# Internet Detective (Game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658 "2003-11-28T02:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![missing\_link](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@missing\_link](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missing_link)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/1 "2003-11-28T02:29:48Z")
Ok, this game works as follows: I start out with a question. The answer to this question can be found on the internet somewhere. The first one to get it right, posts the next question. If things get stuck, the poster of the question can drop a hint or two. I am not very good at explaining, so let’s just get started: What number can I see when I look out of my balcony window? ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/2 "2003-11-28T02:49:12Z")
Dunno. But your website nearly qualifies as a weird Earl’s – at least for those of us who don’t speak German. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/3 "2003-11-28T03:14:48Z")
Hmmm missing link? maybe 404? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![missing\_link](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@missing\_link](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missing_link)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/4 "2003-11-28T03:22:47Z")
ops, forgot that that website is listed in my profile. Even german wouldn’t help much as everything is in swiss german. Actually the first lead to follow is my email address. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/5 "2003-11-28T03:46:53Z")
A 55? I got the map with your building on it, but I see no numbers. ---
**Author:** ![missing\_link](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@missing\_link](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missing_link)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/6 "2003-11-28T07:34:53Z")
Not bad **Chavardz** , little hint: my balcony faces south. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/7 "2003-11-28T11:17:52Z")
1833? ---
**Author:** ![missing\_link](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@missing\_link](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missing_link)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/8 "2003-11-28T11:42:03Z")
No, that’s not it either. Another small hint is that I can’t see that number all the time. Only about 4 times an hour. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/9 "2003-11-28T14:55:19Z")
8903 ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/10 "2003-11-28T14:56:32Z")
Or Route 10. ---
**Author:** ![missing\_link](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@missing\_link](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missing_link)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/11 "2003-11-28T15:13:36Z")
Nope, but you’re all pretty close. There is one additional step needed. Hint: how do I get to university in central Zurich every morning? (public transport) ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/12 "2003-11-28T15:25:04Z")
716 ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/13 "2003-11-28T15:27:00Z")
I was figuring a train. Wild guess: the IC276. ---
**Author:** ![BuddyToBud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BuddyToBud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddyToBud)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/14 "2003-11-28T15:28:04Z")
6 Perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/15 "2003-11-28T15:37:05Z")
This is all I can narrow it down to, as I cannot continue much further due to a language barrier: Zueritaxi: 271 11 11 or 222 22 22, taxi 2000: 444 44 44 ---
**Author:** ![missing\_link](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@missing\_link](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missing_link)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/16 "2003-11-28T15:37:37Z")
A train is correct. But it has a different number than IC 276 or 6. It is a single figure though. ---
**Author:** ![missing\_link](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@missing\_link](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missing_link)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/17 "2003-11-28T15:40:46Z")
**ParentalAdvisory** , I only take a taxi when I am coming home from drinking in the city :D. Would be rather expensive if I took a taxi every day (You can’t imagine what they cost here in Zurich, like 27$ for a 15 min ride) ---
**Author:** ![BuddyToBud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BuddyToBud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddyToBud)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/18 "2003-11-28T15:46:40Z")
The language barrier is a bifg problem for me too - thats why I took the tram route (it seemed a bit easier to figure out). Train eh? well here goes… _I suppose it wouldn’t be good form to cheat and keep posting single numbers at random (like 8?)… No, I thought not ::wanders off looking for a dictionary::_ ---
**Author:** ![missing\_link](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@missing\_link](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missing_link)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/19 "2003-11-28T15:52:45Z")
You actually do not need to translate anything. The necessary pages are all available in english. If you know where I live and with the hint that I take the train to school, you can find out which number I see. 'nother hint: www.sbb.ch ---
**Author:** ![BuddyToBud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BuddyToBud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddyToBud)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/20 "2003-11-28T16:10:43Z")
Do you, from Bahnhofstrasse/HB, take tram number 7 towards Stettbach to “Milchbuck”? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658.md?page=2)