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S always tells me to err on giving the benefit of the doubt. But when one of our micros went missing, I looked for it, didn't find it, and assumed it was truly gone so I disabled it. Then some cachers claimed to find it. In the cache logs I said I was 'archiving it to keep numbers cachers from 'finding' it' Well that wasn't a nice thing to do on my part. The cachers emailed me saying they found the container hidden on the ground, and they told me exactly where to find it. I checked this morning and it was there. The cachers really had found it! Ack, how can I be so old and still be such a jerk? Anyways, thanks and apologies to Stardancer and Puzzle Player for helping me find my own cache. - T of TandS

I have the Venice, and I also guide whitewater river trips wearing them, and I've had no trouble with slipping in them just speaking for myself. - T of TandS

Hi All, There is a difference between the DeviceID strings for a real PocketPC and for one running in the Microsoft Virtual Environment. From the gwl log files I see the following values returned for a virtual PPC and an HP iPaq 5550 PPC: Virtual: 50006F0063006B0065007400500043000000-444556494345454D00 iPaq: E50000FF12AF722178000050BF1977E0- So... At least on my hardware, the real PPC has nothing after the dash. Much more testing to see if this is true across the board. - T of TandS

I wanted to add, I have Keen Venice H2 Sandals with nylon uppers lined with neoprene. My wife has the Newport H2 Sandals that also have the nylon-neoprene uppers. I think the nylon-neoprene in the H2s makes a big ang positive contribution to my comfort. However, my hash buddy was running in stock Newports with the leather uppers, and he was as happy as a hound chasing a hare. - T of TandS

Very cool FoxFireX! - T of TandS

I run trail ultras some up mountains, and have been happiest with Salomons, until I went on trail with the Hash House Harriers last weekend. A guy was running the trail in Keen Newport sandals. I asked him how they worked, and he said he tossed his Salomons for them. Well I'd already been pondering running in my Keen Sandals and didn't think it would work, but on Monday I gave it a try. Since then I've put in at least 5 miles per day on trails in them, 10 today, no socks, and I've been amazed. All the foot pain I associated with running distance is gone. Had a sore instep from hashing, it's gone. Holy doo doo bird batman! It boggles the mind, but this 200 pounder has never found a better pair of trail running shoes as far as stable, no interference shoes go. Motion control shoes kill me, and Salomon has been adding more and more. I was running in Tech Amphibians cuz they are the lightest and least motion-control Salomons, but the Keen sandals are much better. I know it sounds like it can't be true, but you may luck out running trails in Keen sandals like I did. Also, I've run 50-70 miles per week the last two Winters in the Tech Amphibians. Granted, it's South Carolina, but good socks like Smartwool are the key. So running in Keen shoes sounds very workable, but I'm sure I'd prefer the sandals, at least the warm half of the year. Anyways, good luck! - T of TandS

To round off, after you got TruncLat1, do this: If ((INT (Lat1 * 10000)) / 1000) - (TruncLat1 * 10) > 5 then TruncLat1 = TruncLat1 + 1 - T

Why Kevan, Any time you need a little math help, like with the ideal gas law, perhaps, just ask ole T. Psuedo-code ta follah: TruncLat1 = ((INT (Lat1 * 1000)) / 1000) - T of TandS

Maybe you guys could use the pcall and set an errorlevel condition to control resuming script execution... - T of TandS

