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One of our freshmen told us that TAG body spray takes sharpie off the kitbot pieces...so he tried it [not attached]....it worked, but it smelled pretty icky.
Me: 'Now our robot smells like a DUDE!!!' Our programmers realized that none of the laptops available had a serial port... Naveen: "Our computers need to suck more. No, really. " |
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"Is it snowing outside?"
"No, it's just clear and foggy" |
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"If you throw that, I'll probably break up with you"
-Ruth to her boyfriend |
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"Just cut and strip" __Mandy trying to get Matt back on task
We are horrible about stripper jokes, and it all started when we named our strippers |
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1:"Hey animation geeks..."
2:"Don't answer him. He called us geeks." 1:"Fine, animation nerds." 2:"Much better, now what do you want?" |
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"We can just drill speed holes in the pneumatics!"
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"This curly fry is amazing!" - there is an Arby's right down the street; the fry was about 10 in long.
As someone was stripping wire with a pocket knife: Me: "There are strippers right there" Teammate 1: "Kate's looking for strippers?!?" Teammate 2: "No, she already knows where they are" I guess I had that one coming. |
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overheard at team dinner:
"...because elephants are UFOs!" |
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Most commonly used sayings of team 810:
"guys... we gotta build the robot":mad: " the parts cost how much?!?!?!:ahh: "duch sauce" (inside joke) |
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Since I... assumed the position of safety captain, I've been doing my duties by telling them "As Safety Captain I don't condone that type of activity" and tell them why it's wrong. They're getting pretty annoyed by it.
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"That can't be right. It makes too much sense."
"Remind me again: why are we doing this?" "We may have to build the crate early, just so I can shove you in it. Don't worry, I'll put some air holes in. And some chips. Not any water, just chips." "Cameron, STOP CALLING YOUR GIRLFRIEND!" "Cameron, if that's your girlfriend, don't even think about answering it." "What do you mean syntax error, there's nothing wrong with that l... stupid macros." "What do you mean syntax error, there's nothing wrong with tha... stupid variables." "What do you mean syntax error, there's nothing wrong with that li... stupid semicolons." "Why is the code not worki... stupid longs. (changes %d to %ld)" "Back to the future again! (kicking desk)" "10 mi/h down. Only 60 to go!" - "(leaving lab) That battery is just now getting close to being charged." - "So?" - "I put it on the charger nine hours ago." - "Take it off before you leave." - "I know why the manual said the Vex batteries need three hours to charge." - "Why?" - "The two-battery charger can only charge one battery at a time." - "Brilliant." |
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Me-Hey Nick
Nick-I'm not Nick |
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"I bet someone's going to make a thread about 'quotes' said during build season."
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Something I wrote on the board at the start of the season that as far as I know is still there amongst all the other junk:
"You can build a perfect machine out of imperfect parts." The mentors were somewhat less than amused. |
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Engineering Mentor to Student:
"You might want to check the polarities of that (a 12v wall wart) before you plug it in, but that's just one man's opinion." |
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One of our mentors on Friday:
"It [fiberglass] is about half the weight of fiberglass..." At that point, the walk-in freezer we were meeting in (don't worry, it was warmer than the rest of the build area) resounded with laughter. |
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It worked in CAD..............
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During our FLL team's techincal presentation:
"Our mentors are like the backbone, and we're like...like...the hands!!!" |
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"I'm sure the software guys will come up with some sort of algorithm"
gah if i had a penny for every time i have heard that i would have a friggin Andrew Jackson. |
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'Hey I can do thi-- oh @^*#%^" __Matt trying to juggle, he sort of had it though
"Something about falling hotdogs from the sky..." __Joey "Purple cows are pretty pretty" __Jared |
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God $@#$@#$@#$@#$@#$@# (insert annoying person's name here)!!!!!!!!!!!
"Bubbles, you are banned from the WD-40!" "OW!!!!! MY EYE!!!!!!!!" "I need a rod and 2 nuts!" (Thats what she said!) "ITS NOT A DRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (stop making fun of my WoW Warlock!) |
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this one came from our old friend jamie. when trying to boil some chili jamie said i bet it would cook faster with a drill. how he made that mistake i dont know but he said it.
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Chris: (talking on phone) Mom, I'm right here.
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Our team captain: "Only robotics people would prototype clothing."
Me: "HEEELLLPP!!" (said while running away from the person videotaping me):) |
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"Are you going past the vending machine?"
"no." --10 minutes later on another trip-- "Are you going past the vending machine now?" "no." --After coming back from the shop-- "Oh, we did pass the vending machine. YOu should come next time just incase" "'Doh" |
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Shawger: "OK, we'll put the tower on PWM 06."
