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  1. <_< June 22 by zzzzz (33 found)

    I found the location, but the container & log were gone. Found the top of the container on the ground. My friend blackjeep1989 says this won't count because I didn't sign the log. I will keep an eye on it and sign the new log when the new container is replaced. Thanks zzzzzz

     

    Logged it as a find anyway <_<

    Blackjeep1989 has got it right; too bad zzzzz doesn't listen to him more often...
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    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?

  3. I have read others' suggestion that you make the OCB a FTF prize for some massive caching adventure. I think doing that or donating it to someone who could take it around would benefit the community as a whole.

     

    However, with all due respect, you come off really selfish when you state that the item will just reside in the closet, with few trips out for it. Seems to me you wanted to make a fast buck on the item when it can/could be donated to organizations like the Smithsonian.

     

    Donating it to a museum, passing it on to another cacher to move it around or even making it a prize would be better than letting it sit in your closet.

    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?)

  4. 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. :D

     

    (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)

  5. The solution to this "problem" is simple: remove the need for the main coords, as they are now redundant. The workround is even simpler but less elegant: add .001 to any waypoint which needs to be "duplicated". (I notice that people have started doing this already, even before this discussion.)
    The main coordinates are redundant and unnecessary?
  6. Alexrudd, You have not seen all the possibilities.

    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.

  7. I had one of my guys write a Trojan that, when run, would collect passwords, logins and machine-specific information from the user’s computer, and then email the findings back to us.
    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. :D 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

  8. Well . . . two coins I placed in a Puzzle cache last Tuesday were stolen in less than 12 hours. If I had not "officially" dropped them in that infrequently-visited cache, I have no doubt they would still be there.

     

    I don't know how the local coin and Jeep thief keeps track of the coins and Jeeps that are dropped, but many have gone missing recently. :D

    Twelve hours is not very long to wait. Why not have a stakeout and catch the jerk?
  9. 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)

  10. My explorist 600 has icons for traditional, multi, virtual, and event caches. When I use the magellan software to download my pq, The same icons from the webpage show up on the GPSr. The only icon I don't seem to get is the unknown - they look like a traditional.
    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.
  11. If people suddenly saw those tabs in their Profile, all the "icon collectors" would soon want to visit the Waymark site to collect icons for both Owned and Visited sites. :laughing:

    Why would Waymarking.com want the numbars hounds?
  12. 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.

  13. By repeating that waypoint, users are loading redundant information onto their GPS receivers. Most GPS receivers have limitations on how many waypoints can be stored at one time. I'd rather have 500 unique waypoints (450 caches plus 50 meaningful additional waypoints) than a lot of redundant information that means fewer caches to look for (400 caches plus 50 meaningful additional waypoints plus 50 waypoints that are identical to the posted coordinates).
    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.

  14. The fact that the bookmark list is currently rated useful by 1 of 12 users just goes to show how very little non-diving cachers care. I suppose it's easier to be a jerk than to give even a millihoot who you're hurting by abusing the system.
    Think of it this way: 11 cache owners abusing the system noticed your list.
  15. 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.

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