OK, so my theory is this... If you have an Enter Zone Event defined for example. And at the start of the event you display a message box that has an ok button to click. Then in the same action, you fire off activation of a bunch of zones. What happens is lua uses a .Net control to display the message box, so far no problem since that's first, then while user is looking at msg box, lua starts activating zones. I experimented with this using the MSoft Virtual PC Emulation stuff. I sat and waited and watched the drive and cpu activity on the PC hosting the emulated Pocket PC. As each of 18 zones was activated on the virtual PPC, I saw the drive light blink, and the cpu activity jump on the host PC. Each zone took about half a second to activate. After 10 seconds, I clicked the OK button on the message and everything was fine. It worked. So, my take on this is, you guys used lua cuz it's a nice way to leverage C-efficiency compiled code while having a sweet interface to call the .Net screen controls. But what's happening in this case is that lua doesn't know what .Net wants for threads and .Net doesn't even know lua's there. Lua shows the message and then starts chugging on the zone activations, using all the threads it can grab to calculate the player's positional relation to each zone as each zone comes up as well. Meantime, .Net shows message and when user clicks OK, .Net says get X number of threads to execute Click control. But those threads aren't yet available, and .Net doesn't know that, and lua isn't listening since it's working. So, maybe you guys could recompile the builder so that if an event action has a .Net control call and a cpu intensive action like a zone activation action, make the event's preceding actions finish before the .Net control is called, and make sure the .Net control is finished before continuing with the event's zone activation lua code. What do you guys think? - T of TandS

Hi All, I also posted this in WIG Hardware... I working with some cart writers on a WIG cart, and we're running into some differences in function between the Colorado and the PPC. The cart runs fine on the Colorado, not the PPC. The cart does this when you enter the start location zone: 1. Displays a message saying you're at the Start Location. 2. Activates 18 other Zones which are invisible and makes 18 Tasks Visible. On Exiting the start location zone it does this: 1. Sets the Start Zone Visibility to False. 2. Activates a Hunt Zone encompassing the entire area the other zones are contained in, which contains an event that displays a message saying you're in the Hunt Zone. 3. Sets the Start location zone active to false. The behavior of this cart on the PPC is this: When you enter the Start Area you get the initial message with an ok button. Click ok and right away you get the message saying you're in the Hunt Zone with an ok button. When you click that button you get the main cart screen. The start location is no longer shown and the Tasks are now visible. However, clicking on Tasks gives no result, and the WIG player is very sluggish. If you close the cartridge you can save game if you want, then it doesn't go to the main WIG screen but instead runs the cart again. If you close the player, you can save game if you want, then it exits, but immediately you get an error message with the text on the lines starting with 'at' repeated over and over under Details: Player.exe ObjectDisposedException at Microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.get_Visible() at Player.frmMain.ProcessEnterKey() at Player.frmMain.uBase_MouseUp() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnMouseUp() at Player.Controls.uBase.OnMouseUp() at Player.Controls.uWigGame.Cat_Click() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WnProc() at System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc() at Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.Yield() at Player.Controls.uWigGame.Cat_Click() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WnProc() I think it's a thread or resource availability issue, but one thing that's weird is that the Hunt Zone appears to be activating and the Start Zone is going not active even though it shouldn't do this until we exit the start zone. All this doesn't happen if we de-activate the Hunt Zone. The other zones are activated ok as well as the tasks are visible. Anybody got any ideas? Thanks, - T of TandS This post has been edited by tands: Today, 06:05 AM

We had this error today also. Big problems with hidden zones too. We installed the player in the field, but didn't delete the old file structure. Trying that next and hoping for a fix. - T of TandS

We got the app working great on an IPAQ 5550 and a Compact Flash GPSR today. You have to do the following: 1. Install the Compact Framework. Then do a soft reset. 2. Install the Wherigo app. We did this by copying the cab file to an SD card then clicking on the cab file in the Explorer on the IPAQ. 3. Slide the IPAQ into the CF sleeve and plug in the CF GPSR. 4. Do another soft reset of the unit. 5. After the soft reset, go outside where you have a good view of the constellations. Wait until the CF GPSR starts to blink while it's looking for satellites. 6. Once it's blinking good, fire up the Wherigo app. You'll have to wait a few minutes for the initial fix, but after that it gets hooked up with the sats pretty fast. 7. Be sure to close the cartridge, then save your progress. After that you can quit the Wherigo app. You'll then need to pop the CF GPSR out of the IPAQ since it will stay active and sucking power. This process may seem involved, but it's not too hard at all and the unit works great and holds a fix no problem. - T of TandS

