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

[Andy Grady]

Originally Posted by Libby K

There seems to be what looks like a track on top of the building.
Hm? I have no idea what this means.

Maybe the GDC's just taking us around in circles...

Funny you bring this up Libby...because the moment I heard that those were the coordinates for Copley Square, I immediately thought about the Hancock Tower...and the "Tracks" you see on it...here is why...

A little back history on the Hancock Tower...

A while back, the Hancock tower had some problems with wind. Apparently the high winds in the area would cause the tower to sway in such an extreme manner that it would cause the windows to fall out. To solve the problem, they gathered a group of engineers to figure out how to alleviate the problem.

What did they come up with for a solution?

They eliminated the top floor...put in some train tracks, and placed a counterweight on wheels on those tracks so that when the wind forces the building to sway in one direction, the weight moves in the opposite direction.

If you can find the correlation between the last number, and the height of the top floor...we might have an answer. Train tracks, counterweights, etc...