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tjf 18-06-2016 21:09
Re: The FIRST Devil's Dictionary
 
Mid-Atlantic District (n.) -
  1. A FIRST District where defense is played as crazily as possible.

Radio (n.) -
  1. The main cause of ROBOTS not moving in the 2016 season.
  2. The device that takes a long time to boot in recent years.
  3. That box with the loose power jack.

Pit (n.) -
  1. That place to put as many banners and pins as possible. Occasionally holds a robot.

EricH 18-06-2016 23:28
Re: The FIRST Devil's Dictionary
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by tjf (Post 1593386)
Pit (n.) -
  1. That place to put as many banners and pins and tools as possible. Occasionally holds a robot.
Fixed that for you, and way too true.

Practice field (n.): Where the robot is usually found when it's not on the competition field.

Competition field (n.): The place queuing is trying to get you to go to with your robot five minutes ago!

messer5740 18-06-2016 23:55
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practice day (n.) the day before the qualification matches which most teams test their robots and prepare for the qual rounds, while other teams take a chassis and a little bit of GP Magic to turn their robot into a competitive machine.

bdaroz 18-06-2016 23:57
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rookie (n.) See: Chicken with it's head cut off, running

frcguy 19-06-2016 00:40
Quote:
Originally Posted by EricH (Post 1593394)
Fixed that for you, and way too true.

Playoff pit (n.): A test by Championship organizers to see how many people, robots, and tools each alliance can cram into a 10'x20' space.

The other Gabe 19-06-2016 01:03
Re: The FIRST Devil's Dictionary
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EricH (Post 1593394)
Fixed that for you, and way too true.

Practice field (n.): Where the robot is usually found when it's not on the competition field.

Competition field (n.): The place queuing is trying to get you to go to with your robot five minutes ago!
Queuing team member (n.): see: Rookie


(or at least that's how the job feels to me :P )

EricH 19-06-2016 01:09
Re: The FIRST Devil's Dictionary
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by The other Gabe (Post 1593401)
Queuing team member (n.): see: Rookie
Uh, no. See: Koko Ed. Also see: Cat herder. Also also see: gopher.

Gopher (n.): designated retriever of just about anything. Gets name from the typical holler of "Hey, you! Go fer ____!"

Koko Ed (n.): Highly experienced queuer and lead queuer who is known to plan his vacation time around FRC competitions.

dmelcer9 22-06-2016 22:04
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Pneumatic Programming Wrench (n)- A method for keeping freshmen busy.

Left-Handed Metric Ratcheting Adjustable Pneumatic Programming Wrench (n)- A method for keeping pit admin busy.

Day 1 of a Regional (n)- The time that you are supposed to be practicing. See also Debugging.

Schrödinger's Cat (n)- The method for determining whether the NavX will return values between -180 and 180 or between 0 and 360.

PID Tuning (v)- The period of time in which the robot spins around until the Space Bar is pressed. This mythical creature has driven many sailors programmers insane.

Space Bar (n)- 1. The button that requires the robot to be turned off and on again. Seriously? You couldn't have just disabled it? 2. The result of programming on the same computer that runs the driver station.

EDesbiens 23-06-2016 08:07
Re: The FIRST Devil's Dictionary
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dmelcer9 (Post 1593943)
Space Bar (n)- 1. The button that requires the robot to be turned off and on again. Seriously? You couldn't have just disabled it? 2. The result of programming on the same computer that runs the driver station.
Enter (n)- 1. A button that only disables the robot. Not known by all but praised by a lot. Good replacement for Spacebar
2. A good way to stop the robot during a demonstration. Especially if children are driving and you wan't to make them believe the battery is dead.

Zebra_Fact_Man 23-06-2016 09:42
Re: The FIRST Devil's Dictionary
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by EricH (Post 1593402)
...who is known to plan his vacation time around FRC competitions.
Don't we all do that???

GreyingJay 23-06-2016 10:14
Re: The FIRST Devil's Dictionary
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dmelcer9 (Post 1593943)
Day 1 of a Regional (n)- The time that you are supposed to be practicing. See also Debugging.

Schrödinger's Cat (n)- The method for determining whether the NavX will return values between -180 and 180 or between 0 and 360.

PID Tuning (v)- The period of time in which the robot spins around until the Space Bar is pressed. This mythical creature has driven many sailors programmers insane.

Space Bar (n)- 1. The button that requires the robot to be turned off and on again. Seriously? You couldn't have just disabled it? 2. The result of programming on the same computer that runs the driver station.
You've been spying on my team?? :ahh:

EricH 23-06-2016 19:26
Re: The FIRST Devil's Dictionary
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man (Post 1593986)
Don't we all do that???
SSSSHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

And... No. I just happen to take vacation around the time of events. (Actually, that's only true for one event, that I wasn't planning on attending in the first place but ended up going to with no warning.)

Denial (n.): State that many FRC folks are in with respect to the fact that they can't quit easily, and with respect to how much time they actually spend doing this.

Citrus Dad 23-06-2016 20:39
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Caleb Sykes (Post 1560789)
I think that rewrite applies to MN as well. Let's get this thread back on track though.

Derail a CD thread (v): To mention one or all of the topics: districts vs regionals, 2 champs, student vs mentor drive coaches, student vs mentor-built robots, robot in 3 days or equivalents, proliferation of COTS parts, bag day, east-coast bias, cheesecake, corndogs, mecanum wheels vs any other drive train, validitiy of OPR, referees, sandbagging into #1 pick, validity of CD polls, meaning of gracious professionalism, shouting robot, importance of safety glasses, strategic breaking of rules, referee/judge/inspector/MC bias, java/c++ versus labview, 2 champs, rivets vs bolts, field fault, low bar flaps, minibots, Lunacy, canburglars, robots tipping over, add ones I am missing here, video replay, lying in Chairman's submissions, powerhouse teams, coopertition, FMS, field connection issues, dangerous auto modes, swerve vs tank drive, etc...
Don't forget 2 champs...

TheBoulderite 24-06-2016 00:12
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Next person who posts gets to post the 254th post. You're welcome.

ATannahill 24-06-2016 00:15
Re: The FIRST Devil's Dictionary
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBoulderite (Post 1594102)
Next person who posts gets to post the 254th post. You're welcome.
You mean the 254th reply. You took the 254th post.

Also, isn't that a bit off topic for this thread?


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