FRC Manual in Advance?

[Gary Dillard]

Originally Posted by Joe Johnson

This may be a case where a lot of folks around here should probably hang their head in shame.

FIRST took a lot of heat because a lot of folks (mostly uninformed folks) around ChiefDelphi.com talked about how "easy" it would be to crack the code, etc.

It did not matter that most of it was just plain foolishness, the talk was out there and a lot of people believed it.

Would YOU go through the hassle again given the grief they took?

I wouldn't.

Free speech comes with some responsibilities.

Joe - I hope you weren't referring to This Thread which I placed in the rumor mill. I did a search on " manuals password" and that's about all that came up. Who took the heat and grief, and who did it come from? The only "claims" were Joe Ross's of "a friend of a friend" and Elgin's of the password starting with 2, 15 characters - not exactly right, was it? Not exactly questionable characters according to their reputations, but they love a good rumor like I do. If FIRST is making decisions based on rumors (especially obvious tomfoolery) or uninformed speculation and unsubstantiated claims they should be hanging their head in shame, not me.

Hopefully this was a misunderstanding.