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    Ummmm... rattlesnakes?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I saw some mentions of rattlesnakes.

     

    Uhhhhh.... what do I need to know? There's no way I can bring my 'stout stick' on the plane either.

     

    Paul

     

    !) Make sure your life insurance is paid up "before" you go in case you either get bitten, or more likely in my case, DFO when you see said snake. (Definition of DFO = D one F ell O out)

     

    2) Pay attention to rule #1

    Dumb Question Time _ Which OS came first?

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I want to ask a, to some folks, dumb question if I may??

     

    Which operating system came first and in which order?

     

    PPC 2002

    PPC 2003

    Windows Mobile 5

     

    I recently bought a Dell X50V on Ebay. In the description it said it had PPC 2003, but when I got it and looked in it last night, it said it was Windows Mobile 5. I just looked at Dell's site in an effort to find this question out for myself, but my non-tech mind was not able to do so. So I'm "hoping" some person that's a whole lot more tech savvy than I can help me with this.

     

    Thanks for your time.......

     

    Barney

    Naughty Swag

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    It wasn't IN the cache, but I found it nearby while looking for the cache: 1 bag of women's under garments (in multiple colors & styles) and 2 bags of adult magazines. I didn't have room to CITO them in my kit.

    Something like that should be turned over to the police.

     

    Why??

    paperless caching

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I am not interested in getting a device that is a phone;

     

    to get access to Geochaching.com while I am in the field.

     

    So help me! What are you doing for paperless caching?

     

    Can't really recommend, or not recommend, right now, but I've got an X50V Dell PDA coming. In fact, it "might" be here today. Hear that UPS????? But it's color, wifi, etc. among some other things. The color and wifi were two of the main draws for me. Not the only ones, but good ones. I'll be learning how to use it and how well it performs. From what I've read, it should do a good job. Plenty of them available on Ebay in the mid 60-70 dollar range with an occasional high 50 sale.

    GPX Sonar! Is it still available?

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    I've had GPX Sonar suggested to me as a program to use on my PDA for caching. In trying to find it to download, the link I found seems to be either broken or no longer active. Don't know which. It's not listed on geocaching.com under resources. I don't know if all that means it's no longer available or not. Does anyone have an answer for this question??

     

    Thanks for your time........

    Software/Hardware, etc. recommendation/s for Dell X50V used with GPS Map60CX?

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    Software/Hardware, etc. recommendation/s for Dell X50V used with GPS Map60CX??

     

    I've got a Dell X50V coming and want to start assembling the needed software/hardware to optimize it's use. To that end, I'd be interested in hearing what you would recommend for this. And why, or why not, to use something in particular. Money of course is alway a consideration, but is not the defining factor in all cases. In otherwords, if it's a reasonable amount and I can justify it in my mind then.................!!

     

    I await your thoughts!!

     

    Thanks!!!!

    Please stop auto editing my posts!

    in Website

    Posted

    Also, its a pointless use of server resources, which from time to time have appeared to have been stretched when supporting this forum!

    Matt

     

    Funny that the powers that be would not do something about this if it impairs server ability. They have surely not allowed you to search with a search string of fewer than 5 characters claiming that doing so impairs server function. Sounds like it's time for a server upgrade. Doesn't it??

    Why the search restriction on the forum - 5 or fewer characters

    in Website

    Posted

    I tried the Google option and it does work. To a degree!

     

    What it also does is truncate/shorten the titles of the specific message in the forum if it goes beyond some unknown length. So what you end up with is a listing of titles of messages with possibly a shortened title if said title is too long by Google's standards. Better that what Groundspeak will let it's own search function in the forums that you are searching in the first place do, but still less than stellar.

     

    I'm sorry, but it still strikes me in a bad way that as technically adept as I expect Groundspeak et. al. is/are that there's not some way this Mickey Mouse arrangement can't be rectified.

    Why the search restriction on the forum - 5 or fewer characters

    in Website

    Posted

    Please see the Page in the Groundspeak Knowledge Books entitled Searching the Forum. The limits are due to performance issues. If more hamsters worked on the search engine, there'd be fewer hamsters loading threads for people to read, and we'd have complaints about that instead.

     

    Let's see if I get this the way you intended! You figure you are going to get complaints either way you go, so restricting search terms is designed to elicit the least number of complaints?? As in the servers will only do so much and to allow them to search terms of fewer than 5 characters would tax it too much so as to cause it's overall performance to suffer?

    Geocoin Proxy

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I just release the coins and if they are stolen, C'est la geocaching.

     

    I always thought the idea of proxy coins was silly. I'll log geocoins when I find one in a cache, but I'm not logging a piece of cardboard.

     

    That said, I did see one really cool proxy geocoin. The owner took high resolution photo of both sides of the coin, printed it on glossy paper, cut it out, then glued it to a metal washer and encased it in one of those round, plastic coin holders.

     

    It looked and felt like a geocoin. I had to look very close to tell it wasn't the real McCoy.

     

    But did you log it since "technically it wasn't a geocoin?"

    new TB owner need help

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    what's TB protocol? i 've read enough on the forums to know that they disapear at times, but i just placed it and it's been two weeks and the person that grabbed it has found 10+ since then, and it's not been dropped

     

    First let me say I'm no TB guru!!

     

    But, I've read here more than once that it sometimes takes a while for it to move. The person that took it may be behind on logging, or they may not have dropped it off yet.

     

    Good Luck!!

    Can Palm devices download all relevant information?

    in How do I...?

    Posted · Edited by carolnbarney

    I, from time to time, visit this possibility myself. Presently, I copy into a stenographer's notebook all the pertinent information and hints. It'd be nice to download it and have it in an easily readable format.

     

    I read postings about the "deals" people have supposedly gotten on used devices, but when I go looking on Ebay, etc. I never seem to find the "deal" that others have gotten. All that could be my looking for too high of a level of PDA, or something. So, what I'd like to ask is which used PDAs work best to get all the cache information onto it. Maybe then I can adjust my "wants" down to something in line with what I "think" is an acceptable price.

     

    Thanks

    Cache maggot arrested.

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

     

    If I put a game camera in the woods is it litter?

     

    There is probably no hard and fast rule/law on this type of thing.

     

    Is it being used as it was designed as in the case of a camera being attached to a tree in an an accepted manner. Is it there legally I.E. was permisson granted for the placement? How long has it been there? Can the alleged owner identified? Is there a name, address, and/or phone number posted on it? Is the owner willing and able to go to court to testify each and every time there's a court proceeding connected to the alleged theft? Just to name a few considerations that I could see coming up in a theoretical theft. If the answer to any of these, and/or others, is no, then why is it no.

     

    Just a few things a judge is going to take into consideration if it comes to a hearing, or for that matter a prosecutor is going to look at before even making a decision whether or not to pursue a case. If a prosecutor isn't reasonably sure they can "win a case" they probably won't proceed forward with it. It's ultimately their call and not that of the alleged owner.

    Imitation Lock-N-Locks

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Looking at/thinking about some Rubbermaid style locking containers to use since they have them on the shelf at the local grocery store near my house. I've seen them mentioned twice here with one person actually using that brand. That one person seemed to have no problems with them. Are there "any more" users of Rubbermaid lock/lock containers that would like to weigh in one way or the other about them before I buy some??

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