# Frapper : Where Y'all At? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 21, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252 "2005-10-21T14:20:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/41 "2005-10-21T19:36:51Z")
Where’s everyone from Chicagoland? There’s only four of us right now, and that’s kinda sad! ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/42 "2005-10-21T19:42:40Z")
That was fun! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/43 "2005-10-21T19:43:32Z")
> [@Big\_Norse](#): > > Where’s everyone from Chicagoland? There’s only four of us right now, and that’s kinda sad! I just got in. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/44 "2005-10-21T19:43:42Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I don’t think it’s a secret that I’m in Philly… Yeah, I’ve never hidden my location behind a cleverly obfuscatory phrase like “The Milky Way Galaxy” either. To all geographically-minded **Dopers** : If you haven’t posted your current and former states/provinces/countries of residence to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333605&highlight=Slovenia), feel free to add to the database being compiled by **Idle Thoughts**. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/45 "2005-10-21T19:46:31Z")
We appear to have broke it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/46 "2005-10-21T19:50:59Z")
It seems to have me located inside a school or office park of some kind. It’s hard to tell. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/47 "2005-10-21T19:51:06Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > We appear to have broke it. 🙂 Heh. Forget DoS attacks, just post an interesting link on the SDMB and wait for the site to tank. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/48 "2005-10-21T19:52:18Z")
Perhaps… does seem to be down. Whee! The Google Ads have focused on my Username! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/49 "2005-10-21T19:53:50Z")
It go boom, why it go boom. Try prodding it with a stick. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/50 "2005-10-21T20:02:03Z")
Make it go! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/51 "2005-10-21T20:04:42Z")
Let’s get our story straight. If anybody asks, we never saw it, ok? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/52 "2005-10-21T20:09:24Z")
Now it says I need an API key or some such thingee. Will my housekey fit? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/53 "2005-10-21T20:10:59Z")
I didn’t do it and **carnivorousplant** was with me the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/54 "2005-10-21T20:12:34Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > It’s got to be a coincidence that it actually points to something worth pointing to, right? > > I’d like to hear where it put other Dopers. Anything interesting? I’m thinking coincidence. From what I can see, it puts me in the middle of some scrubland. Not too exciting, unless you’re a mouse or rattlesnake. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/55 "2005-10-21T20:15:20Z")
I can’t see the flippin’ map anymore!!! I get an error telling me that the API key was generated for a different site (?), then I clear the error message and the page comes up, but with no map. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/56 "2005-10-21T20:17:39Z")
Why does it show “Vaughan” instead of “Toronto”? Boo. I mean really. Vaughan? That’s like putting Queens instead of New York City. (Sorry, **Kid\_A** , I seem to have obliterated you.) ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/57 "2005-10-21T20:24:29Z")
Mine is back up and working. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/58 "2005-10-21T20:28:59Z")
See poking it with the stick did help. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/59 "2005-10-21T20:41:19Z")
Ok, now I can se the map, and it says SDMB on it and everything, but there’s no one there? Bus guy getting frustrated. Grr. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252/60 "2005-10-21T20:43:33Z")
> [@mr bus guy](#): > > Ok, now I can se the map, and it says SDMB on it and everything, but there’s no one there? > > Bus guy getting frustrated. Grr. Don’t punch, that’s what happened the first time. make sure you use this link. [http://www.risingconcepts.com/frapper/sdmb](http://www.risingconcepts.com/frapper/sdmb) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frapper-where-yall-at/327252.md?page=4)