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This was not funny and a lot of people here got
very upset by the news.
I second the vote to ban!
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If that is the consensus of the FIRST community, then I agree to abide by it.
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And I enoyed the prank. Good job Joe Ross! I will be very wary come April 1st now, though
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April 1st is too obvious
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We all had a good laugh, but some people got mad at Dr. Joe for it. I guess this is one of the not-the-best-thing-you-can-learn-from-Dr.Joe... A bad tradition to pass on I suppose.
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here is Dr. Joe's thread:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ohnson+em ail
I should have learned the first time... It's amazing how things come back to you really quickly.
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Nice work, though. I just hope FIRST doesn't have to do to much work answering angry emails...
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I honestly hope so too. That was not the intent of this, in the least.
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What a great joke... think that it distracts from the overall role of FIRST....
that's so hilarious
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There are people that think that. I don't personally, but there have been discussions about it on these forums before.
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absolutely brilliant- just don't do it again.
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I can guarantee that I won't
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-dave
p.s. I just hope your team never needs any more funding from NASA/JPL...
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How come no one informed me that a team in Rochester, NY could get funding from JPL? Oh, well, there goes that opportunity
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You can always tell the oldest; they are the only ones cruel enough to try somethin like that
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ouch
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BTW Joe, there are a few BeachBots who are still wondering whether to be mad at you for involving us or not. Personally I take the position that there is no such thing as bad publicity, just be sure you spell the name right.
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wait, did I misspell a name somewhere?
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Yeah you got me good, when I saw it @ 6am I almost wet myself.
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That was not something I needed to know.
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I find it extremely rude... if Cornell is somehow affected by this and it acts negatively upon our team, I'd like some words with the [edit]person[/edit] who thought this was funny.
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You may come visit me. I will be in Rochester (about an hour away from you) starting Nov. 30th. If anyone else would like to have a personal word with me, I will be in LA until then. You can also contact me via AIM, or e-mail, both of which are listed.
To all the people who were affected by this, I am sorry. I truly did not expect for this to have the impact that it did. It was meant to be an innocent joke, and unfortunately, it was blown way beyond what I thought it would. I have apologized to FIRST.
Once the cat is out of the bag, it isn't possible to get it back in, at least not without sustaining injury.