Engineering slogans

[Cheese Head]

My favorite, as well as my programming slogan.
KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid

[Blaster]

You Guys Have Made My Day.
I think There Should Be More Posts Like This

[kmcclary]

Originally posted by Manoel
Yeah, how did you know? Did a search on Google?

Nope. Didn't think to look there! I'll have to remember that.

Obligatory foreign language Engineering Slogan (Hmmm... Let's try composing something 'FIRST-relevant' in Portuguese today...):

- "Errar é Humano. Arredondar é Basic Stamp..."

(To err is human. To round off is Basic Stamp...)

Was that close?

- Keith

[Manoel]

Originally posted by kmcclary
Was that close?

- Keith

Correct!
Do you actually speak Portuguese? Where did you learn it?

To keep it on topic, try this one:

Se a mensagem não estiver clara, aumente o brilho da tela.

[sanddrag]

Originally posted by Manoel
To keep it on topic, try this one:

Se a mensagem não estiver clara, aumente o brilho da tela.

If the message is not clear, adjust the brightness from the screen.

Is that it?

[kmcclary]

Originally posted by Manoel
To keep it on topic, try this one:
Se a mensagem não estiver clara, aumente o brilho da tela.

Originally posted by sanddrag If the message is not clear, adjust the brightness from the screen.

Is that it?

Hmmm... I'd think that it should be "If the message is not clear, adjust the brightness OF the screen". However, I'm not sure... Is there a "feminine" connotation to it, like "if HER message is unclear"?

Originally posted by Manoel, but referring to the previous quote
Correct!
Do you actually speak Portuguese? Where did you learn it?

Sorry, not really. I just happen to dabble in languages (computer and human). But I have heard it before. I'm fortunate enough to live in a college town where people come from all over the world speaking different tongues.

Luckily, Portuguese is a Latin descendant, and fairly close to both French and Spanish, so the written version is not TOO hard for me to parse out (given LOTS of time). But I'd be totally lost if it was spoken to me conversationally (especially at normal speed), or I had to puzzle out more than a snatch of it at a time without a dictionary for the unusual words.

As I sometimes say, "I know enough of several languages to get myself INTO trouble, but not necessarily enough to get myself OUT of it!"

One last crack at Portuguese, then I'm done. I'm going WAY out on a limb this time... Here's one you do NOT want to hear from your teammates during a break at the "2013 International FIRST Finals" in Brazil...

- "POR FAVOR promessa você nunca requisitará o jantar da equipe em Portuguese outra vez..."

("PLEASE promise you'll never try to order the team's dinner in Portuguese again...")

Did I come close?

OOC, do the Engineering Slogans from this thread translate well into Portuguese, or are some too idiomatic to work?

This has been fun! Thanks!

- Keith

[Matthew936]

Here are just a few from us at team 1158

If it works take the credit
If it fails blame the engineers

American parts Russian parts all made in Taiwan

I am a responsible guy, if anything breaks i am usually responsible

Size does count

Why is it smoking?
it's not on fire, yet!

What does this do?
oops!!!

What is that strange grinding sound?

No you can't drive

which direction does this go in?

hmm the red wire or the black wire?
ahh whats the difference just choose one.

measure twice, cut once, get the hammer

You nod your head, I'll hit it with a hammer

Will post more when they come to mind

[Greg Perkins]

how about, N.F.G

hehe, its either a Non Functional Gear or... No -------- Good

Bad

[kmcclary]

"FIRST: We take young human beings, born in captivity, educate them in science and technology, and re-release them into the wild." -Keith McClary

"Hey! Don't knock Dean Kamen. Inventors are often well off. Remember, the inventor of the hay bailing machine sure made a bundle..." -Keith McClary

"Of course we can build that! Remember, a pessimist's blood type is always b-negative."

"Always go the extra mile... It's never crowded."

"Sure Cinderella was lousy at sports, but what did you expect? She only had a pumpkin for a Coach..."

"Your teammates need YOU. You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person."

"Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again."

"Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once..."

"All the water in the world cannot sink the smallest ship unless it gets inside."

"There is ALWAYS a way... Thinking of it before you NEED to is the REAL trick..."

"Committment can be illustrated by a breakfast of Ham and Eggs: The chicken was involved, the pig was committed..."

"What's a Trebuchet? Why, it's a primitive form of overhead projector..." -Keith McClary

"We do not rise to the level of our expectations, but fall to the level of our training."

"Counting in binary is just like counting in decimal... if you are all thumbs..."

"He's got a magnet!!! Everybody BACKUP!!!!"

"What's a 'Maintenance Free Battery'?" "That means it's impossible to fix...."

"What boots up must come down."

(...And here are some Week Six laments for you to use if it's not going as you wish and your frustration level rises: )

"If it weren't for STRESS I'd have no energy at all..."

"You know, some days it just doesn't pay to gnaw through the straps..."

"Federal Expresso: When you absolutely, positively have to stay up all night to finish the robot..."

[Katie Reynolds]

Heh, my math teacher told us today:

"It doesn't matter what you failed to practice yesterday, or what you are going to practice tomorrow. Now is now. You have only this moment."

He said that in regards to playing basketball ... but I think it works for FIRST matches too!

- Katie

[Cory]

(dunno is this has been used before)

1. That? oh we'll fix that in the programming

2. is that the right tool for the job?

3. That wasn't supposed to happen it must be a programming error!

thats all that I can think of at the moment

Cory

[dwolf]

[quote]Originally posted by TommyT
[b]I've always liked

theres never enough time to do it right, but theres plenty of time to do it twice


this also applies to G W bush

[Rook]

It's not really a saying, but we call anything that isn't made nice and solid; "pansy-$@#$@#$@#." The saying began last year, or the year before, when one of the engineers brought in some washers. He said, "I got these pansy-$@#$@#$@# washers here." After that, the phrase has stuck.

We also have a running joke about "Wayne's nuts," but I won't go into that one.

[Edit] Oops, I guess I got filterized. The censored word begins with an 'a' and ends with an 's'. You can figure it out from there. It's not too bad.

[srjjs]

Originally posted by Cory

2. is that the right tool for the job?

They always tell you to use the right tool for the job, but the wrong tool does it so much better.

[AlbertW]

"If it fits, use it." -me, using a torx 10 bit for a 3 mm hex hole