Eric: "Don't you mean PWM 6?" Shawger: "No, I'm speaking in a higher degree of precision today." |
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"You have lettuce in your afro." :yikes:
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Random person not in robotics: So how's the robot going this year?
Me: ...It moves. ^This is my stock answer to that question, because if I say any more I'll babble for an hour. James: So if we have a snow day tomorrow, we'll have a meeting, right? Phil: Maybe...here, I'll make it easy. If you don't have school tomorrow, look at the webcam [in our building]. If there's a chair in the middle of the field, I'm here working. James: Sweet. Me: So we have a snow day meeting code now? James: Pretty much yeah. |
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"Flippo, we are way overweight, so we're going to need you to take out all the comments in your code
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Quotes to date from Team 1983, The Skunkworks
> "We could cook these hotdogs faster with a drill" - Jamie > "Ouch, I just ran into myself!" - Tedrick > "That sounds like burning" - Branden > Myself "How do we tell if its hot?" - ME > "I have eyes that are visable!" - Branden > "Captin Obvious strikes again!" -Robert Steele in reply > "It doesnt make sence untill you figure it out..." - Justin > "We will talk more about that later..." - Robert Steele > "Ya Know....No matter how hard we clap....they WON'T hear us in New Hampshire" - Justin (watching the kickoff live in Washington) More to come as we still Have three weeks left... |
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After someone spills some powdered Kool-Aid on the laptop;
Me: "What are you guys doing?!? Get it off, it'll ruin the laptop! If the laptop goes 'Oh Yeah!' then we're in big trouble." Mr. Jensen, another teacher, wonders why I'm holding my pant leg up. "Well, it happened in a freak hacky-sack accident..." It was true. We were having some... fun playing hacky sack waiting for Mr Armentrout to come back. Scraped my knee on some bricks on the wall. Devin: "Spanish people are taking over TV! First it just started with one station. Fine." Me: "But now they've got every program in English and Spanish!" |
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Mentor: That doesn't seem like a very schmartness solution.
Same mentor: So if I say you're a boy-girl person it doesn't make much sense, does it? Chris: I didn't mean to stab you that hard, you just stopped moving! |
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Famous quote from our drive team
"Have you bled for the robot yet?" |
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my dad when we were making some tough choices....
"We have painted ourselves in a corner, we are like a ballerina painted into a corner and standing on two toes!" |
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Some person(2): "We need to start building the ramp"
Me: "Noooo" Some other person(1): The ramp can wait we have 5 weeks Three weeks later Me: Can we start building the ramp now Person(1): I told you to get on that three weeks ago!!! |
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Myself- *walks into robotics room* All hands on deck, man the Duct tape, load up the superglue, prepare for maintenance!
Friend- *bows* Anything else? Myself- Bring me a Dr. Pepper!!!! |
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*cleaning spree*
alex: what is this stuff anyway..... *reads* alex: wtf? how do you get sinOMG?!?!?! |
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Dave: "Well, what about the other two robots?" In regards to lifting at the end of a match
Devin: "We could just use magic!" Me: "Yeah, put the magic rods right there!" |
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Mentor: (Talking about the chassis): "Every time we do what Joe says, we have to take everything off!"
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Mech Team: "How much longer are you guys going to need the robot for?"
Controls: "Maybe an hour at the most." (5 hours later) Controls: "Give us another hour." |
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Me: (on a scale weighing 119.4) I'm FIRST legal!
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"Programming weighs too much."
"If our robot was a Transformer, would it be an Autobot or Decepticon?" |
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David: "What's it smell like?"
Emily: "Pure seduction!" ...There was a bottle of lotion being passed around... |
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"I am convinced that Zach is too stupid to die."
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this is a general Saturday morning conversation between a engineer and a student
“im going to work on the robot now” (engineer) “then what”(student) “im going to wash my hands” (engineer) “then what”(student) “im going to have a bagel” (engineer) “then what”(student) “im going to have another bagel” (engineer) “then what”(student) “im going to work on the robot” (engineer) “then what”(student) “im going to wash my hands” (engineer) “then what” (student) “im going to have a bagel” (engineer) ..... and so on |
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This happened just 5 minutes ago...
Mentor: "I need some calipers." Kid wanders off and comes back with a c-clamp. Kid: "These are actually called c-clamps." Mentor: "I know, but I want calipers." |
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Professional Gracism :ahh: |
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Today there were many comments when someone took the balls out of some of the mice and started playing with them...
I've got balls! Stop playing with those balls! Give the mice their balls back! You can't take mine, I've got an optical mouse :p You get the general idea |
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Well me and Joey were juggling cause we were waiting for the robot back so i could start programming again...
