Welcome to the Frederick Puzzler's Corner
This is a monthly event to encourage puzzle solving in the geocaching community, and all are welcome.
February 7th is “e” Day. Eh? No, we don’t all become virtual entities on this day. Like pi, e is an irrational number, which by definition means it is expressed as a decimal number that does not terminate, nor does it repeat - it just goes on forever. Like pi, it is frequently truncated for convenience to 2.71828, however not when precise calculations are needed. I have found this number listed out to over 2 million decimal places, and no, I did not check it for repetitiveness! I’m not a mathematician by any stretch, but have encountered this number because of geocaching. You could say it’s an interesting number to play with, though it apparently has it’s serious uses, such as bringing John Glenn home safely after the first manned orbital space flight. For further information, you might check Wikipedia or google ‘irrational numbers’. Don’t ask me to speak about this number, but maybe you’ll find a use for it. Just throwing out some food for thought.
Now, for the boiler plate stuff.
If you've got a puzzle or mystery cache that's currently got you stumped and you'd like to pick some brains, this event is for you! Zombies are not welcome here though, so please leave your pets at home. Each month we have a different focus, which can range from a short tutorial on some aspect of puzzle solving, to small group solving, to the whole clowder or covey working on a large collaboration. Sometimes it's a purely social get-together. You don't have to work on puzzles to enjoy this. But if you want to, you'll have plenty of others willing to dig in with you, or maybe find that someone has already solved a similar puzzle or seen the technique in use. We continue to see successes at each of these events, and lots of smiles at the end of the evening.
This event is open to all cachers, no matter what your statistics say or whether you even like puzzles.
For the puzzle junkies, bring your puzzle paraphenalia - cache listings, laptop or tablet (Wi-Fi is available), theories, worksheets, (sp)eye glasses, scratch paper (don’t forget your writing instrument) - you never know who (or what) will show up, and what kind of help you might encounter. Maybe you’ve recently cracked a tough one and want to see the wheels spinning while others tackle it - that can be loads of fun! If you have a topic you'd like to learn more about, or have a specific puzzle you'd like to have the group focus on, feel free to make note of it in your logs.
When: Tuesday, February 7, 2017, 6pm - 8pm
Where: Wegman's Market Cafe
7830 Worman's Mill Road
Frederick, MD
If you also bring your appetite, all costs are your own responsibility.
Field trips not included. (But it's a good time to plan them!)