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Originally Posted by marshall
Well, anyone else who wants to complain about how I give the inspectors a hard time, just remember that I played fair and asked the question in a respectful manner through the official channel. They chose not to answer and continue the ambiguity.
Most laptops do not require a battery to function. They can be plugged in. They can even be run off of the robot using a simple regulator since most are DC powered.
EDIT: Also, point of serious bitterness for me right now, they were asked to clarify intent and meaning, not to rule on any hypothetical components.
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Yeah, I hear you on that. Actually, I have a relevant story...
A few years ago, in a non-FIRST competition, the organizers were asked multiple times if "all power must turn off when Big Red Button is pressed" meant that "no electrons are flowing at all including in computing devices". The answer, multiple times, was "yes, that's what it means". My team spent a lot of time getting our onboard laptop to run off one of the two onboard 12V batteries (IIRC, that was our method for complying with the rule--meant removing the battery). Anybody want to guess why the rule was changed
at competition to allow the computers to run after the button press?
At least FIRST doesn't do that very often...
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