Forum: Regional Competitions
15-03-2016, 04:07
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Replies: 302
Views: 32,533
Re: Video Review Needs to Happen Now
I think it's worth discussing exactly what a successful replay challenge should be able to accomplish, in order to more clearly distinguish between good and bad policies.
It's probably inherently...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
14-03-2016, 01:28
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Replies: 38
Views: 5,336
Re: Backup Coupon Warning
There's a similar discussion, including a GDC member's account1 of the old inoperability criterion here (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=619422#post619422). (It's not specifically...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
14-03-2016, 00:53
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Replies: 302
Views: 32,533
Re: Video Review Needs to Happen Now
Not much has changed in 11 years (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=420888#post420888). People are still basically arguing that because it is impractical to have a perfect replay...
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Forum: General Forum
02-03-2016, 05:26
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Replies: 184
Views: 21,412
Re: Team Update 14 (2016)
This is certainly an old argument, but I continue to disagree with this outlook. Most fundamentally, teams frequently do not, and in many cases effectively cannot know the intent precisely. Every...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
27-02-2016, 05:32
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Replies: 109
Views: 8,885
Re: Pneumatic Regulators from Automation Direct
I'm inclined to continue using the past interpretation of the rule to resolve the Norgren issue in favour of legality. Since a Norgren R07-100-RNEA regulator can frequently1 be adjusted above 50...
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Forum: Pneumatics
17-02-2016, 02:30
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,445
Re: Are these tanks legal?
I'm not sure of such a reference, but there are definitely many (http://www.parker.com/literature/Brass%20Products/Brass%20Product%20-%20Images/BUL.3501%20PTC-QRG.pdf) kinds...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
13-01-2016, 04:36
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,113
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
09-01-2016, 19:47
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,083
Re: T8 - No sandbagging
That's my feeling about it as well. It provides conspicuous moral authority.
I don't think it's unenforceable—but that's because enforcement isn't just a job for the officials. The social norms...
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Forum: General Forum
15-12-2015, 04:21
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,931
Re: FRC shifting gears
They're not even 4 W. (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1205030#post1205030) (Servo manufacturers who publish ratings based on free speed × stall torque are falsifying or don't...
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Forum: General Forum
29-11-2015, 19:15
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Replies: 52
Views: 8,788
Re: FIRST Experiences as a Person of Color
That's an unreasonably narrow formulation of the problem. For example, to the extent that Han Chinese populations systematically discriminate against Chinese people of Uyghur or Mongol descent by...
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Forum: General Forum
19-11-2015, 02:30
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Replies: 89
Views: 11,232
Re: FIRST Brand Refresh
Has it really been 11 years since the last time they changed the logo (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=31832)?
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Forum: General Forum
26-05-2015, 02:28
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Replies: 178
Views: 29,550
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Forum: General Forum
29-04-2015, 00:27
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Replies: 103
Views: 21,539
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Forum: General Forum
17-04-2015, 01:06
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Replies: 43
Views: 7,510
Re: How to go through airport security with a team
If you send team equipment with individual team members, make sure that the person in whose name the bag is registered has personally packed the contents and understands what is not permitted on an...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
12-04-2015, 11:59
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,389
Re: Responsible disclosure practices
That would only apply to exploits of the wireless network itself, though.
What if someone loaded arbitrary firmware on the RoboRIO, for example? (Version numbers or even hashes can be spoofed if...
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Forum: General Forum
11-04-2015, 00:20
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Replies: 739
Views: 121,028
Re: Future First Championship News
It would be a foolish contract indeed, that failed to spell out ways for the parties to terminate it early.
At this stage—years in advance—it might be as simple as forfeiting a down...
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Forum: General Forum
18-03-2015, 03:57
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Replies: 230
Views: 41,260
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Forum: Team Organization
03-03-2015, 02:43
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Replies: 29
Views: 8,123
Re: frustrated FRC mentor needs advice
Who does he respect and listen to? If he respects expertise, find engineers to drop in and explain the deficiencies. If he respects colleagues, arrange for them to drop in and talk with him. If he...
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Forum: Pro ENGINEER / Creo
22-02-2015, 04:17
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,322
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Forum: General Forum
17-02-2015, 23:31
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Replies: 81
Views: 10,750
Re: Worried about weight ?
As I'm sure you know—but in case others haven't considered this—weight does not include buoyancy. Our conventional methods for measuring weight don't account for that source of error, but with most...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
13-02-2015, 23:04
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,209
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Forum: General Forum
13-02-2015, 04:32
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Replies: 203
Views: 40,667
Re: Mentor/Student Involvement Philosophies
Nothing wrong with proposing that team/sponsor labour be accounted for in the robot cost—as long as you're also willing to consider what the appropriate rates would be for all reasonable...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
10-02-2015, 22:58
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,755
Re: 1444's First Fully TIG-Welded Frame
Given how much better the doped electrodes work, this is probably a false economy. Better to spend a little more on electrodes, and significantly reduce the risk of a bad weld in a critical assembly.
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Forum: Robot Showcase
09-02-2015, 02:29
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,755
Re: 1444's First Fully TIG-Welded Frame
Do you have details on the alloys of the extrusions, plates and filler metal, and the heat treatment (if any)? I'm curious if there was explicit consideration of the reduction in temper of the alloy...
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Forum: General Forum
08-02-2015, 15:19
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Replies: 81
Views: 10,750
Re: Worried about weight ?
Over the limit and you powder-coated it anyway? That stuff isn't exactly light, because of how thick it goes on.
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Wow. Just wow. Never did I think the mentor built robot debate would make it on to a tv show. - ASD20 [more] 
