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Add me to the drawing, thanks!
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Try posting at NYGO http://www.ny-geocaching.org for a better response.
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Has anyone successfully accomplished this? Seems like it would nice at some of the events.
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/...tid=137&tid=193
Temporary Wireless Service For An Outdoors Event?Posted by simoniker on Thursday May 20, @04:40AM
from the drape-ethernet-cables-in-foliage dept.
SBECK writes "I've been asked to come up with an estimate of how much it would cost to provide wireless internet service for a small convention being held at a campground. That would entail renting or buying enough wireless access points to give coverage to the area and getting temporary satellite Internet service. Unfortunately, I've never done any of this, so I'm floundering. I'd love to get some pointers from anyone who has any experience setting up something like this. What ISP services provide temporary satellite service for something like this?"
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Ask again at http://www.mi-geocaching.org and you'll get a ton of responses.
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Out of curiosity, why not take a more active role in NYGO rather than start your own group? They are eagerly seeking people to take a leadership role.
(I can post things like that now that I've moved to Michigan and resigned from the leadership group.)
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You may want to reach out to NYGO at http://www.ny-geocaching.org .
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Funny, I'll be in Switzerland then too!
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Before you update the Official Pageto the 2004 race, is there any way we can keep the 2003 race still active? The Pride Of Brock Yates is so close to finishing, I'd hate for him to not reach his dream. Certainly we need a top 10 from the first race....
I'll start racking my brain for this year...
See my earlier post... will do my best!
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We apologize for any confusion and am glad we were able to straighten things out. Good luck on winning the race!
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Anyone MAY move any TB in the race. (NOTE: Rule Change) While we can't stop interference, we do discourage undo negative interference. (IE: placing someone's bug in a seldom visited cache in one thing, placing thirty of them in remote mountaintop caches is another!) Owners are encouraged to request help from other cachers along the way in order to move their bugs faster, rather than attempting to slow down others.
How will this rule be enforced? In other words, what is the remedy if someone breaks this rule and moves a travel bug, ohhh, let's say, 300 miles in the wrong direction, into a moving cache placed on a military reservation? (Just speaking hypothetically, mind you...)
Sorry, but this issue of malicious interference will preclude me from participating in any race that begins in New York. Perhaps if I heard some more thinking behind the rule change, I might be persuaded otherwise. Thanks.
If you read carefully, the rule last year is that you couldn't interfere with another racers bug. This year, we've removed that rule so that anyone may move any bug in the race.
The truth is, we couldn't enforce it, nor was there any way we could have prevented what happened last year with the large number of bugs that were abducted. If there is malicious interference from a race participant, we would most likely give a warning to that cacher and possibly disqualify them from winning.
If you're unhappy with this rule, or propose something else, I'd be happy to hear you out offline. Feel free to email us at cannonballrun@ny-geocaching.org .
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This was actually posted in the thread for the 2003 race, but I'll quote it here to avoid confusion.If anyone is considering sending last years racing TB to particapate in the 2nd Annual CannonBall Run TB Race remember that the bug MUST have a new, unused, activated TB tag placed on it.
Do the tags actually have to on the racer? I was planning on just carving the number into the car, cliping an info sheet on, and leaving the aluminum at home. Would this be acceptable??
Yes, carving the number into the car should be fine. The point was just that it was an activated number that had not been used yet, ie no mileage or logs.
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Ok, but what happens with the unfinished racers? I assume the map& stats will either dissappear or just stop updating, right?
I'm actually trying to keep the stats rolling for those bugs, mostly for curiosity. If I can get the site more automated, then we should be able to use the same code to track old races.
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Any idea on when the page will be updated for the 2004 race?
As soon as I finish working on some of the related projects, promise. Anyone interested in helping with the programming, feel free to sign-up on geommunity.net.
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"It is recommended however that you attach a card of some type directing people to the CannonBall Run Website for more information on the Race and your particular TBs activities in it."
