Guest Markwell Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 Hmmm... Decoupling of Compasses from Reality... "Compass-Wander" (not really descriptive) "Schitzoid Compass" (not bad, but it's the GPSr's directional ability that is gone schitzoid, not your compass) The GPS becomes Directionally Impaired or Perceptively Impaired (sounds too much like a politically correct term) Corriganed (after Douglas ''Wrong Way'' Corrigan a little obtuse) Others? ------------------ Markwell My Geocache Page Non omnes vagi perditi sunt edited for format [This message has been edited by Markwell (edited 26 December 2001).] Quote Link to comment
Guest arffer Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 quote:Decoupling of Compasses from Reality... De-Realing Omni-Directionalization Clayzation (in honor of ClayJar) Sub-Velocitation (going too slow) LNL (Loss of North Lock) ------------------ Team CacheCows of Wisconsin Quote Link to comment
Guest pater47 Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 P.O.W. - point of whereizit. Quote Link to comment
Guest navdog Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 The Bearing Blues Quote Link to comment
Guest alexm Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 The SWENSEN anomaly... Swensenomaly... But something inside of me says that ole' Bucky Fuller wants to call it the Geodesic Roam... Quote Link to comment
Guest seadog16yrs Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 ...within 100 feet or so your GPSR will begin to indicate a QSW (Quasi-Stationary Waypoint) Quote Link to comment
Guest HIltonfamily Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 Hey...Directionally impaired is too close to DxChallenged....... :rolleyes I think you should call it "Yugga Keen" Short for what fearless tells us as he moves out of site...... YOU GOTTA KEEP MOVIN!!! For the longest time I thought that he just wanted to leave me behind with the slower Hiltons. Then he had me stop with GPS.... I got a compass for Christmas!! DxChallenged Quote Link to comment
Guest Markwell Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 quote:Originally posted by arffer:Clayzation (in honor of ClayJar) Isn't that how they did Rudolph? ------------------ Markwell My Geocache Page Non omnes vagi perditi sunt [This message has been edited by Markwell (edited 26 December 2001).] Quote Link to comment
Guest Markwell Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 quote:Originally posted by arffer:Clayzation (in honor of ClayJar) Isn't that how they did Rudolph? ------------------ Markwell My Geocache Page Non omnes vagi perditi sunt [This message has been edited by Markwell (edited 26 December 2001).] Quote Link to comment
Guest ClayJar Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 Well, I don't know exactly what to call the decoupled compass, but the process of walking around and around and around the cache is... gyrocaching. Quote Link to comment
Guest ClayJar Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 Well, I don't know exactly what to call the decoupled compass, but the process of walking around and around and around the cache is... gyrocaching. Quote Link to comment
Guest welch Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 quote:Originally posted by navdog: The Bearing Blues i second da "bearing blues" that way you can explain the need for a regular compass to newbies by saying: THIS WILL HAPPEN: When you finally get within 100ft. of the cache, your gps is going to get the "bearing blues", and you'll have to do the "drunken-bee dance" to find the cache. UNLESS YOU BRING A MAGNETIC COMPASS! well you probly won't need the caps, but your get the idea.... [This message has been edited by welch (edited 26 December 2001).] [This message has been edited by welch (edited 26 December 2001).] Quote Link to comment
Guest Geoffrey Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 I call that speed below 2.5 mph the POINTLESS SPEED. Meaning that the GPS's compass cant point you in the right direction. ------------------ Geoff's GPS Information Page Geoff's Information on GPS units, and price guide for several units Quote Link to comment
Guest ClayJar Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 Well, DUH! I feel stupid. The problem of the compass becoming decoupled is... loose bearings! Quote Link to comment
Guest infosponge Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 I always considered this situation as the GPSR coming down with RCI (recto-cranial inversion). Then I learned the line-up-the-sun-indicator trick (on a Magellan, anyway) and now it's TFSA (time for solar alignment). Compass? Don't need no steenking compass! Quote Link to comment
Guest Prime Suspect Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 The Heisenberg Maneuverer. Quote Link to comment
Guest MadGPS Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 quote:Originally posted by ClayJar:Well, I don't know exactly what to call the decoupled compass, but the process of walking around and around and around the cache is... gyrocaching. And gyrocaching is cause by cachefever.That uncontrolable urge to find that cache creates a giant field around the person holding the receiver rendering it useless,thos,if still not to far gone by the cachefever side effects,having off little mind left intack,turns the receiver off and bring out the compass to ......... to get home and geocache another day. MadGPS Quote Link to comment
Guest MadGPS Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 quote:Originally posted by ClayJar:Well, I don't know exactly what to call the decoupled compass, but the process of walking around and around and around the cache is... gyrocaching. And gyrocaching is cause by cachefever.That uncontrolable urge to find that cache creates a giant field around the person holding the receiver rendering it useless,thos,if still not to far gone by the cachefever side effects,having off little mind left intack,turns the receiver off and bring out the compass to ......... to get home and geocache another day. MadGPS Quote Link to comment
Guest AlienMonnky Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 quote:Originally posted by ClayJar:Well, I don't know exactly what to call the decoupled compass, but the process of walking around and around and around the cache is... gyrocaching. My vote goes for this one!!! Quote Link to comment
Guest AlienMonnky Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 quote:Originally posted by ClayJar:Well, I don't know exactly what to call the decoupled compass, but the process of walking around and around and around the cache is... gyrocaching. My vote goes for this one!!! Quote Link to comment
Guest ClayJar Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 quote:Remember to take a regular magnetic compass with you or else you might get loose bearings and start gyrocaching, and we all know how frustrating the drunken-bee dance can be. Oh, and if you've got a Magellan GPS 315 (+/-5), do the hula wave every so often. Yep, I think that works. Quote Link to comment
Guest Pote Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 I thought of this one while reading Ramness570's story about 2 caches within 250 feet... "Cacheuration", sounds like saturation and refers to a condition when a park, suburb or other locale has too many caches. Quote Link to comment
Guest geospotter Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 How about AWOL? All Waypoints Out of Lock(?) OK, I know that it is not technically correct, but I like the AWOL part! Quote Link to comment
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