Slackmason

I've heard that you can get text alerts sent to your phone for new caches placed in your area. the search function doesn't seem to be functioning for me right now. Can anyone help me out here?

Al! Say it ain't so! yea, some of that is true. except, only until recently, governments have had a monopoly on putting up satellites. you think it is impossible that industry would have, if left to its own devices, found a reason to develop satellite technology? my first GPSr (garmin GPS60) was a gift. i ordered my second GPSr (nuvi 780) from the internet. thus usurping the tax system. tee hee. not that that matters. just because a slave wears his chains, does not mean he doesn't understand what freedom means. The internet its self may have been a development of the State military. but it has been expropriated to a certain extent by groups and individuals, the internet is a great tool for Anarchists and other people of resistance. Here is a quote by Peter Kropotkin that kind of summs up my view on currently existing technology. "There is not even a thought, or an invention, which is not common property, born of the past and the present. Thousands of inventors, known and unknown, who have died in poverty, have co-operated in the invention of each of these machines which embody the genius of man... ...Every machine has had the same history--a long record of sleepless nights and of poverty, of disillusions and of joys, of partial improvements discovered by several generations of nameless workers, who have added to the original invention these little nothings, without which the most fertile idea would remain fruitless. More than that: every new invention is a synthesis, the resultant of innumerable inventions which have preceded it in the vast field of mechanics and industry. Science and industry, knowledge and application, discovery and practical realization leading to new discoveries, cunning of brain and of hand, toil of mind and muscle--all work together. Each discovery, each advance, each increase in the sum of human riches, owes its being to the physical and mental travail of the past and the present. By what right then can any one whatever appropriate the least morsel of this immense whole and say--This is mine, not yours?." Basically, technology is an inheritance, the birthright of every human, and no human or group of humans can honestly take total credit for anything we have today. also, my point was not that the technology used was what made Geocaching a good analogy for Anarchism. it was the open decentralized way that the game works. try to be careful about the strawmen you build, they are highly flammable! hahaha I suspect that you would find terracaching more to your liking. terrachaching does look very interesting. i like the structure and membership precess.

Al! Say it ain't so! yea, some of that is true. except, only until recently, governments have had a monopoly on putting up satellites. you think it is impossible that industry would have, if left to its own devices, found a reason to develop satellite technology? my first GPSr (garmin GPS60) was a gift. i ordered my second GPSr (nuvi 780) from the internet. thus usurping the tax system. tee hee. not that that matters. just because a slave wears his chains, does not mean he doesn't understand what freedom means. The internet its self may have been a development of the State military. but it has been expropriated to a certain extent by groups and individuals, the internet is a great tool for Anarchists and other people of resistance. Here is a quote by Peter Kropotkin that kind of summs up my view on currently existing technology. "There is not even a thought, or an invention, which is not common property, born of the past and the present. Thousands of inventors, known and unknown, who have died in poverty, have co-operated in the invention of each of these machines which embody the genius of man... ...Every machine has had the same history--a long record of sleepless nights and of poverty, of disillusions and of joys, of partial improvements discovered by several generations of nameless workers, who have added to the original invention these little nothings, without which the most fertile idea would remain fruitless. More than that: every new invention is a synthesis, the resultant of innumerable inventions which have preceded it in the vast field of mechanics and industry. Science and industry, knowledge and application, discovery and practical realization leading to new discoveries, cunning of brain and of hand, toil of mind and muscle--all work together. Each discovery, each advance, each increase in the sum of human riches, owes its being to the physical and mental travail of the past and the present. By what right then can any one whatever appropriate the least morsel of this immense whole and say--This is mine, not yours?." Basically, technology is an inheritance, the birthright of every human, and no human or group of humans can honestly take total credit for anything we have today. also, my point was not that the technology used was what made Geocaching a good analogy for Anarchism. it was the open decentralized way that the game works. try to be careful about the strawmen you build, they are highly flammable! hahaha

