+Marky Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 quote:Originally posted by wa6ube:"Marky, you will love the one i'm putting together in the South-bay"... I can't wait! --Marky --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+The Rat Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 I've had enough Crypto for awhile, but if I have to pay ransom, I'll come up with some "currency". Quote Link to comment
+koolkoalas Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 OK Pepper, I've pried the kids away from the computer and managed to reize the photos without crashing the computer so there are a couple of event photos there at Spy Special . Quote Link to comment
+Green Achers Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 Now that Venona has been captured and the free world is safe... Would anyone be interested in a Dinner Gathering (curtain call) at Cattlemen's Restaurant & Saloon. If I get enough positive replies, I will schedule a Saturday Evening Event on either 2/22 or 3/1 (tentative). Feel free to post on this forum but email me if you would attend and give me your head count (gestimate). Bill of Green Achers "Why is 'Tourist Season' not mentioned in the Fish and Game Manual?" Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 Sounds like a fine idea to me. I think Lamneth was going to plan something similar. Maybe you two can coordinate. One possible idea for the dinner is this: in order to come, you have to have found both Double Agent and Double Trouble. Quote Link to comment
+georgeandmary Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 Well, I can. There's always room for Jello. george Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 quote:Originally posted by fizzymagic:One possible idea for the dinner is this: in order to come, you have to have found both Double Agent and Double Trouble. You never replied back to me about Double Trouble. I asked if it's still possible to do it (the cache page mentions clues being in Double Agent, and I didn't know if the clues were still there.) --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 Oh -- of course it's still doable. In fact, I highly recommend it. But read the cache page first. Quote Link to comment
+TeamJiffy Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 Yes, they are still do-able. Proof by existence: We did them last Saturday (Jan 4). Quote Link to comment
Ron Streeter Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 .....I haven't checked this out thoroughly yet, but it may have potential as a MobiPocket replacent. MobiPocket Replacement Anything that looks more like the former Palmable work done by Brian would be great ! ******** Also check outthis cache watcher utility developed by Clayjar. (here's the forum link) Cache Watcher utility To get the utility, go toward the bottom of the thread and find one of the last posts with *get it at the usual place* link. When you get there, go toward the bottom and get the latest version. I think it's 1.0.15 or something like that. Ron I've never been lost. Fearsome confused sometimes, but never lost. I've never been lost. Fearsome confused sometimes, but never lost. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 quote:Originally posted by fizzymagic:Oh -- of _course_ it's still doable. In fact, I highly recommend it. But read the cache page first. I had already done the activity on the page, I just wasn't sure if the other part was still active. I guess I'll have to wander over to Double Agent... --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 Well, I guess I asked for it. Check out Kablooey's new cache, Sounds Good. Nasty cryptogram, and even after solving it, there's still a long ways to go. Quote Link to comment
+TeamJiffy Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 I get English words now throughout (with what look like a couple of mis-spellings), but putting them together to something sensible... well, that's another story! Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 quote:Originally posted by fizzymagic:Well, I guess I asked for it. Check out Kablooey's new cache, http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=44444. Nasty cryptogram, and even after solving it, there's still a long ways to go. Yeah, after solving it, I'm still not sure what I am supposed to 'extract'. There's a lot of noise... --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+TeamJiffy Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 ID=44444 - 5 4's - an interesting number for an encrypted cache... ...I am not giving subtle hints here... just pointing out that the number is interesting... ... but after decryption, I am still Quote Link to comment
+TeamJiffy Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 There was a word that my copy of Webster didn't know, but an unabridged did... please ignore the 'incorrect spelling' comment above. Quote Link to comment
+Pepper Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 Well hi ya'll Pepper here not to much going on up in WA except that the weather is awesome today. I have several caches lined up to do today we did two yesterday found one and we have to go back for the other now that we have a hint. One nice thing right now is the whole family is cahing together and it's been almost a year sence that's happen. I am gonna attend a WSGA meeting on January 14th and at that point in time I plan on suggesting an area thread. Hofoot the server is down so I will not be able to send you the micro GEO note, sorry about that. Have a great day. Pepper Horizontals where it's at! Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 quote:Originally posted by SuperGenius:"Hofoot" For some reason, this typo made me chuckle. A lot. --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+hotfoot Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 I've now got two caches drying out. The zip lok bags saved both logs but the stashnotes are history. I'm going to print the new ones on that wonderful National Geographic 'Adventure Paper' that Fizzymagic gave me. While laid up with a cold I've been dreaming up a night time cache and I wonder where I can get some of that tape that PG and E wraps around their power poles? It really shows up when hit by head lights. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 quote:Originally posted by hotfoot:...I wonder where I can get some of that tape that PG and E wraps around their power poles? It really shows up when hit by head lights. Wild animals should really consider evolving to this kind of fur... --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+Pepper Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 Sorry about that I should be more careful, and Markey I'm glad I could make ya smile. Pepper Horizontals where it's at! Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 quote:Originally posted by TeamJiffy:There was a word that my copy of Webster didn't know, but an unabridged did... please ignore the 'incorrect spelling' comment above. There's still that weird extra letter in the middle of it. Anybody else making any progress? Quote Link to comment
