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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2

Hint was posted, and the first two numbers were immediatly identified as GPS coordinates to Copley Square in boston. The third number has a greater dispute of interpretations, usually either being angle from north, or height. If used as an angle, it points through two obelisks, and then directly at the globe cafe, and in the general direction of Manchester, New Hampshere. Squares, triangles, and circles are all visible.

Other interesting sites include trinity church, whose name suggests triangles, and, along with release date, suggests a connection to the National Treasure movies. Another is the John Hancock Tower, which has train tracks on the top, and a counterweight system to counteract wind.

The national treasure theory lead to a link to a song called "Truckin" by Grateful Dead, whose chorus goes:

Sometimes the light's all shining on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long strange trip it's been.

This has been interpreted to mean the camera "light shining" and infared (can't see infrared)

There has also been scattered discussion about mathematical ways to make sense out of the numbers (nothing too significant yet), dave's new signature, etc.
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