"Joey gimme your balls" __Me "Get outta my pants you creep" __Joey "I'm not in your pants, I forgot mine at home" __Me(I was referring to my juggling balls but either way it was funny) |
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One of our freshmen was trying to test the delay on the webcam in the corner of our loft, and he chucked a poof ball from last year over the railing...we hear... "Ow, I've been poofed!!" A mentor had been innocently climbing the stairs when he was maliciously brained by an errant poof ball. |
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me "you break my drill bit you buy it."
volunteer engineer "just deduct it from my salary!" so thats our inside joke now since no one is making any money "just deduct it from my salary!" |
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I have an entire page on the Team Voltage site dedicated to really stupid stuff I've said on the late nights under the extreme influence of caffeine.
Be gentle the site is still under construction... http://teamvoltage.org/struttmannquotes.shtml All of the above were said in good context, they just didn't come out "right". My brain has a tendency to move faster than my mouth "Or better yet, include pictures and diagrams." <-- Personal Favorite --Chris |
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My sig.
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after almost cutting off his thumb, one of our mentors said this as he was gushing blood, "It's just a flesh wound."
"Close enough" Well decide that in next weeks meeting A file is a one way tool. freshmen come file Crap Stairway to heaven or Highway to Hell? This freaking penguin is stalking me! ( we were stalking a teacher with a penguin for about a week before his birthday. on his birthday we bought him all penguin stuff. :D ) Change the music, this is crap! Lindley's on the chopsaw everyone duck and cover! ( this was after his third mishap on the chopsaw) Wilson :Alright guys I'm a memory. Me: Not a good one. Wilson: Just for that I'm taking my I pod. Me: I've got the same cd on mine. Wilson: Fine I'll take yours too |
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"No wheels, no problem we the can fix it in programming."
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giggles telling me to go weld...
"2-3-1 GO!" |
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Me to another kid on our team "Okay, thats it, who lit the camera on fire?, your letting the magic smoke out"
Libby "Just open a window" Me "But its cold out there" Libby "No duh! its winter" |
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i believe it was more like *breathes in* OH MY GOD. WHO LET THE MAGIC SMOKE OUT?!?! my favorite response 'uhhmmm.....crap. we were hoping you wouldn't notice.' |
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"if it compiles, its a mechanical problem."
"if its not on fire, its a code problem" *hammering in dowel pins, hits it wrong and it sparks* "oo, ug make fire!!" |
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This quote came after one of our mentors built this years game object: The Rack
Nice rack...How much'd it cost? |
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This was from when the programmers and I were trying to get a stupid Fischer Price motor to work properly:
Anthony: What?!! How is that PWM reading 4049?!! Marc: I think I forgot to set the parameters for the PrintF. Yep, it's just outputting random values... And yet another when I commented on Mitchell writing all of his code under the influence of Starburst. It has now become a running joke... Me: What's that comment in your code... "This code was done with the help of SuGaR" Who's SuGaR, a friend of yours? Mitchell: No... I was up late last night. I program best under the influence of starburst. Me: What, starburst? What's that have to do with anything? Mitchell: The sugar in starburst! I eat starburst for energy! Me: Oh... I generally don't need caffeine-induced energy... Mitchell: You idiot! There's no caffeine in starburst! I program best with sugar! |
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"Do brownies conduct electricity?"
-A 2175 mentor after seeing students eating brownies around the plywood that was for the electronics board. |
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Mentor: There is 12 inches in a foot and 60 seconds in a minute..... SO.......
Mentor: someone take care of them They were playing Grab-A$$!!!!!:mad: |
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"ooooo crumple zones" __Alumni noticing the flimsy sides on the robot that will hopefully be changed soon before electronics get smooshed
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not a quote during build seasons but it has some great logic in it
"if she wieghs as much as a duck,she is made of wood, and there fore.......A WITCH!!!!!" lol i love monty python |
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Student- "12 days left, and I can see the light at the end of the 5" by 5" tube. No wait...those were the holes that Tim drilled wrong!.."
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"Nothing is allowed to weigh anything!"
"Hey Mrs. Vertz! The robot weighs -26 lbs!" "If you step on that cord, I'm gonna smash your toes with a hammer" "You just shortened your life expectancy" "If we do that, we need to put more shinny stuff on" "Hold on, I need some breakfast first (opening up Mountain Dew)" |
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"its a robot not a train!"(about using different types of rollers)
"just use some constraint glue, that will do it." |
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isnt that every team's breakfast "Hey Emily i want to show you how to strip (referring to stripping wires) |
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Devin: (Regarding Sprocket Costs) "How much do they cost?"
