This is kinda neat and could easily be incorporated into a cache. Maps, written instructions, URLs, .loc files, audio & video clues, the possibilities are pretty much open ended and there's at least ONE cacher on these forums that I'm sure could put together a world class cache using this technique. The comments after the article mention the danger of viral infection but that could be easily solved by using a flash drive with a read/write switch.

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That is cool. Hmmmmm.......

Not me. No way. You are trusting everyone else before you that they {a} don't have a virus on their computer that they unknowingly uploaded or {b} did upload one on purpose to wreck your computer.

For these reasons, it is also against the guidelines.

http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#guide

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Guidelines that Apply to all Cache Types

In the interest of file security, caches that require the downloading, installing or running of data and/or executables may not be published.

Interesting, but not the best idea probably.

Wouldn't they get ruined by the weather?

I would think that being stuck in the putty/cement and water and dust would get in the circuits would break the USB pretty quick.

Plus the virus thing would make me nervous too. After getting a computer killing virus from my daughter's flash drive that she picked up from the school computer we will not plug unknown (or even known things that have been on unknown computers) things into the computer.

There is always a work-around ...

It's pretty funny that the Mac users (Phat.Bak and I) thought, "Wow, cool", while the the PC crowd is screaming, "RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!" I've never had a virus infection and it's actually hard for me to envision being so cautious. I've found 3 flash drives in the past couple 'o years and didn't hesitate to pop them in my computer to see what goodies they contained (Pics, MP3s and Ubuntu OS). I realize the danger is very real but it's so far outside my experience, it seems more akin to reading about some disaster overseas. Tragic but nothing that happens to "real people".

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Wouldn't they get ruined by the weather?

If ya look at this pic, you can see that he's stripped the drive of it's outer casing and he's about to envelop it in a blob of epoxy putty. That's called "potting" and it leaves the drive impervious to dust, moisture etc.

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Guidelines that Apply to all Cache Types

In the interest of file security, caches that require the downloading, installing or running of data and/or executables may not be published.

That's a bummer. The last time I read thru the cache listing guidelines, it was just a few paragraphs, now it's something on the order of 14 pages.

Speaking of a work around, if we wanted to bypass GC.com's guidelines, we could start our own cache listings, call it something like "GGA only caches" and then we could... naa, never mind.

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Originally posted by mudbug65:
Speaking of a work around, if we wanted to bypass GC.com's guidelines, we could start our own cache listings, call it something like "GGA only caches" and then we could... naa, never mind.

You could list it on Opencaching.us. Not an endorsement, I'm just sayin...

Virus creators do target Apple OS computers, but they are more rare obviously. When you consider that they have less than 10% of the market, it makes sense that those that want to cause angst would go after the 85% market share that the various Windows OS have. They are easier to crack as well due to Windows not doing as good a job. You should still be aware that a virus can get on a Mac though. To me it makes sense to protect your data investment whether you own a Mac or a Windows computer.

He he. Interesting post from Jeremy...

http://www.locuslingua.com/noo...-that-never-happened

Very interesting. Sounds like 'chirp' to me....