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That is due to a percieved increase in stiffness. It is harder for you to apply a bending moment to a shorter piece, but does not change the bending resistance of the object. It would still break again were you able to apply the same bending moment. Since it is shorter, it takes more force to do so (moment=force*length)

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We got our new band saw in today:

Lead mentor: This is going to revolutionize robotics!
Other mentor: No, its just going to make sketchy engineering faster!

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"He had the power strip plugged into itself and wondered why it didn't work"
"The problem is that he plugged it in to a dead outlet. You need two strips for that to work."
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"Plug one of them into the wall to energize its outlets, then plug the second one into that to energize its outlets. Then move the plug from the first strip into an outlet on the second strip, and you'll be good to go.";) :D

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"Hey guys the Chairman's essay is almost done!" - me

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While we were cutting heat shrink with wire cutters, "Its the wrong tool for the right job."

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The thing needs to go here pointing in this direction but this thing needs to be fixed by that thing so we can put it in this thing.

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"I have bad news. The boulder doesn't smell like anything."

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"It's all fun and games until a small child gets hurt."

"He hurt himself again? Does he still deserve neosporin?"

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My friend and I were talking and he said
"Hey Kaden check out what I found on the way to the robotics meeting today"
He then showed me a picture of a garbage can that somehow got dropped on the side of a hill.

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"Screwdrivers are not punches except for when they are"

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Mentor: "I need a hammer."
Student: "What kind of hammer?"
(in reference to the 3 rules of engineering. for those of you who don't know the 3 rules of engineering:
1. Always use the right tool for the job.
2. The right tool is always a hammer.
3. Anything is a hammer.)
Also:
"I never truly knew what a love-hate relationship was until i joined robotics."

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From Captain: "Hey sweatshop, you aren't being very productive. Fix it"

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That reminds me of one:
G2: Hey, Ballio, what kind of wrench do you use to pound a screw into a brick?
Ballio2: (slight pause, then delivered deadpan) A big one.

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"You'll spend a lot of time on Chief Delphi. Think homeschoolers, but ten times worse."

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"Please don't pour your pants honey on me" ;)

My friend had honey packets explode all over his pocket and he tried to stick his hand on my other friend during programming