# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/41 "2003-11-29T11:27:12Z")
> [@](#): > > **Anything to do with “1920’s style deathrays”?** 🙂 No, although I thought [that thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=225998) would have garnered more attention. Allright, things seems to be going off on a tangent so I’ll be a it more specific. The question is on a weblog. The name of the weblog is guessable from THIS thread. Mix and match. ---
**Author:** ![BuddyToBud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BuddyToBud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddyToBud)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/42 "2003-11-29T11:27:20Z")
Or perhaps, is the answer 138 or 7.85? ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/43 "2003-11-29T11:29:48Z")
No, I’m not sure which user those stats are, but no, that’s not the answer ---
**Author:** ![BuddyToBud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BuddyToBud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddyToBud)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/44 "2003-11-29T11:34:34Z")
18? ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/45 "2003-11-29T11:36:08Z")
Methinks you’re just guessing ---
**Author:** ![BuddyToBud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BuddyToBud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddyToBud)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/46 "2003-11-29T11:42:27Z")
Not at all, I am just following up lines of enquiry that relate to you - for instance your second name is 18th most popular and your insanity index is 7.85 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/47 "2003-11-29T11:47:39Z")
I’d forgotten about that! You’re really looking in places I hadn’t thought of. But you’re (sorta) barking up the wrong proverbial tree. Try the weblog approach See you in word association. ---
**Author:** ![Gmork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gmork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gmork)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/48 "2003-11-29T11:47:56Z")
**Chavardz** - My brain hurts! Curse you!😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/49 "2003-11-29T11:49:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Chavardz - My brain hurts! Curse you! That’s just how I felt solving the original one. I felt lost, especially with the german swiss pages. Don’t give up it’s easier than it looks. I’ll give one more hint… the weblog shares the name of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Gmork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gmork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gmork)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/50 "2003-11-29T12:31:07Z")
I have a very strong feeling I’ve gone on an extremely useless tangent - but is the question ‘What does the O stand for?’ ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/51 "2003-11-29T12:35:56Z")
I really have no idea how you got there, but please, Tell me! Sounds like a fascinating story. Being the one behind the mystery is great because I get to see how other people think. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/52 "2003-11-29T12:39:41Z")
Got it. You found [This page](http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:yoxCrvvoA1cJ:jerz.setonhill.edu/weblog/categories/Literacy.html+%22What+does+the+O+stand+for%3F%22+internet+detective&hl=en&ie=UTF-8) You sent me off on a little hunt of my own. As I said, the page can’t be found on google. ---
**Author:** ![Gmork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gmork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gmork)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/53 "2003-11-29T12:43:19Z")
lol - yeah, I thought it wasn’t quite right. (It isn’t a fascinating story, I promise! I just can’t find the right weblog! That question was the only query on the only blog I found that looked like it could be related…but the search continues!) ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/54 "2003-11-29T12:46:42Z")
Ok, last clue before I’m off, I’ll check back later to see if we have a winner. It’s a popular weblog site, and the name of this thread is in the address. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/55 "2003-11-29T14:56:40Z")
Have you ever heard of this, and can you tell me anything about the origin? ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/56 "2003-11-29T19:46:49Z")
What? ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/57 "2003-11-29T19:50:44Z")
I guess that’s not it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_be\_squeamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@don\_t\_be\_squeamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_be_squeamish)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/58 "2003-11-29T22:40:09Z")
the question is: what’s my post count at the time of solving. um, 65? ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/59 "2003-11-29T23:06:54Z")
that’s the right question, **Don’t be squeamish** , but the wrong answer… It’s not that hard to answer. I will for practical purposes, declare you the winner. Please tell us how you solved it. You can now set the next challange. Good luck. * * * **missing\_link** where were you? you missed all the fun. **Parental Advisory** sorry for my response, I actually didn’t understand it. Thanks to all who played. ---
**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 30, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658/60 "2003-11-30T01:44:44Z")
I am sorry **Chavardz** , I am home at my parents place for the weekend, then I am always quite booked out (See my friends I usually don’t see etc.) I’ll be going back home tomorrow, then I’ll be back online playing. Nice question, hope this is gonna be one of those threads the mods have to kick out cause there are \>2000 posts 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-detective-game/215658.md?page=4)