[FRC Blog] 2014 Game Hint

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by alectronic

Not that it would matter, but the post says 16:08 and it was definitely not posted at 16:08... (more like 16:20)

Posts almost never show up on the "FRC Blog" list right when they're posted. It usually takes some time. And the link to the URL wasn't posted publicly until whenever the GDC posted it.

[JOEL340]

Originally Posted by BigJ

Googling the numbers for arbitrary facts...



61126 is a zip code in Rockford, Illinois.
62326 is a zip code for Colchester Illinois

ZIP codes were intoduced by the postal service in 1963.

Did any big events happen in these city's?

[sailer99]

Originally Posted by Whippet

NI PXIe-8234 is a gigabit ethernet interface device. Lifted bandwidth limits?

Working off this maybe the 57 is the total order number, Im not sure how many fields FIRST runs but that number could makes sense

[Whippet]

Originally Posted by JOEL340

Did any big events happen in these city's?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockford,_Illinois

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colchester,_Illinois

[simpsonboy77]

Originally Posted by Whippet

NI PXIe-8234 is a gigabit ethernet interface device. Lifted bandwidth limits?

As a CSA and FTAA who signed no NDA's, I can say that I have heard nothing about lifting bandwidth limits, only modifying some.

[Bryce Paputa]

61126 and 62326 are zip codes, 1963 is when zip codes were started, which is fifty years ago. FIRST likes anniversaries.

[Brandon_L]

I wish I were on the GDC, just to watch everyone struggle to grasp the meaning of this.

[Martian86]

1963 is when Doctor Who started.

[gyroscopeRaptor]

I already tried last year's strategy on the strings, using pi and phi, no dice.

[Ozuru]

As for events that happened in Rockford, Illinois in 1963 I found this listing online:

http://www.rockfordillinois.com/chron7.htm

It doesn't look like too much went on. As others have noted, zip codes started in 1963 and their 50 year anniversary is 2013. Not 2014, though; this makes me think that the zip code idea is a diversion.

[cadandcookies]

Colchester is also a city in England, and there were a couple episodes of Dr. Who set there.

[Whippet]

Has anyone tried looking for the nth word in the dictionary, where n is the number from the hint?

[Bryce Paputa]

Originally Posted by Bryce Paputa

61126 and 62326 are zip codes, 1963 is when zip codes were started, which is fifty years ago. FIRST likes anniversaries.

The first evidence of Japanese writing came from 57 AD. Maybe some type of mail game?

[4404 PCH Colts]

side note, whos @FakeGDC

[Chris_Ely]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963
Wikipedia list of major events and things from 1963.