17-07-2004, 20:35
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Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Herndon, VA
Posts: 3,176
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Re: Misinformation warning
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Originally Posted by Billfred
...blah blah blah...
Finally, the "storming the castle" post. If we define the bar as a the inner part of a castle, then we've got a mess of a fortress this year, don't we? I mean, big huge stairs (in robot terms, at least), tremendous stakes blocking your path, the varying traction of the surfaces (I didn't even notice that until Atlanta)...it's quite the protection. Oh, and the guards, if you define the other alliance as the keepers of the castle. (Yeah, that's a stretch...they think the same of you.)
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You missed the obvious connection. Look at the shape of the battlements on a castle wall. Then look at the profile of the top of the goals from this year. Notice any similarity? 
All of my clues are clues.
Whether they are good clues or not may be a matter of debate... 
-dave
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