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If you are really desperate, obviously anything on the Jan/Feb list that is still not found will be on the next list. Unfortunately, I don’t even have enough to estimate a target date until tomorrow.
Assuming the last post isn’t correct, you need to understand that the GPS in your phone is NOT responsive like the one is a standard handheld unit. While a handheld will settle down in a few seconds, phones are more like car units, which take more like 2 minutes to center in. Additionally, your phone will not be at all accurate inside a building. The antenna is not good enough to work inside, so the phone will use its backup methods, such as cell tower triangulation or Wi-Fi network address.
But, if you go outside with both a phone and a handheld and you don’t get similar readings with both units, the GPS in your phone is probably broken.
Actually they did block the access sort of. What you are seeing is what is typical of most illegal access situations in publicly accessible websites. The website blocks access for a particular account or method, only to have the intruder switch to a different access method. Kind of like killing roaches one at a time. You stomp one and three more come out of the woodwork.
In my opinion, Groundspeak should probably sue the various “Android Market”s to stop them from distributing this, but they didn’t ask my opinion. This would at least stop it from being used and updated by casual users. I do know that some of the methods c:geo used to grab data in prior versions were particularly taxing on the Groundspeak servers (such as downloading the entire cache database for EACH user), but they have since made it somewhat less obnoxious (but no less illegal).
Actually it was a mystery cache, GCRFNN. The location was not within the park but in a public access area of Disney property. The approved location was not on Disney property, but the final was moved at some point. This is a good example of why we need to always ask permission on private property, something that Wisconsin cachers are generally very good about.
I believe they are waiting for us to give them the go ahead that we can support it. As you might guess, we are going to need more than 3 people. Most of the scouts will not have a GPS, so we probably will need something on the order of 15-20 volunteers to have any hope of pulling this off.
The date is actually July 9.
OK, here is your second hint. When solving geocaching puzzles, it is helpful to remember that the guidelines require that the fake coordinates be within 2 miles of the final (with certain exceptions). In case you didn’t realize, a minute is roughly equal to a mile in our neck of the woods. That should help you narrow the possibilities.
Alright, here is your first clue. When solving puzzle caches placed by people who are trying to be tricky, the number ten is often substituted for zero.
One thing you didn’t mention was durability. The 62C and it’s marine brother, the 78S, are pretty much bulletproof. My 76 has been dropped off a cliff several times (I needed my GPS hand to prevent ME from falling over), dropped in Lake Michigan, slid down a sledding hill with the back off, and even used by my wife to break her fall on a concrete sidewalk (she tripped over a chalk line). Still works great, although the paint is pretty scratched up. The Oregon model is not quite as rugged, which is basically the result of having a touchscreen and less rugged components.
Assuming you want to MOVE your Microsoft Office from one machine to another, you can contact Microsoft for this. Of course, you may not like the performance of Office on a netbook. It is kind of a resource hog.
And if you just want an email program that resides on your machine (instead of on the net), you can try Outlook Express for free or, if you are feeling adventurous, try Thunderbird (also free).
@gotta run wrote:
@Trekkin’ and Birdin’ wrote:
Not sure why someone felt the need to do that.
Well, some people are naturally born pinheads, while others have to really work at it.
You mean they have to work up to being a pinhead?
@CodeJunkie wrote:
Sure. There goes one of my puzzles throwing of my average.
Which is why we don’t normally change them, but in this case, it was either a mistake from the very beginning or a converted ALR cache, which are the two specific cases for which we are allowed to change the type.
Well, the reason is that normally you are supposed to know what sort of cache you are placing when you submit it, not 2 years later. I’m assuming you used to require that the ALR be completed, but now it is optional, so therefore the cache is (and was) a traditional. I corrected the listing for you and added the proper size.
Actually, it didn’t meet my criteria for action (we already have a system for disabled caches), but I didn’t complain to Groundspeak about them. I’m guessing the cache owner was not amused and blew the whistle. As far as I can tell, they only posted to the one cache.
Actually, there is a second way to remove it. You can just go to the attributes page and turn it off. (note that you can also turn it on in the same manner…) And, yes, I agree that this is probably not the best situation, but that is how it works.
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