Forum: General Forum
25-01-2009, 23:40
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,597
Varsity Letters for Robotics
Hey -
We got our school to agree to give varsity letters for robotics, but our Athletic Director doesn't know where to find appropriate shapes. (His catalog has mostly sports stuff in it--the...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
29-01-2008, 02:24
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,955
Re: Team 1155 Teaser
Nice format and editing... I like the "secretive style."
Interesting teaser, though it doesn't tell me much about your robot.
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Forum: Team Organization
29-01-2008, 02:11
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Replies: 519
Views: 92,289
Re: Girls on Teams
30 people, 4 girls.
Girl #1: Team Captain, mechanical team membr.
Girl #2: Marketing team captain, mechanical team member (me!)
Girl #3: marketing team, mechanical team secondary captain
Girl #4:...
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Forum: General Forum
29-01-2008, 01:57
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Replies: 71
Views: 9,753
Re: FIRST Acronyms
I don't even want to think about that... it's far too confusing for poor me!
I'll just stick with recursives OR backronyms, not both... (Why would anyone even make up a recursive backronym? It's...
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Forum: General Forum
29-01-2008, 01:49
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Replies: 71
Views: 9,753
Re: FIRST Acronyms
PNW - Pacific Northwest Regional (Now the Oregon Regional)
HOF - Hall of Fame
And... and anagram (which will forever be remembered):
Vets hurdling FIRST tetra...
Drive straight, turn left!!!!!!
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Forum: General Forum
06-01-2008, 15:48
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,398
Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
"Tighten the graphics!"
(After programmers make the joysticks too sensitive) "Ah... well, the wall was old anyway"
Most common: "You are NOT driving! Look at the [insert piece of furniture,...
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Forum: FIRST E-Mail Blast Archive
27-12-2007, 19:28
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Replies: 699
Views: 138,901
Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
UM... all this talk about answers being too obvious...
If it was obvious, we would have it figured out!!!
(Unless we want to do Dave's Princess Bride type logic puzzle thing, in which case it is...
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Forum: FIRST E-Mail Blast Archive
21-12-2007, 22:52
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Replies: 699
Views: 138,901
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Forum: Extra Discussion
21-12-2007, 22:46
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,612
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Forum: FIRST E-Mail Blast Archive
21-12-2007, 22:45
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Replies: 699
Views: 138,901
Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
I really like the rainbow connection. I'm not sure about the teeter totter but it goes with "the past gives hints as to the future" vibe that Dave seemed to be in agreement with...
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Forum: FIRST E-Mail Blast Archive
21-12-2007, 22:43
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Replies: 699
Views: 138,901
Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
I believe we need to work within a 2-coordinate "map" system. I have no way of placing a decent "origin" on the earth and deciding which axis will be which. I think an angle - distance,...
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Forum: FIRST E-Mail Blast Archive
21-12-2007, 22:31
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Replies: 699
Views: 138,901
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Forum: FIRST E-Mail Blast Archive
21-12-2007, 20:09
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Replies: 699
Views: 138,901
Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2
I am SO impressed by all these crazy connections! Creative thinking for sure.
I like the idea about two hints being new... and therefore there being two of something else (that there's usually only...
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Forum: Rumor Mill
20-12-2007, 01:09
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Replies: 53
Views: 19,763
Re: 08 game hints
You will think I'm CRAZY...
Our design team captain e-mailed me to tell me about this dream where he's reading the game manual for this year (lol)...
it IS a water game (in a way). Teams connect...
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Forum: Inventor
20-12-2007, 01:03
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,419
Re: Teaching Newbies Inventor
We have mentors associated with Autodesk (so it was easier), but here is what we did:
We made a pitch to Autodesk for both more mentors and for Inventor training. We brought the robot, etc.
They...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
20-12-2007, 00:59
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,075
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Forum: Games/Trivia
20-12-2007, 00:45
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,760
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Forum: Extra Discussion
20-12-2007, 00:38
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Replies: 625
Views: 268,111
Re: pic: Game hint
Has anyone in the Pacific Northwest received this "gift?" No one from the teams I have spoken to has, and our team certainly has not.
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Forum: Extra Discussion
17-12-2007, 20:20
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Replies: 625
Views: 268,111
Re: pic: Game hint
Wow! I like this theory... it synchs with some of what I've heard and some speculations. It also sounds fun and focuses on the programming end more, which I'm sure would make it a unique challenge.
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Forum: Extra Discussion
17-12-2007, 20:18
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Replies: 625
Views: 268,111
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Forum: Extra Discussion
16-12-2007, 23:55
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Replies: 625
Views: 268,111
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Forum: Extra Discussion
16-12-2007, 23:41
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Replies: 625
Views: 268,111
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Forum: Extra Discussion
16-12-2007, 21:22
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Replies: 625
Views: 268,111
Re: pic: Game hint
PLEASE...
I'll start. The piece sent to us goes on the robot, and interacts with field elements. The field is almost solely this, and so more software than hardware-based.
OR there is some device...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
16-12-2007, 21:16
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Replies: 625
Views: 268,111
Re: pic: Game hint
C'mon... it's a decent hint (OK, not really). But it's something, right?
Where is all that FIRST creativity and speculation?
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Forum: Extra Discussion
16-12-2007, 21:12
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Replies: 625
Views: 268,111
Re: pic: Game hint
I've gotten a hint...
Can't comment on who said it, but I asked an insider "have you started building the field yet?"
I got the answer, "Actually, there isn't much to build..."
??? Any...
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