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Hidden : 11/23/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

There can never be enough puzzle caches! FTF prize goes to DNStephens. Congrats!

This cache is inspired by a funny series of computer commericals.

If you are a Mac, let's find an Easter egg!

1. Open "Terminal.app" located in the Applications & Utilities folder on your Hard Drive.

2. At the prompt, paste the following: cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.history

Find what happened on November 29. Take the year in question, and determine these answers to get your coordinates.

ABC = date - 1719
DEF = date - 1918

N42 59.ABC W81 14.DEF

If you are a PC, your coordinates are in a row in this picture file:

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Znp hfref: Whfg sbyybj gur vafgehpgvbaf! CP hfref: Guvax vafvqr gur cvpgher svyr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)