Early Release Field Elements BOM.

[aaeamdar]

Originally Posted by EricH

You think we're fired up now, wait until Friday night, or else regionals or even Championship (where losing your voice after only two days is normal).

I'm relatively new to the CD site, but I'm doing some math in my head here. Almost everyone I see has 200 posts at a minimum. About what percent of the FIRST population has a login? Because if every FIRSTer has 200 posts... that's scary.

Also, how the 'eck do you accumulate 4100 or more posts? Thats well over a year of ten posts a day.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by aaeamdar

Also, how the 'eck do you accumulate 4100 or more posts? Thats well over a year of ten posts a day.

Or three and a half years of 3.39 posts per day like me.

[aaeamdar]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Or three and a half years of 3.39 posts per day like me.

*/STUNNED/*

Even during the off-season, or I guess you must be averaging?

Yablowza...

[EricH]

Originally Posted by aaeamdar

Even during the off-season, or I guess you must be averaging?

Even during the offseason. (If you want to find out your post average and post count, click on your username. That'll take you to a page where you can see that sort of information.

As for what percentage of the FIRST population has a login...I don't know, but there are currently about 9,300 members, or an average of about 9 per team, which means less than half the membership for most teams. Maybe about a third of FIRSTers, give or take a large margin.

[Ethulin]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

We've been asked to bring $58 to our remote kickoff near Seattle to purchase a part that, as we were told, all teams will need. Those organizing the kickoff and, presumably, with access to the field bill of materials, have ordered these parts in bulk for a discount. The retail price is approximately $125.

I have no idea what it is, but that's what I was told. I don't know if other organizing parties have been able to do the same.

I am on the team hosting this kickoff. We do not know what this $58 dollar part is either. We recieved this message from Kevin Ross, a pretty reliable source

Hello Teams,

There is a thing-a-ma-jig that every team FRC team is going to need this
year. By placing a bulk order, FIRSTWA was able to purchase this doo-hicky
for about half of what it would have otherwised cost. We went ahead and
ordered one for every team so we could get this bulk price.

At Saturdays kickoff, you will be able to pickup and take home this widget.
To do so, you will need to bring $58 with you. You can bring either cash or
a check made out to FIRSTWA. We will provide you with a receipt for $58 so
you can get reimbursed. We will be unable to accept purchase orders for
this.

If you elect not to purchase what we are offering, it will cost you
approximately $125 to get on your own. Please plan on taking advantage of
our offer on Saturday. That is once again on kickoff Saturday only! We are
sending you advanced notice so you can make arrangements for the $58.

Thanks, see you on Saturday morning.

Kevin

And aaeamdar,

I read a lot more than I post, so I only have 50 posts for 2.5 years. It just depends on your style.

[aaeamdar]

Originally Posted by EricH

Even during the offseason. (If you want to find out your post average and post count, click on your username. That'll take you to a page where you can see that sort of information.

What I meant here was does that average keep up during the off season or does he average 12 posts a day during the season and 1/day the other times?

Originally Posted by EricH

As for what percentage of the FIRST population has a login...I don't know, but there are currently about 9,300 members, or an average of about 9 per team, which means less than half the membership for most teams. Maybe about a third of FIRSTers, give or take a large margin.

There are more like 1800 teams than 1000, so closer to 5 per team I think. Taking the average of 35 people on each team, thats 1/7 of all FIRSTers. /VERY/ roughly guessed.

Test: possible to fake quotes?

Originally Posted by DarthVader

Silly rabbit; Trix are for kids!

[phrontist]

Originally Posted by aaeamdar

There are more like 1800 teams than 1000, so closer to 5 per team I think. Taking the average of 35 people on each team, thats 1/7 of all FIRSTers. /VERY/ roughly guessed.

There are no where close to 1800 teams. There are maybe around 1800 numbers, or teams that existed at one point, but dramatically fewer active teams.

[Nuttyman54]

Phrontist beat me too it. More information on the team numbering system here

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Adam Richards

Actually, that would be kickoff day. The actual Kickoff event (at 10am) is about 2 days, 13 hours, 50 minutes away.

No it's not. It is 2 days, 9 hours and 42 minutes away. C'mon people! Let's be accurate out there!

-dave

(OK, lets see how long it takes for this to turn into the "kick-off count-down thread"...)

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by dlavery

(OK, lets see how long it takes for this to turn into the "kick-off count-down thread"...)

don't we already HAVE a working kickoff counter...at the top of the page?

[Adam Richards]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

don't we already HAVE a working kickoff counter...at the top of the page?

That only goes to 12am on the day. We're counting till 10am.

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Adam Richards

That only goes to 12am on the day. We're counting till 10am.

alright then, looks like Brandon's got some work to do...c'mon, chop chop!

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by dlavery

(OK, lets see how long it takes for this to turn into the "kick-off count-down thread"...)

How about eight minutes?

2 days, 9 hours, 30 minutes left.

Back onto topic, hopefully the Advance BOM will come out today, even if only to perplex us even more.

[Adam Richards]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

How about three minutes?

2 days, 9 hours, 35 minutes left.

Back onto topic, hopefully the Advance BOM will come out today, even if only to perplex us even more.

Actually, my clock which I just updated with NIST says 2 Days, 9 Hours, 30 Minutes, 30 Sec.

[Doug G]

Back to the latest news of a $125 item. I'm helping to organize the Kickoff at UC Davis, CA - and haven't heard anything about this. So this is not making sense unless someone has broken the cardinal rule of not opening the kits early or they're referring to a non-competition specific item. Maybe they got a good buy on software or cordless drills or something. Hmmm???