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Re: Team 548 Einstein Statement

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
You could also approach the FTA and say, "I know you're busy, but could you leave the field up for a few minutes at the end of the day? I've got something that you need to know about." You could also try in the morning before matches.

Let's think about it this way: You have a practice day (well, if you aren't in the districts, you do--even then you have some practice time). Do it to your own team then, it doesn't affect anybody else then--just make sure your team knows you're doing it. Typically, there's about an hour before matches start on any given competition day (depending on opening ceremony start time in relation to pit opening time--don't try anything during the ceremony!). And there is often a couple hours at the end of the day, with the exception being the last day.
I agree with this completely.

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If you think that there is a problem with field vulnerability, or other system problems, Do Not Wait. Talk to the FTA during any of those "down" time periods--or ask in a shorter break, say between matches, if you can demonstrate the issue during them. If you are invited to demonstrate it, that's when you should do it--during lunch may also be an option. You can bet that if the vulnerability issue had been demonstrated to an FTA before Einstein, it would have been fixed or blocked before Einstein--it's one of those cases where "one guy knows, so we don't know how many others know".
I disagree with this. The level of testing required to deal with the interloper's actions was/is really beyond what I believe is practical for field testing. Having now setup and broken down a field for this year's competition 2 times I can not see how sufficient time and resources would be available to scientifically and properly do anything more than trip over the solution.

Great if they trip over it. Not so great if they don't.

Additionally I can demonstrate additional issues right now. I know for a fact that several FIRST people know about them. Following only the reporting advice to e-mail the address on the report a person would literally be left in a vacuum. I have made it a point to make this harder to ignore because I expect that someone will do something about it. I'm growing ever more concerned that is not the case.

By September FIRST is hard at work generating the documents and written parameters for 2013 in their final form.
It's now August 21, 2012. So logistically when and where is this exploration going to get done?

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