Re: [Az-Geocaching] One Degree project?

Thats funny...!!!

I read this email, then I look further and find this email:
Geocaching.com <noreply@geocaching.com> to me


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Location: Michigan, United States
CCCooperAgency retrieved Bottoms up! (Travel Bug Dog Tag) from 2006 Midwest
GeoBash at 7/7/2006

Log Date: 7/7/2006
I don't drink (beer) only coffee but will take this to Germany. Grabbed from
the MWGB.

Visit this log entry at the below address:
http://www.geocaching.com/track/log.aspx?LUID=8b4f8e3a-ac5b-402b-9e49-d85a27b1081a

Visit Bottoms up!
http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?guid=6ce6c00b-cc5c-4fc2-b6bc-dcce9fafb848

So while your talking in one email about degrees to CCCooper.. I am having
them pickup my TB. hehehe

Thats a real hoot!

On 7/10/06, Jared Ross <jaredmross@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> There does seem to be some confusion here. The idea behind "One Degree of
> Separation" is something far bigger than geocaching and really has nothing
> to do with degrees of lat or lon.
>
> Some time in the 90s a game came about known as The Six Degrees of Kevin
> Bacon. Chances are you're familiar with atleast one or two movies that has
> stared Kevin Bacon. It's believed that he has been in so many movies that
> you can take ANY other actor/actress and "link" them to Kevin Bacon within 6
> steps (or degrees). For example I'll use Jamie Foxx (since he was recently
> mentioned in another listserv email)
>
> Jamie Foxx is 2 degrees separated from Kevin Bacon. Here's how:
> Jamie Foxx was in Booty Call (1997) with David Hemblen.
> David Hemblen was in Where The Truth Lies (2005) with Kevin Bacon.
>
> Starting to make sense?
>
> So the ODS project is an attempt to encourage/promote this idea of the
> "small world phenomenon". So for a Geocaching example, I am One degree
> separated from CCCooperAgency:
> CCCooperAgency and I have both found Dunedin Happy Trails Travelbug Hostel
> in Florida.
>
> I haven't done any further searching through their enormous profile but
> because of my link with them I could easily link you to CCCooperAgency with
> just 2 Degrees:
>
> ropingthewind and AZBliss02 both found the cache "Full Count".
> AZBliss02 and CCCooperAgency both found the cache "Dunedin Happy Trails
> Travelbug Hostel"
>