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Target sells the Z 21 for $79, if I remember correctly.

You can request a CD be mailed to you from Microsoft. It appears to be free. (They've had a shipping charge in the past). http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloa...us/default.mspx

That's fine. Nobody said *everybody* should pay. Only that it would be nice if more did. (And nobody said anything about "paying more" either, as said in an earlier reply).

Or a state police cruiser driving by, too. "Hey, what's that guy up to by that pillar?

Looking at the logs, it looks like they were posted as he did ongoing checkup visits, not after the approver starting throwing stuff at the fan. He posted notes after two separate checks that the cache had apparently been moved a little bit both times. Not much, though, so it seems to me that perhaps the difficulty rating is a little low given the sensitivity to the cache being in just the right spot in order to be found. wildlifeguy, Back on your July note of "will be there in a couple of weeks to check on it, find it and replace it if that is what is needed", I'd have temporarily disabled the cache until you could get to it and rectify any problem with it. I, too, disagree with the archiving. Even if the cache was only 20 minute from your house still doesn't mean you'd be able to drop everything in your life and run out to check on it right away.

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I would leave it. DNFs can help future cachers get a better idea what they'll be up against if they attempt the find. For example, a cache rated 1/1 that has a few DNFs on it is a good clue that the cache's rating is too low.

Wow, looks like maybe the rating keeps people scared off. Did you think the ratings were justified? On a related note, I've noticed a few caches that have gone unfound for quite a while suddenly having YJTBs dropped off in them by people. I suspect in an attempt to generate some traffic to the cache?

That sounds exactly like a place where deer have been bedding down.

I dont' go for it normally (like when you see leashed kids in the mall), but I think out on the trail where cliffs and whatnot pose a danger, it's perfectly fine. It's nothing more than a 'junior version' of a safety line like what mountain climbers use between themselves.

And then there's the Tombstone Cache I visted this past weekend. An old family plot in the middle of fairly remote woods. Surrounded by a Victorian era wrought iron fence for added effect. When I saw the hole in front of this particular headstone, I found myself looking around for whatever (whoever?) may have crawled out of it. No disrespect intended to the souls laid to rest here.

Here's another one. Near the Buttermilk Falls in PA. I went inside the house; it's quite a wreck. The stairs and 2nd floor are quite dangerous. Based on random 'artifacts' laying around the interior and the flourescent lighting fixtures in the kitchen and whatnot, I'd guess it was abandoned in the 70's; maybe 60's. There's an upright piano in the livingroom; some of its keys still play. There's also an antique cast iron clawfoot bathtub in the bathroom that's worth a few $, I bet. I want to know what brand shingles those are; roof was in great shape!

Yes. but it doesn't do the best job of that. The end result often doesn't look so good. Best to resize before upload.

Plus there's the problem of the cache owner going MIA. There's a cache I visited last year that was recently discovered to be vandalized... the finder found the remains of the container in the ashes of a fire along with scattered log pages and some other contents littered all about. The remains were left as found but now the cache owner seems to be missing. Hasn't logged on since January. Has like three finds to his name and appears to be long gone. Poor cache... orphaned, murdered, then not given a decent burial.

Only for uploading to log entries. I think the limit is 125K or 600 pixels. For forum posts, it can be as whopping big as you want since all you're doing in the post is providing the URL to where the picture is actually located

What concerns me more is caches placed in sensitive areas. For example, a PA cache I visited a few months ago was placed along a trail system that goes through an area known for its abundant and diverse wildflowers. The cache was placed a few dozen feet off the trail, right in the middle of these flowers. You had to trample over the poor flowers to get to the cache, there was no other way. Couldn't figure out why the cache couldn't have been placed maybe 100' farther down the trail such that you were taken off the trail *after* you saw the flowers.

I don't know anything about DirectRoute. But as for Topo versus S&D, note that both have the same level of street detail. i.e., you wouldn't have to worry about getting one version and then having more or less streets than the other. I believe the difference is that S&D has much more points of interest (restaurants, hotels, etc.), whereas Topo has elevation and contour info. Topo also has more stream/lake/pond info (I think).

Welcome to the Internet. Ya might want to start wearing a helmet!!

GPX files are really just XML files. Try giving the file a .XML extension, then try opening it with Internet Explorer by double-clicking on it. IE complains if fed bad XML and will often be able to give a decent reason why. For example... -------------------------------------- The XML page cannot be displayed Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End tag 'MyTag' does not match the start tag 'language'. Error processing resource 'file:///C:/test.xml'. Line 19, Position 56 text id="MyTag">Hello</MyTag> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For a pure technical question like this, it might be worth asking in the forums at brighthand.com. ...The best forums for all things related to both Palms and PocketPCs. IMHO.

Except that the second pic posted shows it has a very long skinny tail. That second pic, to me, looked very much like a Muskrat.

Duh, I meant to the WEST of the center. Not much to the east of it at all; it's sort of the most south-east point of the downtown city area.

I was in San Diego for all seven days last week (business related). I had some free time to do what I wanted, and I ended up forfeiting the caching plans I originally made to take in as much of the city as I could with the limited time I had. Besides Balboa Park, I'd try and and nail some of the caches along the coast, such as those around Sunset Cliffs boulevard and Point Loma and maybe working north from there towards La Jolla. (Don't stumble on the cliffs!) If you'll be in the convention center area for your conference, there's a few right there by the center and even more within short walking distance to the east on the way to (and on) Harbor Island. (The walk that way along the water populated with an infinite supply of muggles, though). http://www.brillig.com/geocaching/san_diego.shtml

The 2004 nominations for PocketPC Magazine's annual "Best Software Awards" is out today. They have various categories this year for GPS software, including a "GPS Geocaching" category. The nominations can be had here. Please don't shoot the messenger .

I would think a tin foil hat would work even better! Just kidding.