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Logged it as a find anyway Blackjeep1989 has got it right; too bad zzzzz doesn't listen to him more often...

CITO bag if you're in the woods. Muggles run when they consider the fact that you might ask them to help.

Totals by log type: [Found Cache] =461 [Did Not Find] =3 [Note] =83 It took several minutes to open the complete page with all the logs.

Seriously, though. There's no need to stare at the GPSr all the time. Look at it for distance and direction, then look up and see what's in that direction about that far away. Sometimes you can even guess the location. Walk to that area, then when you get closer check the GPSr again. What is the name of briansnat's dance when doing this again?

I agree. I also think that you should donate your GPSr to the community so that it can be used by newbies that don't have a fancy unit. How selfish of you to keep your unit to yourself! (Don't take this the wrong way. Yes, it's slightly sarcastic. But he does now own the can of beans, put some effort into preserving it, and brings it for others to see. What's wrong with that?)

Works fine for me in the latest version of FX. What browser are you using?

Gah - the My Account page is so cluttered right now, we don't need anything more on it! If you want to look at your account, go to My Account. If you want to search for a cache, go to Hide and Seek a Cache. It's really simple, actually. (Although I do agree that Hide/Seek page could be improved. For instance, the coordinate fields could be combined and smart enough to recognize the difference between decimal degrees and degree, decimal minutes, Area code and zip code could be merged into one field since one is 3 numbers long and the other 5)

The main coordinates are redundant and unnecessary?

What if you add whatever the PQ email address is to your contacts? Unless AOL is even dumber than I thought, that should whitelist the address.

Those other options are pretty cool - thanks for telling me about them. But if there's only one route segment in the file you uploaded, why wouldn't the checkbox be checked automatically? DanOCan: Can you post the .kml route you created? Maybe it will help to see if the route is corrupted or something wierd. For the record, Java is a programming language. JavaScript is a scripting language often used in webpages. The two have absolutely nothing in common, but people mix them up all the time.

Why wouldn't that box be checked by default? Who would want to create and upload a route but not save it?

Notice the bolded part. I have never heard of a USB drive hijacking your computer just by plugging it in.* If you are stupid enough to run "cool_picture.exe" without scanning it first, then it doesn't matter that it is on a USB drive. You could do the same thing on a webpage or via email, much easier. Why would any geocacher want to go to the effort of creating a malicious program that has such a tiny spread? Heck, even if there were a magic device that infected the computer of any user opening the cache it's in, no malware writer is going to care about infecting a dozen random users. The planted USB drives in the article were a targeted attack. I would use a USB drive TB I found in a cache without a second thought. Since I use Linux anyway, the chances of installing Windows malware are zero. On Windows it would take a few seconds to scan it for viruses, anyway. *actually, one tiny obscure buffer overflow exploit that was patched in a day or two, but that's beside the point

Twelve hours is not very long to wait. Why not have a stakeout and catch the jerk?

Why not test the accuracy of Google Earth in your area b comparing it to a benchmark of known coordinates or something? I've gotten pretty good results with programs such as USAPhotoMaps and GE in the Chicagoland area.

ground zero: when the GPS is close and you start searching. EDIT: Surely you knew that. I just didn't know what to take "Geeshz" as (or even pronounce it)

That's cool: I didn't realize newer GPSrs had better icon support. However, I think you still have to work with the least common denominator.

Why would Waymarking.com want the numbars hounds?

I meant as a one-time event. [LOG]NewTeamName found Old Cache 1 [LOG]NewTeamName found Old Cache 2 Hmm, maybe I can filter out and delete all new emails that have [LOG] and NewTeamName! Cool, now I don't have to look at them. Once or twice a month isn't that big of a deal.

There's a GreaseMonkey script floating around somewhere that adds a link to Google Earth for cache pages.

Also, I've heard that having multiple waypoints with the same coordinates causing undesired results with both software and GPS units. Please explain a specific case where you need additional waypoints with exactly the same coordinates as the main coordinates. It just doesn't make any sense to me.

Heh, I thought you meant live tracking like this or this. There's already a Google Earth fansite or two that collects these photos, I think it would be much more suitable there than as a waymark.

Think of it this way: 11 cache owners abusing the system noticed your list.

How often does this happen? If it's a rare occasion, it's not that much trouble to delete/filter all [LOG]'s by one person.

What's wrong with using the link on My Account that says somthing like: Search for nearest caches from your home coordinates (filter out finds)? For PQ's, use the closest cache as your center point.

Just use the loophole: it's been stated that there are no issues with non-PM's using the loophole to log MO caches they've found. For reference, a shortcut (instead of logging in and out) is just to change the code for this url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?WP=GC1234