Pantalaimon

Does anyone lurking around here watch The Guardian. It's on at 9 p.m., on CBS I think. I was watching 24 (man that show is good), but I flip to The Guardian on commercials because I used to watch that show when it wasn't opposite new episodes of 24. Anyway, when I flipped over during the last commerical, there was a few of the main characters and a couple charaters I didn't recoginize looking at a handheld device and saying "Well... where is he?" The guy with the device said, while looking at the device, "He's right around here somewhere, look around." Then he said "He's moving... thirty eight miles an hour..." So they all began looking around, and a woman said "He's in a car then." So then they all got in their cars to follow the signal. Eventually they stopped again in a vacant lot type area in an industrial area. The guy with the GPS thingee (which by the way was different than any one I've seen, it had funky beveled edges) said "He's right in this area." Then someone responded "Maybe he took it off." That's when I realized they were following a kid with one of those house arrest anklets on, and, of course, it was giving off a signal to follow. Anyway, they found the kid. He was dead amoung some 50 gallon drums. I think someone kidnapped him, or took him hostage or something, but I had to flip back to 24, so I didn't really get the whole story. Anyway, it made me think of whether this game will evolve to the point where there will be moving caches that I will be able to hunt, in the future. For example, one day, will I be able to set up a cache in my trunk with a device on my antenna gives off a certain, identifyable GPS signal, which I will then post on my cache page with the instructions "Find me in my car someday driving around, and log my cache!" Or some such idea? Boy would that add a new dimension to the game! Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

Nice. I didn't think of that. Now, wouldn't it have been cool if it really DID refer to coordinates? Pan Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

Wait! Not yet! The yellow jeep isn't in the picture! Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

I'm amazed at all the bickering, insulting, mean spirited comments, and other negativity that I see on the Groundspeak forums. I mean, I guess I shouldn't be surprised, I see it in the real world every day too. In fact, now that I think about it, who doesn't want to kick a puppy every now and then? Huh? Huh? Are you with me? Anyway, with that said, I just want The Powers That Be at Geocaching.com to know that I think you're doing a fantastic job. Keep up the good work. Every month I send you three dollars, or, more accurately, you have my permission to take three dollars, and I don't get an extra darn thing for it. I mean, the options are there, I can use them if I want, but I pretty much don't. And that's GREAT to me. I mean, I love seeing that three bucks on my bank statement, because I want someone to get PAID for all the fun I'm having. I most likely would have never heard of this "sport" were it not for Geocaching.com. If I could mail the three bucks a month to Jeremy directly every month, with a thank you note, I would. (Jeremy, send me your address.) I don't think this game, as presented by this website, is burdened with too many rules. I understand that rules are necessary for a game such as this, and I believe the rules make things run smoother. I'm glad Jeremy is making the rules (at least that's how I see it, maybe he's not), and what's more, I think he makes a conscious effort to listen to the masses and make decisions with thoughtful reflection on our input. HOWEVER, even if Jeremy swings the Summary Judgment axe too quickly based on his own opinion, god love him. The way I see it his decision to make. Do I want that map showing what I found, and what's around me that I haven't found to work? Sure I do! But I understand there are bugs, and problems, and overwhelming obstacles to overcome, so I'll wait here patiently. I accept without question the growth pains the website might be experiencing. I urge everyone else to also. This post is too long as it is, I just wanted to reflect a bit. As much as I LOVE reading all the controversy and childish name calling on the posts, I can imagine that Jeremy, et al., get tired of the seemingly overwhelming negativity. Thus, I post this. Thank you Geocaching.com. You are my Woodstock. I don't know what that means. Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

I voted to suspend. At first I was going to vote not to suspend, because although I rarely do locationless, I don't mind them continuing for others who enjoy them. However, when Jeremy said they were bogged down with approvals, and locationless could contribute to the delay of an approval in my area... PFT! DOWN WITH LOCATIONLESS! I'll take an actual specified hunt over a locationless any day. Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

You know, the more I think about this, the more I think that stories on this topic increases awareness of the METHOD of stalking, rather than increasing the awareness of the prevention. I mean, it seems like the average person who may potentially be victim to a stalker may pass over such an article on GPS stalking, however, the average maniac who is contemplating stalking, may think this is a GREAT idea, and buy some equiptment. Maybe this is one example of a story that just shouldn't be reported. Oh, by the by, I'm setting up a new cache. It's called Joe Smith. I've secretly hidden a GPS transmitter in the grill of his car. I'm going to give out the frequency. You can log my cache when you get a picture of Joe out and about in the real world in his car. Extra bonus if you sign the log I've hidden in his trunk. Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

