2011 Encrypted manuals are out.

[billbo911]

Get 'em while they are hot!

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...nt.aspx?id=452

[davidthefat]

Now lets say some one does break the 128bit encryption before kickoff... What happens?

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Now lets say some one does break the 128bit encryption before kickoff... What happens?

They read it early?

[davidthefat]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

They read it early?

I meant more like are they disqualified or some other grave consequences.

[viperred396]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Now lets say some one does break the 128bit encryption before kickoff... What happens?

If they read it they loose all respect that the FIRST community had for them but if they jsut do it for fun they get a nice pat on the back

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

I meant more like are they disqualified or some other grave consequences.

There are no rules about it. I assume FIRST assumes that no one would attempt it, and that it's not possible to crack in time.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Now lets say some one does break the 128bit encryption before kickoff... What happens?

They get to have an additional 2-3 days of build season.

Probably not really useful.


Edit: Oh, and FIRST might stop putting these out early so some of us don't have to /. their servers.

[Peter Matteson]

Frankly I'm not that concerned about it. The team(s) that knew what the 2009 game object early didn't do any better because they had an extra few weeks knowing what they needed to manipulate.

[Cyberphil]

Well, just like anything in life, there will be those people that cheat the system, however unhelpful it is. The lengthened build season does not seem to be worth the loss of respect the FIRST community has for the team.

[nighterfighter]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Now lets say some one does break the 128bit encryption before kickoff... What happens?

They consume 30 gigawats of power!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute_f...retical_limits

[Bryan Herbst]

I believe that is part of the reason they wait until a few days before kickoff.
Lessens the likelihood of someone gathering the computing power to brute force it.

[CrazyCarl461]

Originally Posted by nighterfighter

They consume 30 gigawats of power!

That is if they take one year to do it. If they want to get it done before kickoff, they would need 4074 gigawats of power (assuming they get started right away).

EDIT: In the US, that would be $24.4 Billion worth of electricity.

[davidthefat]

Psh, I give up after trying for an hour...

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Now lets say some one does break the 128bit encryption before kickoff...

Let's not.

Seriously, talk about cracking a password should not be welcome in this community.

[JohnBoucher]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Let's not.

Seriously, talk about cracking a password should not be welcome in this community.

It is not allowed. It will get you banned.