Ok, I need some help here. I'm fairly new to geocaching and perhaps
one of you have seen something like this before. When I caught the
geocaching bug, I went and bought myself a fancy new GPS and got a
bunch of cables to connect it to my laptop computer - all well and
good. I can now send all my geocaching information zinging back and
forth between my laptop and my GPS greatly streamlining the process
- this is all just fine and dandy.
The problem is that as a result of all this geocaching
interconnectivity MY LAPOTOP HAS CAUGHT THE BUG AND HAS STARTED
CACHING ON ITS OWN! I can tell because I found my computer and GPS
sitting on my desk one morning covered in fresh mud and scratches.
And to top it off I've noticed that a cache container I was about
to hide myself has gone missing! And look at this! Here is a copy
of the message I found on my laptop's screen that morning:
PROCESS COMPLETE: pHideGeoCache();
ERROR FLAGS: Nil
MESSAGE FLAGS: 4
New geocache placement completed.Valuables concealed, vessel type(AlCa).Check digit: NilCoordinates logged to file.
Coordinate Dump:
NORTH CHECKSUM: 40
WEST CHECKSUM: 25
GEOCACHE LOCATING PROCEDURES: Active
RECOMMENDED APPROACH: From South
I'm pretty sure that this means that my computer has swiped the
container and hidden it somewhere. I doubt it could have gotten
very far from home (as it has no visible means of locomotion) but
computers are amazing devices... Now that I think about it, seems
as though there were a few more miles on the Jeep's odometer just
recently too. Hmm. (The coords above are just a guess where the
pesky little bugger could have gone, should be reasonably close to
the actual location).
At any rate, the container was all ready to go, and held a
logbook, pencil, a couple of nifty little compasses (darn it!) and
some little certificates to be taken by the first three finders.
I'm really sorry to lose this stuff, but if you can find it, more
power to you!