King Pellinore

I'd much rather be a shareholder than a member King Pellinore

Although I like the idea of exclusivity, I have a hard enough time getting people to visit my caches without narrowing the scope further. King Pellinore

quote:Originally posted by harrkev: ... Keep in mind, unless the cache is near the equator, we are dealing with a NON-CARTESIAN coordinate system. This means that 1 degree longitude is less distance than 1 degree latitude. [P]Well if a degree of latitude is not equal to a degree of longitude I don't see how this is really a problem. The real problem is that the degrees of longitude get smaller depending on the latitude. That's what really quote:would make doing some math difficult. On short, this is beyond geometry and into the realm of trigonometry. [P] and that's where I get lost real fast. I had some trig in school, you know back in the 1800's. Remember precious little, and can't do a thing with it. Anybody have a good explanation? Relating it to geocaching might help... Thanks King Pellinore

quote:Originally posted by harrkev: ... Keep in mind, unless the cache is near the equator, we are dealing with a NON-CARTESIAN coordinate system. This means that 1 degree longitude is less distance than 1 degree latitude. [P]Well if a degree of latitude is not equal to a degree of longitude I don't see how this is really a problem. The real problem is that the degrees of longitude get smaller depending on the latitude. That's what really quote:would make doing some math difficult. On short, this is beyond geometry and into the realm of trigonometry. [P] and that's where I get lost real fast. I had some trig in school, you know back in the 1800's. Remember precious little, and can't do a thing with it. Anybody have a good explanation? Relating it to geocaching might help... Thanks King Pellinore

quote:Originally posted by Kimrobin: If I chose to do that, then I remain as a humble "geocacher", written off by the Charter Members as a lamer or a tight-wad. ... Thanks for listening, I've said enough Alex. Hey, I'm that tightwad! [P]I think those who have paid should be Nobles and those who don't Peasants. [P]Well ok just kidding. But really Alex, there is no such thing as privacy. I agree with you, and it would be nice to have an 'opt-out' on these 'added features' because I also agree with Macro about stats being unnecessary. But they are important to some people, and I don't see why they can't have their fun if that's what it takes to float their boats. King Pellinore

quote:Originally posted by Kimrobin: If I chose to do that, then I remain as a humble "geocacher", written off by the Charter Members as a lamer or a tight-wad. ... Thanks for listening, I've said enough Alex. Hey, I'm that tightwad! [P]I think those who have paid should be Nobles and those who don't Peasants. [P]Well ok just kidding. But really Alex, there is no such thing as privacy. I agree with you, and it would be nice to have an 'opt-out' on these 'added features' because I also agree with Macro about stats being unnecessary. But they are important to some people, and I don't see why they can't have their fun if that's what it takes to float their boats. King Pellinore

Prime suspect, don't worry. it's a new toy and interest will settle after a bit. I met a girl in college who had no hair. she had some condition that made her allergic to it or something. She was cute and it was definitly *interesting* but not a geocacher. My lady 3leggedhiker is blonde. King Pellinore

well I tend to like the difficult ones. although lately I'm feeling a little jaded. Seems there's a lot of the same old cache going on. In many ways I'm resposible for that as I've done several near where I work (for ease of maintainence, mostly) My area is quite built up, and getting worse all the time, so trying to come up with a cache that is unique and inventive and interesting to find is getting progressively difficult, and seeking caches around here is getting a little stale. My ideal seek would be difficult enough to make finally finding it thrilling, but not impossible. That's a fine line, and at bottom a nebulous concept, but that's my answer. King Pellinore