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Posted by mike oleary at 05/24/2001 4:26 PM EST


Engineer on team #419, rambots, from bc high and...oh wait just bc high and hmmm...sponsors...thats a good idea.


In Reply to: Re: Don't see a problem....
Posted by s_alaniz on 05/24/2001 12:42 AM EST:



i didnt believe that part of the article...i didnt think that it sounded like dean
however i think that colleen has a good point in saying that we shouldnt have so much of and us vs them attitude. not only does it come out sounding really arrogant, but how graciously professional is it?
also: you say that battle bots isnt about teaching and flexing the brain. i would dissagree. battle bots was a competition before it was a show. the show is all about the money, but the competition itself is innately about flexing the brain muscle. it may not be a non-profit organization, but can you really hold it against them if they want to make some money? and in either case, the end result is the same: they provide a forum in which people can flex their brain muscles
mike who likes first and battlebots

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: Um.. Coleen.... How likely is it... for a man who touts "Gracious professionalism" to have asked other people to boycott someone else's event? The point here is NOT whether I like battlebots or not, but that NEWSWEEK accused Dean of underhanded dealings without asking him if there is any truth to that assurtion... now that it's appeared in print in this way... people will assume... as you obviously have... that it's gospel. They should ASK DEAN not quote some annoymous source...
: (As a writer... albeit for a comic strip... I make SURE.. real SURE the quotes or facts I attribute are accurate... the moral is, if you want the truth, read the comics.)

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: FURTHERMORE!!! Battlebots is NOT ...repeat is NOT teaching people to flex ANY muscles... make no mistake.. they're in it for the $$$$... Their charter is to provide the arena... a venue ...and you bring your robot... built at your expense... so they can make money off your participation in the event... The lucky few that are televised are paid, it doesn't cover their expenses, but is that the point here?
: FIRST is non-profit and also not trying to teach but give the experience of the engineering process to encourage people to become engineers. Building robots is not the "end" FIRST is trying to achieve.

: I'm disappointed that more people are not giving Dean the benefit of the doubt and that the difference between the competitions is so readily ignored. Maybe it's just me, but I believe in raising the bar a bit.

: S Alaniz