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Unread 16-12-2010, 21:51
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Putting the Jumper in the Bumper
AKA: Ian Thompson
FRC #0639 (Code Red Robotics)
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Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season

While trying to debug the robot over telephone:

Me: Ok what's the big orange light doing
Other person: It's blinking
Me: what kind of blinking? How fast is it? Are the on and off times the same?
Other person: It's kinda fast but also kinda slow
Me: I need a better description than that
Other person: well it's doing this on off on off on off on off

...

Me: Alright now click on the "Diagnostics" tab on the classmate
Other person: Is that one of the switches?
Me: No, it's on the screen. Click on it with the mouse
Other person: Alright I'm there
Me: Now which of the dots are red and which of the dots are green?
Other person: All of them are green, but some are brighter green than others
Me: *sigh* Not the I/O tab. The Diagnostics tab.

Needless to say the robot didn't get fixed

(in case anyone's wondering the problem was my forgetting to reset the wireless bridge after an offseason competition. I didn't feel like trying to go through all of that with this person)
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