Forum: Games/Trivia
29-03-2012, 10:59
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Forum: General Forum
26-03-2012, 22:47
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Replies: 185
Views: 43,427
Re: Sippin' on the haterade
Every team takes a slightly different approach to inspiring and recognizing science and technology. I don't think we should assume that anyone's approach must be wrong just because their robot looks...
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Forum: General Forum
26-03-2012, 22:43
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Replies: 69
Views: 12,000
Re: The Reasons we Continue to be in FIRST
I continue to do FIRST because I see everything that's wrong with the world and wish there was some way I could help make it better. Then I remember there's a place where I can.
To me, FIRST is the...
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Forum: General Forum
17-03-2012, 12:58
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,549
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Forum: Regional Competitions
16-03-2012, 23:40
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Replies: 59
Views: 8,370
Re: 2012 Virginia Regionl
And of course the field works perfectly all day Thursday, then falls apart first thing Friday morning and takes 45 minutes to fix.
After that, though, it's been a blast so far. See everyone...
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Forum: General Forum
27-02-2012, 23:29
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,549
Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
Me: "I thought we finished the bumpers?"
Mentor: "New rule: we have to outline them in white."
Me: "Well, it just wouldn't be build season without an arbitrary bumper rule."
Hahaha a few years ago...
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Forum: General Forum
19-02-2012, 16:52
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,549
Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
Me: "How am I supposed to know this is a crossover cable?"
Student: "It's orange."
Me: "But it doesn't say crossover cable. It says patch cable."
Student: "But it's orange."
Me: "So how do we know...
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Forum: General Forum
18-02-2012, 21:49
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,549
Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
Me: "I had a dream about ship date last night."
Head mentor: "I have nightmares about ship date."
"How many volts are in a watt?"
"Well, watts = volts * amps, so there are amp volts in a watt."
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Forum: Games/Trivia
07-02-2012, 22:07
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,566
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Forum: General Forum
03-02-2012, 15:44
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Replies: 110
Views: 21,515
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Forum: Games/Trivia
01-02-2012, 21:46
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,169
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Forum: General Forum
29-01-2012, 16:43
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,558
Re: Red Light Crisis on Spike
You can drive a 12 V solenoid valve with a Spike relay. You can even put multiple solenoid valves on one relay:
Is the light flashing or solid? A solid red light means the relay is set to reverse....
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Forum: Games/Trivia
23-01-2012, 20:42
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,574
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Forum: General Forum
23-01-2012, 13:54
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,549
Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
"Arm operator is the boss."
"What about the field coach?"
"Field coach is the uberboss."
From scouting forms:
"Uber tuber." (2007)
"Excellent ballability." (2008)
"Packs quite a punch." (2008, on...
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Forum: General Forum
23-01-2012, 09:21
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Replies: 193
Views: 43,855
Re: Practice bot morality
If teams could bring their modified practice bot to competition, then yeah, that would be like buying an extra three weeks of build season. But they can't. Hence, the practice bot provides a perfect...
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Forum: Games/Trivia
18-01-2012, 14:24
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Replies: 1,769
Views: 145,556
Re: The "You are wrong" Game
The possibility exists that what we know at this particular instant is, in fact, everything.
Time always passes at the same rate for someone who isn't moving.
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Forum: Games/Trivia
18-01-2012, 14:19
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,476
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Forum: Rumor Mill
06-12-2011, 22:31
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Replies: 360
Views: 79,010
Re: First Official 2012 Game Hint
Whoa...I think this is the most substantial game hint I've seen. Not a cryptic phrase or an obscure photograph, but a parts list for the field? In a plainly readable format?
This is too easy. It...
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Forum: General Forum
14-11-2011, 22:11
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,549
Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
If "vacuum off my chassis" is a double entendre then I give up on teenage communication. :p
"Oh crumb. I forgot my doohickey bugger."
"That's not necessarily necessary."
"I understand their point. I...
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Forum: General Forum
11-08-2011, 13:57
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,549
Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
"Why is the UPS beeping?"
"I don't know; it must be busted."
"Hope we don't have a power outage."
<later>
"Now it's beeping much louder and more frequently."
"That thing probably hasn't worked in...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-08-2011, 01:18
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,907
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Forum: General Forum
31-07-2011, 05:28
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,112
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Forum: General Forum
09-07-2011, 20:40
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Replies: 3,676
Views: 732,059
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Forum: General Forum
04-06-2011, 17:10
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,549
Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
Me: <explains to a group of programmers what we're doing next>
Student 1: "So, what are we doing?"
Student 2: "We're coming with Josh."
Me, very frustrated: "No, it's not time to come yet!"
Female...
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Forum: General Forum
03-06-2011, 13:04
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,549
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If my shop was snowed in and my unfinished robot was sitting in there, I'd dig it out with a plastic spoon or melt it out with a Bic lighter if I had to. Every hour counts. If there's a will, there's a way to make it happen. - sanddrag [more] 
