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You don't even need to use Watcher... Using a pocket query you can select just caches that have TB's in them. The TB info doesn't show up in the GPX files (A gripe of mine...) but at leat you can tell what caches to look at for bugs. I myself get a daily GPX with all the TB's in a 200 mile radius just to watch them move around... ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

quote:Originally posted by WindChill:... I see that my logs are missing from the pages (in fact all logs are missing for a several-week time period). ... I was figuring that it had deleted all the recent logs.... ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

My guess, based on what you've said is that he was doing something with a slurper... A Bot that, when fed a URL, follows all the URLS on that given page down to a certain depth... Say something like this... Set the recursion level to 3... 1. Starts with "Closest Caches Page" 2. Loads all the cache pages on that page 3. Follows all the links on the cache pages.... Which, if you happen to be the cache owner, includes ALL of the "DELETE THIS LOG", "Disable this Cache", etc, etc...... TMH-AG (That's My Half-A@@ed Guess) ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

Two things: 1.) Check out the discussion that was Here What you want can be accomplished thru the website (for Premium members like you guys) 2.) No, the biggest problem with software harvesters is that they a) Put a big drain on the website resources Can often lead to your IP address and/or account being banned. If you want GPX, use a Pocket Query. It's already configured, and all you have to do is check the "Not found" box under the types of caches you want.... ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

quote:Originally posted by bthomas:Grab and re-drop. I'll occasionally do it for cute or famous bugs. The website tallies finds not moves (travelling), so I don't find it too unacceptable; some owners do. Grab and re-drop happens at geo-events, too; I personally do not grab all 10 at an event, just a couple. I'd also like to point out that a "Post a Note" log accomplishes the same thing. As bthomas correctly points out, thew website tallies bugs 'found'. Since you need the tracking number to 'Post a Note' it IS counted as a FIND. Presumably, the logic being you have to have found the bug in order to get the number.... Also note, as hard as you try and as many different Have it/Note/etc time you log on the same TB, the website still only will count is as 1 bug found in your count..... ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

What about Multi caches? As a test I went to rate the multi I have out, but the terrain and container descriptions for the different stages of the multi are quite different.... ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

It certainly seems like geocaching is getting alot of press in Minnesota all the sudden. A number of MNGCA members have been contacted by a reporter from the Rochester, MN (Home of the Mayo Clinic) area who is researching for a story.... I'd actually be tempted to leave the cache alone... Yes, there might be a few geomuggles tempted to find it, but who's to say that isn't the first step into transforming them into GeoCachers? ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

The easiest way to completely filter out caches that you have already found is to use a Pocket Query (since you've already done the "Charter Member" part). You can then either use an eBook reader for the PC to look at the file or use one of the GPX utilities that everyone seem to be be talking about. (That part I don't know much about, since I use my Palm IIIxe & EasyGPS)

quote:Originally posted by Harrald:Slow??? Down??? I've never seen that. I just did see it... Except it think is was because I'm behind a firewall right now and the Java App couldn't take it... Of course, I'm just guessing.... ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

I'm still trying to dig up the original log, but the farthest off I've heard of is a find when the coordinates were off over 2 miles According to this thread... <Edit> Found it!Buttermilk Cache (GC42C) ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

I think that there's going to have to be a little give on both sides.... The Bomb Squad is going to have to get used to even more false alarms than usual. Recently we almost had the same thing happen Here as happened to Caching Toddler, Hidden Tupperware. Even though the cache container was marked, when the container was hidden, the markings weren't visible. Somebody found it and called the cops. The problem is that Bin's Boys have widened that fuzzy gray area of doubt in people's minds. So, in that regard, I agree with Team 360. I sure as H@#$ am not going to let them win. Our wedding anniversary is 9/11/93. This year we are going to be celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary, not the anniversary of a terrorist victory (which is what it would be if we were) We have 364 other days for remembering those who have died, and I sure as H@#$ am not going to forget them, but I'm not going to crawl into a hole and let Bin win. I am going to continue my life, same as before. I am going to be happy on 9/11. I will continue to geocache. ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

