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Pretty sure it's not. You could take an executable file and zip it. You could even create self-extracting zip file - that definitely is an executable. But a standard zip file is just a compressed (or dehydrated in the modern parlance) version of whatever file(s) we added to the archive by the creator. I don't really have a dog in this fight, but I thought I should point out that zipped files can easily hold malevolent payloads. Attaching zipped files disguised as harmless documents, but which actually contain malware, is a time-honored way to infect a PC via e-mail. Not everybody has security software that can prevent infections via downloaded files. Personally, I never try to unzip a file without first scanning it with security software. --Larry

That is kind of insulting. You say if we don't like it we don't understand it. So an intelligent person who has a clear understanding of it but doesnt want it on this nice simple forum cannot exist in your world. Sort of my way or the highway I guys. I guess you are not at all interested in a multi sided discussion just agreement and help imposing your view. ^ ^ ^ This. Thank you, Walts Hunting, for saying what I was thinking. I also don't see any deluge of support for the suggestion. Given the piling-on that tends to happen here, that speaks volumes. --Larry

What part of legibility and comprehensibility don't you understand? I understand hashtags perfectly well. I also understand the power, and often the annoyance, of "social media." If I want to see hashtags, I'll visit my Twitter and Instagram accounts. I hope they never show up in these forums and make text more difficult to read. #dumbidea #ivoteno --Larry

Do you access the site using https (instead of http)? If so, try changing the address to http and see if the page works now. --Larry

If you're referring to the map that appears when you first visit the caches-on-a-route page (a map of the Seattle area), you can't do anything with the start and end points on the map. You have to enter start and end points in the search boxes above the map before you can do anything else. --Larry

I've been communicating with baack40 about this issue. She's determined (and I've verified) that the problem results from using https rather than http in the address. Looks like Groundspeak has a bug that needs squashed. --Larry

5167 finds / 2152 posts (including this one) = 2.401 smileys/post Is that a good thing or a bad thing? --Larry

Yeah, I do a serious eye roll every time I read a cache hint that says "eye level". Whose eyes? I'm almost six feet tall, and I've learned to look a bit down when I read that. The best hint I've seen about the height of a cache read something like "Eye level, if you're about 5' 6". --Larry

^ ^ ^ This. ^ ^ ^ And this. Maybe I'm showing my age, but I can't for the life of me understand why people go through withdrawals when they find themselves separated from the hive. Personally, one of the main reasons I go to the woods, whether I'm geocaching or just hiking, is to shut off the artificial noise and enjoy the sounds of nature. I usually take my cell phone with me, but that's for dialing 911 when I fall off that cliff. --Larry

This is good advice in most cases, to prevent the possibility of the same cache being in both a GGZ and GPX file. However, having more than one record for a cache (one in a GGZ file and one in a GPX file) won't do any harm, there's just no straightforward way to know which version of the information the unit will actually use if the two records have different data. However, GGZ and GPX files get along together perfectly well on the unit. I've had combinations of both in my unit many times and never ran into any problems because of it. --Larry

I vote no, simply because additions like #hashtags and "@" symbols make text annoying for these aging eyes to read. Besides, the forum software here is a third-party product "Licensed to: Groundspeak, Inc." (see the bottom right of any forum page). I doubt if it's within Groundspeak's ability to add these sorts of features on its own. And personally, I hope they never ask IP.Board to add them. --Larry

"Archived" as in effectively put out of commission, I assume. You're expecting this lowlife to use proper English? --Larry

At least on my Oregon 650, search-by-name results are also distance limited. See my previous post on this subject. --Larry

To answer your specific question, there is no way to change the distance (from your current location) within which geocaches will be shown. I wish there were a way, but there isn't. --Larry

I use Firefox as my default browser, and have Lil Devil's "GC Street View" Greasemonkey script installed. That gives me a Google Street View map right on the cache page. --Larry

I don't like the way that works, either (I have an Oregon 650, and it works the same way), but I can make a guess as to why they set it up like that. The developers must have thought that the hint is intended to be used when you've arrived at GZ, can't find the cache, and need some extra help. Personally, I'm so awful at finding caches that I read every cache description, the hint, and recent logs before I even leave the house. --Larry

One of my favorite cache finds was hidden in a cemetery (with permission), in some bushes in one of the historical sections of the cemetery. The cache container was coffin-shaped and painted black. Every time you opened the lid, you heard the classic "bwahahahaha!" sound from the old horror films. The log sheet was tucked under a little Dracula doll laid out in the coffin. At least based on Favorite Points, it's one of the most popular caches in my area. --Larry

Please don't do this. Cache owners with our last name would never be able to live it down. --Larry Cunningham

There's a growing trend, at least in Ohio, to clear cut a wide swatch around high-voltage power transmission lines and larger pipelines of various sorts. A power line runs through Blendon Woods, a Metro Park near my home, and a few years ago they cut down every tree and removed all the brush under the line. It created a truly ugly, naked swath through the middle of the park. The reason for the clear cutting, according to a newspaper article quoting the electric company, was to speed up and lower the cost of inspecting the line. Instead of putting boots on the ground, they could now just fly a helicopter along the line. The "preventing terrorism" thing was added later as an afterthought. --Larry

That's... dumb.... --Larry

Not much. Even this thread is more interesting than the food at Taco Bell. Just contributing to towards getting this thread to three pages. --Larry

I purchased an ArmorSuit MilitaryShield screen protector from Amazon. As far as I can deterime, Zagg still doesn't make a screen protector cut specifically for the Garmin Oregon 600 series. --Larry

You're probably thinking of my post from sometime last year (which I can't find at the moment). Here's what happened to my brand-new Oregon 650 when it brushed up against some rocks: I had to have the unit replaced; those scratches were actually cracks in the display. I ordered a screen protector about the same time I sent the unit in for replacement. The displays are harder and more scratch-resistant than they were in earlier models, but I still recommend getting a screen protector. --Larry

I figured as much, but I did find a (discontinued) Garmin GPSMAP 440. Then again, that's a completely different sort of unit. --Larry

I've never heard of a Garmin Oregon 440. The only 400-series models I'm familiar with are the 400, 400T, 450 and 450T units. Anyone have more information about this model? --Larry