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I have the Magellan GPS Companion on my Palm m515. When I first used it, I was not impressed with any of the software that came with it. The Nav Companion and StreetFinder programs really don't work very well and don't have features I want. Most of the caching I do is in the woods or on logging/forest roads which are not in StreetFinder and the Nav Companion software really stinks. Later on, I found Cetus GPS. This is a freeware program the is much better than the Nav Companion program. It has many of the features that my Garmin III+ has, plus I haven't found a limit to the number of waypoints it holds. If you have or are getting any of the Palm based GPS addons, I definitely recommend this program (be sure to download the latest BETA version though). You can download waypoints using GPSBabel from either GPX or LOC files from the GC.com site. The other obvious use is using the Palm for your cache pages, but that's in several other threads. Overall, the Palm/GPS Companion setup is pretty good. The only drawback it that it isn't as rugged as a 'regular' GPSr. I usually have the Palm in an aluminum RhinoSkins case in my pocket until I want to use it with the GPS Companion. Delorme and a few other companies make topo maps for the Palm that use the GPS Companion. I haven't tried them yet though. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

We have a cache that uses a key to open it. It is called Success. The cache has a keyed lock on it. To find the key you need to find the Key to Success Travel Bug. The TB is hidden in a local cache somewhere within about 20 miles from the cache. There is another cache that has a combination lock on it. It is Gotta Love the Quad. Basically the cache has a tag on it with coordinates to several places around town. When you arrive at the place, you have to figure out what is in the area that has a number on it (address, number as part of the name of the place, etc). After you have the numbers, you go back to the cache and figure out which order the numbers go to open the lock. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

They're probably just confused. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

Congratulations geocaching.com for the Webby award. It is well deserved. Also, thank you Jeremy and all the admins and many other people who work on the site for making it available to us all. I also think that all the geocachers who use the site should be congratulated for all the votes and all the caches and logs submitted to the site. From the About Geocaching page - As of today, there are 55634 active caches in 174 countries. In the last 7 days, there have been 32075 new logs written by 8354 account holders. That's a lot of geocaching going on. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

Some USB/Serial adapters have problems with certain serial devices. Most of the posts I have read said to be sure that it has an external power supply for the adapter. Belkin is usually a good brand, but I'd buy it at a store that has a good return policy in case it doesn't work with your particular laptop/GPS or even be able to try it out at the store before buying it, if possible. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

If you know the GCxxxx identifier for the cache you can type that in on the Hide&Seek page. If you don't know the number, then you will have to find the profile of a geocacher that logged a find on that event and look at the Found Caches list. That's the only way that I know of anyway. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

Here in Oregon there has been several places that have been invaded with Giant Hogweed. This is some info: Giant Hogweed is originally from Asia and was introduced as an ornamental. A member of the parsley family, its most impressive characteristic is its massive size. It reaches a height of 10 to 15 feet when in flower and has hollow stems, 2 to 4 inches in diameter with dark reddish-purple spots and bristles. Coarse white hairs at the base of the leaf stalk are also purplish, and each purple spot surrounds a blister-based hair. The deeply incised compound leaves grow up to 5 feet in width. Giant hogweed flowers mid-May through July, with numerous white flowers clustered in an umbrella-shaped head that is up to 2.5 feet in diameter across its flat top. The plant produces flattened, 3/8-inch long, oval dry fruits that have a broadly rounded base, and broad marginal ridges. Hogweed prefers moist soil and can quickly dominate ravines and stream banks. Giant hogweed is similar in appearance to our native cow parsnip, only it is much larger and the hairs on the under surface of the leaf are shorter (about .25 mm long). Hogweed is a public health hazard. Its clear, watery sap has toxins that cause photo-dermatitis. Skin contact followed by exposure to sunlight produces painful, burning blisters that may develop into purplish or blackened scars. Sounds like something that deserves to die. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

That was cool. Congratulations. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

One of our locals had a real problem with the railroad for placing a cache by the tracks. Lots of legal problems and about $2300 in fines, etc. We were told by him that the R/R has a 150' right-of-way. I suppose this doesn't count when other owners have property closer than that, but just to be safe I'd stay at least 150' from the tracks. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

Oregone's log entries will ususally have nothing to do with the cache he's posting on. I think he's either really looney, or a genius. I've met him and LaurenCat and I still can't decide. Actually, he's a pretty good guy. Just a little warped on his log entries. Almost forgot, I have one of their CD's that they left in a cache, the music on it is pretty strange too. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

The article in Discover Magazine stated that it was several $million. The owner refused to disclose the exact amount. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

