Forum: General Forum
17-11-2012, 00:18
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Views: 1,242
Re: Help FRC Allumni Teach Students About Robotics
I am a FIRST alumnus from teams 294 and 2150, and I am currently a Pioneers in Engineering (PiE) staff member. PiE is unique in that it actually provides college mentors for its teams. These college...
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Forum: Robotics Education and Curriculum
31-07-2010, 16:55
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,266
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Forum: General Forum
02-05-2010, 00:34
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Replies: 171
Views: 26,717
Re: College Acceptances
I will be going to UC Berkeley and studying EECS. Interestingly, in three years, three robotics students from my (small) high school, including me, have gone to Berkeley for engineering: 2 EECS, 1...
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Forum: Programming
28-04-2010, 20:29
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Replies: 46
Views: 7,385
Re: Statistics on top 20 teams?
Programming:
Language: C++
Threaded code or just poll in the teleop loop: We had most of our code in a loop with the exception of the PID controllers
Did they do something in autonomous?:...
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Forum: General Forum
06-03-2010, 23:56
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,669
Re: Boring Game
I found that my enjoyment of the game correlated significantly with the quality of the webcast. The high quality webcasts (KS and DC), I found very fun to watch as I could clearly the team numbers...
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Forum: General Forum
23-02-2010, 19:48
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,974
Re: Team Update #13
I find this slightly funny because it appears that the GDC has created a loophole (teams must transport their robot in two pieces) to get around their own set of "restrictions".
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Forum: Chit-Chat
07-01-2010, 20:13
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Replies: 50
Views: 4,980
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Forum: General Forum
07-01-2010, 16:22
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Replies: 36
Views: 5,957
Re: The Downside of Having More Engineers
It sounds like there might be such high demand for engineers that the supply curve for engineers is nearly vertical. This means that higher wages do not attract more applicants than lower wages. If...
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Forum: General Forum
07-01-2010, 00:46
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Replies: 36
Views: 5,957
Re: The Downside of Having More Engineers
This appears to be a slight mis-characterization. I asserted that if the supply of engineers increases an increase in demand for engineers will then be necessary to keep wages comparable to their...
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Forum: General Forum
06-01-2010, 12:34
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Replies: 36
Views: 5,957
The Downside of Having More Engineers
It seems that a large goal of FIRST is to increase the supply of engineers; however, few people seem to realize the basic economic principle that an increase in the supply of labor without an...
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Forum: Rumor Mill
24-12-2009, 18:10
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Replies: 577
Views: 120,094
Re: [BB] 2010 Game Hint #1
This is not a game element. It is a model of part of the field. We will have a large divider in the middle of the field with a low opening and holes to pass game pieces to the other side. My...
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Forum: General Forum
17-12-2009, 00:25
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Replies: 126
Views: 9,703
Re: Official Google Wave Kickoff Thread
Since this wave is public, an easy way to access it is to type "with: public tag:kickoff" into the Wave search bar. So far this wave is the only result. After clicking on the wave click the "Follow"...
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Forum: General Forum
14-12-2009, 23:42
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Replies: 126
Views: 9,703
Re: Official Google Wave Kickoff Thread
1. clowdude (Wiifi, FRC2470)
2. j3ffr3ym (Jeff_801, FRC801)
3. rharo.jr (robodude03, FRC399)
4. burmeister.twosevennine (Burmeister #279, FRC279)
5. demosthenes2k8 (demosthenes2k8, FRC166)
6....
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Forum: Team Organization
28-10-2009, 13:10
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,042
Leadership
This is from an email I recently received from one of our mentors.
Note: This is one of my first posts so please move if this is in the wrong folder.
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Forum: General Forum
03-05-2009, 01:43
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,306
Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
FIRST is trying to change the culture. Let us start by making it grammatically correct. For example, the title of this thread should be "Quotations" that were said during build season and not This...
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