I know this is in another thread... but I don't have time to Markwell it. I thought people might like an update on the GPS Stalker. This is from the Associate Press: MILWAUKEE (Feb. 6) - Connie Adams found it impossible to escape her ex-boyfriend. He would follow her as she drove to work or ran errands. He would inexplicably pull up next to her at stoplights and once tried to run her off the highway, authorities said. When he showed up at a bar she was visiting for the first time, on a date, Adams began to suspect Paul Seidler wasn't operating on instinct alone. He wasn't - Seidler had installed a satellite tracking device in Adams' car, according to police in Kenosha, Wis., 30 miles south of Milwaukee. ''He told me no matter where I went or what I did, he would know where I was,'' Adams testified at a recent court hearing. Police say Adams' case and several others across the country herald an incipient danger - high-tech stalking. Just as the global satellite positioning system can help save lives, so can its abuse endanger them, advocates of stalking victims say. ''As technology advances, it's going to be almost impossible for victims to flee and get to safety,'' said Cindy Southworth, director of technology at the National Network to End Domestic Violence in Washington. In the Adams case, Seidler pleaded innocent last month to felony counts of stalking, recklessly endangering safety, burglary and a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct. His trial is pending. Adams does not want to speak to reporters about the case, said Susan Karaskiewicz, a Kenosha County prosecutor. Police say Seidler put a global positioning tracking device between the radiator and grill of Adams' car. Such gadgets use a constellation of Defense Department satellites to pinpoint location and can send their coordinates via cellular networks to wireless handsets or computers. Trucking companies use GPS systems to track of hazardous cargo and monitor drivers. Corrections authorities use them to monitor sex offenders. Hikers, boaters and motorists use GPS devices to keep from getting lost. GPS technology is also being built into cell phones to help emergency dispatchers find 911 callers. They're also being used to prevent car theft. Southworth trains victims advocates, law enforcement and prosecutors on stalkers' use of the technology, which she says is only just beginning to be abused. The Stalking Resource Center at the National Center for Victims of Crime has found at least one other case of a GPS system being used to stalk a victim. In it, a Colorado appeals court in July upheld Robert Sullivan's conviction for stalking his ex-wife and installing a GPS device in her car to track her movements. GPS is not the first technology to be misused by stalkers, who have also employed the Internet, microchip-sized cameras and even caller identification, said Southworth, though it is the most dangerous to date. Just as she once taught victims how to block caller ID when they use the phone, Southworth now suggests victims occasionally check under their car's hood. Police are also finding GPS devices useful. Marla Wagner, sales manager at L.A.S. Systems, the same McHenry, Ill.-based company that made Seidler's device, said the company has sold GPS systems to about 10 police departments during the last year. The Kenosha Police Department is also buying a system from L.A.S. Systems. Tracy Bahm, the Stalking Resource Center's director, said some states are working to update their stalking statutes to include the high-tech variety. The center typically advises states to keep their statutes broad enough to include technologies that don't yet exist. ''As society and technology evolve, stalkers will always find new ways to harass their victims,'' Bahm said. Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

I have a Garmin Venture that I bought about a year and a half ago. Can someone tell me what changes will occur if I download the most recent software update. Specifically, I'm wondering if it will alter the maximum zoom I can get down to on the tracking page. Right now my max zoom is 120 feet. I just bought a Venture for my girlfriend and hers goes down to 30 feet. I feel so inadequate. Thanks. Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

Has anyone had the following problem. You're using your basically new Garmin Venture, with new batteries, but every time you jostle it too much, or it bumps something, it turns off. I'm contacting the manufacturer, and about to return in, but I just wanted to know if that happened to anyone else out there. Thanks. Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

quote:Everything the battery is made from comes out of the ground. Putting the battery back in the landfill is putting it back where it came from. The ultimate in recycling. I'm creating resources for future generations (100,000 years hence) Weak. Weak. Weak. Certainly you wouldn't argue that a square mile of discarded batteries buried underground is equivalent to a square mile of pristine, mother-nature born topsoil... would you? Arguing that burying a battery in a landfill is "recycling" is like arguing swallowing plutonium is "eating." While it may be "eating" in a technical sense, logically, it's "poisoning." Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

