Forum: General Forum
12-13-2016, 10:35 AM
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For the Woodie Flowers Fan in All of Us...
TL;DR: Want Woodie Stuff, Go HERE (http://www.tj2.org/tj2-estate-sale).
With the exception of Dean, Woodie Flowers is easily and deservedly the most influential person in FIRST's history. What is...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
09-07-2016, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 10,557
Re: paper: Stop the Stop Build
Marshall, Marshall, Marshall... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yZHveWFvqM)
I have obviously offended you (and all of Team 900?). That wasn't my intent. Sorry for that.
AND... I have a views on...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
09-07-2016, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 10,557
Re: paper: Stop the Stop Build
To me the idea of helping another team is completely okay. Help away. But suppose that Team A helped Team B before an upcoming competition but Team B could only use the improvements IF they were on...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
09-07-2016, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 10,557
Re: paper: Stop the Stop Build
I am not seeing the disconnect that others see. I believe that I can be FOR removing the stop build rules and still be AGAINST having the top teams cheesecake the soul out of a lower tier team.
I...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
09-07-2016, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 10,557
Re: paper: Stop the Stop Build
This is my main argument for just ripping the band-aide off rather than going with the 8 hour per week window: The rules around withholding are already a hot mess, I can see how this 8 hour per week...
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Forum: General Forum
09-07-2016, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 350
Views: 23,746
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Forum: Extra Discussion
09-07-2016, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 10,557
Re: paper: Stop the Stop Build
Jim,
Really amazing work. Thanks.
I love that you specifically called out that "6 weeks is a myth." It has been a myth for 2 decades.
I also love the data showing that basically a lot of teams are...
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Forum: Championship Event
04-29-2016, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,469
Newton Match 100
Quals 100 on Newton. Amazing!
5885 1519 254 vs. 118 122 4122
1519, 254 and 118 are all battling to stay in the hunt for one of the top seeds.
5885 was dead for the match.
1519 and 254 should...
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Forum: General Forum
04-27-2016, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,586
Re: Hot match alert?
Which matches?
That is a good question.
I am thinking this could be a kind of a mix match criteria for rules folks that can be customized for a particular person.
Maybe you have a rules with...
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Forum: General Forum
04-27-2016, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,586
Hot match alert?
Like most of you, I am bummed that I can be in St. Louis over the next 3 days.
But, since I didn't leave town, I also have 10,000 other things I need to get done between now and Einstein.
Does...
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Forum: General Forum
04-27-2016, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,825
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Forum: General Forum
04-27-2016, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,384
Let's Do Some Science Shall We...
TL;DR: I observe a thing I don't understand. I think about it. I come up with possible explanations. I find one that seems particularly plausible (at least to me). If that theory is correct, then I...
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Forum: General Forum
04-26-2016, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 190
Views: 42,700
Re: Championship Waitlist
For what it is worth, someone NE FIRST finally sent me a table with some data that has convinced me that we were treated fairly, there was not a mistake in the invitation list at least as far as our...
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Forum: General Forum
04-26-2016, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,162
Re: Comparison of DIV MAX OPRs
Interesting. 3 methods provide the same result (Ether's two methods and my method #1* 2.5% is 1 in 40)
I swear, I didn't look at Ether's answers before I did my simulation.
Dr. Joe J.
*which, I...
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Forum: General Forum
04-26-2016, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,162
Re: Comparison of DIV MAX OPRs
As I suggested above, I looked into this very question.
TL;DR: I estimate that as a competitor you would expect to be in a division as stacked as Newton (or more stacked) once every 250-500 years....
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Forum: General Forum
04-26-2016, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,162
Re: Comparison of DIV MAX OPRs
Jim,
I like the chart but I am always suspicious of averages over medians/percentiles. Can you redo the data with each "point" becoming a bar between two points (50%tile & 90%tile say).
Can you...
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Forum: General Forum
04-25-2016, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,162
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Forum: General Forum
04-25-2016, 02:18 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,162
Re: Comparison of DIV MAX OPRs
No I didn't. I was in a hurry to post this with my wife basically turning out the lights in the living room as I was crunching the data (think pits at closing time ;-) and I completely forgot about...
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Forum: General Forum
04-25-2016, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,825
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Forum: General Forum
04-24-2016, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,162
Re: Comparison of DIV MAX OPRs
Here are the DCMP's compared to the Divisions at Worlds (note, the zero line is equal to the associated percentile of all teams CMP this year). I have also added an non-normalized chart. Harder to...
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Forum: General Forum
04-24-2016, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,162
Re: Comparison of DIV MAX OPRs
I love this idea. Can someone point me to an OPR/MAX OPR spreadsheet (or website, but I'd prefer not to have to scrape all that data)? I just don't have the time right now to write my own. I just...
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Forum: General Forum
04-24-2016, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 15,174
Re: Lopsided Divisions
Kinda harsh. But sure, there is a lot of blathering on online but still, I think there is sometimes good that comes of it. Either a wider consensus that things are okay or perhaps enough peasants get...
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Forum: General Forum
04-24-2016, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 15,174
Re: Lopsided Divisions
There are some differences on the low end but nothing like the differences on the high end. (I will include the chart below so you can see for yourself). Also, once you get below a certain...
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Forum: General Forum
04-24-2016, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 15,174
Re: Lopsided Divisions
I've done some analysis that I have shared in this thread (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1578136#post1578136).
Long story short. Newton is stacked. Some others, not so much...
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Forum: General Forum
04-24-2016, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,162
Re: Comparison of DIV MAX OPRs
Actually, things don't change that much. That is one of the great things about using percentiles rather than averages. With averages a few high numbers can really skew the result but for populations...
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