+WalruZ Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 I'm just curious is all. Waypoint IDs seem to be getting used a quite a clip. BTW, FWIW, everything is peachy. I'm a premium member using GSAK and CacheMate and life couldn't be better. Well, I could have more time to cache, but other than that, I'm happy. [] Link to comment
Jeremy Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 The end of the world. 512400 caches will exist at that point. Unless we change the way we generate them, it will just add another digit to the end to make 7 digits total. Link to comment
+planetrobert Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 what about 6 digit gps's Link to comment
Jeremy Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 I said "unless we change the way we generate them." We may reconsider the way we generate them before then. If not, you can use applications to convert the name into something your GPS can digest. Link to comment
+planetrobert Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 I said "unless we change the way we generate them." We may reconsider the way we generate them before then. If not, you can use applications to convert the name into something your GPS can digest. my bad, i somehow read that twice and missed it both times... anyway... my pda accepts more characters and that would be a good excuse to get a NEW gps Link to comment
+Hemlock Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 If not, you can use applications to convert the name into something your GPS can digest. Applications can be designed to drop the initial "G" or "C" or both. Link to comment
+Chaz Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 Well then what comes after zzzzzz? Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 Well then what comes after zzzzzz? zzzzzz1 Link to comment
Jeremy Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 Well then what comes after zzzzzz? Breakfast? Link to comment
+fly46 Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 Well then what comes after zzzzzz? Breakfast? LOL. I'm sure that adding a number will be fine... It was the last few times it was done. Link to comment
+Boo & Kitty Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 While we're on the subject of limited cache numbers... Are certain strings weeded out? This one is tame:gcHECK. Perhaps some others would be rather amusing. Link to comment
+G'n,G Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Well then what comes after zzzzzz? Breakfast? LOL. I'm sure that adding a number will be fine... It was the last few times it was done. Until the server crashes from too much info! Link to comment
+Camo-crazed Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 this is not really on topic but it is amazing how much interesting stuff you can find by typing in random wp #s, I just found a cache that had been archived that was 0.12 K from my house. Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 The end of the world. 512400 caches will exist at that point. Unless we change the way we generate them, it will just add another digit to the end to make 7 digits total. I think it might be better to add another digit to the front rather than to the end, and if the "GC" stays in place, then the new digit should come immediately after the "GC". Link to comment
Jeremy Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I think it might be better to add another digit to the front rather than to the end, and if the "GC" stays in place, then the new digit should come immediately after the "GC". I'm missing the explanation as to why this is preferable. Adding a digit my way or your way both create unique waypoint names. Link to comment
+Mopar Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I think it might be better to add another digit to the front rather than to the end, and if the "GC" stays in place, then the new digit should come immediately after the "GC". I'm missing the explanation as to why this is preferable. Because it's the exact opposite of what you said? Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Is there going to be a pool as to when the next rollover occurs? Fizzy? Care to take a stab at a prediction? Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Is there going to be a pool as to when the next rollover occurs? I'm going to bet on 6 AM tomorrow...when Mopar rolls over and makes Jeremy breakfast. Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Fizzy? Care to take a stab at a prediction? I recently made a prediction here. It was for June 2007. It could be off a couple monthe either way. Not as far into the future as I would like. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I'm going to bet on 6 AM tomorrow...when Mopar rolls over and makes Jeremy breakfast. My tolerance about personal attacks is at zero lately. see you in 7 days, ju66l3r Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 I think it might be better to add another digit to the front rather than to the end, and if the "GC" stays in place, then the new digit should come immediately after the "GC". I'm missing the explanation as to why this is preferable. Adding a digit my way or your way both create unique waypoint names. Because your way is illogical. It would be similar to 99 + 1 = 990. The waypoint IDs may no longer be used to determine the order in which the caches were placed, if someone should choose to try to determine historical data this way. The question was what happens after GCzzzz and you replied add a 7th digit to the end. So now you have GCzzzz0. Very quickly you would reach GCzzzzz and that would require to start changing some of the previous digits downward. Once you did this, the following caches would appear to have been placed earlier than the ones from when you first introduced the 7th digit to the end. Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 I think it might be better to add another digit to the front rather than to the end, and if the "GC" stays in place, then the new digit should come immediately after the "GC". I'm missing the explanation as to why this is preferable. Adding a digit my way or your way both create unique waypoint names. Just so you don't think I'm ignoring you, I did post an explanation yesterday, but my posts are being screened and I guess that one wasn't allowed. Maybe other viewpoints will no longer be allowed? Anyway, if you have a way to look at my post you will find your explanation there. I was kind of hoping it would be posted so that I don't end up looking stupid by others thinking that I could not provide an explanation. Have a nice day. Link to comment
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