Sure, I'd buy it just to get the cache. I'd find other uses for it if I could after finding the cache. Years and years ago I bought a 24" blacklight for my blacklight posters (That was a long time ago....) In the last couple of years, we've used the blacklight for looking if the dogs decided to water the carpet. Shows up pretty good. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

quote:Originally posted by Team GPSaxophone: quote:Originally posted by EScout:Recently we were paying up to $2.30 per gallon. Those $40 fill ups were not nice. Now down to $1.99 for super, 1.89 for regular in Los Angeles area. Ha! For me to fill up on only $40, gas would have to be about 99 cents a gallon. Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ihazeltine/bandbass.gif Sounds like my Chevy truck, holds 42 gallons between the two tanks. The last time I used it, it took $70.00 to fill it up. I'm glad the Jeep only has a 18 gallon or so tank and gets about twice the mileage (14-18 MPG instead of 8-10) "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

I can see your point, but I think there is a place for any kind/size/type of cache. If the cache placer would maybe say that the container is an ultra-micro sized container, then that would clue in the cachers that don't like them to not try for them, but it would also let the finders have more information than the cache hider might want to give out. Maybe if the micro had a difficulty of a 3.5 or 4 that might be another way. Me personally, I don't care what the container is, I'll try and find it if it's in an area that I can get to. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

quote:Originally posted by Huntnlady:Similar question... after you've uploaded a picture to the cache page, and put the link to it, can you then delete the link that was created when you first uploaded the picture? Deer laugh when they hear my name! http://www.geocities.com/cacheinon If you mean the one underneath the line that says there are pictures for this cache, I don't think you can. What I have done is uploaded pictures that I have posted in the forums on a cache page that has been archived and just used that link there. You can do the same thing from your profile page, upload a picture to your profile page and just put the link in your cache page. That way the picture is on the GC.com system, but not directly on your cache page. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

Just in case anyone is interested, here's another free spyware remover: Spyboy Search & Destroy I use this one and Ad-Aware along with Pest Patrol which isn't free. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

quote:Originally posted by Folshen:I'd like to know if what I did under similiar circumstances was alright... I marked a waypoint at the site, moved about twenty yards back into a bit of a clearing then repeated the process until I had eight waypoints. Once back home I simply added up the last three digits of my eight waypoints then divided by eight. The final number is what I used, was this "ok" or a bad idea? If you did what I am thinking, then your average that you came up with would be about 80 yards from the cache. If you think of the route you took as being a line from the cache to the last waypoint, your average would be the halfway point of the line. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

It's not my fault, it was like that when I got here. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

quote:Originally posted by Rabbit 282: quote: While you're at it, toss in some porn, bury it on NPS land, making sure the only route there trespasses on private property, and goes through delicate habitat and tramples endangered plants Don't forget the drugs and fireworks. Always a neccessity. quote: Wow! I didn't expect this much of a response. I kinda figured that the MRE idea wasn't so hot after the first day of this post. Like we'd let this die! Ha! /Benjamin Carbondale, IL Caching Newbie Don't forget all the alcohol too. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

quote:Originally posted by Huntnlady:How do people laminate them and the cache info sheet? Do they have laminators to purchase at the discount store (i.e. WalMart?) You can get a small laminator at office supply stores for around $25-$50 for one that handles up to 4" material. I think I did see one at Walmart too. They also make laminating sheets that do not use a machine, they have an adhesive that usually sets up in about 24 hours. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

A couple of moths ago I placed a cache that had about 6-7 travel bugs in it. There were a couple of newbies that grabbed some of the bugs (read it in the log) but didn't log the bug as being removed from the cache. I sent them email explaining the procedure that they needed to do to 'grab' a bug and what they needed to do to 'place' a bug when they dropped it in another cache, and explained that the bugs were items that move from cache to cache and NOT something that they could keep. They were happy that I took the time to explain the procedure and the bugs were moved correctly. Sometimes, you just need to 'show' someone what they need to do. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

quote:Originally posted by Indiana Cojones:* An MRE sealed in an ammo canister is going to be safe against anything but a bear, and the bear would only be able to get access to it if it managed to pop the latch or crush the can. Both unlikely, but theoretically possible. Earlier this week a local geocacher found a cache that was placed a couple of weeks ago. The cache was in an ammo can and was opened and scattered around by a bear. The ammo can has claw and tooth marks all over it. It did not have any food in it. The bear might have smelled food if the person placing it had just eaten and had grease on their hands. I'm not sure, it could just have been curious. I am planning on finding it today or tomorrow and will take pictures and post them if I can. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

Most mouse and other computer cables of the same type are either 24 or 26 gauge wire. A 26 ga. wire will safely handle 4 amps of current in free air or 2.8 amps when bundled with 6-15 wires together. This is assuming a low temperature insulation similar to what is usually found on a mouse cable. A 24 ga. wire will handle 6 amps free air and 4.2 amps in a similar bundled cable. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

I don't worry about the cost of the gas either. If I'm mostly on the road, I might get 14-16 MPG in my Jeep YJ (4.0 l); if I'm in 4-low, mileage doesn't matter - I'm having fun. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo

We have one here that is a book trade and another one that was recently archived (cache stolen). This is definitely a good idea. I'm reading the book right now that I traded from the newer cache. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo