arkangelz

Since we can no longer place pocket knives in caches, and I'm stuck with a couple huge boxes of the things. I'm going to donate them to the folks at the hospital that put together the baskets for the newborns. If we get a knife in the hands of the children as soon as possible, perhaps we can teach them to not cut off thier fingers later on. Education is the key! Responsible use of cutting tools will naturally progress into responsible use of firearms, molotov cocktails, pointy sticks, golf clubs, broken glass bottles, hydrogen bombs, bb guns, and other weapons of mass destruction.

...can prevent forest fires, so please, don't leave matches, lighters, flints, self-igniting propane torches, M14 incendiary grenades, or for that matter two sticks to rub together in your geocache!

The space segment consists of a constellation of 24 activesatellites (and one or more in-orbit spares) orbiting the Earth every 12 hours. Four satellites are located in each of six orbits. The orbits are distributed evenly around the earth, and are inclined 55 degrees from the equator. The satellites orbit at an altitude of about 11,000 nautical miles. (Earlier plans for the system called for 18 or 21 active satellites.) Taken from http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter/gpsfaq.txt I suggest you visit that URL as it makes for an interesting read.

From http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47739,00.html "We have demonstrated the ability to selectively deny GPS signals on a regional basis, particularly ... when our national security is threatened," said Lt. Jeremy Eggers, a spokesman at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado. That's home to the 50th Space Wing ( http://www.schriever.af.mil/50sw/ ), which oversees GPS. That would mean only military GPS receivers -- in planes, ships and in the hands of U.S. special forces -- would work within the targeted area. Eggers wouldn't say if a selective denial would be precise enough to hit just Afghanistan, or if neighboring nations like Pakistan and Uzbekistan would be affected too. He'd only say that the "region can be very well defined." Selective availability (SA), which globally degraded the quality of GPS available to civilians, has been turned off since a May 2000 executive order signed by President Clinton. It's been replaced by selective deniability, which allows the military to geographically pinpoint areas should it choose to degrade GPS quality. Pentagon Proposes Power Boost in Future GPS Navigation Satellites @ http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/gps_upgrade_020507.html

Not only is the Government messing with the GPS signals, but I have reason to believe I've been the victim of a black bag op as all the beer in my fridge has been kidnapped. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm getting out my tin foil and making a hat now!

...using a DeLorme Tripmate with a Palm Pilot VIIx.