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TV Series we Love Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/10/2012
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EN: Recently, there is a boom of excellent TV series. Or better, there is a boom in availability of excellent TV series. Some 40 years ago, everybody in Yugoslavia were crazy for Peyton Place, one of the first foreign (US) US TV series transmitted in these parts. Everybody stayed home on those evenings when it was on TV, the streets were empty, and the next day everybody talked about this at school/work.
When video recorders came, people became more flexible to record episodes when they were not home, and watch them later. Satellite TV and recordable DVDs made this even more flexible, but the real frenzy came with fast internet, where you were not limited by the things transmitted on national TV, or any other TV station you can receive via satellite, but now you can literally download and/or watch *anything* from *anywhere* in the world. And you don’t have to wait 8PM on next Thursday to see the new episode, you can finish the whole season over the weekend, if you’re hooked enough.
We watch series day after they are premiered in US, follow cult danish series like “Forbrydelsen“ and “Bron/Broen” and follow winners from Emmy’s and Golden Globes with supreme nodding “I’ve seen this already” – and all that, months, even years before we can watch this on our national TVs. If they ever arrive, that is.

Here’s a reminder of a few series that we all loved, followed, and talked about few years back. I grew up with most of these, hope you’ve seen them too! Watching them week after week, you instantly recognized the main theme, even if you heard it from the kitchen, while last-minute preparing of the food to devoure in front of the TV.
When (and if) you recognize all 12 series (from A to L) in question, find the data about it on Epguides, the best site about TV series. There, you need to find the following data: DAY when the series was transmitted for the first time on TV (marked as 1-01), as well as the total number of seasons made (*until 2012, when the cache is published!!*) . The number we’re looking for is the product of these 2 numbers.
Let’s see the example of Family Ties, which made Michael J. Fox famous: on Family Ties page we see that it was shown for the first time on September 22nd,1982 (so you need 22), and that there were 7 seasons in total. Number you need is 22*7=154. Put the numbers that you get like this from all series in the formula, and you’ll get the final coordinates of the cache.
Good luck!


HR: U zadnje vrijeme smo preplavljeni dobrim TV serijama. Ili bolje, preplavljeni smo raznim mogućnostima obzirom na to kako dobre serije možemo gledati. Prije nekih 40 godina, cijela Jugoslavija je poludjela za serijom “Gradić Pejton”, jednom od prvih stranih (američka) serija koja je bila emitirana u ovim krajevima. Svi su tih večeri kad se serija emitirala ostajali kod kuće, ulice su bile prazne, a slijedeći dan su svi na poslu i u školi pričali o netom emitiranoj epizodi.

Kad su na tržište stigli video rekorderi, ljudi su postali fleksibilniji u smislu da su mogli snimati epizode kad nisu bili kod kuće, i gledati ih kasnije. Satelitska televizija i DVD snimači su ovo učinili još pristupačnijim, ali najveće tehnološko dostignuće u ovoj domeni je nastalo uvođenjem brzog interneta, s kojim nismo više bili limitirani programima emitiranim na lokalnim ili bilo kojim dostupnim satelitskim televizijama, nego smo doslovno mogli gledati *sve* iz *bilo kojeg* dijela svijeta. Time više ne moramo čekati četvrtak u 8 navečer da vidimo novu epizodu omiljene serije, nego možemo, ako baš želimo, odgledati cijelu sezonu preko vikenda, ako se dovoljno zapalimo za nju.

Tako već dan poslije premijere nove epizode serije u Americi možemo istu pogledati kod kuće, gledati kultne danske serije poput “Ubojstva” (“Forbrydelsen“) ili “Mosta” (“Bron/Broen”), dok dodjelu Emmy-ja ili Zlatnih Globusa znalački pratimo s nadmoćnim klimanjem “Ovo sam već pogledao” – i sve ovo mjesece, čak i godine prije nego što se iste serije pojave kod nas na televiziji. Ako ikad i dođu, to jest.
Evo malog podsjetnika na par serija koje smo svi voljeli, pratili, i pričali o njima prije par godina. Odrastao sam s većinom od njih, nadam se da ste ih i vi gledali! Prateći ih iz tjedna u tjedan, odmah bi prepoznali naslovnu temu čak i iz kuhinje, gdje bi u zadnji čas pripremali hranu za ždranje ispred malih ekrana.

Kad (i ako) prepoznate o kojoj se seriji radi u svih 12 slučajeva (od A do L), nađite podatke o njoj na Epguides-u, najboljem sajtu za serije. Tamo pronađite slijedeće podatke: DAN kad je originalno prvi put emitirana prva epizoda prve sezone serije (označena sa 1-01), kao i broj sezona koje su ukupno emitirane (*do 2012, kad je cache objavljen*). Broj koji tražimo je produkt ova dva broja.
Pogledajmo primjer serije Family Ties, u kojoj se proslavio Michael J. Fox: Na strani Family Ties-a vidimo da je serija prvi put prikazana 22.9.1982 (znači broj 22), i da je ukupno bilo 7 sezona. Traženi broj je 22*7=154. Sve takve brojeve uvrstite u formulu, i dobit ćete konačne koordinate cache-a.
Sretno!


Cache is at N 45° 47.XXX E 015° 58.YYY
Cache je na N 45° 47.XXX E 015° 58.YYY

XXX = (4*A-2*B+4*C+4*D-8*E+3*F-1),
YYY = (5*G+3*H+6*I-4*J+3*K+3*L+4)


P.S. And yes, this is my cache No. 100! I da, ovo je moj 100-ti postavljeni cache!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)