you may or may not be correct. because your conclusion is drawn from an equation with large amounts of missing, unattainable info. all we know is that we have had these authorities dictating things to us. there are a few examples in history when the people have wrested control of their systems and successfully organized and designed complicated methods of production and distribution. in an egalitarian fashion. the first examples that come to mind immediately are, A.The Spanish Civil war and B. The Ukrainian Anarchist resistance to both the Russian Red Army, and the Tsarist White Army during the Russian Revolution. unfortunately both of those experiments where terminated violently by fascists from both the left and right of the spectrum. here, i'll post a list of the various Anarchist communities that have existed in the past and present from wikipedia. I would love to get Geocaching added to this list! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anarchist_communities Anarchism, does not portend to throw away the totality of our current technologies and infrastructures. after all. Anarchism is a workers movement. and workers have built these roads, and other various infrastructures. and we can build others, and better ones. Anarchism, despite how the subject is treated by our school systems, is a cohesive ideology based on ORGANIZATION. which is why i can relate it to Geocaching. Geocaching is very organized. yet. it is done so horizontally. with very little hierarchy. sure, you have these people that run this forum, and the website. but they are not necessarily the heart and soul of the sport. if they killed the forum. and discontinued the website. the sport would carry on. i have no doubt about that. because the sport is a product of the labor of a vast group of volunteers. and this product is a collective effort that anyone is welcome to get involved with.

well, i believe i have. with the examples you cited above. (which I'm glad you are here to show that they are not perfect examples, anarchism is not a utopia after all. But, it is a rational alternative to the conglomerate corporate-government system we have now.) its kinda sad to see how afraid of the word "Anarchist" people are. and how far they will go to disassociate themselves from it. historically Anarchists have always fought for improvement in the standard of living. a little history, before the 1950's, Anarchism was a huge influence on the Labor movement which, ironically, resulted in many of the labor laws we see today. such as the 8 hour day, child labor laws. overtime pay. weekends! But this is all getting away from my point. believe me. I'm Glad Geocaching is how it is. I'll check out the guidelines as suggested regarding my Anarcho-Cache. Thanks for letting me know.

this is good discussion, its funny that benjamin tucker came up so quickly in this discussion. 3 or 4 years ago he was a pretty obscure intellectual. As far as American Anarchists go, they are patently obscure, and with benji, even more so! haha. as far as the Anarchist Geocache, in the works. i plan on having one hidden that will contain much anarchist literature. hopefully some cd-audiobooks. (pretty much all anarchist literature is in the public domain!) and i REALLY REALLY want to have a Zapatista TB with a mission to visit the grave of either Buenaventura Durruti, or Emma Goldman. excuse me if i dont take the time to answer each of the "jovial" disparagements against anarchism that have gone on in this thread. i dont want to make this a debate. i was just hoping to bring new information, maybe a new light on a much maligned, but beautifully optimistic ideology. to you i will say, if you enjoy this community. and the game. you should look into Anarchism. and try to shed the inaccurate and pessimistic view of humanity that keeps us alienated from each other, and building free, egalitarian and sustainable communities. whether you care to accept it or not. there are very easily recognized elements of Anarchism involved here.

Hello, i am reasonably new to Geocaching, i got about 25 under my belt right now. and am working on placing my first one. i have also been a long time Anarchist. (Its been about 15 years since my grand realization) now, i know that a lot of people read that word "Anarchism" and have a strongly negative gut reaction. i hope that i can help ease the pain a bit! Anarchism is the belief that people can, and prefer, to organize non hierarchical, non coercive methods of production and distribution. and that authority is only justified when it can be proven to be legitimate. an Anarchist, is a person who understands this and believes it. he who seeks out authority and tries to apply to it tests of legitimacy. How does this apply to Geocaching? well. Geocaching contains nearly every necessary element of an Anarchist styled organization. Everyone participating is doing so voluntarily. there is no supreme centralized authority dictating the laws and by laws of Geocaching. all "rules" are merely suggestions to keep the game entertaining. and in that spirit nearly all those who participate in Geocaching find it in their best interest to follow the "rules". so there are no needs for penalties or punishments. and another interesting facet of geocaching is that it is in effect what is called a "Gift Economy". where everyone is expected to contribute at least as much as they take away. though most find it more personally gratifying to contribute far more material to the economy than they take, creating an abundance of wealth!!!!!!!!!! Geocaching is just one more example of how technology is making a new type of society possible! Long Live Anarchism!!!!!!