FRC Blogged - FIRST Choice 2014

[AllenGregoryIV]

I am actually a little annoyed by the move to a Saturday. That means I am going to have to figure out how to get internet access while refereeing a VEX event.

Everything else I'm very happy about, so overall good job.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

I am actually a little annoyed by the move to a Saturday. That means I am going to have to figure out how to get internet access while refereeing a VEX event.

Everything else I'm very happy about, so overall good job.

Question to the AndyMark staff: Will the FIRST Choice site be mobile-friendly?

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by Taylor

Question to the AndyMark staff: Will the FIRST Choice site be mobile-friendly?

I doubt you'd want to access it from a phone. Even with 4G, landline internet is probably faster.

[rsisk]

Will be beta testing the process. Happy to see the constant improvement to the system.

[ehochstein]

Originally Posted by DampRobot

I doubt you'd want to access it from a phone. Even with 4G, landline internet is probably faster.

I agree but what if your landline is down?

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Wiifi

I agree but what if your landline is down?

What if the landlines are down AND the cell towers are down? FIRST should really fix this potential issue.

[Whippet]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

What if the landlines are down AND the cell towers are down? FIRST should really fix this potential issue.

What if the landlines, the cell towers, AND the FIRST Choice Servers are down? What do we do then?

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by Whippet

What if the landlines, the cell towers, AND the FIRST Choice Servers are down? What do we do then?

Break into AndyMark's warehouse and physically take your FIRST Choice items. It saves on shipping too.

[coalhot]

Originally Posted by DampRobot

Break into AndyMark's warehouse and physically take your FIRST Choice items. It saves on shipping too.

Or we order though an automated phone system: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSQ6q_rGpI8

[Qbot2640]

Originally Posted by Whippet

What if the landlines, the cell towers, AND the FIRST Choice Servers are down? What do we do then?

Each registered team will be issued one 3 X 5 index card, one blue crayon, and one carrier pigeon...international teams are issued a very fast pigeon.

[DonRotolo]

Dangnabbit. If they keep fixing stuff and making it excellent, what am I going to have left to complain about?

All good. Looking forward to it all.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Dangnabbit. If they keep fixing stuff and making it excellent, what am I going to have left to complain about?

Complain about the fact you have nothing to complain about. I think you can manage that, Mr. Curmudgeon.


Like the changes--assuming they work (and the test opportunity says they'll have a pretty high chance or working).

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Dangnabbit. If they keep fixing stuff and making it excellent, what am I going to have left to complain about?

The gummint.

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by Qbot2640

Each registered team will be issued one 3 X 5 index card, one blue crayon, and one carrier pigeon...international teams are issued a very fast pigeon.

Teams are issued a swallow and a coconut. They must then calculate the airspeed velocity of the swallow while carrying the coconut. Some teams will be issued African swallows, while others will be issued European swallows.

The teams who incorrectly calculate the airspeed velocity of the swallow will be sacked. The people that proposed using swallows to begin with will also be sacked.

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by Thunder910

Teams are issued a swallow and a coconut. They must then calculate the airspeed velocity of the swallow while carrying the coconut. Some teams will be issued African swallows, while others will be issued European swallows.

The teams who incorrectly calculate the airspeed velocity of the swallow will be sacked. The people that proposed using swallows to begin with will also be sacked.

A classic. Spotlit.