sept1c_tank

Thanks, CY. Very interesting thread. . =============== QUOTE: posted January 05, 2003 08:26 PM That picture shows half the office and looks about the same today, though I had to chop off the end unit to make room for the conference table to the left (off-camera). All of our machines are now hosted off-site in a cabinet at InterNAP in Fisher Plaza, which itself is an amazing building to behold. We were fortunate enough to get in at the ground price when they moved in. We share the cabinet with KillerLink to split bandwidth and expenses. It is actually cheaper to lease our own cabinet at this point, as we use the same bandwidth at our office (and essentially become our own ISP). We're also in good company like Amazon. Almost all of the web site machines have been moved over to cabinet-mount servers at this point, except for the web server. The database server is a 4U Quad processor machine that usually gets the most work of all the machines. Elias would have to go into the details since he handles the hardware pieces and security for the cabinet. **(THE OFFICE)** Our office is in the basement of a residence, which was once dark, concrete, and filled with cobwebs and mold. It was redesigned with some help from IKEA, and almost everything in the office was purchased on auction from failed dot-coms. We're all tea drinkers (except me, so I'm a pot-a-day guy now), but we've got the traditional junk food, and our Jones Soda fridge is usually stocked with Snapple, bottled water, Coke, Mellow Yellow, and occasionally a few Red Hook beers. We hope one day to have a Slush Puppie machine. Almost all our machines run Window$, except our mail server at InterNAP and an office box (formerly www.geocaching.com) which runs our Jukebox, Jabber server, newsgroup server, and print server. We also have a Mac Classic which we have been able to network but have yet to install a browser to work as a front-end for our jukebox. Suprisingly enough there aren't too many cables lying around anymore. Each of us do have several computers under our desk, and for a while we had a few cabinet machines resting on conference chairs, but most of the equipment is now humming at Fisher Plaza. Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location Posts: 1041 | From: Emerald City, USA . =============== That's a real good start, but I want to see some REAL PHOTOS of REAL OFFICES and REAL PEOPLE. (preferably taken by real geocachers) I'm sure Bull Moose and maybe some other geocachers in the Seattle area can get, or have some original photos of HQ and personel. And don't forget stories to go with the pictures! ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** . [This message was edited by sept1c_tank on August 01, 2003 at 04:21 PM.] [This message was edited by sept1c_tank on August 01, 2003 at 04:39 PM.]

I cried for 20 minutes after seeing the old family photo of the Irishes! Have done a little research and pin-pointed (thumb-nailed) the real Groundspeak HQ on the map below. Won't someone be brave enough to get a drive-by photo? ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

Very nice. ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

This cache is wheelchair accessible. Email me for further details. ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

quote:Originally posted by hammack:Instead of blaming this on "Big Oil", why don't you assign blame to some lawyer or bureaucrat within the company. I think that's more likely the case. ================================================ Personally, I'd rather kick around "Big Oil." ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

You go, GeoCan! Screw the oil companies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

quote:Originally posted by mrkablooey:To those who won, enjoy your new poles. ~robert ================================================ ...And be sure to bring them to the staff meeting! ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

I'm still a newbie, and at the risk of sounding self-centered, I'm going to steer you to my own first cache (near Indianapolis): Bridge, Anyone? Read all the logs! Jolly, I know you visit Naptown regularly...so give this one a try. There are 9 caches very close by, so you could make an afternoon of it! ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** . [This message was edited by sept1c_tank on August 01, 2003 at 02:38 AM.] [This message was edited by sept1c_tank on August 01, 2003 at 02:39 AM.]

You're not any more a psycho than me...good luck! (of course, that's my opinion (of you and me!) ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

Nice photo, Martmann... ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

Once more, an anonymous person has sent me a photo of "Groundspeak HQ". I don't know whether to believe it or not. (If you look closely, it does appear that everyone entering the building is carrying a GPSr or a cache page.) Hasn't anybody ever been there...can't SOMEONE show me a verified photo of Groundspeak? Is it possible that no one has ever returned? ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** . [This message was edited by sept1c_tank on July 31, 2003 at 11:38 PM.] [This message was edited by sept1c_tank on July 31, 2003 at 11:41 PM.]

Oh, I see you changed your story..and I was looking for a cache that might have a patriot missile battery! ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

I have two micros. Ijust use the back of the cover letter. Means replacing the letter about every 15 cachers. ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

Not sure if I'm happy or glad or sad to know all that! ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

Sorry...haven't got these URL things entirely worked out! (see two posts up^) ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

Someone sent me this photo of one of the "rocket scientists" at Groundspeak. (I'll try that again) Look over here>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** . [This message was edited by sept1c_tank on July 31, 2003 at 04:19 PM.] [This message was edited by sept1c_tank on July 31, 2003 at 04:22 PM.] [This message was edited by sept1c_tank on July 31, 2003 at 04:24 PM.]

The GPSr is a tool to get you close to the cache. Work as a team to get within 50-100 ft. of the cache, put it away, and each of you can rely on individual logic to actually find the cache. Often times there will be that much of an error/descrepancy anyway. ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

Here's another good one from the same page. ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

Evil. I can already think of a good place to stick one of those! ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

I was browsing through the logs of some Australian caches the other day and saw that someone left an Alaskan mozzie trap in trade. I already knew what a mozzie is, but had no idea of what kind of trap that might be, so I emailed the cacher for a defination. The Aussies know how to deal with mozzies (Australian for mosquito) but they stole the idea from Alaska. The trap turned out to be a slightly undersized mouse trap! ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

My vote. (by honeychile) ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

TPTB decided the maps are really spoilers, and not necessary. ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

I voted for Marky because I felt sorry for him...his avatar sucks! And I didn't think he had a chance in HeII, so it wouldn't really be a vote against me! ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .

HONORABLE MENTION!!! I guess voting for a sept1c_tank would be comparable to eating limburger (sp?) cheese...not so bad when you get past the smell! Seriously. Congrats to the winners. This thread has been fun and productive to geocaching. I'll miss it when (if) it dies. "Tanks" El Diablo and Marky for all the excitement you have provided. And I will vote for you, Huntnlady, again. ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** .