Is It a Hint or Not?

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

You know, the funny thing was when I saw Janes post the first thing I thought of was lolcats

Well, it's an idiom for one thing, but I was having just a little more fun with it. Just being silly, but if you guys like the lolcats, that's cool, too.

Andrew, sometimes there's nothing sweeter than karma.

Edit: response to Andrew's post below -

bee's knees and cat's whiskers = height of excellence. Probably at that time, the crystal radio and use of the cat's whisker was innovative and new, thus - a standard or height of excellence. If you think about it, innovation is not necessarily permanent - that's why so much value is placed on innovation. It drives change, exploration, and development.
cat's pajamas = daring and new (Apparently, around the 1920s, they were daring and new.)

I could have said:
eel's ankles - but that would open another can of worms in the water game department
elephant's instep - would probably fall flat here in CD
and then we have -
snake's hip - I have nooooo idea... that one is a little hard to grasp.

I rather thought cat's whiskers was a great pun in a couple of areas.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Well, it's an idiom for one thing, but I was having just a little more fun with it. Just being silly, but if you guys like the lolcats, that's cool, too.

Andrew, sometimes there's nothing sweeter than karma.

Oh, shiny. I think that was a much cooler read than any lolcat.

I've heard "the cat's meow" before but never "cat's whiskers". According to freedictionary.com it means "to be better than everyone else." Well, color me confused.

Jane, I am now way over my 'things learned today' quota.

[dlavery]

you mean ....









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[MrForbes]

be careful what you wish for

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by dlavery

you mean ....









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Ohhh, Ohhh ... a hint, a hint.

The game must have something to do with ceiling cat


or not

[Bob Steele]

No I think that is just a basket with a cat's head in it...
So a guillotine game....
eh?

R

[RoboMaster]

Well, the cat is in a basket. That's the main object of the picture (besides the lolcat, but that's obvious). So I'm guessing that's significant. We'll be placing, and therefore scoring, game pieces into "baskets" that can be picked up and moved. So like a movable scoring area (sort of like last year, only more manual transportation). Placing these baskets on a high area will receive bonus points (the lolcat is on top of a shelf). That's my guess. But this isn't really an official hint, and the real hints aren't much help anyways

[MissInformation]

What you really need to ask yourself when you look at this "hint" is "Why am I in this basket? And where are you taking me?" because that's what you get with so called clues like this...

Heidi

[Taylor]

I swear there's a watermark behind that lolcat. Somebody with better software than me care to do some in-depth analysis?

Basketcat = Redherring of the new decade

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Taylor

I swear there's a watermark behind that lolcat. Somebody with better software than me care to do some in-depth analysis?

Basketcat = Redherring of the new decade

I'm thinking that Dave needs a nap and if he is placed somewhere out of reach, the world is a safer and saner place.

Is saner a word?

[JesseK]

Dave is subtlely announcing that there is a new requirement to post a lolcatz photo on our robots somewhere. The next part is the annoucement of a new award: the red herring award.

Q: Do we really have to put a 8"x11" lolcatz photo on our robot in order to be eligible for the grand prize in Atlanta and does it really have to be on for all practice, qualification, and elimination matches?
A: Yes. Really Really.

[Steve Compton]

So...back to the pool. Who say's it has to be filled with water? It could be filled with game pieces - of different shapes maybe. And maybe it has high walls. And maybe we need to use our new caemras from last year that can actually see things to see over the wall, and send back to our new operator station netbooks....?

Other than nabdwidth requirements, it might be feasible.

[Pjohn1959]

Originally Posted by Steve Compton

So...back to the pool. Who say's it has to be filled with water?

I'm thinking motor pool.

What if, each alliance has a pile of AndyMark equipment in front of them. They then have 2:00 minutes to assemble said equipment, and build a working robot that will race to the other side and grab the other alliance's flag.

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by MissInformation

What you really need to ask yourself when you look at this "hint" is "Why am I in this basket? And where are you taking me?" because that's what you get with so called clues like this...

Heidi

Heidi, the transportation game was LAST year...

[Mr_I]

You're all missing some very critical points:

1. Cat's don't like water -- therefore it's not a water game.
Second: Networking is involved (as in Cat-5 cable)
C> It's often been said that managing engineers is like herding cats. My guess is that need to pick up and deliver felines to certain locations

Quite obvious when you look at all the facts.