Forum: General Forum
24-12-2016, 12:36
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Replies: 59
Views: 6,662
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Forum: General Forum
23-12-2016, 16:48
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Replies: 59
Views: 6,662
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Forum: General Forum
23-12-2016, 16:01
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,639
Re: Decommissioning of USFIRST.org archived site
This seems unlikely on a substantive level, given that I can tell what people actually use, at least to some degree of comparative accuracy. Alexa, SimilarWeb, and a bunch of the smaller checkers I...
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Forum: General Forum
20-12-2016, 20:04
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Replies: 63
Views: 10,253
Re: Five Person Drive team in 2017
Does this really mean that we have a 2-hour window the day of kickoff (during the kickoff) to purchase 4 radial-loading and/or crown linear guide rollers made of stainless or carbon steel? That's a...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
16-12-2016, 19:12
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,441
Re: Use of Earpieces during Competition
Someone can tell you a very funny story about a whiteboard in the stands being officially deemed "wireless communication" (because it doesn't have a wire!) at one event in the days of yore. However,...
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Forum: General Forum
16-12-2016, 16:37
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,233
Re: 3,2,1, Liftoff! (DLC Pack 3 Speculation)
Yeah. This could operate in reality more like the 2012 bridges*, though. Maybe there are several on the field with the ones on ramp platforms having less advantageous fulcrums or rotational...
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Forum: General Forum
01-12-2016, 18:05
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,565
Re: [FRC Blog] Documentation: Reboot
I'm reminded of the pdf export function on the Q&A. If the goal is simply to provide a centralized website for the important/useful evergreen admin material rather than a central pdf, then adding a...
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Forum: General Forum
30-11-2016, 17:46
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Replies: 101
Views: 6,923
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Forum: General Forum
30-11-2016, 15:18
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Replies: 101
Views: 6,923
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Forum: Regional Competitions
17-11-2016, 14:22
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Replies: 302
Views: 32,537
Re: Video Review Needs to Happen Now
As a coach, I'm happy to agree with this frustration. But we've gone years without this being true in real-time scoring, since as a referee it's completely normal to correct these things in non-video...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
14-11-2016, 13:04
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Replies: 302
Views: 32,537
Re: Video Review Needs to Happen Now
Seriously. I would very much like to see this implemented as: 1) improve the webcasts to Make It Louder 2) experiment with replay methods behind the scenes, 3) go from there.
We all agree that the...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
07-11-2016, 19:42
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,730
Re: Ramp Riot 2016: The Official Thread
Thanks as always to Daisy for hosting a great event and taking such good care of us volunteers. I know this year was particularly challenging with the construction forcing a new set up, but it...
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Forum: General Forum
27-10-2016, 23:02
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Replies: 47
Views: 3,186
Re: Utilizing breaks between matches.
We're talking a lot about videos that would actually need to be made for this purpose (as opposed to Chairman's or something). I wonder if there's a niche for a specific Promotional Media videos...
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Forum: General Forum
26-10-2016, 17:29
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Replies: 47
Views: 3,186
Re: Utilizing breaks between matches.
I think we're spending a lot of time concentrating on the 'normal' turnaround between matches, whereas most of the lulls I hear folks groan at during events are the...not normal ones.
We can debate...
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Forum: General Forum
19-10-2016, 16:50
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,304
Re: Discussion: Release Team Field Drawings Early
So I desperately want all the drawing improvements (so frustratingly overdue), and I'd do anything for official CAD released at kickoff. Also love the cut list hint!
My biggest thought, though, is...
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Forum: Fundraising
05-10-2016, 15:14
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,572
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Forum: Extra Discussion
27-09-2016, 13:58
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,028
Re: pic: Piston-in-Tube Concept
We did something similar with Delrin tubes and bars for our 2013 climber (http://team1640.com/wiki/images/0/0a/DB9_CMP_130427_ka-21.jpg) (underside...
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Forum: General Forum
21-09-2016, 22:45
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,685
Re: STEM vs. STEAM
I think the below (both versions) is true, but can't we make a similar case for mathematics? A la:If you're reading this wondering what math would be outside SET, back up and think about all of the...
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Forum: General Forum
21-09-2016, 21:50
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,093
Re: Driving an FRC robot. Any job like it?
This isn't much of a CD post, but since we're giving what may end up being practical career advice, I feel the need to correct some inaccuracies in this post:
The Academy is not the majority source...
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Forum: General Forum
21-09-2016, 12:00
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,685
Re: STEM vs. STEAM
I get where the dissonance of the question comes from. My first reaction when people change from STEM to STEAM on me is that they're saying "Don't forget about the art!" As if engineering doesn't...
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Forum: General Forum
20-09-2016, 20:02
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,093
Re: Driving an FRC robot. Any job like it?
Someone brought up UAVs very early in the thread. Generally your flight-stable aircraft, whether heavies or RPVs or whatever, are going to avoid the button-smasher mentality. Obviously if you're...
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Forum: General Forum
20-09-2016, 17:48
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,269
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Forum: General Forum
19-09-2016, 23:07
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,269
Re: The Secret Second
And this is important, because not only does (or should) the clock happen first, a failure of the audible cues does not historically constitute a field fault. You lose some time waiting for a sound...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
11-09-2016, 13:31
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,660
Re: paper: Stop the Stop Build - Counterpoint
So FTC kickoff was yesterday. This is the FTC season setup (http://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/ftc/season-timeline). Granted, it's stretched out more than FRC would be even without SBD, but I...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
09-09-2016, 22:10
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,660
Re: paper: Stop the Stop Build - Counterpoint
Sorry if I implied you did. I wasn't even quoting you; I just intended to tie into the whole 'high horse' thing Adam had going.
Ah yes, I remember this thread. I'm all for the concept of providing...
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