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Laptops, Crates, and Locks, Oh My!
1. Laptops are useful for multiple things: Programming, reprogramming, and perfecting programming. (Oh, and goofing off playing Starcraft, but that's a whoe other discussion...) They definitely should be something every team brings to their competitions. If your program has a button misassigned, there's a good chance you won't notice it until it counts, and it helps to be able to fix it on the spot. That's a lesson learned the hard way.
2. Crates are very, very useful to keep at your pit. You can lock parts in them and use them as an extra workbench - very nice.
3. LOCK EVERYTHING WITH MATCHING PADLOCKS! Make sure you have a padlock for everything, and, if possible, have them all be the same key. Give every team member a key and make them wear it with their SME card. This makes life a lot easier.
And here's a song to the tune of Opera Man's Concert for NYC bit.
Oh, Mr. Nick Renolds...
Why are you so angry? Can't you put the past behind - where it belongs? So, you lost some tools - and a laptop - but that doesn't mean you have to chew out every-one! Visitors are nice, visitors are great, but the way you portray them is that they are all thieves! Change your POV - your perspective - and take the mirror angle of your big long rant. Pretend you're a spectator. And you like all the bots. But there's a guy saying you're a thief. And you overhear it. Do you get ticked off? Yes you do, cause you're probably not! They're not all thieves! How would you like if someone called you one? You need to calm down and listen to yourself once in a while! Now I'll end my sond with three words: Lock it, Brandon!
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