Help me figure out how I lost this bet to an engineer

Post by dhm116 » Wed, Sep 11, 2013, 11:34 PM UTC

philfreo wrote: post #112

danso wrote: post #109

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So in the other post, you said you inadverdently realized you had a second photo of the target (which presumably contained key identifying info)...so, are you saying here that that second photo didn't come from investigating the event that she was at (i.e., if it had a meetup/lanyrd page, looking at all the attendee photos and seeing what looked like her?)

The second photo that we later realized we had was one a teammate had taken himself and didn't have anyone else in it. I think it was doable with just 1 photo, and I'm not ready to share with Justin how the 2nd photo helped. :)

Post by philfreo » Wed, Sep 11, 2013, 11:48 PM UTC

abalone wrote: post #154

philfreo wrote: post #136

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Or, have some faith in humanity, considering: - This was just a fun bet between friends. Justin really didn't think it could be done and I wanted to show him how a little information goes a long way online. - Justin treated this girl well and she even knew about this bet. - "Look up online" != Stalking - None of the discovered information has been posted publicly online. This isn't even her photo.

> - None of her information has been posted online. You are totally lying. I just saw your other comment on this where you admitted you posted her pic in a Facebook ad. I will quote: >This is the closest I've heard to one of the ideas that we expected to work, so I'll share. >- Create an ad on Facebook with her picture. >- Target people that went to her high school within 4 years of the range of years we thought she…

Post by cincinnatus » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 12:02 AM UTC

philfreo wrote: post #112

danso wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So in the other post, you said you inadverdently realized you had a second photo of the target (which presumably contained key identifying info)...so, are you saying here that that second photo didn't come from investigating the event that she was at (i.e., if it had a meetup/lanyrd page, looking at all the attendee photos and seeing what looked like her?)

The second photo that we later realized we had was one a teammate had taken himself and didn't have anyone else in it. I think it was doable with just 1 photo, and I'm not ready to share with Justin how the 2nd photo helped. :)

Post by emhart » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 12:06 AM UTC

jbg331 wrote: post #126

emhart wrote: post #88

jbg331 - while we wait for people to ferret out the right answer, can you tell us how the woman in question has responded to the "game"? Genuinely curious.

Surpringly well. I told her about the bet and she took everything in stride. She actually laughed when I told her. Shes a pretty awesome girl

Post by masterzora » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 12:09 AM UTC

philfreo wrote: post #173

abalone wrote: post #154

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> - None of her information has been posted online. You are totally lying. I just saw your other comment on this where you admitted you posted her pic in a Facebook ad. I will quote: >This is the closest I've heard to one of the ideas that we expected to work, so I'll share. >- Create an ad on Facebook with her picture. >- Target people that went to her high school within 4 years of the range of years we thought she…

The ad was honest and even described the bet. "stalk [verb]: to follow, watch, and bother (someone) constantly in a way that is frightening, dangerous, etc." -- merriam-webster This very much was not the case. If it makes you feel better, the ad was also taken down very quickly.