-when you con the guy in radio shack to sell you a TI-89 for $5 :D

But dont realize till later

When you figure out the factorials of you and your alliance partners at the last regional.

294!= 441,493,343,801,840,397,553,320,608,083,648,101,04 8,992,282,701,131,630,108,201,418,124,844,366,982, 039,501,253,529,236,685,046,359,765,063,766,360,57 0,256,802,662,195,726,065,605,767,917,400,139,944, 281,333,714,651,208,850,625,514,041,997,
320,661,442,269,105,487,703,509,869,279,815,882,21 1,623,379,153,463,877,703,513,438,335,657,024,889, 647,022,219,073,438,364,862,455,013,047,288,694,20 8,443,355,677,454,770,632,983,639,860,331,885,114, 631,816,879,893,215,611,974,836,968,880,
662,246,506,881,085,720,413,142,741,574,885,782,41 7,807,943,553,804,471,999,371,690,150,830,807,771, 623,371,250,563,274,152,117,483,852,853,123,809,79 5,703,858,987,156,664,712,691,544,065,148,877,328, 689,079,597,788,456,550,400,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000

696!=10,174,613,414,092,246,586,090,739,139,771,52 4,508,760,152,012,260,440,036,517,635,493,940,963, 749,981,443,486,385,554,130,569,598,631,775,108,77 1,942,233,401,507,606,579,621,908,275,305,405,155, 000,158,204,755,428,271,962,028,289,890,760,734,03 8,096,000,626,038,533,615,033,210,469,509,053,265, 482,661,885,685,221,364,599,336,802,536,639,825,90 6,074,969,872,257,888,938,493,249,607,801,457,399, 969,869,258,001,892,733,333,348,049,639,071,565,96 9,056,652,866,201,946,001,580,129,979,610,929,581, 804,732,902,824,267,062,535,804,116,286,837,627,58 2,441,323,326,639,262,638,402,964,051,114,121,884, 353,271,736,271,156,418,897,450,154,462,943,919,49 4,842,468,215,295,307,705,874,520,838,846,003,678, 524,181,492,854,996,212,909,227,838,056,646,005,43 7,256,889,881,094,173,433,973,820,963,843,670,995, 230,757,658,435,632,482,500,419,894,897,475,280,75 3,423,490,503,903,121,511,436,363,585,920,618,258, 745,796,017,648,126,375,418,273,976,496,646,985,88 6,204,229,571,951,254,429,801,627,557,396,115,215, 346,611,005,182,941,896,824,578,426,484,816,344,80 9,256,485,076,461,454,269,102,921,804,976,365,768, 326,980,216,957,285,515,904,500,246,372,846,695,88 1,305,046,240,344,746,517,452,866,958,976,603,815, 822,312,833,137,591,350,119,513,113,888,159,617,99 2,174,370,150,513,254,456,467,878,372,617,023,538, 317,587,008,480,725,951,825,752,499,150,540,739,14 3,087,154,830,706,677,072,531,147,861,070,486,422, 426,299,256,694,515,362,519,232,871,561,814,285,41 3,314,152,191,437,023,368,141,354,652,513,385,157, 324,239,454,687,251,335,949,767,673,233,367,866,98 8,474,275,505,900,799,925,049,781,932,060,520,895, 148,293,441,735,587,918,283,422,505,903,709,479,24 5,027,910,295,208,463,311,102,668,955,069,498,514, 179,745,651,975,245,802,949,110,092,706,416,259,64 7,347,362,828,207,672,331,832,538,001,812,837,548, 238,395,853,518,251,991,323,852,541,502,007,682,77 1,194,325,234,778,181,114,324,907,985,221,783,508, 920,135,955,001,534,555,563,137,264,084,438,070,34 2,862,873,595,854,429,627,246,436,384,777,019,242, 901,384,724,480,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