I finally received my February copy of Discover magazine in the mail today. I was glancing at the cover whilst it sat on my coffee table and I noticed the letters "GPS." The article name referenced on the cover was something like "Will GPS make the Web 3-D?" I didn't expect the article to start off about Geocaching as I opened the magazine, but lo and behold, it did. It was an interesting piece that hypothesized that someday we might have the capability to "leave messages floating in the air" at certain coordinates to certain people, so if those people walk by with their GPS equipped Palm Pilot or laptop, the message will appear to them. Or something like that. Interesting article anyway. Lastly, I thought I was going to have the scoop on this article to post here... but apparently I'm WAY behind the times. Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

Excellent idea. I have AOL IM on my cell phone and I will add this biological and technological distinctiveness to my own. I usually call my 12 year old neice when she is at home when I'm geocaching. So, Geocacherhelp will be my backup! Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

I hid a cache of which the rules are when you find the cache, you move it to new coordinates and then leave a micro-container with the new coordinates in it. So, every time someone finds the cache, it gets More Multi. Anyway, someone moved the cache once, so I had to go check out the new location. While looking for the cache I found another, as of yet unposted, Geocache hidden 30 feet from the new hide. The person who hid the cache there had no idea the unposted cache was there, and the people who hid the unposted cache there forgot where they hid it! Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

quote:Originally posted by Sparrowhawk:I was trying for a bit of humor... but I want to know if that actually works... would that be both amusing and annoying - or just annoying? I suppose it would depend on what kind of day I'm having... but I think that finding a decoy would be pretty amusing. Putting a clue in there would be pretty good too. Overall, I say go for it. Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

quote:Originally posted by WaldenRun:I believe a number of users have successfully done that. Yeah. I'm not sure why you'd delete an account in order to change your Geocaching handle. If you go to your account information page, you can change your name right there. Now, granted, you may have conflicting log entries if you sign each log with a tag (because then the top says your new name, but your log entry will still be signed with your old name), but... changing conflicting tags is nothing you can't do with a little dedication... Pantalaimon (f.k.a. Taz et al) Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

quote:If some idiot hit a bus full of kids, would you say, put a giant whisky bottle at the other end of town to keep drivers away from the schools? GENIUS! Call MADD! Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

test Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

The owner of this cache has been located and I've relinquished all claims in deference to them. Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

quote:Okay then, how about a conversation on http://opentopic.Groundspeak.com/0/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=1750973553&f=3000917383&m=1960926145. x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x Okay. I'm up for it. Let me know what you think I've done wrong. Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

quote:I am here to plug http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=23661 as a fantastic cache to visit in the hills above Morgan Hill, Cailfornia. Whew! Glad you didn't plug this cache in your regional posting area... I might have missed it. I feel so bad for that travel bug, and am so awed by your description of the cache that I'm FLYING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW TO FIND IT! Christ on a pony! Sorry, couldn't resist complaining about the 13 seconds reading this post cost me. Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

quote:Now, can someone tell me what to put in my Geocaching backpack? I KNOW that hasn't been discussed. Actually it has. Here is your markwell. [noun]http://opentopic.Groundspeak.com/0/OpenTopic?http://a=tpc&s=1750973553&f=3000900883&m=1500921805 Um... WOW! You're right! Sorry about that one, who'd have thunk it! I have egg on MY face. Okay then, how about a conversation on what people should put in caches. I BET that hasn't been hashed out! (How many times do you think this will take?) Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

Thanks for the Markwellian Markwellish Markwell, Planet. For some reason I couldn't find that thread. I'm surprised actually that the topic had been disussed earlier. Now, can someone tell me what to put in my Geocaching backpack? I KNOW that hasn't been discussed. Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

I think that the cache and travel bug pages should list (or link to a list) of those who are "watching" a cache or a travel bug. For example, I just re-hid this travel bug, but it would have been helpful, for me at least, to know who was watching it, and thus who was a little more than interested in finding it. Such information might have given me a better idea where to hide the bug for optimal reclamation. (Because my hiding technique was somewhat more complex, and I'm worried how long it might take someone to find it. Plus, I wouldn't mind knowing who's watching my own caches, more as a curiosity thing. If this has been discussed before, please feel free to Markwell me (as if I need to ask). Otherwise, what are everybody's thoughts? Should I present the idea to Jeremy (as if he won't read this thread). Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

I guess I set up a "Quest Cache" ... with a twist. It can be found here. I'm also planning a New England Multi-cache which will take you to the six New England states. Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.

I like multi-caches as much as regular caches. I'm not really in it for "the credit," and multi-caches usually make for a rewarding adventure. I set up a multi-cache that increases with every person's find. Somehow, I don't think Rubbertoe would enjoy that one... Pan Cachito ergo sum. I Geocache, therefore I am.