[large number of bogus "discover" logs]

it would seem that a particular GC.com member has generated in excess of five thousand discover logs over the past few days

 

most (maybe all) of the items discovered appear to have tracking codes that begin with "PC0"

 

indications are that the discover logs were made in such a way as to suppress the usual e-mail that notifies the owner

 

I do not think that it is my place to name names

(I have sent an e-mail to Groundspeak)

if you have a collection of trackable items that do not leave your possession, you should be able to easily detect such items by requesting a list of your owned items, sorting by last logged date, and examining a few of the items with recent dates

 

to me, this is a disturbing new development

up to now, all of the bogus logging appears to have been done manually

but based on the volume of the logs, and the speed with which they were done, this looks like an automated process

 

whether you find such behavior creative (and welcome it) or find it obnoxious (and elect to delete the logs) is entirely up to you

 

I find such behavior obnoxious. Five of my geocoins were logged by this jerk, and I have deleted them. What's his point anyway? There are no prizes for the cacher with the most discoveries. Why does a jerk like this have to spoil the fun of others anyway? I have no problem naming this cheater. His caching handle is "ithink314". Obviously he doesn't "think" about what he does to the integrity of our hobby.

[Release Notes 7/23/08]

Why did you have to screw-up a good thing? Where is the option to select your own state and see a list of the events for the next several months? Where is the option to see a list of the new caches and new TB drops in your area? I really don't care if there is an event in Belgium next week or if a travel bug was dropped into a cache in Nova Scotia yesterday! Also it appears that cache websites developed in HTML format are having the left 20% of the page cut off (e.g. GC1A9E2).

[Release Notes 7/23/08]

Today's release represents a significant update to Geocaching.com. Although there have been numerous bug fixes, the primary focus has been to improve the process for creating and renewing Premium Memberships.

 

We are now offering 4 different ways of purchasing a Premium Membership, with both PayPal and credit cards being accepted. PayPal no longer requires a subscription ID and both methods are instant. Any active PayPal (renewing) subscriptions will remain valid unless, or until, it is canceled for whatever reason.

 

PayPal

• $30 Annual Premium Membership (Non-Renewing)
  

Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover)

• 1 Year Premium Membership (Auto-Renew) - $30 USD/Year
  
• 1 Year Premium Membership - $30 USD/Year
  
• 3 Month Premium Membership (Auto-Renew) - $10 USD/3 Months
  

And now for the bug fixes! Here they are in no particular order:

• Updated email notifications for Premium Membership
  
• The "renew" membership link will now only appear if the membership is within 60 days of expiration
  
• Re-ordered page titles for cache pages. e.g.: GCTANE Trees of Greenlake: The Empress (Multi-cache) in Washington, United States created by licibear & drizzle
  
• Updated freetrial.aspx page with new language and error checking
  
• Added region search to UK and Ireland
  
• Updated Send to GPS functionality for Garmin devices so the Gpx output is in GML (or the Garmin Modeling Language), a subset of html.
  
• Slovak cache note added
  
• An audit log note is now created when an adoption is complete.
  
• Re-arranged the /my/ page for cleaner presentation
  
• Added new icon to search results which indicates multiple Travel Bugs are placed in a cache
  
• Rebuilt "about us" page
  
• Improved spacing between username and log out link on home page
  
• Updated mailing address for Groundspeak on contact us
  
• Added MacCaching link to list of GPS software
  
• Removed all hard coded instances of nearest.aspx
  
• Pocket Query page will now properly post back when a different coordinate format is selected from the dropdown
  
• Fixed mispelling in Glossary
  
• Added error checking to /track page when searching for non-existent travel bug
  
• Fixed issue that prevented the selecting of state/province on membership creation page
  
• Fixed map on edit cache page to properly display new coordinates
  
• Text change instructing users on contacting Shop Groundspeak on Contact Us
  
• Updated Copyright notice on TOU page
  
• Various dates and typos have been fixed in the TOU
  
• Added CacheBerry to list of GPS software links
  
• Fixed grammar issue on cache submission form
  
• Fixed issue with odd characters being used in username creation
  
• Updated Shop Groundspeak contact info on Contact Us page
  
• Removed find and hide count from friends list
  
• Removed references to "stash note" from /seek page
  
• Fixed Pocket Query issue where no results were found when Flashlight Required attribute is enabled
  
• Fixed issue with Google Earth KML causing errors for certain Travel Bugs and Geocoins
  
• Fixed issue with certain Geocoins failing activation
  
• Fixed login link on geocoin faq page
  
• Updated link to support page on contact us
  
• Added to cache pages the ability to click through to a complete list of shared Bookmark Lists
  
• Fixed issue with ampersands in encrypted cache hints adding nonsense code each time it is decrypted
  
• Removed HTML Encoding for cache pages when using Send to GPS functionality
  
• Fixed issue with Travel Bug dropdown menus duplicating each time an item is selected
  
• Changed wording on FAQ page to clarify "Where you *hide* a cache is up to you"
  
• Updated FAQ on proper process for adopting trackables
  
• Improved decrypt/encrypt feature by maintaining original line breaks
  
• Fixed spelling errors in FAQ and Glossary
  
• Entering an invalid cache ID in the PQ generator now correctly reports the error
  
• Updated wording on the "email a user" page
  
• An error will now be generated when attempting to transfer ownership of a virtual or webcam cache using the /adopt tool
  
• Fixed issue with random route not loading when page is posted back (User Routes)
  
• Removed ability to queue "My Finds" PQ if user has no finds
  
• When submitting a cache listing the "hide a cache" page now defaults to the account's country. If a region is chosen it will also select the default region.
  
• Trackable activation wizard will now default to today's date
  
• Added asterisk to Mega-Event caches in profile geocache tab
  
• Removed redundant text from cache creation page
  
• Fixed rating functionality for bookmark lists to properly display or hide based on ratings
  
• Removed broken link to "country map" from UK cache pages
  
• Added CITO logos to logousage.aspx
  
• Fixed issue where some usernames starting with a number or symbol were not accepted
  
• Fixed issue with URLs not displaying properly in cache logs
  
• Remove geocoin text from trackable FAQ (they have their own FAQ)
  
• Fixed issue on /track where hitting the enter key does not submit search
  
• Fixed issues with Green Jeep Travel Bug pages where the CSS displayed incorrectly.
  

As usual, please reply in this thread with any problems that come up as a result of this release. If you need clarification on any of these, just ask.

 

We still have plenty to keep us busy, so if your favorite bug didn't make it into this release, fear not. We will get to it as soon as possible.

[Activation Codes]

Where can I get the activation code for a 2006 NWPA (Northwest Pennsylvania Geocachers) coin? Previous posts have said that the code is on the sleeve. Not so with my coin. Other posts have said that geocoin club can activate it. Not so. I even sent a photo of both sides of the coin to the geocoin club and was told that it is not a coin in their system. I have contacted the person who sold me the coin on e-bay and he can't provide an activation code either. On the back of this coin it says "track this coin geocaching.com". So where do I go from here? Help!?