"The fans weren't spinning, so I turned up the voltage..." (a freshman who I mistakenly left with my cruddy $25 inverter and the bench power supply; we were modding it to have fans and he had wired it wrong.)
"Try cutting the ground wire off. It will give me better resolution." <SNIP> "Umm...I'm not getting *any* signal from that pot now..."
As he carelessly flicks the Disable switch off: "OK, let's try this..." The arm starts moving to the (impossible) position the software wants to get to; the other guys in the pits start yelling "STOP STOP STOP DISABLE DISABLE!" as I dance in success--my code moved the arm where I wanted it to! (even though it blew out yet another BaneBots tranny...oops
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"The solenoid cracked. It's alright, I can fix it in software!"