Forum: Championship Event
27-04-2006, 21:30
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,266
Re: 2006 Webcasts Unwatchable?
The Problem is that the competition runs on a skeleton staff for the practice day. When the actual matches start tomorrow there will be several camera men working alongside with someone who will...
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Forum: Championship Event
27-04-2006, 15:25
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Replies: 41
Views: 2,385
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Forum: Championship Event
27-04-2006, 14:18
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Replies: 41
Views: 2,385
Re: 2006 Webcast
Have you tried opening a new tab for WM feeds? That's what I do, and the Windows Media players opens up right away for me. Maybe it's just my PC, running Windows XP Pro, WM Player Version 10, and...
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Forum: General Forum
26-03-2006, 19:16
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,816
Re: Who are your sponsors?
Somehow I know someone is going to correct me someway, but for now I am going to list the current sponsors team 581 has are(That I remember):
- BAE Systems http://www.na.baesystems.com/
- Bullard...
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Forum: Team Organization
31-12-2005, 17:58
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Replies: 36
Views: 8,051
Re: School Problems
I agree that you have to talk to your administrators and work out a deal with them. Try to deal with any and all issues that may arise.
If they don't want to allow the team because of safety...
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Forum: Games/Trivia
31-12-2005, 17:36
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Replies: 4,054
Views: 312,201
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Forum: General Forum
21-12-2005, 15:29
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Replies: 34
Views: 3,623
Re: Kickoff Event Webcast
1.) The link is http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
2.) The Nasa TV stream is either in Windows media player or realplayer,.
3.) I don't think it uses any nonstandard ports, other than Port 80,...
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Forum: General Forum
22-11-2005, 17:59
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,736
Re: Class Credit for FIRST Participation?
I know that at my high school Robotics was not a course. We were a club, with members coming in when they could. Although, those who have one of the mentors as a teacher sometimes work on the robot,...
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Forum: General Forum
20-03-2005, 12:15
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,218
Re: How did you get Autodesk Inventor?
If I remember correctly you get them in the kit. I know we have many copies from the years before that we have participated. Ask the person on your team who ran the checklist. He might have found...
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Forum: General Forum
16-03-2005, 21:28
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,855
Re: How do you keep your FIRST team a TEAM?
We had the same problem at our school for the last 4 years. People would only attend lunch meetings and then claim to be a member. When it was time to get permission slips, shirts, etc.. They would...
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Forum: General Forum
12-03-2005, 19:46
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Replies: 37
Views: 6,238
Re: What does your school do for FIRST?
Wow, some schools really have it bad.
The first year our school participated, several other high schools(about 5, it was before I started High School) in our district were completely funded for the...
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Forum: General Forum
10-03-2005, 20:22
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Replies: 123
Views: 6,968
Re: Have you named your robot?
Officially our robot is named The Bulldog 5, since this is our fifth year doing it. But unofficially our Robot is named HERCULES, mainly because we got a lot of help from an engineer that works at...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
10-03-2005, 20:14
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,233
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Forum: General Forum
09-03-2005, 20:51
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Replies: 55
Views: 7,134
Re: Driver Stress?
The best thing a driver can do is to ignore everything, and only think of yourself as the robot. Visualize yourself as the robot, and imagine that the arm can power itself.
Last year I was a...
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Forum: General Forum
19-02-2005, 00:23
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Replies: 14
Views: 911
Re: Who attends the tournaments?
We are actually a few blocks away from the Silicon Valley regional, so everyone who wants to go can. However, we don't consider you a member unless you have spent at least 15 hours into the robot, or...
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Forum: General Forum
30-01-2005, 19:23
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Replies: 109
Views: 22,590
Re: Under or over weight?
Kinda early to tell. A lot of teams aren't even close to finishing. We currently haven't finished machining all our parts. In the end everyone is going to end up underweight. Nobody can participate...
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Forum: General Forum
30-01-2005, 19:19
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,160
Re: Number of People Needed at Event
The bare minimum for participating is one member. However, for playing the game you need at least a driver, a human player, and if you need a secondary driver, then three people. If you have a...
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