MB : it makes me think, at one point I said that there was a childish side to the Super Solution, it's a little difficult to express, it has that effect on me because at the end of
After all, we are in the pure juice of pirate hunts.
We're in on it, every time I've read stories like that, there's always a big scheme at the end, which only the guy who has the recipe can find.
We are in this context, this is where I find that there is a childish side, because ultimately in the end, there is a great ingenuity, a great ingenuity factor, but there is a very conventional in the thing.
(Q - apollo: that is to say at the end there is a triangulation with a cross?)
MB : [laughs] can I call my lawyer?
(Q - ??: if I have Jack Sparrow's compass, do I have a chance of finding the owl?)
MB : ah well we're a bit in the atmosphere of Jack Sparrow, a bit of Pirates of the Caribbean - it's interesting, in 1993 what were the criteria in relation to that, how we could design a hunt...I say in 1993 it's stupid, in 1975, 76, 78, when Max designed his hunt, what was there as a reference in the field of treasure hunts I hear...?)
(Q - ??: a cross...!)
MB : a cross, a Calvary, a palm tree, 3 steps to the left, 8 steps to the west, things in that style, the shadow of the Pic de l'Aigle (I'm not quoting anyone), you see things like that...
(Q - ??: the sun at the zenith of such a place...)
(Q - ??: there would be an Eagle peak on the side of Lus la Croix Haute?...)
MB : it's impressive. You know there is one thing in common between Crolet and all the other researchers, it is true that he annoys us quite a bit but there is one thing in common, it is the level of involvement, the time devoted, the passion dedicated to the thing, that remains a constant and the Pic de l'Aigle there is something very eccentric in all that, and even more so.
But the Super Solution, it conforms to what one would expect from a treasure hunt, completely compliant.
(Q - ??: precisely Mr. Becker, in relation to the last announcement that you made following the hair-pile to the nearest centimeter, when you say you have to have the hair-pile, finally the sentence of the Super Solution, can there be a slight detail that we would not see in the Super Solution and despite everything we could find the hunt and still win?)
MB : listen, I'll tell you, assuming that there may be a slight hesitation in the interpretation of the Super Solution, someone who has the Super Solution will be declared the winner anyway. There is nothing to fear in the fact of not,...the pile-pile is a point, a point is extremely precise.
Now the Super Solution, we will say that it is a mechanism which leads to the point, someone who would have understood the mechanism cannot go wrong by much and if he does not go wrong by much he will be declared the winner.
(Q - ??: 30 or 40 centimeters is not...)
MB : it's less than the wingspan of the owl that you're talking about, there's no need to worry about that. In short, don't ask yourself how it can work, find the Super Solution, whoever finds it will win, that's a certainty for me.
(Q - ??: it is better to have the Super Solution without the owl than the owl without the Super Solution?)
MB : it's clear but anyway if we have the Super Solution, we can't miss the owl.
(Q - ??: after 40 or 50 centimeters we should still know that we are in the right place?)
MB : yes of course, no doubt, if you find, you find, don't worry. There is no problem, there is nothing vicious.
(Q - ??: you confirm that we can find the pile-pile to the nearest centimeter from our armchair?)
MB : to the nearest centimeter yes, to the nearest centimeter it's an expression that I used, Max never used this expression, he spoke of pile-up, that means that the Super Solution defines a point, not a surface, one centimeter to the nearest centimeter defines a very precise point, so I have it to the nearest centimeter, it was just to illustrate, so that everyone understands that it is very precise and it is the same thing. There is no possible doubt about that.
(Q - apollo: can we see this point on the map?)
MB : [laughs] one centimeter on the map, that’s impossible of course.
We are in this context, this is where I find that there is a childish side, because ultimately in the end, there is a great ingenuity, a great ingenuity factor, but there is a very conventional in the thing.
(Q - apollo: that is to say at the end there is a triangulation with a cross?)
MB : [laughs] can I call my lawyer?
(Q - ??: if I have Jack Sparrow's compass, do I have a chance of finding the owl?)
MB : ah well we're a bit in the atmosphere of Jack Sparrow, a bit of Pirates of the Caribbean - it's interesting, in 1993 what were the criteria in relation to that, how we could design a hunt...I say in 1993 it's stupid, in 1975, 76, 78, when Max designed his hunt, what was there as a reference in the field of treasure hunts I hear...?)
(Q - ??: a cross...!)
MB : a cross, a Calvary, a palm tree, 3 steps to the left, 8 steps to the west, things in that style, the shadow of the Pic de l'Aigle (I'm not quoting anyone), you see things like that...
(Q - ??: the sun at the zenith of such a place...)
(Q - ??: there would be an Eagle peak on the side of Lus la Croix Haute?...)
MB : it's impressive. You know there is one thing in common between Crolet and all the other researchers, it is true that he annoys us quite a bit but there is one thing in common, it is the level of involvement, the time devoted, the passion dedicated to the thing, that remains a constant and the Pic de l'Aigle there is something very eccentric in all that, and even more so.
But the Super Solution, it conforms to what one would expect from a treasure hunt, completely compliant.
(Q - ??: precisely Mr. Becker, in relation to the last announcement that you made following the hair-pile to the nearest centimeter, when you say you have to have the hair-pile, finally the sentence of the Super Solution, can there be a slight detail that we would not see in the Super Solution and despite everything we could find the hunt and still win?)
MB : listen, I'll tell you, assuming that there may be a slight hesitation in the interpretation of the Super Solution, someone who has the Super Solution will be declared the winner anyway. There is nothing to fear in the fact of not,...the pile-pile is a point, a point is extremely precise.
Now the Super Solution, we will say that it is a mechanism which leads to the point, someone who would have understood the mechanism cannot go wrong by much and if he does not go wrong by much he will be declared the winner.
(Q - ??: 30 or 40 centimeters is not...)
MB : it's less than the wingspan of the owl that you're talking about, there's no need to worry about that. In short, don't ask yourself how it can work, find the Super Solution, whoever finds it will win, that's a certainty for me.
(Q - ??: it is better to have the Super Solution without the owl than the owl without the Super Solution?)
MB : it's clear but anyway if we have the Super Solution, we can't miss the owl.
(Q - ??: after 40 or 50 centimeters we should still know that we are in the right place?)
MB : yes of course, no doubt, if you find, you find, don't worry. There is no problem, there is nothing vicious.
(Q - ??: you confirm that we can find the pile-pile to the nearest centimeter from our armchair?)
MB : to the nearest centimeter yes, to the nearest centimeter it's an expression that I used, Max never used this expression, he spoke of pile-up, that means that the Super Solution defines a point, not a surface, one centimeter to the nearest centimeter defines a very precise point, so I have it to the nearest centimeter, it was just to illustrate, so that everyone understands that it is very precise and it is the same thing. There is no possible doubt about that.
(Q - apollo: can we see this point on the map?)
MB : [laughs] one centimeter on the map, that’s impossible of course.