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To prevent losing MY rechargable batteries, I usually use that little piece of plastic that came with my GPSR… it snaps over the battery compartment, thus closing it. Haven’t had a single battery fall out of there with the back snapped on
The easiest and cheapest way to get them here would be to purchase a Travel Bug for each pallet, and state the TBs’ missions as having a destination to a cache near your house.
It might take a few months to get them, but the total cost would be about 20 bucks.
We’d also be known for having some of the largest TBs in the world.
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Originally posted by Team Roman Geoskis:
For THRAXMAN..Joe does SBC service the elkhorn area and if so what kind of price would I be looking at for a 128kbps dsl hook-up.
LARRY
Sorry it took so long for me to repond… haven’t been in the forums much this week.
Alan explained quite well that ISDN and DSL are two different beasts. IF you are interested in DSL, I would go to http://www05.sbc.com/DSL?SRC=&EI=&E=L&CI=&UI=&EL=&TI=&RI=&RD= as a first step. There is a link on that page that determines if you have DSL availability in your area.As far as pricing is concerned, SBC has switched to a nice (but just slightly confusing) tiered pricing system, meaning that you can choose different speed connections at a different monthly rate. Instead of simply offering 768Kbps now, they offer you anywhere from 384 kbps up to several Mbps. Last I checked, it looked like that 768kbps package has an introductory offer of 29.95 a month if you committed for one year, and that included a free modem.
I would go to the website to get some information, and then call in with any additional questions (be ready, they WILL try to sign you up!) They’ll be able to inform you of the most current promotions.
I used Q-Link back in grade school! It was great! If you wanted to play checkers, you popped in the q-link checkers 5 1/4″ floppy, waited a few minutes, and then the board poped onto the screen. I think you had to match up with another player before loading the games, but I can’t remember.
They had many modern features on Q-LInk, including chat, message boards, real-time games, downloads, etc. All of this on a commodore 64.
I always thought it would be really cool if someone could set up a q-link server, and also re-distribute the Q-link software. Heck, you can pick up a C64 and drive for about 15 bucks
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Originally posted by CacheCows:
Cheesehead Dave is exactly right. DSL is often referred to as xDSL, where the ‘x’ can refer to many different letters depending on the type of DSL. Most residential DSL replaces the ‘x’ with ‘A’, for ADSL, meaning ‘Asymetrical DSL’
Don’t forget your QDSL… hehe. This was a big joke at work that I started about 8 months ago. See, there’s this guy I work who I will call “James” (Aw, heck, that IS his real name), who is one of those techie types who likes to have the “one up” on everybody. We were both early subscribers to DSL. One morning, on a whim, I said “Hey James, did they send you your QDSL kit yet?” He said “QDSL, what’s that???” I responded “QUICL DSL. A new product we are rolling out in the near future. 7.5Mbps. They called me and asked if I would be interested in Beta Testing it.” I played this out well enough that he became rather miffed that he wasn’t in on the “Beta Test” (which of course didn’t exist, I was making this all up).
Anyhow, to make a long story short, over a period of about 4 days, he called every department in the company trying to get in on the test, making a total fool of himself, I would suppose
The icing on the cake was that he figured out I was messing with him. BUT, coincidentally, we actually did recently roll out 4.0Mbps dsl for residential customers. Now he actually believes I WASN’T giving him a line… hehe
Brian,
The access numbers I found for the 715 area code are:
Marshfield WI (715)502-4012 56K V90
Menomonie WI (715)953-4774 56K V90
Menomonie WI (715)233-5305 56K V90
Merrill WI (715)804-4774 56K V90I don’t know if these would be local to Minaqua. There is also a “premium access feature” that give 800 number access at 10 cents a minute, but I don’t think it is available to everyone.
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Right off the bat, I’ll mention that I work for SBC, so I am biased
Anyhow, I’ve been using DSL for a couple years now, and love it. Early on there were some problems, but the kinks seem to be worked out.
