of “Since you have stated there are many WWWH north of Santa Fe, can the location of WWWH be determined from the poem alone?” My apologies if this has been asked and answered before. Unless you have a comprehensive knowledge of geography, I would say the answer is no. But if you have the poem and a map of the U.S. Rocky Mountains, the answer is ~probably~ yes (per Little Indy). Unfortunately, Forrest's answer to Jenny's Little Indy question is not ironclad on the issue since it says nothing of her identifying clue locations. It only says poor Indy can't get "closer" than the first two clues. In other words: he places a limit on her best conceivable outcome, but no guarantee that she can solve anything with just those resources. I think it's implied, or Forrest is being very tricky.
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Post by Jenny on Jan 15, 2020 8:37:08 GMT -5
Appreciate your thinking on this. I worry the addition of Google Earth to the question might be too broad. Alternatively I might rephrase it as poem and The Thrill of the Chase book. That crossed my mind too..... it would be great to know IF WWWH can be identified/specified/solved by the poem- alone. It would seem it surely could with a map/google earth, because it is evidently on a map (and we have the LGFI scenario)..... but can we identify WWWH with ONLY the poem? With Forrest saying there are many WWWH north of Santa Fe... I'm thinking the answer is 'no'- that the poem alone cannot specify which WWWH.... that we might need a map to marry the clues to, to put all the clues together... and have them fall like dominoes so to say... And so do we have our answer to that question already? What do you think?
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Post by theoretical on Jan 15, 2020 10:13:45 GMT -5
Appreciate your thinking on this. I worry the addition of Google Earth to the question might be too broad. Alternatively I might rephrase it as poem and The Thrill of the Chase book. That crossed my mind too..... it would be great to know IF WWWH can be identified/specified/solved by the poem- alone. It would seem it surely could with a map/google earth, because it is evidently on a map (and we have the LGFI scenario)..... but can we identify WWWH with ONLY the poem? With Forrest saying there are many WWWH north of Santa Fe... I'm thinking the answer is 'no'- that the poem alone cannot specify which WWWH.... that we might need a map to marry the clues to, to put all the clues together... and have them fall like dominoes so to say... And so do we have our answer to that question already? What do you think? Jenny, thank you. I’m not convinced we know the answer to this yet. Trying to think of a question that is generic enough that FF will answer it but specific enough that it adds knowledge for all searchers is difficult! My thinking on the poem alone question is that he might answer it with more than a yes or no. Are we missing something in the poem? Is the big picture in the poem? Is more of the story than we realize contained in the poem? These are questions that I think could be partly answered by knowing if WWWH can be identified by the poem alone. I am leaning toward the theory that the key word references WWWH and is in the poem.
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Post by Jenny on Jan 15, 2020 10:17:34 GMT -5
That crossed my mind too..... it would be great to know IF WWWH can be identified/specified/solved by the poem- alone. It would seem it surely could with a map/google earth, because it is evidently on a map (and we have the LGFI scenario)..... but can we identify WWWH with ONLY the poem? With Forrest saying there are many WWWH north of Santa Fe... I'm thinking the answer is 'no'- that the poem alone cannot specify which WWWH.... that we might need a map to marry the clues to, to put all the clues together... and have them fall like dominoes so to say... And so do we have our answer to that question already? What do you think? Jenny, thank you. I’m not convinced we know the answer to this yet. Trying to think of a question that is generic enough that FF will answer it but specific enough that it adds knowledge for all searchers is difficult! My thinking on the poem alone question is that he might answer it with more than a yes or no. Are we missing something in the poem? Is the big picture in the poem? Is more of the story than we realize contained in the poem? These are questions that I think could be partly answered by knowing if WWWH can be identified by the poem alone. I am leaning toward the theory that the key word references WWWH and is in the poem. Great thoughts..... Maybe then the question.... 'Can the word you say that is key in the poem help us determine WWWH?' or something of the sort?
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Post by theoretical on Jan 15, 2020 10:19:49 GMT -5
Jenny, thank you. I’m not convinced we know the answer to this yet. Trying to think of a question that is generic enough that FF will answer it but specific enough that it adds knowledge for all searchers is difficult! My thinking on the poem alone question is that he might answer it with more than a yes or no. Are we missing something in the poem? Is the big picture in the poem? Is more of the story than we realize contained in the poem? These are questions that I think could be partly answered by knowing if WWWH can be identified by the poem alone. I am leaning toward the theory that the key word references WWWH and is in the poem. Great thoughts..... Maybe then the question.... 'Can the word you say that is key in the poem help us determine WWWH?' or something of the sort? I like that!!!
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Post by johnwayne11 on Jan 15, 2020 16:53:34 GMT -5
Great thoughts..... Maybe then the question.... 'Can the word you say that is key in the poem help us determine WWWH?' or something of the sort? I like that!!! He's gonna say "YES."
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