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

[DRH2o]

What is in our hands right now is a mouse !!

[popo308]

Originally Posted by popo308

In the top floor of the tower there are two huge 300 ton weights to help the building stay straight. On top of the building there is an observation trolley on tracks that was closed down because of the world trade center crash. I think the coordinates are more concerned towards that building because it is very unique in the way it looks (the other 2 reflecting) and the way it works (the giant weights) As someone else has said the EXACT coordanants point to a LIGHT POLE!! geez! common

Originally Posted by maltz1881

Something I noticed is that it is also on St. James Ave. Anybody up for a game of Monopoly? No sleep for me for the next 2 weeks.

same here... no sleep! heck yes!

[maltz1881]

Originally Posted by JB987

Ok, I'm jumping in here...sometimes the truth is before our eyes if we will only see. Coordinates of a square at "Rainbow Street" and we receive an IR board with a rainbow colored multi-cable. A rainbow is arched...arched structure on the field? Also...counterweights/fulcrums could reference a "teeter-totter" field element as other robotic games have used in the past (Woodie had one as an element in one of his classes that was highlighted on a PBS special many years ago)...imagine a huge teeter totter center field and low barriers like 2003?? Ok, enough already...my 4 cents...

I hope and pray FIRST will never do the teeter totter again. It was a diaster that year.

[team2061]

Originally Posted by popo308

In the top floor of the tower there are two huge 300 ton weights to help the building stay straight. On top of the building there is an observation trolley on tracks that was closed down because of the world trade center crash. I think the coordinates are more concerned towards that building because it is very unique in the way it looks (the other 2 reflecting) and the way it works (the giant weights) As someone else has said the EXACT coordanants point to a LIGHT POLE!! geez! common

woodie flowers clue does say something about being careful with jello. jello is unstable just as the building would be without the 300 ton weights. hmmmm

[popo308]

Originally Posted by team2061

woodie flowers clue does say something about being careful with jello. jello is unstable just as the building would be without the 300 ton weights. hmmmm

It was very unstable. engineers actually had to shut it down and add about 3 million dollars of steal cross beams because it was swaying way to much.

[popo308]

wow not even 7 hours and 200 posts! WOW

[joeweber]

Remeber the GAME TIP IT, you add weights to tip it one way or the other.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by popo308

It was very unstable. engineers actually had to shut it down and add about 3 million dollars of steal cross beams because it was sawing way to much.

I'm sorry, did you mean swaying? I got a visual of a building 'sawing' other buildings and it had to straighten up and stop.

[popo308]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I'm sorry, did you mean swaying? I got a visual of a building 'sawing' other buildings and it had to straighten up and stop.

Yes im sorry i haven't gotten any sleep lately because of CD. My spelling has been horrible today....

ahh but sleep will come soon

[steadfasttuna]

ok so i have been mulling this over and i have a theory... that is pure speculation

first lets look at the song

Sometimes the light's all shining on me--regular field lights on
Other times I can barely see-- black lights on, field lights off
Lately it occurs to me-- i have nothing
What a long strange trip it's been-- i got nothing


The first two numbers are the coordinates pointing to the light pole with 4 lights. This is referencing the FTC game Quad Quandary. The FRC game will be essentially the same except we will have circles, squares and triangles to put onto corresponding posts. As for the third number, it is the approximate wavelength of black light so randomly the field lights will go out and black lights will come on. The posts that we have to score on will be emitting different IR frequencies and that is how the robot will know what post it is in front of during autonomous and when the black lights are on because the drivers will not be able to see the posts.

[team2061]

I cant stop hitting the refresh button every 10 seconds!!! awwwwww!!!!! no sleep for me this winter break!!!

[popo308]

Originally Posted by steadfasttuna

ok so i have been mulling this over and i have a theory... that is pure speculation

first lets look at the song

Sometimes the light's all shining on me--regular field lights on
Other times I can barely see-- black lights on, field lights off
Lately it occurs to me-- i have nothing
What a long strange trip it's been-- i got nothing


The first two numbers are the coordinates pointing to the light pole with 4 lights. This is referencing the FTC game Quad Quandary. The FRC game will be essentially the same except we will have circles, squares and triangles to put onto corresponding posts. As for the third number, it is the approximate wavelength of black light so randomly the field lights will go out and black lights will come on. The posts that we have to score on will be emitting different IR frequencies and that is how the robot will know what post it is in front of during autonomous and when the black lights are on because the drivers will not be able to see the posts.

Very cool concept that would look cool to because you can actually see the infa-red signal in black light. its cool

[Scott L.]

In refrence to the weights in the top of the building, I think episode 4 of the first season of Numb3rs deals with a building being unstable when the wind struct the building at a certain angle. The solution, if memory serves me, was to add the system of moving weights on the roof.

Just a possiblility, remember one years hint was "a shovels show" in refrence to Davis Spade of just shoot me.

[popo308]

Originally Posted by Scott L.

In refrence to the weights in the top of the building, I think episode 4 of the first season of Numb3rs deals with a building being unstable when the wind struct the building at a certain angle. The solution, if memory serves me, was to add the system of moving weights on the roof.

Just a possiblility, remember one years hint was "a shovels show" in refrence to Davis Spade of just shoot me.

Interesting... Its weird how woodies hint about jello is actually somewhat relevant since we have this huge building which at one point was very "jelloish" as well. (unstable)


ok so not exactly jello but hey its a thought.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Scott L.

In refrence to the weights in the top of the building, I think episode 4 of the first season of Numb3rs deals with a building being unstable when the wind struct the building at a certain angle. The solution, if memory serves me, was to add the system of moving weights on the roof.

Just a possiblility, remember one years hint was "a shovels show" in refrence to Davis Spade of just shoot me.

I think Andy Grady was talking about this earlier, if it is the same kind of idea.
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