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NeverLostAu

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  1. If anyone is wondering about the security of the final coords of the thousands of puzzle caches that used Evince, you might find the following quote from the Evince FAQ page somewhat reassuring: "Why should I trust you with the answers to my puzzle cache? Can't you just look up the coordinates in the database? No. With the exception of the horseshoes and atom bombs entries (see below), coordinates are never stored. Instead, a single hash value is calculated from the coordinates, and that hash value is stored in the database. The calculation is one-way. It's not possible to restore the original value from the hash. Also, to prevent what's called a "dictionary look-up", a secret 32 byte value is mixed with the coordinates before hashing. When someone wants to verify a coordinate, the same hash calculation is done with their entry, and if the hash values match, then the coordinates should be correct." Of course, its not just the loss of a checker but also all that "extra" information that may have been given by the COs such as waypoints, parking coords, trail head coords and hints that is now lost. If the CO is no longer active this information is now lost for good! Pity Groundspeak didn't negotiate some sort of arrangement with Prime Suspect to take it over.
  2. Although Evince may not have been my favourite coord checker it is a great shame if it has gone for good. I hope the developer of Evince is ok and he's able to get it going again soon. Maybe one of the Dallas, TX cachers could check it out?
  3. Thanks dprovan, very helpful. Yes, from what I have read the BBcode is translated into HTML for browsers to render but maybe that happens in the browser itself. Anyway, I'll have a bit of a play with it, thanks!
  4. Ich danke Ihnen sehr Mausebiber. It makes a lot more sense to me now, particularly in regard to cache logs.
  5. I would like to add formatting to my found it logs, particularly for adding a list of qualifying finds for challenge caches. I have noticed other people's very readable logs and I have asked them how it is done and they say that they have a macro in GSAK that does it. I do not use GSAK - I have it running on my Mac but I'd like to know if there is a way to do it manually. I assume these logs use some html markups?? Here is an example with a table of finds and some web links as well: http://coord.info/GLGF7DKF Thanks, Dave
  6. This info is 4.5 years old now but still seems to be the way to get cartridges into the iPhone app. The Wherigo web site doesn't have an option for an iPhone cartridge download but I used the "Pocket PC" file and it seemed to work fine. I have not yet played it though!
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