maggi101
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Ha! It's even funnier than that - my GPS dongle is a SiRFIII, which had some sort of automotive mode set to ON by default. As a result, it wouldn't update unless it detected movement at over about 5km/h. This meant that just walking with the netbook provided only sporadic updates, and I'd have to make sporadic lurches forward to increase the instantaneous speed of the GPS dongle!! So, trekking around with an open netbook and making random and sporadic lurches in all directions - I looked like a total idiot: luckily there's not many people in northern BC and NWT!!
This is quite possibly one of the most
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What are "religious tracts"? I've dropped erasers into caches that say "Smile, God loves you", or something to that effect. I don't mean to harm anyone... figure if they don't like them, they can leave them. And if they are going to cause someone to burst into flames, I want to be there to see it happen.
Erasers like that seems fine and fairly inoffensive. A Chick Tract would likely be viewed differently by some, however.
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However, I've seen kids dig through caches like they had found a treasure chest. That golf ball that I care nothing for entertains a kid for hours. I've also read cache logs where a kid found "neat rocks."
We read through hundreds of logs before we went out to shop for some swag, and bought items that seemed to be kids favorites. If we can make a kids happy with an item that cost a dollar or two, I feel we have succeeded.
This. 100%.
My kids love finding the "neat rocks" and super bounce balls and all of that stuff. Really, thats all that matters to me.
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If you are away on vacation and pick up some TBs or Geocoins, is it OK to place them in your own geocache close to home or is this something that is discouraged in favour of placing them in other geocaches?
Not a problem at all. Many of us do it.
Just make sure you check on the TB's mission before you do this. If you live in Ottawa and find a TB while vacationing in Calgary that wants to go to Vancouver, don't bring it back to Ottawa.
Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver..
Youre making those names up.
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1. I wasn't certain it was in Seattle, or even in the Northwest region. All I was certain of was that it was in a big city.
2. I may be nuts, but at least I'm polite!
3. Social networks in general and forums in particular were designed to answer exactly those sorts of vague queries - to wit, see the successful response above. Welcome to the internet, noobie!
4. Darn, I knew #2 couldn't last for long ;-)
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Im inclined to agree with gregnotcraig.
GeoBeagle is a great, free app. If youre looking a few more bells and whistles, for a few dollars, CacheMate is where its at. It doesnt pretty much everything I want it to, and then some. At this point, Im very happy to have given my dollars to a developer who showed interest in a growing platform. It's going to take a lot to convince me to give another $10 further down the road to any of the devs who lacked the tact to at least say "At this point, we are watching Android closely as a platform to see if the installed userbase will support development costs," but rather said "We have no interest in developing for Android," then did an about face when they realized there was a base and demand to actually turn a fair profit from.
Sorry, rant aside, We do 90% of our caching on our G1s, and use our Delorme very rarely. Android is a killer platform for caching, and outperforms most of our friends iPhones, or dedicated GPSr's in most conditions.
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With no multitasking ability, and running on the iPhone OS, it's nothing more than an oversized iPod.
I'll pass.
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My children spend a lot of time tattling on each for doing things like cheating at Solitaire, too.
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Would geocaching still be as popular if it weren't for the OCD'd among us?
Fixed.
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I don't know where to place this comment, but I'm sure the Moderator does.
I have very little to say about these so-called improvements or changes.
Most, if not all, of my color and/or graphic cache pages are screwed up!.
Because of that, I now have a lot of damage control to worry about!
However, I'll just wait awhile to see what else goes wrong and fix stuff later.
Complaints regarding my cache pages will be ignored for the time being.
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We have a forum dedicated to the website itself (and any issues). I think that would yield the best results for you, as well as the chance that there are likely already discussions regarding the matter, as it seems others have had similar concerns. Though admittedly, I have not dug into that forum very deep. Best of luck!
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I'm glad that sound can no longer autoplay on cache pages.
To be totally honest, nothing makes me close a web page faster than unsolicited music or sound. I am usually listening to music while i am on the computer, and opening a page and having music or sounds suddenly play can be very frustrating. A lot of webpages lose my traffic because of this (not that it matters one bit, of course).
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I dunno... I suppose it could have fallen out from under a lamp skirt, been muggled, then dropped there by the muggle, or an as yet un-hidden container that fell out of a geocacher's car.From the letter in the first post:
Just last month we had a state employee call in, saying there was a suspicious object planted under his vehicle, that was parked near the xxxx State Capital. He thought it was possibly a pipe bomb.Doesn't it seem odd that this geocaching trooper would claim there was a geocache under a car?
That seems EXTREMELY odd to me. That's why I call bull hockey on the entire email.
Or it just rolled out of its hiding spot - just like the OP says.............
