View Full Version : 2012 Encrypted Manual Now Avaliable
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/competition-manual-and-related-documents?id=452
Enjoy.
y wnt it open i got the decrypt to work how to open the encrypt
plnyyanks
03-01-2012, 18:00
In the section titled 2012 FRC Game Manual - Encrypted, download the five parts to the manual individually. They're titled: Section 1 - Introduction, Section 2 - The Arena, Section 3 - The Game, Section 4 - The Robot, and Section 5 - The Tournament. If you open them locally (with your PDF viewer of choice), you'll be asked for an Open Document Password, which will be revealed during kickoff.
You should download the manual to your computer and not view it through your web browser because, during kickoff, FIRST's site will most likely be swamped and inaccessible, so you won't be able to access their copy of the manual then.
Side note: why isn't there one PDF with the entire manual released? I vaguely remember them doing this last year...
The password will be released at kickoff
These files are posted ahead of time, to reduce the load on FIRST's servers as thousands of people download the manual at the same time.
When can we download them?
ttldomination
03-01-2012, 18:01
In the section titled 2012 FRC Game Manual - Encrypted, download the five parts to the manual individually. They're titled: Section 1 - Introduction, Section 2 - The Arena, Section 3 - The Game, Section 4 - The Robot, and Section 5 - The Tournament.
Kind of lame that there isn't one file we can download, but eh, I'll live. ::rtm::
- Sunny G.
You can download them right now. You just won't be able to read them until the code is released at the end of the kickoff broadcast.
mdiradoorian
03-01-2012, 18:02
they announce the password at the end of the kickoff show.
Grim Tuesday
03-01-2012, 18:04
I like how the decrypt test includes a link to the hint #1, still hinting that there will be two hints.
Question: Is discussion of password guessing allowed on Chief Delphi?
plnyyanks
03-01-2012, 18:12
Question: Is discussion of password guessing allowed on Chief Delphi?
From the CD Rules: (emphasis mine)
By clicking the Agree button, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, racist, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws or school rules. THIS INCLUDES THE DISCUSSION OF WAREZ, FILE-SHARING PROGRAMS, CRACKING, AND ANY OTHER WAY OF STEALING SOFTWARE OR ANY OTHER COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. You also agree not to post the same message in multiple forums, or use the forums as a real-time chat, continuing a 2-3 person conversation on for numerious posts in a short period of time.
It doesn't specifically prohibit guessing, but I'd avoid it nonetheless...
Grim Tuesday
03-01-2012, 18:18
Alright, I was just testing the waters; a password guessing thread could either be a fun distraction or vastly offensive thing. A game hint at the password, given a day before kickoff could be fun, too, though it would ruin the surprise.
Alright, I was just testing the waters; a password guessing thread could either be a fun distraction or vastly offensive thing.
Did someone say...WATERS? :yikes:
plnyyanks
03-01-2012, 18:25
Alright, I was just testing the waters; a password guessing thread could either be a fun distraction or vastly offensive thing. A game hint at the password, given a day before kickoff could be fun, too, though it would ruin the surprise.
Yeah, I see what you mean. I doubt FIRST would release the password as the game hint - somebody would probably figure it out and ruin the surprise and strict time constraint. But you never really do know with the GDC... :rolleyes:
And a password guessing thread, which may be on the "okay" side of the grey area, is probably not a good idea to delve into, since it's not really within the spirit of early-encrypted-manual-releases (and we don't want that privilege taken away...). For, it's just a better idea to avoid trying to figure out the password early game anyway; I've waited long enough for kickoff, I should be able to make it another three days, 15 hours, ~30 minutes.
And also, it only takes one person to not think before they post, say something stupid and wrong, and ruin it for everybody.
GaryVoshol
03-01-2012, 18:27
I doubt FIRST would release the password as the game hint ...
One year the game hint was an anagram of the password. Not like they'd ever use that trick again.
Andrew Lawrence
03-01-2012, 18:43
One year the game hint was an anagram of the password. Not like they'd ever use that trick again.
Did it get guessed? Which year was it?
o its just the encrypt file what now everone going to attempt the break the long encytped code haha cnt ya just wait ......i have seen anagram and hints but please just wait a few days
Kind of lame that there isn't one file we can download, but eh, I'll live. ::rtm::
Perhaps this has to do with the new manual format, as mentioned in Bill's Blog back in November?
http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2011/11/manual-may-look-little-different.html
Jacob Paikoff
03-01-2012, 19:09
Did it get guessed? Which year was it?
