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Runaround

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  1. This type of thread was entertaining the first 185 times it happened and guess what, it was entertaining again.
  2. I almost wonder if they do that purposely to cut down on high speeding, seems strange that speedometers would suddenly read high after 55 or 60 My one experience is I had my cruise control set at 65 for about 10 miles and the GPS always read between 64 and 66. In a previous job I bought parts from a company that made speedo's for the big three. One of their engineers said it was purposely done because the manufacturers want the opposite, a driver going faster than what the speedo shows. Customers tended to complain in that case, especially due to the tickets. When the customer thinks they are going faster than they really are, no one complains. FWIW, my Subaru is off by 3-4 MPH. The car will show 70, the GPSr 66-67.
  3. Another Option: Found it. Logging it.
  4. Two thoughts: 1. As of the end of 2005, about half of the households in the US connected to the internet were on a high-speed connection. The rest were on dial-up. The numbers vary by article (40-60%) but this is something you can look into with a quick Google search. All that said, the bandwidth issue is real for many users. (Not me, I love my high-speed) 2. Of the 17 people who posted to this thread, 14 thought the music was a bad idea. It's rare that you find 82% of the users of this forum agreeing on anything. EDIT: typo
  5. If you feel that strongly about it feel free to trade for it and throw it away. Personally, I just ignore it.
  6. Maybe the OP should organize a "lonely cache club" in their area. I know it was done locally and have heard of it done in other parts of the country.
  7. I've yet to see a cache page where the background music is essential for solving the cache. It's more of an annoyance. On the few caches I've seen where sound was needed, it was in the form of linked mp3 or wav file.
  8. Label the cache as an Unknown and the problem is solved. Keep it as a Traditional and the problem persists. After all, a log in poem form is a verbal puzzle.
  9. Really good point StarBrand, in statistics its called regression to the mean. Get enough votes and eventually everything would be expected to end up as a 3, the middle of the 1-5 scale and ultimately the mean. As such, evetually it would be hard to tell any real differences between caches regardless of how large a scale one uses. JDandDD Now if you saw that a particular cache was on 5, 10, 20, 50, or more "favorites" lists, that would say a lot.
  10. Thank you for perfectly describing a virtual hunt. From the guidelines: And this: Anyone hunting this type of cache should expect some extra logging requirements. It says so in the guidelines. That said, GC.com has given us a way to filter these caches out without having to read every cache page. There is a unique cache type that I can filter out of a PQ. Now let's examine a traditional cache: Now, per the guidelines, show me where I need to write a poem to complete a traditional cache. You're good at quoting. Go ahead, give it a try. An additional logging requirement is merely a way for a cache owner to exert extra, and unnecessary, control over their cache outside of the guidelines. It should either be a cache type of its own or have a attribute that could be used for a null filter.
  11. The hamster did that earlier in the thread. Quite eloquently I might add. You've decided his answer is invalid as it does not fit your paradigm.
  12. You forgot about the abandoned tire virt and the old tennis shoe virt.
  13. All NiMH batteries will lose charge just sitting on a shelf (or in a baggie). Some lose more than 3% per day. If you are going to use the rechargeables, either keep them in a trickle charger or remember to throw them in the charger the day before you need them.
  14. I previously used GSAK and Plucker and recently started using Cachemate. Plucker worked well if I kept the file size to 300 caches or so. I could process this file in under a minute. Any larger, and the PC processing time seemed to jump exponentially. A 700 cache file took more than an hour. 500 cache files took 45-50 minutes on average. Cachemate has been easy to use once I got the hang of it and it runs very quickly. For me, the $8 was worth it.
  15. On the plus-side, those are both 5/5 caches making them easy to filter out with the PQ's. Although, I'm a bit suspicious of the first. It sounds like one of those caches that might be easy to find but requires a log telling of a dangerous hunt. Either way, I have a means to avoid that one. Now if it was listed as a 1/1, then the main problem many are expressing remains.
  16. The hamster is a very wise rodent. Give me a way to filter out the "red tape caches" and I'll be a happy cacher.
  17. Can someone point out to me where it is a requirement that one read the cache page before, during, or after a cache hunt? Cache owners who are strict enforcers of extra logging requirements on Traditional caches are bullies. They are saying "you may play the game as long as you play it my way". I'm not going let them push me around. I love birdwatching, even more so than geocaching. I often combine the two. Even if someone hid a Traditional cache that required people to list all the birds they saw in their log, I might not comply. My log is my business and I'll decide what I say and how I say it, provided it meets the guidelines of the website. If I feel like talking about birds, I will. If I'm in the mood for "TNLN TFTC", then that's all I'm going to do. If you delete the log, you're only fooling yourself. My name is still in the logbook for everyone to see. If the extra requirement is that important, list the cache as mystery/puzzle/unknown.
  18. I lived in Wisconsin for a few years in the 90's and it was quite common right after deer season to come across a headless carcass. All of the ethical hunters I spoke with hated the practice. It made them all look bad.
  19. What's worse are the cache owners who grade the extra requirement. I found one cache where you were required to describe your worst caching experience in the log. I told the story of a draconian cache owner who required cachers to tell stories about their worst caching experience in their log. The guy didn't like my log and threatened to delete it. I saved him the trouble and added the cache to my ignore list. If extra logging requirements are here to stay, I'd like to see the caches classified as mystery/puzzle/unknown so I can filter them out of my PQ's. Let the existing caches stay and just apply the revised guideline to new caches.
  20. When I hunt a webcam or virt I know in advance that I'll have to do something extra to get credit. If the cache is listed as traditional I should only have to walk to the cache, find it, and sign the log. If I have to post 4 pictures of myself spelling out YMCA or include a knock-knock joke in the log, then it's not a traditional cache. I'd rather see it listed as a mystery cache. As for the CITO situation, let them do what they want. I don't even care about my stats so why should I care about theirs?
  21. My personal experience has led to many caches that are off by 30-60 feet, even after the GPS has settled down. This is not just a local phenomenon. To general. Some food containers are OK provided the cache owner cleaned them out well. Nearly all of the caches I've found that have been chewed by animals were former food containers. The two exceptions were a Rubbermaid where a newbie left some doggie treats as a trade item and a Lock-n-lock with a raspberry scented candle.
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