Logic is just White Noise to the impatient or disagreeable.
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I Iike this idea! Can I use it??
Yay, Validation! Borrow away!
Ironically, tke kids and I were out last weekend, and Thing Two, my 6 year old, found the bark sleeve on the ground, and said "Dad! We can hide a cache in here!" It just so happened that it was a perfect fit, and long enough to cover the cap as well.
The bark around the cap will come off in time, I'm sure, but I covered it all in camo tape anyhow, for added measure.
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It's not in the same league as some of the caches in this thread, but Thing One, Thing Two and I put this one out today. Its a waterproof match container, hidden in a stump in the woods.
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Click My Controls in the middle of the top line. On the resulting page, in the Menu in the left column, click Manage Ignored Users.I knew I had seen this post a few months back. Where is the option to do this?Thanks tons!
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I just added a user to my Ingnored Users list for the first time today.
I knew I had seen this post a few months back. Where is the option to do this?
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Comments:
1. Why not run your plan by your reviewer, before you take it to the forum
Huh.
I would venture that putting it out for community discussion, before making one of the volunteer reviewers make the call makes sense, personally. Isn't that what discussion forums are usually for?
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I'm not really sure what to make of this thread. A tweet from an employee of a company saying he's seen an internally developed app might mean it's "in testing", but not in the common sense of the term as it's not a public test. No call for volunteers has been made and no staff has commented in this thread, so this seems like the wrong place to volunteer for testing that hasn't even opened yet.
1. You may be able to just take it as a lighthearted comment. Some of us are happy to see an android app and just wanted to say something to show that interest. If you so chose, you could view it in the same light as voicing your agreement of a point made in a conversation, even though it was not specifically asked for. Would you feel the same if you were part of an open conversation, agreed with a statement made, and somebody else said "Im not sure what to make of that agreement. No request was made for confirmation of points presented, so that acknowledgment seems out of place"?
2. It may also have been with the intent of letting GS know that there is an interest from people who have experience beta testing in helping out. If I see a neighbor moving a heavy piece of furniture, and I'm available, I head outside and offer to help. I'd find it rather odd if another neighbor walked out and said "I'm not sure what to make of this conversation. They never asked for help, this seems like the wrong time to offer it." The offer may be taken, it may not, but its no skin off of my nose, or yours, for people to offer.
3. Sometimes, a comment is just a comment.
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you should never, EVER ask me to create a diversion for you unless you are fully prepared for me to step twenty feet away from you and proceed to rotate wildly while flapping my arms up and down at full extentsion and shouting "WHOOOP!WHOOOP!WHOOOP!WHOOOP!dingdingdingdingding" at the top of my lungs.
i guarantee you that if i do this, NOBODY will be looking at you.
Unless you run into someone thinking you're after their union job...
Politicians are unionized?
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you should never, EVER ask me to create a diversion for you unless you are fully prepared for me to step twenty feet away from you and proceed to rotate wildly while flapping my arms up and down at full extentsion and shouting "WHOOOP!WHOOOP!WHOOOP!WHOOOP!dingdingdingdingding" at the top of my lungs.
i guarantee you that if i do this, NOBODY will be looking at you.
Unless you run into someone thinking you're after their union job...
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Geocaching.com just announced on Twitter that the official Geocaching.com app for Android will be out sometime in Q1 2010! thats by the end of march at the latest!
/volunteers for beta testing
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Thoughts?
Be Here Now.
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Hey Folks,
I've been geocaching for a longtime, but this is the first time I have posted here. I've noticed near my home that the number of geocache sites has increased dramatically over the years. Of course, geocaching has become more and more popular, so it's obvious to expect to see more of them pop up over time, but when is enough, enough? I'm curious if there is general policy or protocol, when it comes to the location where geocache sites are placed or the density of sites in a general location. I live close to a park and on some of the main trails there seems to be a geocache site every 0.25 miles or so. Also, there are a large number of sites placed off trail. In my opinion, I've always thought of geocache sites as being few and far between and it was considered an adventure to look for them. Also, next to trash and crime, one of the bigger issues in the park is foot traffic and the creation of side trails where they don't belong. There are signs everywhere to remind folks to stay on the main trails and with such a high density of geocache sites, there are a number of spider trails that have popped up. Is it feasible to get some of these excessive geocache sites removed, so we retain our natural surroundings. I love to geocache with family and friends, but when is enough, enough?
Thanks, Mark
Obvious troll is obvious?
inducing images i have had in my head so far this week.
caches on a map that draws a picture
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Damned colorblindness.
There's something in there. I can sort of make it out.
Is it a unicorn? Did you make unicorns?
Its unicorns, isn't it?