The "fix-it window"? Jolly good show -or- is 23 cups of coffee/day really excessive?

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Anchi

buahahahha, so true that be, so true that be.

Gee, thanks...

-dave

[Roland]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Gee, thanks...

-dave

Oh, come on, I'm sure he wasn't referring to that part of government.

By the way, you really should have worn a "My other car is STILL on Mars!" shirt at the kickoff.

[Anchi]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Gee, thanks...

-dave

:\ what part you in?

[KimT]

Actually, I think a lot more teams will follow it than you think. These studies have been done where people are given surveys. The surveys say things such as, "Do YOU do <insert bad behavior here>? Do you think others do?" Not surprisingly, everyone who answers says, "No I don't, but everyone else does."

Most interestingly of all, at the end of the survey there was a question, "Did you take this survey seriously? Do you think others did?" This isn't even a bad behavior people would be ashamed to admit - it's more showing that people don't have faith in others.

In other words, I really think most teams will stick by the fix it window. After all, YOUR team wouldn't consider breaking rules, would it? Why would any other?

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Anchi

:\ what part you in?

Dave would of course be from NASA, the government agency that perplexes me more than any other. I don't like the idea of my tax dollars being spent on Mars rovers, but, at the same time, it's SO FREAKING COOL.

[Anchi]

ah, rock on, i say we switch nasa's and the military's funding eh? im sure we woudl all love that.

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Anchi

ah, rock on, i say we switch nasa's and the military's funding eh? im sure we woudl all love that.

No, not all of us.
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[Carol]

Another thought about the Fix-it Window. What about those teams that don't meet right after school, but in the evenings? We meet on Mondays starting at 5:30; if the window closes at 5:00 on Mondays then we miss a whole day of working. Is the rule forcing these teams to change their schedules, even though the students have arranged their lives around the 5:30-8:30 time? What about the non-teacher mentors who don't get off of work until 5:00? Are they banned from working on those Mondays?

[unapiedra]

Originally Posted by Carol

Another thought about the Fix-it Window. What about those teams that don't meet right after school, but in the evenings? We meet on Mondays starting at 5:30; if the window closes at 5:00 on Mondays then we miss a whole day of working. Is the rule forcing these teams to change their schedules, even though the students have arranged their lives around the 5:30-8:30 time? What about the non-teacher mentors who don't get off of work until 5:00? Are they banned from working on those Mondays?

You work only 3 hours a day??

[Carol]

Originally Posted by unapiedra

You work only 3 hours a day??

Well, officially, but depending on what's going on certain people and subteams stay later. Particularly right before certain key events like shipping....

[Roland]

Originally Posted by Carol

Well, officially, but depending on what's going on certain people and subteams stay later. Particularly right before certain key events like shipping....

miracle of engineering, indeed