Team Bohica

The Rock That Rolls is approaching 500 logs right now. It is a 'real' cache, just one that happens to move. I wonder if it'll be slated to get archived? Why not give YJF a new ID and let it continue? Team Bohica

quote:Originally posted by 9Key:I tried to tell you Austin guys on the Yahoo group that we was _not_ banned. Apparently someone didn't believe me. Then why is he able to use other logins to post but when he logs in as 'Grajek' he gets pretty SQL errors? -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

Changes in italic... quote:Originally posted by Renegade Knight: I [state your moniker here] no longer wish to give gc.com my hard earned money After [check the traumatic life altering event below] [ ] My cache was denied. [ ] I was flamed in the forums. [ ] I got an email. [ ] Saw a light path near a cache. [ ] I found a lame cache. [ ] Realized fair trades means me. [ ] My ‘big uns’ signature item was ruled not family friendly. [ ] Jeremy banned someone from the site because he didn't like what he said. Apparently without refund. I have come to the conclusion that. [check your conclusion below] [ ] The admins suck [ ] Geocaching.com sucks [ ] The forum regulars suck [ ] All threads that start with Woo Hoo suck. [ ] Jeremy sucks and doesn't know how to take a little constructive criticism. [ ] Everybody but me sucks. Because of this [check your reason for resentment below] [ ] Blatant disrespect for my sensitive nature. [ ] Utter lack of bowing and groveling at my feet. [ ] Lack of acknowledgment that my new idea is better. [ ] Display of online attention directed at me. [ ]Bit of heavyhanded critic squashing I no longer feel the need to give money to them. As far as my caches go you can [select final cache disposition] [ ] Archive them and make them into cache litter. [ ] Adopt them to people who care. [ ] Divide them up like the bickering slobs that you are. [ ] Let me list them on another site. [ ] Stuff them where the sun don’t shine. [ ]Hunt away. They are still there and will stay listed. As a final note just let me say that. [choose your parting shot from those provided below] [ ] This has been the worst experience of my life. [ ] It’s been really fun and I’m not sure why I’m going but it’s something I must to do be true to myself. [ ] That will teach you, you rat bastards. [ ] I’m not going to tell you the story why I left even thought I made this big long suicide note for the forums. [ ] You can kiss my a__. Signed [insert your moniker here] Better... Now I wonder if Jeremy will ban me from the site as he has Grajek. You do realize that Jeremy did that right? Apparently because Grajek thought it a good idea to post the guidelines, whatever they are, to the guidelines page. How scandalous! Tony -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by Breaktrack:Wow, I had no idea any one person could actually operate so many sock puppet accounts so well!!!! LOL. Looks like some folks have to use sock puppets. They have been banned from the site otherwise. I love the way the site is run. If someone points out an inconsistency in the site policy instead of addressing it we'll just ban the user. quote:Originally posted by Grajek:If only there was a way to let all GeoCachers know how GC.com felt about Virtuals. Some type of medium that would reach all GeoCachers and convey that virtuals would most likely be dis-approved. Any help on this? I am drawing a blank. Oh well maybe it can't be done. Guess people will have to continue to read the fictious guidelines and waste thier time. Find out the hard way. That is probably better. Silly me, what was I thinking. There's the offensive remark. How scandalous, let's ban him. Way to go, Jeremy...One more paying customer(me) is closing his account. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News [This message was edited by Team Bohica on August 14, 2003 at 11:39 AM.]

quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat: quote:"The Rock that Rolls" has been a fantastically successful and intensely creative cache. Infact, it is one of the most popular and sought-after caches here in Austin The popularity of a cache doesn't mean it's a good idea. I had a roving cache that was very popular. I was constantly worried that it would wind up someplace inappropriate, or just poorly hidden and stolen as a result. When the rules were established that banned roaming caches, I eventually decided to archive mine, even thou gh it was grandfathered, because I agreed with the premise of the new rule. When I archived it, its demise was lamented in the regional forums, but I still think it was the right thing to do. I own the 'Rock' so I speak from experience. I worried about it winding up somewhere inappropriate at first. It's been found and placed around 100 times in the <6 months it's been active. The cachers have all been very thoughtful in their placements. Not a single placement would I consider to be inappropriate. If it gets stolen, big deal. It's about $.15 in concrete. I can make another in an hour. I update the coords the minute I get new ones from the placer. I also check where that placement is using Mapquest, Topozone, and LostOutdoors to make sure it's not somewhere it shouldn't be. If it was, I'd ask them to move it or go get it myself. Yes, it's a high-maintainence cache for me. I have to update it nearly daily but that's part of the fun. Another fun thing about it is for some of the local cachers that've gotten every cache within 100 miles when they need a quick 'fix' they know the Rock will always be a challenge. I've spent over an hour myself trying to find it at times. I made the dang thing and have problems picking it out from other rocks. It's been placed in some _very_ high traffic areas that a normal cache wouldn't work. Once it was placed in a planter outside a Starbucks with a free coffee certificate inside. I myself placed it in a planter outside a theater on opening night of MatrixII with lines stretching around the building. Literally hundreds of people passed within inches of it and had no clue. Another cacher snuck in and picked it up that night right under the theater-goers noses. It works here. The biggest key is keeping it updated. If that's not done then it becomes useless. A roving cache may not be for every area but it would be nice if locals had the power to decide that instead of a blanket 'No roving caches' rule. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by Lee David Rimar: Now, finding an few more Mac users to test it would be nice... Hmm, I wonder if there's a _Mac Users With Guns_ group somehere? There's a few of us out here. We are few and far between though. Go figure. I'm not really into target shooting. I'm more the IDPA type. I'd be happy to look at the software though. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by rubber ducky: The GPSr is also very useful on a cruise ship. I second this one. It was very nice knowing exactly where we were in that big ol' bathtub. It was also neat to see our speed and direction and know our ETA to the next port. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by Search1128:Took about a minute each to download the .mov files so keep that in mind when viewing these news bits. I downloaded on a T1 line. Plan on quite a bit more time for dial-up. Yeah, I know they're kinda large. I tried bumping their size down a bit more but was unhappy with the video/audio quality. I may try again to reduce the size. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

A couple of months ago a San Antonio news station did a news story on geocaching. I've finally gotten around to encoding it. It features several local geocachers from Austin and San Antonio. The reporter put an almost negative spin on it of course. If it was portrayed as a healthy harmless sport it wouldn't be interesting. The story was two 2 minute segments. If you'd like to check them out, see: Geocache Story One and Geocache Story Two. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by FenrirWolf: And also, _don't trust naked people!!_ Why not? They're gonna have a heck of a time concealing a weapon? -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by MuzzleBlast!: I tend to agree here's my ranking at SetiAtHome "Your rank out of 4472621 total users is: 116623rd place" and I'm actually in the top 97%! I can't let being in 116,623 place stop me from finding ET though! http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ How about this... Results Received: 73268 Total CPU Time: 85.268 years Average CPU Time per work unit: 10 hr 11 min 1.1 sec Average results received per day: 257.16 Your rank is: 412th place. You have completed more work units than 99.991% of our users. Yes, those are our real stats. We have just a bit of horsepower lying around. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

I can't believe noone else has said it... "Highway rest areas: they're the bathhouses of the nineties" --Something About Mary -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

I've done it on two separate occasions. Most recently I was researching placement for a new cache and found what I thought was going to be a great spot. I started looking for the best spot when under a tree I found a cache. It was a triangulation cache so its position doesn't show up on the map. I had to find another spot. After I claimed a find on the cache I found of course. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

While planting a cache in a small cave up the side of a cliff above a creek I managed to lose my footing and tumble about 20 feet down the cliff. I bounced off of trees and boulders along the way. I stopped out of sight and out of reach of my wife and kid. All they heard was the moaning and cussing. I managed not to break anything but was bruised and sore for about 3 weeks. I learned that climbing around the sides of cliffs while wearing wet Tevas is not the best idea. I now do it the way I normally do, barefoot. We named the cache Bohican Falls in honor of my little tumble, not for the waterfall 100yards upstream. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by Warm Fuzzies - Fuzzy: quote:Originally posted by Team Bohica:No, it might not. But `lynx -dump -somethingelse"` sure will. Did you consider the possibility that there was a reason I didn't mention that? C'mon, anyone who knows anything about perl is gonna be able to figure that out. To everyone else, it's just gibberish. It's not a big secret or anything. For every counter-measure there's a counter-counter-measure. If you make information available, people are going to find ways to use it that suit them best. The only option is to not make the information accessable. A non-option in this case. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by Warm Fuzzies - Fuzzy: (Incidentally, lynx -dump won't work. Lynx uses libwww, and geocaching.com won't return cache pages if your user-agent contains libwww. Why? To prevent scripts like this from working.) No, it might not. But `lynx -dump -useragent="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0b1; Windows 95)"` sure will. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

I am currently working on a page for Texas Historical Landmarks. I'm hoping to get people to submit photos and coords for any landmarks they find. There are thousands out there. I know of about 50 within 15 miles of my house. I have about 30 ready to go and know of another 50 or so I'll add when I get a chance to get photos and coords. It's a pretty good sized task.

