[Billfred]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

To add on to the question: How can I get the exact 2012 manual before kickoff? And yes, I mean the whole manual, not the encrypted one...

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350

Figure out the encryption key, then decrypt the encrypted manual. Yes, it is extremly hard to do, it is also cheating, asumming you acctually read/look at it before the encryption key is released.

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

Why do you say it's cheating?
What rule has been broken?

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't do it. I love surprises on FIRSTmas

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Well, considering you can't read the rules, I'd say it's hard to know for certain.

While I can tell the light nature of this discussion, it does contravene the ChiefDelphi forum rules:

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Now that we've hopefully put the brakes on that: Last year I pre-loaded the encrypted manual onto iBooks on my iPad. When the key was released, I typed it into a note and copied it using the iOS system copy-and-paste feature. I then could paste the key into each of the documents without having to type it fifty-dozen times.