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    Forums Customized Search

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    Hmmm. That's lame. I guess they don't care what users of their forum software think or want to know? :)B)

     

    Their support is for their customers only, not their end users. They told me to ask here. Well, specifically to ask the board owner and/or administrator.

    Forums Customized Search

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    Anyone know how to do this?

    Can you more formally explain what it is you are trying to accomplish.

     

    I want a "Get New" that excludes all the languages and regions that I'm not interested in.

     

    Or, said another way, I'd like to customize the Get New search to only return the forums that I want to see what's new in.

     

    :)

    Garmin Colorado FAQ and Issues List

    in GPS technology and devices

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    The only thing I did was to empty the trash on the desktop of the Mac with the Colorado connected to the USB drive. That seemed to clear any file on the Colorado as well. I tried to find the "hidden" trash file on the Colorado by looking at the drive from My Computer in Windows XP, but I never was able to find it. Supposedly, you are able to "see" the hidden Mac trash file from My Computer in Windows, but I never did find it. It is supposed to be a file with a dot (".") in front of the cache that designates a "hidden" file on the Mac. Anyway, my problem seems to be solved now...

     

    This issue is already addressed at D11 in the FAQ under the Data Transfer and Files heading. I came across it when looking through that great reference.

     

    If found this which should help Mac users avoid the problem. You'll need to do this on the internal memory volume and on every SD card you use:

     

     

    What I found annoying is that deleted files stay on the memory stick in its "Trashes" folder if you move them to the trash. As I never have anything solely on the memory stick, I don't need the "Trash" feature of the Finder, but want files to be immediatelly deleted. So I opened the Terminal, and cd'ed to the memory stick, and replaced the ".Trashes" folder with a ".Trashes" file:

     

    % cd /Volumes/<volume_name>/

    % rm -r .Trashes

    % touch .Trashes

     

     

    I think this is a really bad idea. Why would you remove the safeguard that keeps you from accidentally deleting files? It's too easy to hit cmd-shift-delete and then return to completely empty the trash while in the finder. It can't be nearly as great a burden as it would when you accidentally delete files without any confirmation dialog. :(

    Would a P-38 can opener be OK as a cache item?

    in General geocaching topics

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    If I had ever found a P-38 in a cache I probably wouldn’t have known what it was.

     

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    If you want to label them (which is probably a very good idea), it would be a fairly straightforward matter to correctly size this image of an original label, print it, and then either (1) tape it around the opener or (2) stuff the opener, with the label image folded around it, into one of those tiny zip-lock bags available at hobby stores.

     

    Doing so would also help address the issue of the otherwise exposed blade.

     

    Now that I’ve read about P-38s in this thread and on the Internet I would be thrilled to find one in a cache!

     

    It's a good thing they pointed out which was the can opener and which was the can, otherwise I would have been completely lost!

    Forums Customized Search

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    Forum Enhancements script. Lets you create a "favorites" list, accessible from most pages in the forum. When you're done reading message in one forum, jump directly to your next favorite, without having to return to the main menu. Also lets you open threads with new messages into new tabs, so you can open them all at once.

     

    Close and helpful, but not what I was hoping for. Thanks for the link!

    Forums Customized Search

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    Here's what I have in mind:

     

    http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?act=Search&CODE=getnew&Exclude=14,17,18,19,20,21,22,24,25,26,27,28,41,29,45,56,30,31,55,32,33,34,35,60,61,62,63

     

    Except it's changing my "&" into "& amp;"

    The State of Geocaching

    in How do I...?

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    paleolith has recently hidden the Santa Monica Mtns History Adventure (GC18DXW) a challenge cache where you must first find 62 out of the 64 oldest active caches in the Santa Monica Mountains. This list would certainly count as some of the classic caches in your area. Not all are hiking caches, though most are, including a couple of 4.5 star terrain ones.

     

    Slightly OT: is the best way to get these caches into my Colorado to send them one by one? How do I use a bookmarked list most efficiently?

    I think that you can send upload a pocket query to the Colorado without any alteration. That would be the easiest method.

     

    But how do you PQ a Bookmark List?

    The State of Geocaching

    in How do I...?

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    paleolith has recently hidden the Santa Monica Mtns History Adventure (GC18DXW) a challenge cache where you must first find 62 out of the 64 oldest active caches in the Santa Monica Mountains. This list would certainly count as some of the classic caches in your area. Not all are hiking caches, though most are, including a couple of 4.5 star terrain ones.

     

    Slightly OT: is the best way to get these caches into my Colorado to send them one by one? How do I use a bookmarked list most efficiently?

    The State of Geocaching

    in How do I...?

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    It all depends on who you listen to......

     

    Thanks, Brian. I've only been out twice, nabbed 7 finds, and I already know I'm a traditionalist.

     

    My first time out I went on a trail I've hiked dozens of times and had that "Wow, I didn't know this was here" moment. It was just a tree a bit off the trail, but it's a nice shady spot to beat the heat here in southern california. That's what excites me. The next day I took in a stunning view and didn't find the cache. I'll be sure to go back and get a find on that cache, but the view and the hike were all well worth it.

    I read briansnat's remarks and had to smile. He may be right if you go back to 2001 or so. By the time I started in 2003, there was already the divide between what brian calls traditionalist and what he call liberalist and for me it was best exemplified by a couple of cachers right in DavidTOs backyard. They even made a movie about it. There have always been some geocachers who prefer hikes and others that prefer urban hide. And a least as long as I've been caching there have always been some who enjoy finding caches just for the sake of finding them (often referred to a just for the smiley) and others who don't care as much about finding the cache as about the adventure of being taken to a new place or area.

     

    One thing that has changed is that there are more of every type of cache. Whether you like urbans or hikes you'll find many more caches than you used to. Some will complain that there are so many urbans in uninteresting places like mall parking lots or hidden with out much thought that it is harder to find the urban caches that either are in interesting places or that have been hidden so that the hunt is challenging or perhaps in some humorous manner. It is perhaps the lack of an ability, short of reading the descriptions and logs of each cache, to filter for the caches you enjoy the most that causes the most discussion and debate in this forum.

     

    Great info. Thanks!

    The State of Geocaching

    in How do I...?

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    paleolith has recently hidden the Santa Monica Mtns History Adventure (GC18DXW) a challenge cache where you must first find 62 out of the 64 oldest active caches in the Santa Monica Mountains. This list would certainly count as some of the classic caches in your area. Not all are hiking caches, though most are, including a couple of 4.5 star terrain ones.

     

    You know, I had stumbled across this before I really understood how valuable it is. Thanks for the link and the reminder. I'm going to do that. It's going to be awesome!

    Geocaching Books

    in How do I...?

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    And with the fast-paced evolution of the game, anything in hard print will be out of date the minute it hits the shelves.

     

    True. And the three years since this book came out are an eternity.

    Geocaching Books

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    As for books, I did pick up the Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching when I first got involved.

     

    I did the same. Which means, for me, that I read it last week. :anicute:

     

    It's out of date. The list of suggested prizes conflicts with the guidelines here. This site has had a major update since the book was written. GPS technology has changed. It still refers to now grandfathered cache types.

     

    I had already read a lot on the Groundspeak site, so I knew plenty, but I wanted to read the book to get a more complete picture. It sure was helpful, but just not current.

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