My SBC Yahoo DSL has up to 10 separate e-mail accounts (1 with 25 megs of mail storage, the others with 10 megs each). As far as screen names, it allows configuration for up to 10 users (email accounts and seperate logins that configure your start page and stuff like that). Web page storage: 15 megs (and I think each screen name gets an additional chunk of web storage).
And yes, my DSL account comes with free dial-up access so I can use it away from home. If you go with SBC, you might want to make sure that there is a local dial-up number where you would want to dial in from when you aren’t at your actual DSL connection at home. We have pretty good coverage, but I noticed that when I visit my parents up in Manitowoc, I have no local number to dial into.
Alan mentioned asking about guaranteed speed. You’ll notice that broadband (cable and DSL) providers like to advertise in terms of “speeds UP TO….” They generally don’t guarantee anything, partialy because of the reasons Alan mentioned. Actually, with DSL the main reason they are so vague when talking about speed is simply because of the many variables on the line itself such as distance to central office or light-span, line configuration, etc. It is hard to tell exactly what speed a customer will get on their line until they are hooked up, in other words. I check my DSL speed often, and I transfer a very reliable 625 to 632 Kbps (downstream). The advertised “up to” speed is 768 (Actually, they offer 1.5 Mbps now). From my experience with DSL, a bottleneck at the ISP is rarely a problem. The limitations of the line are usually the factor that caps the speed. I’m not sure, but after talking with many Cable internet users, I think the opposite happens with cable. The max speed on a cable line is much higher than DSL, but they often complain about speed dropping WAY down at certain times of the day. Some seem to have that problem, some don’t.
Hope this helps some. I’d be happy to answer any other questions you might have about DSL, but I don’t know too much about cable
Thanx all Had a great time! Now I gotta figure out where to put these Travel Bugs…
Hi All,
Sorry I couldn’t make it to the meeting. I didn’t get out of work until after 6pm, and live some distance away. Saturday morning meetings sound great to me
Sounds like a few great, new ideas were discussed, including a Cache Patrol. This is both a fun and useful idea that certainly won’t hurt, and may have many benefits. Incidentally, you can check the progress of another established cache patrol here: http://www.geocaching.com/track/track_detail.asp?ID=3225
I think it would be great to have a state map online with the volunteers’s “territories” marked/color-coded, whatever. It would be an obvious way for people to see if a volunteer is needed in their area, and would also help determine who needs to be contacted in the event of a cache casualty
Oh, I put that barbed-wire there to stop people from taking the down-hill shortcut. Wanted to encourage the scenic route. Oh well
Great Going! And you couldn’t have picked a better cache at which to acieve that landmark!
That is a good, general list of rules. Like Alan, I have issue with the abolishment of ammo containers. If someone is going to plant a bomb, they will either ignore the rules altogether or make a bomb that appears to be in compliance with the rules. I understand their intent is to avoid “alarming” people who stumble across the cache, but for the most part, I don’t think dead tree stumps and piles of bark are common terrorist targets.
In addition, I don’t know that ammo cans are commonly associated with bombs. They are known to hold ammo. PVC pipes, on the other hand, may bring the phrase “pipe-bomb” to mind.
My new status as a student has seriously cut into my caching time. I’m afraid I’ll only be logging in here a few times a week as opposed to 35 times a day
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Here’s a sneak preview…. it’s designed to be a hunted via bicycle or on foot. If there is an avid cyclist out there who would like to beta test the hunt for me, please let me know. Total trip length will be about 25 miles.
Ken, how far from janesville will this cache be? If it isn’t across the state, I might be willing to give it a test run. It would also depend on the terrain type. I haven’t done any rough-terrain mountain biking for a couple years, but I would love a 25 mile ride if the terrain is paved or easy to moderate dirt trails.
Hi T&TB,
I had an idea for a cache a while back, or should I say a series of increasingly difficult caches, that you may be interested in. Truth of the matter is, the final, most difficult of the caches has been hidden for about 5 months now However, I halted work on the concept a while back for a few reasons. I also had a completely different idea the other day that may fit the description of what you are trying to do, and because of the nature of the cache, having a group of people involved may be a good idea. Let me know if you’d be interested in hearing either cache concept.
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