DisQuoi

Ever since posting a reply meant that one could enter their own subject, I have had difficulty searching for relevent topics. Some people start a sentence in the subject box like this: Subject: Not That It Matters ... ...but has anyone ... blah blah blah "Not That It Matters" is not the subject of this post. 1) If you don't have a new subject, it's okay to leave that blank. 2) Use subject lines that make sense. Consider that someone will be searching using subject lines and key-words.

Keep in mind that airports are so sensitive to security issues right now, you don't want to place anything too close. Consider some good virtual caches. For example, if anyone is ever at Reagan Airport in DC, there's a great place to sit and watch planes approach the runway. It woulod be a good way to pass some layover time.

I would only recommend to shorten it a bit. Frankly, I didn't even read the whole thing becasue it was so long. I understand that you want to include alot of information. It says that there is more info inside ... I'd put much of THIS with THAT info. ******************************************** CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE FOUND A GEOCACHE! Geocaching is a scavenger hunt played with GPSR’s (Global Positioning Satellite Receivers). Visit us at WWW.GEOCACHING.COM. Feel free to take something and please leave something. Also please sign the guest book enclosed This is NOT abandoned Property. This cache is maintained by "RAD Dad". PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH CONCERNS at raddad@laimbrainz.net Please Join in the fun!

Is this the FAMOUS Lance!?! [This message was edited by DisQuoi on March 14, 2002 at 11:08 AM.] [This message was edited by DisQuoi on March 14, 2002 at 11:09 AM.]

Is this the FAMOUS Lance!?! [This message was edited by DisQuoi on March 14, 2002 at 11:08 AM.] [This message was edited by DisQuoi on March 14, 2002 at 11:09 AM.]

I am going to meet with the manager of a park in my local county this week. She has reviewed the geocaching web-site and wants me to come answer questions. This particular park is geared towards kids (a working farm) and I'd like to have a couple of good examples of well prepared cache containers to show her. I'd like to show her a picture of an ammo can that has been painted to look less military issue. If you have an image of something like this, please email it to me. Thanks. schriever_dan@bah.com

quote:Originally posted by OblongFred: I got bored at work this evening. After hearing one of those famous Master Card commercials, I though of one for Geocaching. Garmin eTrex (yellow): $100 Trinkets for the hunt: $20 Small compass: $5 Being first to find a new cache: Priceless Told you I got bored. YEah ... that thought came up in this thread last month ... which reinforces my theory that everything's been covered

quote:Originally posted by OblongFred: I got bored at work this evening. After hearing one of those famous Master Card commercials, I though of one for Geocaching. Garmin eTrex (yellow): $100 Trinkets for the hunt: $20 Small compass: $5 Being first to find a new cache: Priceless Told you I got bored. YEah ... that thought came up in this thread last month ... which reinforces my theory that everything's been covered

Technically, if someone breaks in to your car, it's not a robbery unless you're in the car at the time. ... or if someone stopped you in the woods and took something from you by force. While you were still violated, be glad you weren't "robbed" ... that would leave you with a much worse ... feeling. When I leave my car parked, I leave nothing inside worth taking and I leave the doors unlocked. If someone's going to steal the car, the locks won't stop them anyway.

Technically, if someone breaks in to your car, it's not a robbery unless you're in the car at the time. ... or if someone stopped you in the woods and took something from you by force. While you were still violated, be glad you weren't "robbed" ... that would leave you with a much worse ... feeling. When I leave my car parked, I leave nothing inside worth taking and I leave the doors unlocked. If someone's going to steal the car, the locks won't stop them anyway.

Here it is.

I agree that a timed feature would be cool. I'd probably use is on all of my caches (2-4 weeks MOC, then available to all).

I would prefer that a member-only cache be visible to everyone but that the owner have the ability to hide key information (coordinates, clues, specific instructions). When someone views the a state map, will they see a cache? ... perhaps one of different color? ... or the same color? I'm about to post a very difficult multi-cache in northern Viginia. It has taken at least 20 hours of preparation. I'd like everyone to be able to read it. However, I like the idea of keeping teen-age boys (or girls) from vandalizing the cache. I'd hope that when someone puts alot of effort into a cache (and hides it from the general public a la member-only) that those geocachers who haven't, will decide that my cache (and others like it) are worth the 8.2 cents a day to have access. By the way, those new Listerine Fresh Breath Squares that disolve in your mouth cost about 10 cents each.

