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No, you cannot delete your own posts, nor can you delete the threads you start anymore.
You’ve probably already tried this, but…
What I would do is re-configure the hot-sync program for your Palm.
Right click the “hot-sync” icon in your system tray, then click “Setup” Under the general tab, change to “Available Only When The Palm Desktop Is Running.”
Be sure that the Palm Desktop is NOT running, then try downloading waypionts. When you are ready to hot-sync, simply call up the Palm Desktop then press the button.
I’m guessing that the hot-sync program is holding on to your serial port and not letting it go. This should help.
Sold and delivered.
Thank you very much.
Awwww….. come on…..
This is the IDEAL Palm / PDA for paperless caching.
The monochrome screen looks gorgeous in direct sunlight, and for dark / night situations it has a built-in backlight.
It also runs on AAA batteries. I have been running this one on recharagable Ni-MH batteries, but you could use Alkaline ones as well. This is important, because when you are out on a long day of caching, and the batteries run low, they can be easily replaced. You don’t have to find a charger / outlet to keep using it. I have to re-charge the Ni-MH batteries in it about once a month. (More often with frequent backlight use)
Here is an image of the ACTUAL unit I am selling:
You can see it runs Cachemate just fine and it is in GREAT shape.
Make me an offer.
If need be, I can ship it (USPS or UPS).E-mail me at: wga2 dash admin at wi dash geocaching dot com.
[This message has been edited by Buy_The_Tie (edited 04-08-2006).]
It is often easier to load waypoints into an eggplant than a Magellan. Good luck with this. Maybe a Magellan user can pipe in and reveal the secret to us all.
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Originally posted by greyhounder:
I looked at this a couple months ago & thought it was a neat idea as well.Bec
I agree, this would be a good way to deal with what’s left out in the woods AFTER a cache has been archived. What I am referring to is what it is going to take to archive a cache in the first place.
I could envision a seperate thread in the forums for communicating with the people who are going out and picking up the pieces.
I’m usually one of the people sitting behind the “download” table at the WGA events. If it isn’t too much trouble, it would be great if we could use this gadget.
TS, do you plan on attending the campout? Please contact me at: wga2 dash admin at wi dash geocaching dot com to make arrangements.
P.S. I noticed you placed “Eggplant” above “Magellan” on the selector switch. I’m guessing it is actually easier to download waypoints into an eggplant than a Magellan.
Believe-you-me, if I had to solve all of the mystery caches before publishing them, I would still be wroking on caches from October of last year.
I don’t require that the complete solution to a mystery-cache be included, just all of the waypoints and enough information to prove that it is a solvable puzzle.
Just re-read my previous post, figure I should clarify…
I haven’t looked at Forefeather’s mystery cache yet, but in all likelyhood it is just fine.
I have just seen my share of mystery caches that required some extra attention by the admin in order to publish.
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Originally posted by ForeFeathers:
We hid five caches this week and four of them went through within a day or so. But the puzzle cache has been sitting. Do those take longer, or did it just get missed? There’s no note on the page or anything saying something is wrong…
Nope, it didn’t get missed. When it gets busy, multi-caches and puzzle-caches tend to take a back seat to traditional caches, simply because of the time it takes to approve them.
Historically there has been *many* more problems with multi-caches and mystery caches from a reviewers / publishing point of view. I can often publish a dozen regular caches in the time it takes to publish one mystery cache with problems.
Fear not, it didn’t get forgotten, just hang tight.
The servers at GC.com have been a little bit temperamental lately. What I have found, is that if there is a problem, just wait for a little while (a minute or two) and try again. I think I saw something somewhere about the servers having to “refresh” or some other such nonsense.
It would appear that once in a while there is a problem, unlike the normal weekend slowdown.
Take it with you and get a window seat.
I have flown for many years with my GPSr, and there’s only one airline that I remember that (at the time) prohibited GPSr use. Just check in the back of the in-flight magazine.
Hold the antenna part at the bottom of the window and turn it on. You will be able to see where you are, how fast you are going and your altitude. It’s really neat and it helps pass the time.
If there’s clear weather, you can identify all of the roads, lakes and little towns along the way. If you set your destination in as a waypoint, it will also tell you when you are going to get there.
My GPSr has been through a lot of x-ray machines with no ill effect.
*** Disclamer ***
*** The opinions expressed below are NOT from the wi-geocaching BOD. ***
*** They are from ME, as a geocacher ***What makes an ideal geocache?
1. Very interesting location (spring, trout pond, abandoned buildings / foundations etc).
2. Out-of-the-way and NOT well known.
3. Unique and challenging waypoints.
4. A significant hike (not a park-n-grab).
5. Full-sized ammo-box for the final (always dry).
6. Great scenery (worthy of bringing a camera along).A good example of this would be This Cache.
Pretty much as far away as one can get from a Wall-Mart lightpole cache.
Jeremy,
If you need stuff on the admin side tested, let me know.
I’d be happy to *moderate* the beta testers on the message boards and delete all of their fraudulent COTM votes.
Oh yeah… I’m a software engineer, and I’m runing Windows XP Home & Firefox or IE, your choice.
[This message has been edited by Buy_The_Tie (edited 03-19-2006).]
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