Forum: General Forum
03-05-2016, 19:54
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Views: 39,691
Re: WILL.I.AM's comment on Einstein
I have two views on this, which are contradictory to one another.
First, I don't think I would have used Will's words if I was in that situation. I think if I had young children, I would not have...
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Forum: General Forum
28-11-2015, 10:37
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Replies: 52
Views: 8,791
Re: FIRST Experiences as a Person of Color
I think this is a fair short-term solution, but I would propose one that may be better for everyone in the long run. What if instead of allowing students to search for role models (judges, officials,...
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Forum: General Forum
25-03-2015, 02:03
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Replies: 60
Views: 10,225
Re: Volunteering at an event you have a team at?
This was the best advice I saw in this thread. I've now done queuing and refereeing at an event my team attended. That's my personal line right now. I'm comfortable treating them like any other team...
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Forum: General Forum
22-03-2015, 08:04
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,283
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Forum: General Forum
24-03-2014, 21:18
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Replies: 363
Views: 64,666
Re: 301 points! and could have done more
In the spirit of this thread's inspiration, I will issue a challenge. Before your next post, go explain this situation to someone who is unfamiliar. That's the easy part. The hard part is that I...
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Forum: General Forum
23-03-2014, 21:49
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Replies: 363
Views: 64,666
Re: 301 points! and could have done more
Does it lessen the win? No, they scored more, they deserved the win. Does it lessen the prestige of the high score? Absolutely.
I never want to bash sponsors, because they make FIRST possible for so...
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Forum: General Forum
26-02-2014, 18:47
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,932
Re: ... changes ... from Kickoff to Championship
Dean: "Hey Woodie, I think this is the year. I know you know what I'm thinking."
Woodie: "Couldn't agree more, it's about time we stop the speculation for when this will happen. But won't everyone be...
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Forum: General Forum
26-02-2013, 18:44
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,639
Re: Team Update 2/26/2013
I can only assume that teams who exhibit bad luck will earn a foul, perhaps even a yellow card. I think AndyMark just sold out of rabbits feet.
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Forum: General Forum
04-04-2012, 19:07
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,475
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Forum: Technical Discussion
20-11-2011, 13:57
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,330
Re: Physics Quiz 3
After thinking about it more, the error I made was getting wrapped up in angular motion, thinking that theta was the wheel's angular position about the pivot as the system rotates. What it really...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
20-11-2011, 09:28
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,330
Re: Physics Quiz 3
This doesn't sound right to me. The torque applied by the motor should not be changing as theta changes. I think the problem is that in order to find the friction equal to tau_k/(r*sin(theta)), you...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
19-11-2011, 10:53
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,831
Re: Physics Quiz
I'll use x,y,z to denote right direction, up direction, out of the page direction respectively, based on your drawing.
Sum of moments about the center of the wheel (z axis) shows that the y...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
24-01-2011, 16:29
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Replies: 77
Views: 36,761
Re: pic: Final 2011 Drivetrain
I'm sorry but this seems like a ridiculous design. Some classic rookie mistake IMO.
1. There is limited space for putting sweet magnets on your robot. Switch to steel, the sweet magnets will be...
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Forum: General Forum
14-01-2011, 12:25
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,142
Re: Acceptable Name?
I think bang is perfectly appropriate. I doubt anyone will hear that as your team name and think it's sexual. Anything like arse, however, I would say is inappropriate. This goes back to a rule of...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
14-01-2010, 14:47
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,109
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
10-01-2010, 17:30
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,567
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Forum: General Forum
10-01-2010, 00:09
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,395
Re: Formula for Lifting Two Other Robots
Well it really depends on how you lift them. Let's say you are lifting two robots at maximum weight straight in the air with one winch-type mechanism. I think with batteries and bumpers, that would...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
09-01-2010, 21:44
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Replies: 42
Views: 2,970
Re: "Heading" balls?
I cannot find a definition of "active". If it is simply any moving piece, then we should be able to have a stationary ramp or something on the robot which the ball can roll down so long as the track...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
09-01-2010, 16:57
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,847
Re: The winning move is not to play
I've always thought of gracious professionalism as sportsmanship taken up a few notches. Part of sportsmanship is that you do your best to win every game. It shows respect for your opponents and your...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
09-01-2010, 16:09
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,978
Re: Possible Discrepency - G17
I don't think there is much discrepency at all. jacobhurwitz explained it pretty well. The key is that t_exp and T-score are the number of seconds left. Therefore, the expected time can be negative...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
09-01-2010, 15:36
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,308
Re: What gets you 2 points
Seeing as a plane is infinitesimally thin, I would say that by sitting on top of the platform, you ARE above the plane. It's a question that is worthy of Q&A in my opinion, though, just to make sure.
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Forum: General Forum
09-04-2009, 23:21
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Replies: 77
Views: 16,177
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
09-03-2009, 18:08
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,318
Re: Changes to rules mid-event? Rochester Regional
I agree that overall that FLR went very smoothly. However, I would like to add another one to the mix here.
6. During a match, we were on the blue alliance. One referee on the red alliance's side of...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
21-02-2009, 09:59
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,313
Re: pic: Bomb Squad's 2nd Grade Driver
I think this is so cool. Whenever we do demonstrations for kids, we always mention that they can do it too some day. It's nice to see that some kids actually make that happen. You should be very...
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Forum: General Forum
13-01-2009, 15:18
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,367
Re: Andymark Selling Trailer Kits!
I'm not sure about the labor that goes into these trailer kits. We are lucky enough to have access to a CNC router, making the trailer pretty easy to manufacture. I would imagine AM has a similar if...
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Robot gets bored during practice, wanted to listen to some podcasts. - Tom Bottiglieri [more] 
