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damn
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:35 pm
by aloiv2
yup, you are right.
In other news, from the 2020k page:
Abandon Strings says:
April 24, 2013 at 5:13 pm
The codes as Grid Coordinates: NT936557, NT717228, NT519225, NT699742.
http://gridreferencefinder.com/#
all of the codes are around Edinburgh...
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:41 pm
by GRIM.657
yeah forum user BunnyRabbit has posted that too, it seems like too much to be a coincidence.
The four codes we have now seem to form part of a hexagon.
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:41 pm
by Magrathea
It was all over twitter last night too, not sure what to make of it Myself...
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:55 pm
by thepastinsidepressant
i didn't understand it but now i think i do, its rather bizarre.
2 more points surely will have to draw a hexagon.
this is it, its cracked, it has to be. these are geo co-ordinates.
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:59 pm
by Mexicola
For those not familiar with the area, that's not very far at all from the Pentland Hills. And we all know what is / was allegedly somewhere in the Pentland Hills...
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:03 pm
by isotoxal
Errr, are they not just round edinburgh because they've put NT at the start
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... l_Grid.svg
would they not just be a hexagon anywhere and the location determined by whatever two letter code you put at the start?
right.
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:06 pm
by Timbob
time to book a ticket to eddinburgh....
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:07 pm
by Capt Kittinger
This is interesting, but what then is the significance of the order of the codes?
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:07 pm
by Mexicola
Bugger. Good point, well made.
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:09 pm
by Betacord
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:09 pm
by Opothecary
Mexicola wrote:
Bugger. Good point, well made.
still, the fact is, they are making a hexagon - I feel that the code has still been cracked in that regard. Is the NT correct? Maybe so, maybe not...but the fact that a hexagon is beginning to form means we're on the right track.
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:10 pm
by isotoxal
Mexicola wrote:
Bugger. Good point, well made.
I think it is one of the better patterns people have pointed out though, plus I guess I'm hoping for a secret party as that would be pretty awesome
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:13 pm
by Mexicola
The centre of that would-be-hexagon is about 90 mins drive from my Dad's house. Must have been in and around that area a dozen times.
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:15 pm
by egbdf
Would someone please explain how this works? i.e. how the 6 numbers represent a geographic point, and also what the significance of NT is?
Thanks
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:15 pm
by Timbob
isotoxal wrote:Mexicola wrote:
Bugger. Good point, well made.
I think it is one of the better patterns people have pointed out though, plus I guess I'm hoping for a secret party as that would be pretty awesome
I tried to enter CS CH as grid codes.
Ended up in the sea.
Not very useful then
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:18 pm
by isotoxal
egbdf wrote:Would someone please explain how this works? i.e. how the 6 numbers represent a geographic point, and also what the significance of NT is?
Thanks
It's an ordnance survey grid reference, it’s the way maps in the UK are done
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_ ... ional_Grid
You have a large grid covering the UK, there’s an XY then each digit refers to a smaller grid inside the previous
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:19 pm
by Mexicola
egbdf wrote:Would someone please explain how this works? i.e. how the 6 numbers represent a geographic point, and also what the significance of NT is?
Thanks
In the UK, we use Ordnance Survey maps which work on a grid reference system. You could use the codes found so far to get the points shown on the map, but as someone just pointed out, the addition of the NT code is using a little 'artistic licence' to say the least. The NT ref is the one for the area just south of Edinburgh (ie. the East Scottish Borders). You could just as easily apply the same shape to pretty much anywhere in the UK.
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:21 pm
by isotoxal
Here's a good explanation for how the digits work
http://www.glowworms.org.uk/maprefs.html
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:26 pm
by egbdf
Thanks. Well, if it turns out to be a Hexagon, I'll sure regret not having the leisure cash to fly out to wherever it is.
But it seems unlikely to me that it would be any sort of party or anything (whereas the Redmoon thing does seem like it could have been). Why would Hex Sun wanna have an awkward party with a bunch of really hardcore fans? What would there be to talk about? Seems like it'd be pretty lame from their perspective.
Also, if it was supposed to be a Hexagon on a map, couldn't they have made it perfectly equilateral? What would be a reason to not make it non-equilateral?
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:51 pm
by Negamuse
egbdf wrote:Thanks. Well, if it turns out to be a Hexagon, I'll sure regret not having the leisure cash to fly out to wherever it is.
The point is "wherever it is" isn't anywhere - it's just a shape. If you put it in the grid marked NT, it's over Edinburgh. If you put it in SW it's in Cornwall.
I don't think this is what it means anyway.