+georgeandmary Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 When are you going to hit this cache.... http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=20952 I'm sure it's not to far from you, <20 miles? george Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted January 8, 2003 Share Posted January 8, 2003 quote:Originally posted by georgeandmary:When are you going to hit this cache.... I'm sure it's not to far from you, <20 miles? george That cache is about 340th nearst cache to our house. Joani's not up for that level of biking just yet (and neither am I), and it's a bit too far for a day hike. It might be fun to backpack in during late spring... --Marky --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+georgeandmary Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 It was in my top 100 for the longest time. Only 24 mile from my house as the crow flies. I dreaded going for it for the longest time since I knew it was going to be tough. Eventually it got bumped off the top 100 but I still had to go for that one, I just finally found someone else dumb enough to go with me. george Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 I recently took my first mountain biking ride ever, and it was only 3 miles in to the cache (all uphill). I was a wreck by the time I got to the cache (not only had I not mountain biked before, but I really only bike a few times a year, so was not really ready for so much climbing). It was a lot of fun on the way back down. --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+Green Achers Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 quote:Originally posted by georgeandmary:Eventually it got bumped off the top 100 but I still had to go for that one, I just finally found someone else dumb enough to go with me. george http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/39570_500.jpg Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more. For once, I didn't fit in that catigory. Bill of Green Achers "Why is 'Tourist Season' not mentioned in the Fish and Game Manual?" Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Kablooey put a hint on the Sounds Good page. Can anyone make sense of it? It didn't do anything for me... --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Makes no sense to me either. Quote Link to comment
+TeamJiffy Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Perhaps kablooey is giving a hint on the cache LOCATION once you have the coordinates. But I am going to try an absolutely crazy idea... it's too silly to mention in a forum (unless I am right...) If you hear nothing further of 'crazy idea' you can assume it was a stupid one... Quote Link to comment
+TeamJiffy Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 What if (even though the cyphertext is completely decryptable but for that infernal extra letter), removing each set of five letters that contained less than three consecutive vowels (making a 'long sound') what do you get? Something that forms a sort of pattern graphically? Nope... dumb idea... Does a 'long sound' refer to if you say the coordinates out loud, that they sound 'good' and 'funny' - sort of like that funny radio skit about bulbous bouffants and other odd sounding words (mukluk, macadamia...? I gotta say, this cache is driving me more than a bit batty... Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I even tried removing all the non-vowels from the pre-decrypted code, but that didn't seem to result in anything. --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+Green Achers Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Marky:Kablooey put a hint on the Sounds Good page. Can anyone make sense of it? It didn't do anything for me... --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Has anyone tried chucking groups that didn't contain long sounds... For: ''SFCZP EEOUP EOIUA IUAEP IAOUW JFAPJ QIEOZ...'' Drop: ''IAOUW'' Now deal with: SFCZP EEOUP EOIUA IUAEP JFAPJ QIEOZ...'' Just asking Bill of Green Achers "I'm Not Sure I Understand Everything I Know About This." Quote Link to comment
+TeamJiffy Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I tried this - the trouble is that I get: if you drop in the encrypted text, the best answer for plaintext is still the same letter substitutions - you just get partial words. Now, if in the plaintext, if I try such considerations as you list (numbers with long vowel sounds), you do indeed get possibilities for the cache.... The trouble I run into is I get a number of possibilities, but if you say that they are all within the degree/minute listed on the cache page, you get possibilities that seem to me to be above terrain '1' or on private property. But I may be really wrong in this last paragraph, so don't trust it. -J Quote Link to comment
+montythemule Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I am new to this. I saw a post about permits and guidelines for caches in the MPROSD. Does anyone know about permit requirements for Stevens Creek County Park? MontytheMule Quote Link to comment
Ron Streeter Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 ....and bay area cachers. Fizzy posted in the CVC forum that he is working on a Mobipocket replacement and I posted the following in response...duplicating it here for him and bay area cachers to see. Also...how many of you bay area cachers use a Palm device when caching? **************** I got the Lil Devil Spinner working and really like its results. I also am pleased with the Cache Watcher by Clayjar.... Now Fizzy has one in the works. The features sound great...the downside of needing Perl on one's computer doesn't sound to inviting though...maybe Fizzy will find a work-around that. Fizzy...here's a more general question for you. Does geocaching's use of GPX insure that your and the other new programs will ALWAYS be available to us, or will these too fade away in the next 6 months to a year? I know that Lil Devil has already seen big demands on his server from people tapping his Spinner. That seems to be the good thing about the Clayjar Cache Watcher as it runs completly on one's home computer...on the other hand (as far as I know) it doesn't convert to Palm held files...maybe he is working on that. Thanks to all three of you (and any others) who bring this aspect of caching into our hands while out in the field. Ron I've never been lost. Fearsome confused sometimes, but never lost. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by montythemule:I am new to this. I saw a post about permits and guidelines for caches in the MPROSD. Does anyone know about permit requirements for Stevens Creek County Park? MontytheMule I don't believe there are any known requirements for Stevens Creek County Park (or any of the county parks). --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
