Cow Spots
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If anyone knows of these containers with a GPSr in them, please let me know.
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I drove 85 miles one-way to get 10 newly posted caches in the middle of the night. I was FTF on 9 out of the 10, finding them between 11:30PM and 1:00AM.
Sick, sick, sick.
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Like another previous poster, I'm full up.
Total Records: 1443 - Page: 73 of 73 (caches within 100 miles)
I have at least 1 checkmark on every single page of the 73.
That is scary.
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oops
This post has been edited by The Cow Spots on Sep 25 2005, 01:26 PM
Wazzat Cow Spots? If you don't have something nice to say...
No, I just pulled something out that my little brother TT posted while he was over here and he apparently didn't realize he was logged in under my account.
No harm, no foul.
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Kearney, Nebraska: 114 active caches within 10 miles; population 28,000. I've enjoyed finding 12 of those caches and one is on my all-time favorites list.
While driving cross country from Arizona to Minnesota, we made a special point of stopping in Kearney because of the huge number of caches. We hit about 12 or so in a couple of hours and didn't even dent the map.
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There simply has to be a "Kevin Smith" named geocoin. {Red Bank}
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Yup... Edgar, or rather the cockroach in the Edgar suit it was. (From the movie Men in Black.) This is right near a virtual cache Jeff (TT) and I did after the Mets game on Saturday.
The whole time I'm saying to myself.... "Sugar ... Water ... More... "
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Mini puzzle cache : first correct answer wins useless brownie points.
Whose ship is this?
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Mr. TucsonThompsen, I got a TB headed stright for you. Bringing it to Chicago next week, so be on the lookout, it'll be on your side of the country. Land Shark TB
Too bad I can't get my hands on it ; I'm headed to see Jeff in Jersey the weekend of the 16th. I'm even changing planes in Chicago Midway - but no time to sneak out for caching.
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A caching friend of mine is a US Postal employee. He has stated that even placing a micro cache on/underneath a regular ol' blue mailbox is against the law.
So I'd think twice about it.
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I agree, the ability to share favorite lists in GPX format would be cool.
But as the opinion of TPTB is fairly definitive, no dice for now.
Closing thread. Thanks for the link, fizzy.
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My intent is not to do this on a regular basis at all : just a once in a blue moon thing when a caching buddy wants a GPX file of great caches, etc.
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A question for TPTB, and I hope this is the proper forum :
I've got a large GSAK database that I've compiled via .GPX downloads both through Pocket Queries and direct downloads, which I have access to as a premium member.
Is it legal under the TOS of Premium Membership for me to provide a custom filtered .GPX file from my GSAK database to another Premium Member? That is, does someone else who has paid for Premium Membership constitute a licensed third party that this information can be legally transfered to under the TOS?
The relevant paragraph :
Licensee may use, copy, alter, modify, merge, reproduce, and/or create derivative works of the on-line textual content [including the about geocaching content, links content and cache hiding tutorial] for Licensee's own internal use. The portions of the on-line documentation merged with other software, data, hard copy, and/or digital materials shall continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and shall provide the following copyright attribution notice acknowledging Groundspeak's proprietary rights in the on-line documentation: "Portions of this document include intellectual property of Groundspeak and are used herein by permission. Copyright © 2001 Groundspeak, Inc. All Rights Reserved."Uses Not Permitted:
· Licensee shall not sell, rent, lease, sublicense, lend, assign, time-share, or transfer, in whole or in part, or provide unlicensed third parties access to the Data, Related Materials, any updates, or Licensee's rights under this Agreement.
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The nearest TB Hotel I am aware of near the capital building in Phoenix, Arizona would probably be ASU West TB Hotel.
It's about 11 miles away from the Capitol Building. There was one closer, but it looks like it's missing. TB Hotels haven't had a great record of permanency in the Phoenix area.
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It sounds to me like your major complaint is with the current security climate which we live in.
This is not Groundspeak's doing. This is not Groundspeak's problem.
Groundspeak has taken the approach that it is in their best interest, as a company, to not be involved in bringing cachers looking for hidden containers to areas of heightened risk. It can be an airport, a school, a set of railroad tracks, or the middle of the freeway. Doesn't matter.
If you don't like the current security climate that we live in, complain elsewhere.
If you still want to have this cache, go right ahead. But it apparently won't be on www.geocaching.com. There are a handful of alternate listing sites. You can even start your own website --- might I recommend www.hassled-by-security.com?
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if you thow a golf ball at a plane I am on I will feel safe.
In case it wasn't self-evident :
1) I don't have any intention of throwing a golf ball at a plane.
2) If you're wandering around that close to an airport with a GPSr, you will most likely attract negative attention. It has apparently already happened to cachers at this airport. Your own cache looks like was confiscated, and now you're wanting to place another one even closer?!?
3) A miniature container this close to an major international airport is a bad idea. An ammo can would, of course, be an even worse idea.
Why intentionally set up a situation where a cacher could go to the airport, possibly at night, creeping around the area with a GPS receiver, poking around?
Sometimes the negative consequences of our actions far outweigh the need to drop an Altoids tin.
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Dude.
In both cache locations, you could probably throw a golf ball and hit the runway. You want to complain to someone, complain to the Department of Homeland Security. I'm sure they'll listen.
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This just in from the southern-most tip of Staten Island. Could it be that TT is longing for southern-most California?
As I recall TT had a California tan. The guy in the photo looks a bit bleached don't you think? No, wait, that's the TT tee isn't it?
Harmon
I'm going to visit Jeff in about 3 weeks, so I can issue a firsthand pasty skin/paleness report at that time.
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I myself have placed 2 waymarks over 1000 miles from home. (These are places I've previously visited in person.) As long as the coordinates are accurate, I don't see a problem.
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Depends on the type of code. In most cases, the trick is to figure out what type of code it is you're dealing with.
A good website primer for cryptology is one setup in conjunction with Simon Singh's great read, The Code Book. The associated website is called "The Black Chamber" and has an excellent tutorial about many forms of codes and ciphers.
Be aware, however, that many puzzle caches may and do contain ciphers which are outside the bounds of Singh's website, which tends to cover the more common or historically interesting codes and ciphers. A well written puzzle cache will usually give you a hint, even if it's just an inkling, of the type of cipher used.
Aside from that? Google is your friend. Good luck.
--Dave, The Cow Spots
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The inclusion of a McDonald's category bugs me, but not for any of the reasons you've brought up.
I personally don't care about the place of McDonald's in the global scheme, their place in feeding us, their politics, etc.
Waymarking is not Geocaching. Very true. But you can't deny that it did grow out of Geocaching.
What I hope is that Waymarking is more than, and different from, a GPS-enabled phonebook. Logically, if we have a McDonalds category, then we should also include Burger King, Wendy's, Subway, Payless Shoe Source, Jiffy Lube, dentists offices, proctologists, etc. To me, that's not what my ideal concept of Waymarking is about.
Just my 2 cents.
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No thanks. Take it to Terracaching. Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
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Never Mind - already created. Topic locked.
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