FRC Blog - New Subdivision Names

[s_forbes]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I like three of the four choices. Can we please change Tesla to someone who didn't push for the elimination of undesirables from the human race?

I think the merits of these scientists' works is what should be considered rather than a few of their ideological views. If you read that article, I highly suggest you read the source article written by Tesla that they pulled their quotes from. It's fascinating to read predictions by people from 80 years ago.

He even talks about robots:

"I actually constructed "robots." Today the robot is an accepted fact, but the principle has not been pushed far enough. In the twenty-first century the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization. There is no reason at all why most of this should not come to pass in less than a century, freeing mankind to pursue its higher aspirations."

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

"...freeing mankind to pursue its higher aspirations."

If only we knew what those 'higher' aspirations were...

[s_forbes]

Originally Posted by JesseK

If only we knew what those 'higher' aspirations were...

Read his article and decide for yourself. I don't have an opinion on Tesla's views one way or the other, but I detest articles of the nature of "This person is good/bad because of this quote we found". Read the source material and come to your own conclusion.

[IKE]

Originally Posted by adciv

I wish Tesla was going to FTC and Franklin used in FRC instead. It would be very appropriate for the two FTC fields to be Tesla and Edison given the minor disagreement those two had in the late 19th century.

What about moving Einstein to FTC, and having Edison and Tesla as the new E1/E2 fields.

Of course, music would be obligatory AC/DC....

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by IKE

What about moving Einstein to FTC, and having Edison and Tesla as the new E1/E2 fields.

Of course, music would be obligatory AC/DC....

It isn't fair to history to have an Edison/Tesla without a Morgan/Westinghouse (judging rooms, maybe?).

[Jon Stratis]

My team would flip if we got into Hopper. We even named a robot after her!

[jvriezen]

I was hoping for Ada Lovelace. Would be cool when our team from Byron got assigned to the Lovelace field. (Who can spot the connection first ? )

[ratdude747]

The choosing of Grace Hopper is interesting... I hope there aren't any BUGS (if you know your history, you'll get the joke). Does that mean there will be FRC libraries for COBAL now?

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by ratdude747

The choosing of Grace Hopper is interesting... I hope there aren't any BUGS (if you know your history, you'll get the joke). Does that mean there will be FRC libraries for COBAL now?

I hope I get assigned to Hopper field. I might have to cut out some moths and hide them about the area...

[Andy A.]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

My team would flip if we got into Hopper. We even named a robot after her!

Outstanding! 95 did the same in 2000. The name kept getting mangled by the field announcer into Grass Hopper, and it stuck no matter what we did. The next year people were still calling us the Grasshopper team, so we rebranded to it.

I really hope if we qualify for champs we get Hopper division.

[Bob Steele]

I like the selections but it would have been really nice if Lise Meitner had been honored. She should have won the Nobel prize for a variety of reasons not the least of which was that she was a Jewish female scientist doing work in Germany in the 1930's... didn't get the recognition she deserved.

I am happy that these four were honored as our field choices though.

[StillDefective]

Tesla PLEASE

[KarenH]

First of all, a disclaimer: I'm an English major. Whether that excuses what follows, you be the judge.

FRC Championship Field Names
to the tune of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

You know Carson and Tesla and Newton and Carver
Archimedes and Curie and Galileo and Hopper
But do you recall
The most famous scientist of all?

Einstein, the white-haired thinker
Had some very snowy hair
And if you ever saw it,
You’d be put off by its glare.
All of the other students
used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Einstein
Join in any spelling games.

Then one foggy darksome night,
Thoughts just came his way
Einstein with his hair so white
Did some physics, saw the light.

Then how the people loved him,
Shouted out “E and MC!
Einstein, the white-haired thinker,
You’ll go down in history!”

[Skyehawk]

I kind of want von Braun to be a field name, but you know, people get butthurt over things that were done by the individual that were unrelated to his/her brilliance.

[BBray_T1296]

Originally Posted by Skyehawk

I kind of want von Braun to be a field name, but you know, people get butthurt over things that were done by the individual that were unrelated to his/her brilliance.

I agree. But I'm not up in arms about who they did choose, all are respectable people