kablooey Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 quote:Also...how many of you bay area cachers use a Palm device when caching? I have a Palm device, but I no longer use it at all for caching. My new Danger cell phone lets me access the live geocaching website directly, and I've been submitting my cachelogs straight from the cache sites recently (no more getting FTF but having somebody else sneak in FTL). Caveat: The company I work for sells this phone -- I'm off in my own little world. That's okay, people know me here. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by kablooey: quote:Also...how many of you bay area cachers use a Palm device when caching? I have a Palm device, but I no longer use it at all for caching. My new Danger cell phone lets me access the live geocaching website directly, and I've been submitting my cachelogs straight from the cache sites recently (no more getting FTF but having somebody else sneak in FTL). That's some pretty cool tech. I still use my visor, I don't have anything that cool. My Nextel phone does WAP internet, but for some reason, won't work with goecaching.com's wap portal. --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+brdad Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Thanks to all the hints in the previous posts and the updated hint on the cache page, I have it figured out! Now I just need to find a way to California! Muahahahahaha Some people are like Slinkies . . . not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs. Quote Link to comment
+TeamJiffy Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 I believe I have solved it. I am on my way to the cache... Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by TeamJiffy:I believe I have solved it. I am on my way to the cache... I verified that you solved it, I saw your name in the log sheet. Congrats on a great job. Congrats to Brdad as well, too bad you weren't here to sign the log. Kablooey was nice to give me credit, even though I didn't know it myself at the time. It was a good way to wind down the day on my 46th birthday. This was find 543 for us. We also placed two caches while out on a late afternoon stroll and they aren't micros! --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 But haven't yet gone there. Kablooey, you are an evil, evil, evil man! Which is why we love you so much! Quote Link to comment
+Pepper Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 pulls a vaccume. We headed out of town this weekend to Levenworth WA, a small German Village in the Cascades. Wow! it was beautiful and the snow fall was beautiful. We stayed an extra night just so we could play in some powder snow and it was well worth it. German food, fresh snow fall, catching snow flakes on our tounges, sledding and hot coffee in 30 degree weather. BIG fun. Caching in snow 3 to 4 ft deep is not easy, I have had more DNF's while here than I've had the whole time I've been caching. Maybe tomorrow at the WSGA meeting these nice folks will give me a few pointers! Hope every body has a great day. Today we find out if Shane becomes a Microsoft Slave! Pepper Horizontals where it's at! Quote Link to comment
+georgeandmary Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 quote:Originally posted by SuperGenius: Caching in snow 3 to 4 ft deep is not easy, I have had more DNF's while here than I've had the whole time I've been caching. Maybe tomorrow at the WSGA meeting these nice folks will give me a few pointers! Hope every body has a great day. Today we find out if Shane becomes a Microsoft Slave! Pepper Horizontals where it's at! Required snow caching gear.... blow torch. So Pepper might be married to a Microserf. george Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more. Quote Link to comment
+Pepper Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 the husband scores, we are now employed with Microsoft. Now we find a house and cache! Pepper Horizontals where it's at! Quote Link to comment
+TeamJiffy Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Pepper - Congratulations to you and your husband on his new job with Microsoft!!! But... as to your comment: "Now we find a house and cache!" ...I believe you have your priorities in the wrong order. Look for the caches, then the house, in that order There will always be homes on the market, but caches may be archived or lootedYou can always stay in a hotel, or extended stay. Indeed, if you lived out of a car, your caching would be all the easier, as you could take your entire home with you as you cache.With caches, First to Find (FTF) is an honor. With homes, it's a more competitive "Highest Bid" (HB). It doesn't even matter if you are first to find a home - you still have to bid on it!With caches, finding a bug is a good thing. With homes, not so... All in all, caches sound a lot more fun than homes! -Joel [This message was edited by TeamJiffy on January 13, 2003 at 07:53 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+alisonandy Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Hey, congratulations, team Supergenius! We will also be moving up to the Pacific NW (though not as far north as you). We agree with quote: Now we find a house and cache! - and we actually already found a house! It's even about 1000 feet from this cache - which we could not find on our first attempt ! Durn evil micros... Anyway, back to my regular lurking, and maybe some packing... and hopefully a little more caching before we leave the wonderfully cache-dense bay area... thanks, everyone, for all the caches! --Alison (and Andy) Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 We'll miss you guys. Congratulations on your degree, Alison! Can you tell us for whom you will be working? Quote Link to comment
+alisonandy Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Thanks, Fizzymagic! Like Pepper's husband, I'll be joining the Wintel monopoly , but at Intel in Hillsboro as a Process Engineer. The semiconductor industry should be a very interesting, and I'm definitely ready for a change from academics. Andy is bemused, because he's always been a Linux/AMD kind of guy; none of our 3 computers actually have Intel processors (but don't tell my new boss that!). He is going to take a couple of months off to write "the great American computer game" before starting to job-hunt himself (or try to sell his game, if it's gone really well...) There look to be some good caches up there, too, though we'll have to get used to hiking in the rain... Wow, we packed four whole boxes before coming back to the internet. Onwards! --Alison Quote Link to comment
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