Full Circle is a free, independent, magazine dedicated to the
Ubuntu family of Linux operating systems. Each month, it contains
helpful how-to articles and reader submitted stories. For those
hardcore computer geeks, this is manna.
Full Circle also hosts podcasts on topics such as Manual
Dexterity, Google Sketchup and Android, and Digitally Retouching a
Photo in GIMP (phew, that’s a mouthful).
BTW: Ubuntu is a southern Africian ethical ideology meaning
"humanity towards others", but after working on this enigma you may
think this cache is anything but.
On a recent foray into the heretofore unknown computer world (to
me anyhow) of Ubuntu (pronounced oo-BOON-too), I discovered the
following codes:
Edgy Eft, Breezy Badger, Icy Ibex, Lucid Lynx, Hegemonic
Hedgehog
Flirty Fawn, Macabre Meerkat, Deranged Drake, Jagged Jackalope,
Gutsy Gibbon
I believe cache coordinates can be decrypted from these code
words.. I’ve tried to make sense of them but the ususal and
more obvious relationships of words to numbers doesn’t seem
to work. I originally thought the geek editor had encrypted them in
the magazine or in the computer speak junk but I've come full
circle and think it has probably nothing to do with that. I sent
the editor an e-mail asking for some assistance. In his e-mail
reply he told me it's a simple cipher but that I should have little
trouble with it. He added that I could check the enclosures for a
more detailed account of the deciphering algorithm, but the e-mail
contained none. He hasn't responded to further inquiries.
Informational note: The editor did mention that the hide mated
up to this somwhat evil puzzle could be challenging.
2nd Informational Note: The full circle editor finally has
replied to me to let me know that he thinks the genre of this
puzzle is similar to ones that I have published. He also noted that
some esteemed puzzle heads have seemingly been easily stumped by
these mystery caches both in southwest Ohio and Florida, which he
found amusing. He noted that as much as he admires the wealth of
knowledge that the internet affords through the likes of google and
wikipedia, that the predisposition of most puzzle heads would make
this venue virtually worthless.
3rd Informational Note: I'm forwarding the editor's opinion that
the puzzleheads must be overthinking the solution. He said he gave
the printed cache page to his fifth grade daughter and she had it
solved in ten minutes flat. He also thinks I'm way off on my
difficulty ratings and that the ratings on my like puzzles need
adjustment, e.g. Ohio's should be to 2's and Florida's 3's.
4th Informational Note: The editor has provided an analysis that
the Eft and Lynx release have an elementary commonality that the
other's do not have and that the software engineers are likely
unaware of.
5th Informational Note: The editor has been monitoring the
progress in discovering the true meaning of full circle and has
suggested that anyone interested could sign up for his on-line
seminar in graphonomics to boost their analytical skills. Check out
the enclosures for details of the offering.
N39 xx.xxx W084 xx.xxx
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.