2008
I think that we had all of the words but not in the right order.
Yeah so what is the process of downloading these? Should there be a save option when I right click?
Ninja_Bait
03-01-2012, 19:14
Yeah so what is the process of downloading these? Should there be a save option when I right click?
Yes, "save link as...". Also, you can save it from Adobe Reader if you open it in your browser.
Whaaat? There's not one manual to rule them all?? XD Aside from that, looks like I'll be doing some downloads tonight, get myself ready for Saturday. Can't wait!
2008
I think that we had all of the words but not in the right order.
May have gotten all the right words, but there was zero punctuation in "Vets hurdling FIRST tetras" and there were 4 punctuation marks in "DriveStraightTurnLeft" (I don't remember the types/order). In other words, still no way to get it... even if we'd figured out that it was the decryption password instead of thinking it was a riddle.
One concern with what is uploaded. The KOP last year, and apparently this year has not been uploaded yet and that is what most people had concerns/demand for. I will try to grab it and make it available if FIRST's website goes down
davidthefat
03-01-2012, 22:43
http://www.mediafire.com/?g4rkaib5j6zc92c,tfemsb1carreygg,4kbjq07nfh7a815,s gdjvjk60865d2h,972719vn9j39u9d
Why not just mirror them now?
http://www.mediafire.com/?g4rkaib5j6zc92c,tfemsb1carreygg,4kbjq07nfh7a815,s gdjvjk60865d2h,972719vn9j39u9d
Why not just mirror them now?
This is why:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1095784&postcount=54
davidthefat
04-01-2012, 00:14
First letter might be "G". The last word in the phrase might start with "S". I called it!
First letter might be "G". The last word in the phrase might start with "S". I called it!
That's not how you spell "water game".
Andrew Lawrence
04-01-2012, 00:17
First letter might be "G". The last word in the phrase might start with "S". I called it!
LA LA LA LA I'M NOT LISTENING LA LA LA LA I DIDN'T HEAR A THING
davidthefat
04-01-2012, 00:53
Guide to the permission flags:
TABLE 3.20 User access permissions
BIT POSITION MEANING
1–2 Reserved; must be 0.
3 (Revision 2) Print the document.
(Revision 3 or greater) Print the document (possibly not at the highest
quality level, depending on whether bit 12 is also set).
4 Modify the contents of the document by operations other than
those controlled by bits 6, 9, and 11.
5 (Revision 2) Copy or otherwise extract text and graphics from the
document, including extracting text and graphics (in support of accessibility
to users with disabilities or for other purposes).
(Revision 3 or greater) Copy or otherwise extract text and graphics
from the document by operations other than that controlled by bit
10.
6 Add or modify text annotations, fill in interactive form fields, and,
if bit 4 is also set, create or modify interactive form fields (including
signature fields).
7–8 Reserved; must be 1.
9 (Revision 3 or greater) Fill in existing interactive form fields (including
signature fields), even if bit 6 is clear.
10 (Revision 3 or greater) Extract text and graphics (in support of accessibility
to users with disabilities or for other purposes).
11 (Revision 3 or greater) Assemble the document (insert, rotate, or delete
pages and create bookmarks or thumbnail images), even if bit 4
is clear.
12 (Revision 3 or greater) Print the document to a representation from
which a faithful digital copy of the PDF content could be generated.
When this bit is clear (and bit 3 is set), printing is limited to a lowlevel
representation of the appearance, possibly of degraded quality.
(See implementation note 24 in Appendix H.)
13–32 (Revision 3 or greater) Reserved; must be 1.
From hosting it last year I noticed that primarily it was the KOP checklist that got downloaded.
Like Dave Lavery said, hosting it is technically a violation of copyright but I am not sure FIRST will complain about helping other teams acquire all the information needed to compete, I took it down as soon as their site was back and stable last year. I view it as a bit up for debate if anyone can access it publicly and see it a bit as a GP thing helping other teams.
That being said I am going to err on the side of caution and possibly contact FIRST because the KOP manual was a huge issue last year.
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