Confluence Hunting

Started by Kopfjäger, August 14, 2008, 07:06:15 PM

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Kopfjäger

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DucatiBastard

what is it?  (hope i'm not sounding like an idiot)
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NAKID

+1, I have no idea either...
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Kopfjäger

Quote from: DucatiBastard on August 14, 2008, 08:03:11 PM
what is it?  (hope i'm not sounding like an idiot)

Not at all. I had no idea untill I read about it.
In a nutshell there are over 16,000 points on Earth where major lines of latitude and longitude intersect. Basically you go find them. Some could be on the side of the road, atop of a mountain etc. I believe if you find one that hasn't been discovered, you claim it (?). Obviously alot of them are in the middle of the Ocean, so unless you have a ship your outta luck.  ;D
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Sinister

Is it sort of like naming a star after someone, or adopting an armadillo?
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Kopfjäger

Quote from: Sinister on August 14, 2008, 08:25:43 PM
Is it sort of like naming a star after someone, or adopting an armadillo?

You can sit on your ass and name a star, and you only need a handfull of grubworms to catch an armadillo.
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Sinister

Quote from: kopfjager on August 14, 2008, 08:33:33 PM
You can sit on your ass and name a star, and you only need a handfull of grubworms to catch an armadillo.

Right, but how do you "claim" a confluence?  Can you put an RV on it and spend your summers there, or what?
"...but without a smiley, some people might think that sentence makes you look like a homophobic, inbred prick. I'm mean, it might leave the impression that you're a  douchebag or a dickhead, or maybe you need to get your head out of your ass."  DrunkenMonkey

"...any government that thinks war is somehow fair and subject to rules like a baseball game probably should not get into one." - Marcus Luttrell

Kopfjäger

Im not sure exactly. Maybe the above link has an explanation.
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Woohoohoohoo! Two personal records! For breath holding and number of sharks shot in the face.

Sinister

Sounds like the Chess Club for outdoorsy-type dudes.  No offense, I'm just saying.
"...but without a smiley, some people might think that sentence makes you look like a homophobic, inbred prick. I'm mean, it might leave the impression that you're a  douchebag or a dickhead, or maybe you need to get your head out of your ass."  DrunkenMonkey

"...any government that thinks war is somehow fair and subject to rules like a baseball game probably should not get into one." - Marcus Luttrell

triangleforge

Kinda like geocaching without the geocache. Still I can see the appeal, mainly because it would take you to random spots that you'd otherwise have no reason to visit, unlike a geocache in a spot that had to appeal to at least one person out there.

Props to whoever gets this one (and doesn't get shot trying to get onto the sub base...)

http://confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=69&lon=36
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Quote from: bobspapa on August 15, 2008, 10:54:04 AM
I do....DMF hunting


The goal is to meet as many DMF'rs as possible.

Are you taking about people from the board or DMFers generally?
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