So what would the consensus be towards using the current emulator on an Internet-connected mobile PC to make a Wherigo find? The honor system would have to be in full force, but that's caching in a nutshell anyways, isn't it? This question is assuming that seekers actually go to all the locations in the cartridge. We're asking this because our PocketPC's battery has ceased to be... And each time it does so, poof goes our game. - T of TandS

Hi, For a lightweight synthetic shirt, nothing beats the price of Starter Gear at Wal-Mart. I've got Under Armour and Starter stuff and there's no functional difference except the 500% markup on the UA silk purse before me (swine.) But the best stuff going that I've found is SmartWool clothing. It uses an astounding wool-synthetic blend. In addition to caching, I also run ultra-marathons. I wear the same SmartWool short sleeve t-shirt in July when it's 105 F outside here in South Carolina as I wear as my base layer in the Mount Mitchell Challenge Ultramarathon where temps get down below 0 F. In cold I go over the t with a long SmartWool zip-up and top it off with my other super favorite, a Go-Lite shell. You will pay the same or less for this non-poser outdoor gear as you would for the over-hyped, fad-priced, and unproven UA stuff. I've never seen anyone on trail with UA stuff ever, and if I did, I'd be sure to check up on them to make sure they're ok. A good place to find true technical under and outer wear is Blackdome Outfitters in Asheville, NC. Website: http://blackdome.com Talk to Jay Curwen there and tell him Travis sent you. He'll cut you a deal out of pity if he thinks you know me! But Good Luck and Get Outside Durnit! - T of TandS

Our 60CS was stolen last year. We had not registered the serial number with Garmin and didn't have it written down anywhere. This was a huge mistake. If we'd registered it, Garmin would know when the 'new owner' connected the unit to their 'My Garmin' account. Garmin would then help us recover it. But we were out of luck. So, in a way, Garmin can track their units by serial number when they are connected via your PC through the Internet to My Garmin for updates or Map Authorization. And, believe me, you want this! - T of TandS

Rassum-frassen double post!!! - T of TandS

I run trails a lot and have owned a 201 and now have a 305. I got the 201 two years ago for Christmas. It was useless under any tree cover. It only caused me great frustration, so, sadly, I returned it. Last year, after some surgery, I only had 2 months to train for a trail ultramarathon. My wife got me the 305. It is spectacular. It holds a signal in dense tree cover, has great-life in its rechargeable batteries, and is good for caching. It also has the heart rate monitor, which is what enabled me to train into shape enough for my race. It is a very good value over the already excellent 205. For caching, GSAK works great with it. The batteries last a full 10 hours of mountain ultramarathon, which means epic days of geocaching are easily possible. It is invaluable if you do any paddling sports. I even wear it surfing to record the length and number of waves I ride! In my opinion, the X01 series Garmin units are almost useless, and the X05 Garmin units are some of the neatest, most functional geek-toys/tools ever conceived. - T of TandS

I practice 'revenge of the HS Diploma' myself. S has her college degree, but I try to make the hardest puzzles out there with my HS education. However, I think a placer should always verify coordinates on puzzle hides if a seeker has gone to the trouble to solve a puzzle. - T of TandS

Hi, there are commercial GPS apps for it, but I've ciphered how to use free apps to cache with Blackberries, read the post a little farther down on how to do it. How to Geocache With Your Blackberry GPS - T of TandS

Our yellow has WAAS. A yellow we had a year ago had it too. It's just not advertised, guaranteed, or even acknowledged as a feature... But the yellows I've known recently talk WAAS. - T of TandS

Durn double post!

We were the buyers. Oxygendestroyer really went the extra mile, and so did Garmin Tech Support. He told them the situation, gave them the device id, and they emailed us the correct unlock code. Way to go O2-killer and Garmin!!!! - T of TandS

I was at the event with Coyote Red! But what he didn't talk about was the event he attended after, where we helped kids who'd lost a sibling to cancer learn how to geocache. Events are what you make of them. Hold an event that has meaning if you want one that has meaning. - T of TandS

Just went to http://www.smittyware.com/palm/cachemate/ and it came up no problem. - T of TandS