Will this site be the same as the one being used for the 2003 race? (whats the url)
Does the wheeled requirement mean ALL enteries must be ground base units? IE: Many airplanes have wheels, but are most commonly considered to travel threw the sky, not taxi along the highways....
The website is http://www.ny-geocaching.org/cannonballrun .
Your statement about vehicles is correct, they must be ground-based. Airplanes, although they have wheels, are out.
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Yes. Think you're willing to pay me for the time or do you want me to build something just for you for free?
Build it for free. All of the organizer's and programmers time has been donated.
1) I'm not sure I could do it in a fashion acceptable to the TOS of the site. It smells of data mining for non-personal use.Actually, Groundspeak was gracious enough to not block the IP we were using to "scrape" the data for last years race. They have also commited to helping find a way to provide the data for this year's race as well.
2) With the constant modifications to the site, I would have to spend time modifying the software.Thanks Egnix for writing the utility that did this last year.
3) It would probably be less man hours to do it manually for a single race than to write and update the software.NYGO is joining up with Geommunity to help write the software in an effort to reuse the software in future races. More information on Geommunity will be available at http://www.geommunity.net in a few days when we release the next version of the website. If you are a developer, please contact either myself or Trippy1976 for more details on how to become a member.
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dadgum, thought the keys to your car were going to get put on a travel bug keychain.
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We have taken into account the weather related start last year and will be trying something new this year to try and improve things.
Our plan is starting to firm up. A new website wil be launched early next month, at the completion of the logo contest. All of the updated rules will be posted there. You will have approx. 1 month from the release of the website to send in your bugs before the race.
For now, just obtain a new travel bug tag and find a vehicle to attach it to. We'll provide detailed instructions on what to do with it next when the website is launched.
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While interference is in the true nature of the Cannonball Run, I would hope that no one will extend it to treachery this year. We'll be making some rule changes to try and keep things in the spirit of the race as well as trying to ensure everyone has a good time. Please use good jugement.
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Without giving away too many details - don't worry they'll be coming soon
Be patient, we're working on them now. They will be published when they are complete. For now, just know you'll need a new TB tag and a car/truck/van/motorcycle type travel bug to attach it to.
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Any idea when the page will be updated with the 2004 information?
I also may be able to donate a USA Geocoin as one of the prizes. Race promoters feel free to contact me via my profile.
This logo will be the cornerstone of the 2004 website. As the contest will run until the end of the month, the new site will be unveiled shortly after.
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my guess is you want this to be banner size like the old logo?
I don't believe we put any restrictions as to the image dimentions. Feel free to use your judgement, but please make sure you keep an original in high resolution to allow for future use.
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You will be required to have a new tag with no mileage on it. We looked into having custom tb tags made, but at this time it's just too cost-prohibitive. We are still interested in doing that, however, and may have them for the 2005 race.
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After much anticipation, the New York Geocaching Organization will be running the 2nd Annual Cannonball Run in the coming months, compete with some new and exciting action.
To kick things off, we are looking to redesign the Cannonball logo and website currently located at: http://www.ny-geocaching.org/cannonballrun/ .
Without giving away too many details - don't worry they'll be coming soon - we will be charging a small fee to enter the race. (The fee will help with out own costs to run the race, a custom tag for each racer and the prizes to the winners.)
The winning logo entry will receive a complimentary entry into the race and the opportunity to become part of a new Geocaching tradition. We will be accepting entries until the end of the month. The winner will be decided by NYGO's leadership shortly after. Entries can be posted here or emailed to us at cannonballrun@ny-geocaching.org .
Good luck Cannonballers!!
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* "Become a GeoTech" - We want to start a database of people we can contact when we go to certain cities.
Rather than contacting specific individuals, why not work with some of the state organizations to help you run local events? We can generally provide more people and could use the donation (which may tax-deductable for you!) as opposed to paying individual people?
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Internet hiccup, sorry for the duplicate post!