Mr Armentrout: "A couple hundred." Devin: "We have a $50,000 budget." Me: "Yeah, I'm sure we didn't spend fifty-thousand on pizza and kool-aid!" We have kool-aid every meeting. |
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"One of these days, you are going to die, and i am going to laugh"
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"Thats what she said"
"You Can't Build the electronics board with a hammer!" (two weeks later)"I Can't believe he built the electronics board with a hammer" Q"Whats a gear tooth sensor" A"It senses Gear teeth" "If we did it right the first time, we went wrong some where" "If it is too easy, then we didnt complicate it enough" "If it aint broke, fix it till it is" "STUPID FRESHMEN" "New teams motto:'We Hate Murphy's Law!' " Said atleast once by everyone:"That's It! I Quit!" |
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Me: "Wow, that was funny! Simply funny! It's almost like he did it on purpose."
Alex: "He did do it on purpose" |
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*said atleast once a day by atleast 5 people*
When do we eat???? |
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"the code is perfect! i fixed it so the robot will move smoothly...okay well youd better move just in case..."
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" Did you want the measure ment to be 2 and 3/4 " or 3/4 and 2"? -Common sense doesnt apply to me team mate Foud:yikes:
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"Its Kenji's fault!" or " "J", you broke it!"
it usually isn't but as a joke they ended up being the ones to be blamed for everything. |
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Me - "MINIONS!!! What did you do?!" Minion 1 - "Nick did it!" Minion 2 - "Cole did it!" Minion 3 - "Nugent did it!" Minion 4 - "Yeah! Nugent did it!" Minion 5 - "What did I do?" Me - "So, if this fails, who are we blaming?" Minion - "Nugent." Also, our minions have caught onto inudendos:rolleyes: haha. |
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"Whoever you are, you should move because i have NO idea wha im doing....."
"Do you know what this wire does? Cause i dont, i dont even remember where it goes...oh well lets just plug it in anywhere and see which part of the bot goes shall we?" Both said by the same person (our main programmer) while making our electrical nicer then it was before. |
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"Yay! our robot is done lets drive it!" *bot circles out of control* *screams from everyone (including the instructer :P)*
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Mentor- "What's your name again?"
Me- "Taylor." Mentor- "That's a boy's name!" Me- "No it's not." |
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Devin: "Is Dave going to Oakwood Hardware now? Cause I'm pretty sure they don't open til nine. Oh wait, it is nine."
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Me: "Hey AJ, where is my gearbox?"
AJ: "Sounds like its in the belt sander." |
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"It's still a lotta gray area"
"We operate in binary, but there are lots of mixed signals and gray area" and finally... “We don’t know what matters and what anti-matters, because we get sort of mixed signals due to the gray area.” |
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I have quite a few:
((said when some of our other team members were recording something else. It's quite funny.)) Mentor:"I know it is!" ((Student 2 was talking to himself)) Over lunch, there was also a conversation with some inuendos that were interesting: Student 2:"Hey, I don't know what your thinking about but we're talking about our pizza." Mentor:"So was I." XD Yeah... our team is pretty um... interesting this year. XD |
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"Andrew! You did it wrong!"
"It's Robert's Fault!" "Mr. Epperson's a lame old man... is that thing on 9referring to a video camera that was recording)" |
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While downloading code:
"Hey, do you think if I stand on the cable, the code will download slower?" While wiring: (Note: John=programmer, Eric=Electrical) John: "It's not working." Eric: "Maybe it's a bad wire." John: "Maybe it's not programmed correctly." Eric: "Programmed wires?" John: "Yep, you can overclock them too." Eric: "Overclocking them in the sense of running too much current through them? I guess it's like overclocking a processor then, it gets hot, starts on fire, and then things start blowing up." |
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Erik: Why is there a bag on the control panel?
James: It's covering the switch of randomness, I keep flipping it and it confuses me. (After half the claw fell off during testing) Awww, it's got a boo-boo! Bring it here, let me kiss it... |
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during one day that the entire team was elsewhere in the school, we were leaving the school, and our captain looked towards the building to see that people were still there. we found out that it was just 1 student withone of our mentors.
one ofour new guys had this to say: "OMG, They're up there all alone, and they are trying to figure out how to use the 11 inch pistons." |
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Something I said while going to robotics:
"Ok, let's go prove people wrong.....let's go build a robot." |
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'ello guvna.
Every five seconds. I love that commercial. |
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(on the topic of ideas for what I want to go into in college) "Well, I figure that if I end up being really bad at physics, all German-speaking countries are removed from the face of the earth, and I become severely allergic to the brass used in trumpets... I could always go into creative writing."
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Mentor (Vietnam Vet): "It just has to be as good as a hand grenade."
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Electrical subteam motto: "Unless it's on fire, it's the programmers' problem"
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"Will you stop throwing snowballs at the rack numbers!?"
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