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swaknight 04-12-2008 16:49

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Morphology?, could that mean that some part of the field might change throughout the match, like between modes or something.

Tom Bottiglieri 04-12-2008 16:51

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I think I've found some extra information on the game. It seems we can submit questions about the new game here.

Good luck!

IndySam 04-12-2008 16:52

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They did not search the web to find a scan with details about a lancetfish viewable in reverse from the back page of the scan to point us to word "morphology."

synth3tk 04-12-2008 16:52

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Quote:

Originally Posted by temujin (Post 779457)
The fish is an opah. Opah is close to Oprah. My guess is that Ms. Winfrey kicks off the game!:D

Sad day for FIRST, although the publicity wouldn't be too bad...

Andrew Schreiber 04-12-2008 16:53

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Quote:

Originally Posted by The_M01e (Post 779453)
Morphology I think leads to the word morph or change. That our robots are going to change to fit into places of something like that. I have a feeling that our robots will have to change in order to do something. Though I like what some of the others have came out with. I'm looking up a video where they showed the camera's video.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock (Post 779455)
Btw, since this same image was found on a site with the title moonfish1.jpg, (moonfish.jpg without the "1" from the same site shown below in my signature btw - lol) maybe it has some kind of relevance to the moon's configuration this past Monday?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vegasrob/3076451492/

Anyone else see that Monday night?
I thought it was odd enough to notice, & it was kinda cool.
But what could it mean in the clue world of FIRST?


Coupling these two thoughts together (and after looking up morphology myself, remember, English is a good thing to know!) I could see game pieces/fields that radically change over time. OR perhaps we should recall the April fool's prank at West Michigan in 2006, the light changing colors.

Or perhaps Morphology only refers to the change in competition structure for FIRST.

synth3tk 04-12-2008 16:54

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Quote:

Originally Posted by IndySam (Post 779463)
They did not search the web to find a scan with details about a lancetfish viewable in reverse from the back page of the scan to point us to word "morphology."

Closed-mindedness? Everyone knows anything is possible with FIRST and the GDC....

synth3tk 04-12-2008 16:56

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Originally Posted by billbo911 (Post 779469)
Elgin just killed Flickr.

Any link posted here within the next few hours will kill the site for sure. :ahh:

Elgin Clock 04-12-2008 16:56

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Quote:

Originally Posted by billbo911 (Post 779469)
Elgin just killed Flickr.

Still works for me. lol I don't know why all you people are complaining about websites crashing, they all work for me when I click these links in here. :D

But if they do crash.. let me just say, "My bad!" lol :rolleyes:

JaneYoung 04-12-2008 16:58

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This was the morphology I looked up. All these different areas...wow.

Also, Elgin, I did see the moon and planets that evening. It was an incredible night for a walk. Thanks for the link. Beautiful.

Edit: Sorry Indy, I just read your post. I just like the word. You do have a point. :)

billbo911 04-12-2008 16:59

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperJake (Post 779366)
It looks to be a Lampris Guttatus, commonly called an Opah.


Here is a Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opah

From Wikipedia.... "....Though rarely caught, opah are prized trophies ..."

OK, here is my EARLY $.02.

One or two of the Game Elements are going to have a very large bonus value related to them. But they will be very difficult to attain.

RyanN 04-12-2008 17:01

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Quote:

Originally Posted by squirrel (Post 779444)
moonfish....

the playing field will have a surface similar to that of the moon....

No, we will not be playing on a surface similar to the moon, but Dave has setup a shuttle service to the moon for all the teams to go play on the ACTUAL MOON!.

Thanks Dave, I'm excited about visiting the moon. I've never been before!

billbo911 04-12-2008 17:06

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock (Post 779471)
Still works for me. lol I don't know why all you people are complaining about websites crashing, they all work for me when I click these links in here. :D

But if they do crash.. let me just say, "My bad!" lol :rolleyes:

Oooops, my bad. It's the IT dept. at my work filtering some web sites.

Rock On!!!

dtengineering 04-12-2008 17:07

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Quote:

Originally Posted by squirrel (Post 779444)
moonfish....

the playing field will have a surface similar to that of the moon....

Given NASA's interest in lunar exploration, the "rough" terrain on the FTC playing field this year, I think this might be one of the better ideas to date...

Jason

Greg Needel 04-12-2008 17:08

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There are many methods of hiding information in photographs. I was able to scan the image at the highest sensitivity for all the major types of encryption (jsteg, jphide, outguess, and invisible) The system of hiding information within photos was able to detect a hidden message. Now the methodology I used just exposes the type of hidden message and not the message itself. The message unfortunatly for us appears to be hidden in the JPHIDE which utilizes a password based encryption so without the password it will be impossible to figure out the message. Although we do know that there is something there.


****disclaimer: the way the analysis tools that I have scan the data it looks for missing voids in repeating color sections of the photo (complex photos with lots of colors are best for hiding). When I tested with normal sensitivity I didn't see any result, but on cranking up the sensitivity I found proof of an encryption. With all things like this it is possible to get a false positive, but since this is all for fun anyway we can just assume it is there.



so what do we think the password is? I might try to make a dictionary and brute force it later after I am done with the bench top test of the new control system.

EricH 04-12-2008 17:11

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Quote:

Originally Posted by billbo911 (Post 779473)
From Wikipedia.... "....Though rarely caught, opah are prized trophies ..."

OK, here is my EARLY $.02.

One or two of the Game Elements are going to have a very large bonus value related to them. But they will be very difficult to attain.

If so, best check the game design threads.

Something tells me that this is not going to be a full water game, though a water-like substance may be involved. I also think that the gamepiece will not be a real fish.

Greg, the last thing we need is muddier (or darker) water.


Or is the GDC just teasing us? I choose the last one.


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