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Ok i think that this stuff is really planned. Obviously they did some thinking and this has been all planned out.

so basically we think it could be showing us what the game is....

Codes to code the IR remote.

Anything else?

Personally i like the idea of it showing us what the field will look like.....

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Center in the Square is a sorta marketplace/gallery thing in Roanoke, but that's HIGHLY unlikely.

What about some sort of zone-control dealie? Something like playing Aim High on the Triple Play field and using the balls to change possession/score? Not sure how IR would factor into that. Maybe use that to change the type of ammunition? Trigger a game piece dispenser?

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I think this year it will be about precision. The ir transmitter maybe is something to produce precise shots maybe?

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okay so 42.349905=X -71.076072 =Y 342.242026=Z

and that means r (the distance from the origin) is = 352.10073391721704 feet or miles
φ (the angle from the z- axis)= 1.0334419056850023 degrees
θ (the angle from the x- axis)=0.23719750535693354 degrees

the origin i believe is the lat and long. like it has been worked out be for.

that is what I have, now if this is of any use someone will be able to figure this out but me being a freshman i have almost no knowledge of this stuff yet so i'm done for today,

(my head hurts now)

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I like this.... Dave mentioned the stock market earlier, right?

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Ok, I'm jumping in here...sometimes the truth is before our eyes if we will only see. Coordinates of a square at "Rainbow Street" and we receive an IR board with a rainbow colored multi-cable. A rainbow is arched...arched structure on the field? Also...counterweights/fulcrums could reference a "teeter-totter" field element as other robotic games have used in the past (Woodie had one as an element in one of his classes that was highlighted on a PBS special many years ago)...imagine a huge teeter totter center field and low barriers like 2003?? Ok, enough already...my 4 cents...

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I believe we need to work within a 2-coordinate "map" system. I have no way of placing a decent "origin" on the earth and deciding which axis will be which. I think an angle - distance, latitude-longitude, or other well-known system is the best way to go. The third "variable" will not refer to space, but to time -

Unless, of curse we're all totally wrong and Dave is messing with our heads.

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I really like the rainbow connection. I'm not sure about the teeter totter but it goes with "the past gives hints as to the future" vibe that Dave seemed to be in agreement with...

Get ready for a
 

Compleatly Uneducated Guess...

I like the thought that these might be used to program the IR controler, can this thing only receive or does it transmit also? I haven't really played with it. Another thought, how about we play with these numbers some, 42.349905 rounded to the nearest tenth is 42.3, -71.076072 rounded to the nearest tenth is -71, and 342.242026 rounded to the nearest tenth is 342.2, the first and last two numbers are exactly 299.9 apart. This is probably nothing, though.

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does the moon or mars have longitude and latitude?:D

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every planet has longitude and latitude, accually any spherical object can have longitude and latitude

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well i meant well established enough to see where these coordinates fall

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John Boucher posted this thread about a wonderful professor at MIT very recently.
In one lesson, he uses himself as a pendulum.
In another lesson, he talks about rainbows.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=60232

Oh, also - I think John's avatar has to do with the Grateful Dead/Mr. Garcia.

Edit: I think the lesson on rainbows was: Polarization - Lightwaves, Rainbows, and Cheap Sunglasses.
http://web.mit.edu/physics/facultyan...ter_lewin.html

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wait... the moon and mars thing wasn't a joke?????

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remember its a hint come on people. anythings fair game. just keepin it lighthearted.