[Texascavers] OT - interesting web-site
I have found a temporary web-avenue to vent my frustrations. http://www.my3cents.com Type in the name of a company or product that you like, dislike or just are curious about. I couldn't find any caving vendors, or cave related topics.So register and write a review. David Locklear - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] NSS Convention weather
The internet 10 day forecast now includes part of the NSS Convention: Friday ( 20th)89 high 66 low, scattered thunderstorms [ registration opens at noon on Saturday and a many cavers will be setting up their camps or checking into nearby hotels. ] ( will the campground be wet and soggy ? ) Saturday ( 21st ) 90 high 65 low, partly cloudy [ several interesting field trips are on Sunday ] Sunday ( 22nd ) 94 high 70 low, sunny [ The fun kicks into high gear on Monday - the Howdy Party, etc. ] Monday ( 23rd ) 91 high 70 low, partly cloudy [ this is the day that many will try to go caving.There is a concert in the evening - karaoke ?? ] Tuesday ( 24th ) 90 high 71 low, partly cloudy That appears to be better camping weather than Houston. David Locklear - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] waterproof standards
This is probably old news to most of you, but I just found out about it. There is a standard for how waterproof your gadgets are. It is called IPX and ranges from 1 to 8 IPX-8 appears to be the rating you would want for caving gear where you plan to go to caves like Honeycreek. Here is the IPX list: http://www.e-headlamps.com/ipx_waterproof_standard.asp You may see this listed on things like GPS units. On a related note, GPS units have come along way in the past year. I think one model lets you show your digital camera photos, and also has an MP3 player. I want a GPS unit that works underground, so that I don't get lost.Also it needs to show a vertical profile of the cave, so I know what level I am at. They had that in the movie "The Cave," didn't they? or am I confused with some other sci-fi show? David Locklear - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Fwd: [speleo.be] Nouvelle du Costa Rica
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RE: [Texascavers] NM Caves featured in new magazine
I remember a friend of mine passing through town 10 years ago gave me a pamphlet of Fort Stanton Cave that he got from a hotel in Roswell. From: dirt...@comcast.net To: Texascavers@texascavers.com (Cave Texas), nmca...@caver.net (Cave NM) Subject: [Texascavers] NM Caves featured in new magazine Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:26:00 + NM Caves featured in new magazine Today I received a complementary copy of the second issue of �Oh, So � Ruidoso� magazine, a very slick new publication clearly aimed at those who own very nice second homes in Ruidoso. It is not completely clear why I should be �honored�, but likely because we do own a rental property just off Sudderth Drive, a result of spending 35 years on ski patrol --. There are two very nice articles on caves � one on Carlsbad Caverns and a second on Fort Stanton Cave and Snowy River. Is a nice job, clearly promoted by the BLM. Along with a few great photos, Penny Boston, John McLean, John Corcoran, Donald Davis, and Mike Bilbo are quoted and other cave notables mentioned (or is that cave mentionables noted?) I am sure that there will be a lot of locals requesting permission to visit the cave, and also assume that the BLM Roswell Office is prepared -. DirtDoc - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com _ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507 - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] OT - new smartphones
This is a follow up to a thread about 2 weeks ago. I was in the phone store yesterday checking out 2 of the best hi-tech phones. The 1st was the latest Blackberry 8800: http://www.phonedog.com/r/c/7519-4573-167-175-500x550.jpg This phone had a lot of fancy features.It's web-browsing was faster than my old smartphone, and the menu was more user friendly. But the Blackberry's keyboard can't touch the Nokia Communicators. And the Nokia's super wide screen is the best for scrolling thru web-sites. But the Blackberry's screen had better graphics.Items like the cover page to the NSS Newsletter looked better and bigger on the Blackberry. The Blackberry did other things my smartphone couldn't do. It has a nice GPS feature, but for the money wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy a separate hand-held GPS unit? It had a Push to Talk button. Those work great if you call the same person all the time, like your mistress, because you don't have to wait for the phone to ring. However, all of those features are "absolutely useless" if you don't have the income to pay the high long term monthly fees. The fees are over $ 100 and that is before taxes. That is in addition to the high price of the phone. I hate service agreements with cell companies. I used to live in a free country. Not anymore.Cell companies prefer some sort of communistic way of doing business.I could never get any of my customers to sign such an agreement, much less abide by it. The 2nd phone was the iPhone: The moment I held it in my hand, I started drooling. If someone had handed me this phone 10 years ago, I would have asked what star system did you have to travel to in order to buy this? It would be like someone showing you a microwave oven in the 1950's. But that being said, it is still just an interesting gadget. I didn't see anything that would force me to buy it anytime soon. Everything about the phone seemed user friendly, and I have never even played with an iPod.The keyboard will take some getting used to, however, it is very clever. I like the way the things-to-do list works, which in my opinion, is one of the best reasons to buy a smartphone. The camera seems to work better than other phones I have looked at. However, digital cameras are so cheap these days, that having the feature on your cell phone doesn't seem like it is worth it, especially when it is likely that future places of business are going to ban digital camera phones across the country. In summary, I think that these 2 phones show that in 10 years cell phones are going to do a lot of cool things, that will hopefully enhance our way of living. If we can ever get the cell phone companies to offer good customer service at an affordable, then we might have something. Imagine a world in 10 or 20 years, where every breathing human has a smartphone with 20 gigs of memory.Imagine hiking thru the Amazon rainforest, and stumbling across a half-naked Indian living in a hut and he is operating his web-business on his satelite-smartphone selling hand-carved bamboo flutes. David Locklear - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
