2016 Game Manual Online

[BenGuy]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

I think you highly overestimate the capacity of my diskettes!

lol, Windows XP and floppy disks.... you should have recycled it last year

[T3_1565]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

I think you highly overestimate the capacity of my diskettes!

oh jeez! I don't even wanna change the number now. I thought you had "up to date" floppy disks. These are old even by floppy disk measures!

[aphelps231]

Does anyone know if it is possible to download the encrypted version of the manual on an iPhone for offline use?

[InspectorGadget1073]

Originally Posted by aphelps231

Does anyone know if it is possible to download the encrypted version of the manual on an iPhone for offline use?

You will have to download a file viewer off of the appstore

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by BenGuy

lol, Windows XP and floppy disks.... you should have recycled it last year

hey....that's windows 7....I updated from XP in 2013!

[GreyingJay]

Originally Posted by aphelps231

Does anyone know if it is possible to download the encrypted version of the manual on an iPhone for offline use?

I put it on a Google Drive that I can access from my iPhone. Then tomorrow when they release the password I should be able to open it.

However, as a backup I will also have it on other devices such as my laptop.

[jlindquist74]

Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

I wish they would just post an encrypted zip file. Everyone is going to re-download the actual files after kickoff because no one has the patience to type the password every time they open a file. In the future, could FIRST please just provide an encrypted zip so we only need to type the password once?

This requires PDFTK to work, but give it the password as the first argument (in single quotes, remember how FIRST used '$' in last year's password!) then list all your encrypted PDF files. [Fixed link to pdftk console tool -JL]

#!/bin/bash

password=$1
shift

if [ ! -d decrypted ] ; then
  mkdir decrypted
fi

for afile in $*
do
  if [ -e decrypted/$afile ] ; then
    echo "decrypted/$afile already exists, skipping"
  else
    echo "Decrypting $afile with password '$password'"
    echo pdftk "$afile" input_pw \'$password\' output "decrypted/$afile"
    eval pdftk "$afile" input_pw \'$password\' output "decrypted/$afile"
  fi
done

Originally Posted by MrForbes

I put the encrypted manual file onto a 5-1/4" floppy disk, so I'll have it with me when I go to the kickoff event and pick up the kit.

Remember, you cannot test the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway if you don't put the data on tape in the first place.

Originally Posted by bobjones227

I used one and it told me that decoding the password would take 325 million years to decode it. I think there's a slight difference in all our numbers.

If any of you had access to a Gibson this would be child's play. XD

[T3_1565]

Originally Posted by Prof.Tabbington

So what exactly is the password? It's kinda hard to find and I don't want to install this software.

you will be given the password at Kickoff tomorrow.

[BenGuy]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

hey....that's windows 7....I updated from XP in 2013!

Oh sorry, my bad, I took a quick glance and saw the monotone gray and didn't look at the rest of the taskbar. I have to work with XP frequently so when I see that type of start button I associate it with XP

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

I think you highly overestimate the capacity of my diskettes!

Ohh, is that a mechanical switch keyboard?

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by DareDad

Ohh, is that a mechanical switch keyboard?

Of course. Way older than all the FRC students

[BotDesigner]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

Looking at the kits, there's one tote for veteran teams, and a second tote for rookies. I'm going to guess that the rookie totes will be recycled gold totes from 2015. That would both make kickoff easier, and move those otherwise useless gold totes out of inventory. Win-Win.

I still think the the recycle rush totes will be a recycled game piece...

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by DareDad

Ohh, is that a mechanical switch keyboard?

Originally Posted by MrForbes

Of course. Way older than all the FRC students

I don't think my keyboard is older than the kids on the team; I switched from DIN to PS/2 connectors a few computers back, though I still have some DIN keyboards in a file cabinet. (I do not have any single density 5.25" floppies still in the shrink wrap, though I may have a few used ones that went to that Apple ][+ clone that had 35 rather than 40 cylinders.) After learning to type in the late '70's (I suspected that these computer machines might become more common), flat panels, even with motors that go "thunk" are not a suitable substitute for springs and mechanical switches.

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by billbo911

Jim, those things belong in a museum with other great ideas that were iterated out of existence.

http://www.computerhistory.org/

Went there last year. It's a really cool tour.

[MrForbes]

A couple years ago, I got rid of about half of my old computers, I have fewer than 50 now. The oldest was a The Digital Group Z80 machine.