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11 Oct 2024 03:16:14 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Maybe?  
From: Eero Ahonen
Date: 3 Jan 2008 00:02:25
Message: <477c6c61@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> 
> I suspect it's a technical term. 

That's what we thought of with couple of other car (not rally-, just
car) enthustians, but any of us still haven't got a clue, what it
_really_ means. It still sounds hilarious - and I hoped that someone
here could know.

> In this sort of rally race, you get a
> set of instructions to follow (often intentionally obscure) and a time
> to get there in. The closer you come to getting there in the right
> number of seconds, the better your score. Too early or too late costs
> you. So perhaps "maybe" was one of the instructions, saying "maybe you
> turn right, maybe you don't" or some such, and you're expected to be
> able to react to whether there's a right turn there or not.

Yep, if they haven't made the notes themselves, there is always a
possibility for an actual "maybe".

-- 
Eero "Aero" Ahonen
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