+Criminal Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 Here's the story in PDF format. The story appeard in last friday's Northwest Airlifter, which is McChord AFB's newspaper. http://fp1.centurytel.net/Criminal_Page/ Quote
+Snoogans Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 Good for you! Sngans Sacred cows make the best hamburger....Mark Twain. Quote
+seneca Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 Great story Criminal. Finally the press got it right!! (I wonder why..?) I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me. Quote
Team Sidewinder Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 Congratulations and a job well done. Keep up the good work. Team Sidewinder LOST AND FOUND DEPT. Quote
+TotemLake Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 That's very cool and a good write up. Cheers! TL Quote
+Lone Duck Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 Saved in my Archives. That Quack Cacher: Lone Duck When you don't know where you're going, every road will take you there. Quote
+The Cache Couple Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 Superb job! Very nice work! The Cache Couple East TN Quote
+briansnat Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 Excellent story from the second smartest person in geocaching! But wait, this was written by a Chris Caserta, not you...how dare you take credit for someone's work! "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry [This message was edited by BrianSnat on August 12, 2003 at 06:19 AM.] Quote
+Green Toad Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 Congrats -Stroh -Technology...I have no idea what I would do without my GPSr, my TiVo, or my Computer with a DSL connection. I guess I would spend more time with my wife! Quote
+makaio Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 Good job, Criminal, although before SA was disabled one was lucky to get an accuracy of about 300 feet. Probably a typo on the editors part. ----- Matt K7MTO Quote
+RobRee Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 great job really good read!!! robbie A family that Geocaches together... eventually gets wet. required reading My first bible Great Orienteering Site! PERSONAL PROTECTIVE MEASURES AGAINST INSECTS AND OTHER ARTHROPODS OF MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE Quote
+Criminal Posted August 11, 2003 Author Posted August 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by makaio:Good job, Criminal, although before SA was disabled one was lucky to get an accuracy of about 300 feet. Probably a typo on the editors part. ----- Matt K7MTO I remember getting around 30-50 feet with my GPSIII before SA was turned off. http://fp1.centurytel.net/Criminal_Page/ Quote
+Prime Suspect Posted August 11, 2003 Posted August 11, 2003 I'm sorry, but this can't qualify as a geocaching news item. The mandatory phrase "buried treasure" does not appear anywhere in it. It is also missing the phrase "high-tech treasure hunt". Please correct these errors and re-submit. Thank you. "Don't mess with a geocacher. We know all the best places to hide a body." Quote
+CacheUsOut Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 Nicely Done! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If I want to see a sunrise, I'll STAY up for it! Quote
+WildcatRegi Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 One of the best I've seen! Kept a copy of it and have passed it to a couple of people that just couldn't seem to get the idea of the game. "The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!" Quote
+Breaktrack Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 I have to add my kudos to a job well done. I think we should all do something similar, since it seems thats the only way the press will get it right! Great article Criminal, well done. "Trade up, trade even, or don't trade!!!" My philosophy of life. Quote
mckee Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 I told my sister about this last week when word of the story fist popped onto the board here. Her husband is stationed at MAFB. Now they're trying to scrimp for a GPS. Good job! Quote
+Wander Lost Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 Funny, the first thing I noticed was the big letters that said B S at the top right. Oh, thats B Section. Funny how Criminal and BS seem to go together like that. Just kidding!!!! Congrats on the article!! I hope you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you've heard is not what I meant. --Richard Nixon Quote
+bitbrain Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 The opening vignette is great. Good job, Criminal. Quote
magellan315 Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 Loved the article, especially the opening. One of the best written ones I have seen. Will keep a copy in my computer for an upcoming Geocaching class I'll be teaching. Quote
+makaio Posted August 12, 2003 Posted August 12, 2003 quote:I remember getting around 30-50 feet with my GPSIII before SA was turned off. I was going to say maybe location had something to do with it, but you're not that far from me. I never got better than a few hundred feet accuracy in years prior to SA deactivation. I mostly used Garmins with a 12XL being the most recent at the time. I guess the III just had better reception. ----- Matt K7MTO Quote
+Uplink Posted August 13, 2003 Posted August 13, 2003 When SA was turned on, the published standard was that 95% of the fixes would be accurate to within 100 meters. If you look at this plot from the US Space Command website, you can see that the maximum error during the 4 hour SA sample was about 80 meters (horizontal), and the average error was somewhere in the 20 to 40 meter range. Of course, individual fixes could be much better than that, and infrequently, much worse! Loved the article though! Good stuff ! Quote
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