Yes, 766's schedule is quite similar; now add in long design sessions (four hours doesn't sound like a lot, but ideas aren't like cans and bottles- there's a limit to recycling dumped ideas), a half CADed robot on Solidworks and the occasional magical smoke, along with a potentiometer mounted backwards blamed on the programmers until someone actually looks at the hardware. Discovered at about 10pm the night before Ship Date. Of all the laws of physics and/or reality, Murphy's seems to be the most often followed. And then, as sleep deprivation rockets higher, common sense begins to be even more commonly needed than possessed than usual...
And here's something I wrote a while ago:
Fourth Week Fantasy
From red to green the electronics' lights blink
Six rugged wheels and their chains smoothly clink
Victor fans whir to life
Perfect auton ends all strife
What an unattainable dream, we all think.
Unfortunately, this has never happened in the last two years that I've been here, not even at regionals. Oh well, that's what daydreams are for.
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"Show a girl how to use a wrench, and she'll put those skills to use for a lifetime. Hand it to her and tell her she's probably better off shopping, and she'll clonk you over the head with it, do your pneumatics system, and CAD the robot." -Amanda Morrison
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