968!=664,281,859,377,706,235,192,276,234,565,735,2 50,298,568,313,080,526,163,562,226,238,075,190,230 ,264,260,968,184,891,752,376,551,055,458,858,868,8 45,802,771,628,998,265,183,359,657,872,849,110,022 ,955,882,655,189,833,013,229,049,439,318,347,811,6 80,355,299,701,904,679,694,647,881,149,111,960,747 ,002,616,558,499,159,930,034,562,656,909,570,044,3 23,303,107,667,613,126,850,702,236,175,933,392,658 ,287,984,267,795,168,869,866,655,546,086,373,961,1 26,640,643,493,002,192,149,149,589,430,599,885,850 ,470,638,761,667,252,980,522,443,755,822,245,696,2 63,607,872,205,631,669,346,321,628,886,572,549,328 ,231,847,211,559,951,826,546,237,412,596,594,227,3 74,267,165,676,091,028,080,773,281,367,997,049,855 ,638,888,289,693,960,776,920,898,443,319,590,886,5 22,505,141,920,372,578,800,743,515,002,232,457,035 ,837,540,322,152,095,005,614,039,813,604,940,244,7 40,322,154,291,989,440,470,969,758,700,664,661,206 ,389,740,639,685,720,542,157,509,260,553,812,351,7 96,372,638,856,443,137,152,445,775,461,105,022,165 ,213,448,780,995,031,143,624,923,972,342,176,598,0 57,489,490,032,310,361,156,551,978,888,682,608,614 ,105,985,955,471,234,328,654,986,436,508,921,031,9 47,491,856,978,125,270,693,505,979,483,833,975,868 ,938,803,000,183,499,601,990,951,768,261,614,953,9 69,456,203,601,790,994,331,224,932,421,694,290,073 ,628,552,184,232,742,758,034,388,762,816,373,139,4 91,535,489,873,471,003,958,890,525,853,918,831,534 ,178,546,689,330,491,330,536,547,725,283,747,803,4 39,836,444,446,686,636,364,959,567,448,398,503,288 ,367,883,690,540,658,265,662,821,767,308,792,812,0 82,252,570,803,466,521,792,843,597,654,003,420,008 ,122,537,336,884,893,013,129,091,158,834,382,300,6 06,656,480,872,235,523,350,294,508,829,733,670,488 ,820,174,822,559,406,868,193,015,100,879,062,889,6 28,448,581,229,840,345,645,893,314,304,232,228,206 ,458,630,258,163,150,562,583,853,136,112,224,332,4 90,697,072,456,997,229,389,058,751,315,238,439,641 ,541,541,620,827,302,400,266,663,488,380,417,676,3 91,944,451,359,847,595,528,565,068,633,223,383,159 ,791,538,709,891,415,420,262,977,834,308,648,078,4 93,095,741,788,601,534,309,143,636,175,862,955,283 ,418,424,715,831,760,243,609,217,052,270,707,883,5 80,084,081,809,212,733,334,375,045,732,533,594,318 ,319,088,178,984,355,011,010,043,779,685,654,814,6 94,511,560,095,464,396,131,045,602,018,897,308,591 ,795,762,650,046,234,954,923,255,043,382,175,979,1 67,812,948,383,373,984,946,306,663,853,569,834,366 ,905,802,758,443,498,159,140,215,108,265,020,134,3 92,390,695,222,990,876,084,873,772,394,232,715,419 ,443,503,472,974,237,462,776,879,829,648,140,005,8 03,152,750,153,482,561,231,977,493,094,790,737,598 ,781,535,881,102,558,770,598,040,372,737,018,562,1 85,088,875,063,368,629,875,191,668,273,801,474,753 ,544,765,169,528,968,047,055,394,726,165,070,658,2 02,074,377,925,031,548,589,573,668,994,437,364,746 ,283,719,197,598,621,980,176,359,865,919,509,098,1 33,211,316,156,147,859,804,034,333,315,519,977,260 ,946,172,624,443,111,086,625,505,843,823,618,065,1 33,882,891,620,807,626,824,089,600,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0 00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0 00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0 00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

I win

When you look at the above post and begin calculating 159! by hand. And get past a big number (50!) before you realize a nice thing called Mathcad. And you kick yourself.

I also keep on seeing red sweatshirts and thinking they're our rbotics team sweatshirts....

...when your shopping with a team mate for something completly unrelated to robotics and you see an article of clothing and immediatly say.."Wouldnt that be a cool robotics uniform for next year?"

Especially when that article of clothing is an outrageous denim jump suit. BTW, has anyone noticed how sunglasses are becoming increasingly more like safety glasses? It was uncanny how similar the two look. I'm thinking, be a trend setter and just wear my safety glasses all the time!;)

...when you rush to go buy Newsweek because a fellow FIRST team is featured. :)

Heh, our Teacher actually did this all throughout chicago. Even while he was driving...we're like "Why...?"

NOTE: Our saftey glasses were the cool tinted ones. When you first see them you're like "Okay...this is cool...sorta". Then you realize how bad they are when you're trying to see that spot on the robot in the dark UCF pits and can't quite see it, and begin ripping the safety glasses off of your head :p

...when you realize that the approximate atomic mass of Sulfer Tetrafloride is your team number ;)

...when your mad because SPAM got a better compound (Glucose!)

-You think you’ve failed in life because one of the freshmen on the team thought of compact disc when you said CD
-You wake up earlier/later than you need to just so it aligns with one of your favorite FIRST teams(I’m currently waking up 3 minutes earlier than usual in honor of 527, who picked us at SBPLI even though we didn’t work most of Thursday and Friday :D)
-You’re making a fake driver’s license for your MOEstix
-You plan to use it for FIRST related purposes(take that NJ driving laws!)
-You refer to your teams supply of Sterilite containers as your babies
-You cry when you see stupid non-FIRST Frosh using them (they still haven’t returned the bottom of one of them :yikes:!)
-You made up your own results for nationals even though you weren’t there
-You’re still convinced they really happened
-You almost have a heart attack when you see someone wearing a FIRST shirt, or carrying a FURY bag(even though everyone in the school has gotten at least two)

this is true
 

... when all the sr. girls in robotix each take guys from other robotics teams each from different states ;)

...and when the guys get 2gather, they forget about the dates, and start talking about their robots :p

im surprised no one has said this yet, because i know some people are doing it, but

...when you have already started counting down to next years kickoff

Re: this is true
 

The girls joined in on the conversation to, I think...;)

wow
 

-When people dont know who Woodie Flower and//or Dean Kamen is you start freaking out
-When you having a 10 min on FIRST and your team
-Guys: thinking of witty and nerdy pick up lines
-Girls: forget the prince on a white horse, fantasize abotu the nerd in front of his computer
-robotics is anonymously superior