It seems to me that Garmin could pay Jeremy a fair price for all that he has done (thereby owning the site) and hire him to continue his work full-time (paying him handsomly, I'm sure). If I was an executive at Garmin, I'd surely consider it. With this type of corporate ownership, the quality of the site could be extrordinary. In return, it could boost their sales of recreational GPS units, funding everything.

I'm sorry if I confused you. My post was intended to be more of a starting point to discuss the need to raise money (and how much) for Jeremy to adequately help us to continue the fine activity (as opposed to some people complaining that this should all be "free"). "Stakeholder/Shareholder" has nothing to do with double-speak any more than "Postman/Policeman" (they are both occupations?). However, they're two different words, which is why they occupy two places in a dictionary. It's more of a matter of english. After the King’s reply, I posted the Oxford English Dictionary definitions to clarify the difference. Other than the fact that they both start with the same letter and end in the same suffix, I can't see why you would compare this to Enron. Enron was a mis-statement of revenues over periods of several fiscal years. They didn’t define “revenue” according to GAAP standards. But that was more of a case of one word defined in two ways, not two words each with their own meaning. Can you please clarify your analogy to Enron? Tecmage, thanks ... we were both responding at the same time but I think your response is more well put.

I mean no offense ... here's what I mean. shareholder One who owns or holds a share or shares in a joint-stock company, or other joint fund or property. stakeholder One who has a stake in something.

There is some discussion of triangulation in this thread. The term "triangulation" can refer to a few different problems ... but they all use triangles/trigonometry to locate a refernced point. Do you have a specific case? Here's a good place to start ... [This message was edited by DisQuoi on March 08, 2002 at 08:01 AM.]

There is some discussion of triangulation in this thread. The term "triangulation" can refer to a few different problems ... but they all use triangles/trigonometry to locate a refernced point. Do you have a specific case? Here's a good place to start ... [This message was edited by DisQuoi on March 08, 2002 at 08:01 AM.]

quote:I'd much rather be a shareholder than a memberI hope there will be no shareholders. That would imply that the main purpose of the site would be to make a profit. But whether you are a member or not, you are a stakeholder.

A common response I've been reading to the question of why pay for membership is that it costs money to run geocaching.com. Jeremy's made it clear that ultimately, he's like to do this full time. Also, new hardware and bandwidth is required. I estimate IT life cycle costs for a living and generally, the annual cost of maintaining software and hardware is 20 percent of the acquisition cost (a $5000 server requires $1000 per year to properly maintain it). A full-time IT specialist (Jeremy) is estimated to cost $100 per hour ($208,000 per year) for salary/benefits/overhead. That's not profit, it's salary. I think I know what people are saying. We all want to [communally] support this effort but are perhaps hesitant to "enrich" anyone while doing it. We want to keep this "non-profit" especially so that there's no conflict with use of public lands. (Remember, "non-profit" does not mean Jeremy pays for it all). So ... here's my question: How many new servers do you need at what acquisition cost and when? What additional software must you purchase? Do you require office space to properly run the web site? How many square-feet? What percentage of your time do you want to devote? 50 percent? 100 percent? What salary do you require (be fair to yourself). Do you require additional staff? How much band-width do you require? That's how much it costs us to play. No one's getting rich here. Some of us need new hiking shoes? That's in addition to these costs, not instead of them. Here's the second part? How much net income do you receive from sales of t-shirts and stickers? What are the commission revenues from Garmin? How many active geocachers are there (potential members)? Based on Dan Miller's last statistic, about 11,000 active over a three month period. I have a feeling that this community would be willing to support you as a non-profit effort. Consider us stakeholders as well as customers.

Works now, thanks.

quote:Originally posted by Rich in NEPA: One thing that will give you this kind of error on the Edit Profile page is if you enter too many characters in one of the fields. Most of these fields have size limits. Try reducing the amount of text you entered and see if the problem goes away. Hope this helps. In this case ... we never even get to the profile page. The error occurs when you try to open the profile page.

Yes. I'm having the same problem. I've tried using Explorer and Netscape but with no success.

Yes, I agree that two circles are sufficient to almost solve this. I susspect that many will skip the third micro-cache and simply use their judgement of which of two solutions is correct. I will probably still place three. Maybe I'll make the third easier than the other two but provide only a discriminator (e.g., "northern intersection"). ... and yes, if someone has access to AutoCAD or Microstation, they could do this graphically with high accuracy. Along that line, if you know any design civil engineers, they could solve it using coordinate geometry tools (or by hand I hope).