Well, here's my thought.... I wanted to stock a new cache I was putting out with useful things. I had acquired a number of "pocket multi tools" (some pliers style, some 'traditional'). Since they were all in their original packaging, which is MORE than child proof (where's a chainsaw when you need one [] ), I wasn't to concerned about putting them in there. The only drawback was that they took up quite a bit of space in the ammo box.

quote:Originally posted by RichardMoore:Sorry, guys. If you don't move it you shouldn't log it. I can understand posting a note to the travel bug's page, but just seeing it doesn't count as a 'find' for travel bugs. Actually, posting a note to a bug's page DOES include the bug in your 'find' count and TB's found list. I suppose the point being assumed that you supposedly have to have found the bug physically to get the tracking number. So if you want to 'count coup' on a bug, it IS better to just post a note, because that leaves the bug where it is and accomplishes what you want. ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

You can set up a pocket query to get the specific cache list you want. If you don't use a PDA, you can either use the eBook viewer for the Wintel PC (available at the www.mobipocket.com website) or you could use one of the many apps that can handle the .loc or .gpx files.... Since I use my Palm, I'm not so familiar with those tools, but I know they exist... Perhaps someone else could post a list for you (or check the 'links' page) ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

quote:Originally posted by AllenLacy:Halloween = Christmas because Oct 31 = Dec 25 Be careful or a witch could put Hex 19 on you....

Could someone else in your family have accidentally deleted them? (Or perhaps it was the tick from Yo-Da-Lin sucking them out of your computer ) ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

From the bathroom walls (Engineering Building, Institue of Technology, UofMN): Lim (IT) GPA -->0 = CLA

And here I thought I had stolen it from from an old .sig of a math professor at the University of Heidelberg.... I spent far too much time in complex math in the mid 90's

quote:Originally posted by BloenCustoms:So, what happens if we all run due east at the same time, will we exert enough force to make the day shorter? Sure... But when we all stop, it would get longer again... ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

I was just quickly going off what's on the screen captures... TJ-Tigger: You could generate the list of missing logs using Dan's Stats Page (like welch mentioned before) Right now it looks like either the TPTB or somebody with access to your account.... Did you login from somewhere public recently? (Don't you just love web browsers that remember your password....) ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

Hey Welch.. It looks like watchtower (revisited) is one of the posts that dissapeared. That's one of your caches. Any ideas of what's going on?

TPTB: The Powers That Be... aka site admins From your screen capture and a little poking around, it doesn't look like the caches in question were all owned by the same person... You didn't happen to annoy several cache owners recently?

quote:Originally posted by welch:Theres an idea, start charging for tours... (Hey, its an idea, maybe not a good one, but an idea ) How about a cache in the lobby? ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

quote:Originally posted by Renegade Knight:It needs to be see through, not scratch (so it stays see through), be able to be bulldozed, and water proof. It has to be able to survive a fire also. Good luck. Ammo can's cover about all of it but see through. ============================== Wherever you go there you are. Now where did I put my transparent aluminum? ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"

quote:Originally posted by RJFerret:Let's see, wish list, it should open into an extra-dimensional space so it's larger on the inside than outside. The space should be tied to that physical location, so the contents can't get stolen (simply apply a new "door")... It should have an internet connection built in to automatically log visits on geocaching.com simply by writing in the logbook. Ah, while accessing it and logging it, it should make you invisible to passing geomuggles... Built in pencil sharpener and self-renewing dessicant. Ah, support for an occupant such as "thing" from "The Adams Family" so you don't need to search through contents or repack it. Chameleon-like properties, such that it takes on the color and shade from the environment automatically and if relocated. (I'm sure I'm forgetting lotsa' things... {grin}) Randy And it's default appearance is a Blue Brittish Police Call Box... Hmmm, What should I call it.... TARDIS! (If you don't understand that, check the BBC for Dr. Who....) ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "The number you have reached is imaginary, please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again... <beeeeep>"