quote:Originally posted by Matt1344: Sure . . . See how many people come find your cache without his Web site . . . If you hide it, they will come. I have a cache that is listed on the 'other' site that's not listed here. It has seen its fair share of finds. gc.com is not the only game in town. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by Cache Canucks:Please, someone tell me that I'm not the only one who finds themselves shaking their head in astonishment at the idea of ANY 6 year old who sleeps with a *real* rifle(...??!?) in their bedroom. It doesn't matter how well ol'Pappy has taught Junior (or what part of Texas you hail from) ...at that age, shouldn't there be a baseball glove, some Pokemon cards, and perhaps a stuffed toy animal or two in the corner of a little boy's room - not a .22 Remington? Why shake your head? It's a tool. Nothing more, nothing less. Would you shake your head if it was a hammer? A rifle is an inanimate object. It can't hurt a thing. Yes, he does have other toys. Lots in fact. Too many if you ask me. I never stated that he kept ammo in it or even had access to ammo for it. I'd trust him if he did but he does have friends over that I can't be sure are safe around firearms so he has to ask for it. There are still parts of this land where learning to shoot/hunt at an early age helps put food on the family table. I want him to be able to do so if need be someday. He is a crack shot when it comes to squirrels around the house already. Without the ammo a rifle is a hunk of steel and wood. Nothing more. Nothing less. Now how does this relate to geocaching? Lesse, um, while out scouting a hunting location we came upon a great hide spot in a wildlife preserve last week and will be placing a cache there after spring turkey season. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by Ruprex: One needs proper documentation to transfer the ownership of a gun. Not in the free states we don't. I have sold and bought, been given and traded many guns/rifles all without a scrap of paperwork. All of the transations were perfectly legal. Ain't freedom grand? -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by Mr. Snazz: Why are guns a different topic? Why not put guns in caches? If you find a cache filled with guns,let me know. I'll make sure to 'dispose' of them properly. I'll even replace them with nice safe McToys if you like. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by majicman:I think you have hit upon the answer (in #2). We need to educate ALL children about knives. I think that they should teach proper knife handling in kindergarden. This way, the children would all know how to handle knives (like the Eskimo children do) and we could then place knives in caches. Who's with me, let's give thse little ones plenty of knives to get a good deal of experience with! I don't think you don't know how right you really are. I started teaching my son about knives and guns before he even started kindergarten. He is now 6. He has his own pocket knife and a rifle he keeps in his bedroom. If you teach 'em young about the dangers of things and how to respect them they see them as just another tool like a screwdriver or hammer in the garage. I would totally trust my son to find a knife or gun in the playground and know what to do once he found it. Don't touch, don't let anyone else touch, and find mom or dad. Ignorance breeds fear. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

Should a cache that moves be allowed? I am referring to a cache like GCCF79. A cache that the finder is to move and replace the same day in a different spot of the same geographic area. I am not referring to a cache like GCD87C that is placed inside other caches, duplicating the reason for TBs. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by Jeremy (Admin):There have been quite a few of these in the past. Today, actually, the guidelines were updated indicating that moving caches were no longer appropriate due to the logistical difficulties. As usual the older caches have been grandfathered. I don't understand what you mean by logistical difficulties. What are these 'difficulties'? I have a 'moving cache' that is doing quite well. Not a single complaint about it. Everyone who's looked for it has had a blast. I update its coords as soon as I can once it's placed. I also say on the page that the seeker should check the logs before going out to see that they do, in fact, have the correct coords. There's only been one case of two folks going after it and one person looking for something that's not there but that's part of the fun. Every time it is found it's a first find. The cache referenced in the original article should never have been approved as it is duplicating the function of a TB. A cache such as mine does not get placed in other caches. It gets placed on its own in a new place every time. -- Not Necessarily Interesting News

quote:Originally posted by jfitzpat: Though, I must admit, I'm a big fan of biblical precedent for moral actions. For example, how about that Lot fellow offering up his two (supposedly) virgin daughters for the amusement of an angry mob (Genesis 19)? It is handy to know that "Do what you want to the girls but leave me alone!" is the kind of conduct that leads to one being saved by direct, divine intervention. You forgot the context of that story. Lot did not offer up his daughters to save himself. Two angels of the Lord were staying with Lot to warn him of the coming destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The mob wanted Lot to 'bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them'(Gen. 19:5). Lot refused and offered his daughters instead. ...and now you know the rest of the story.harvey> -- Not Necessarily Interesting News