Secret Weapon

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Posted by Jon at 1/8/2001 8:40 PM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.


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Posted by Ken Leung on 1/8/2001 6:54 PM EST:



While i admit to looking at the stats fairly closely, before i hit reply i do ask myself "can i add a useful piece of information? can i answer this person's question? do i know enough to help?"
I rarely generate a thread because i usually go to my teammates and talk about things or they just read my mind and they manage to post things i want to talk about. The rumor mill is our place to congregate in a social manner and frankly to spin rumors...

i agree that traffic exploded after kickoff as is expected and i told our new team members left and right "go to chiefdelphi, you'll learn stuff"

Anyways... we'll continue to reveal details regarding our secret weapon as the hampster hop transforms into the actual g2k1 robot. By the end of the week I hope to have some computer predictions using what is commonly known as "Morphing" technology.



Have a good year people...

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Posted by Nick at 1/9/2001 12:48 PM EST


Student on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy and WPI.


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Posted by Justin on 1/8/2001 4:51 PM EST:



Ahhhh we're all done with ours.

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Posted by colleen -- T190 at 1/9/2001 8:11 PM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science and WPI.


In Reply to: Don't u ppl have better things to be doing
Posted by Justin on 1/8/2001 4:51 PM EST:



Hey Justin---

Well.. we built about 3 or 4 robots using the pneumatics and electrical sources.. and we just decided.. "that's not unique enough".. after all, with this year's competition.. since there's no one to beat, there's only people to impress.. like the President.. he looks like a hamster lover, don't you think?

In any case.. we found that the power that a little hamster fury can provide completely surpasses anything we've ever worked with previously...

But like Jon said.. we have a lot of design to complete before perfecting Gompei2K1 and all it's abilities :-)

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Posted by Michael Martus at 1/10/2001 7:33 PM EST


Coach on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central H.S. and Delphi Automotives Systems.


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Posted by Jon on 1/7/2001 11:02 PM EST:



I am making schematics of the "Win the Match" Button Joe Johnson featured at the kick off workshop.

If interested send $9.99 plus $3.99 for shipping and handling (cash only) to:
Mike Martus
P.O. Box M116
Ooga-Ooga, CD 04747

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Posted by Matt Leese at 1/10/2001 11:42 PM EST


Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.


In Reply to: Re: Secret Weapon
Posted by Michael Martus on 1/10/2001 7:33 PM EST:



Are the parts purchasable from Small Parts or are they on the Additional Hardware List?

Matt who realizes he has too much time on his hands

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Posted by Michael Martus at 1/11/2001 7:28 PM EST


Coach on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central H.S. and Delphi Automotives Systems.


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Posted by Matt Leese on 1/10/2001 11:42 PM EST:



We have a kit ready for market. Watch the shopping channel for our "special" offer.

With every kit you order you will get a bonus of two pounds of canned sunshine from Flordia to carry you through the winter snow.

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Posted by Jon - T190 at 1/12/2001 12:22 AM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.


In Reply to: Re: Secret Weapon
Posted by Michael Martus on 1/11/2001 7:28 PM EST:



You just sold me with the canned sunshine... we have to melt this deadly black ice off our driveway somehow..

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Posted by Matt Leese at 1/12/2001 7:14 PM EST


Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.


In Reply to: Re: Secret Weapon
Posted by Michael Martus on 1/11/2001 7:28 PM EST:



Sunshine? What's sunshine? We don't get any of that here in Rochester. Wait a minute......you're from MI. I think this is a scam.......

Matt

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Posted by Jared at 03/09/2001 6:53 PM EST


Student on team #312, Heatwave, from Lakewood High and Baxter.


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Posted by Jared on 03/09/2001 6:50 PM EST:



And am I the only one who can't get it to stream? I have a cable connection and my parents had no trouble watching KSC. If you have any info on the other comps going on now, please post it. Thanx

: -= JARED =-
: # 312
: !HEATWAVE!

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Posted by Matt Leese at 1/14/2001 12:28 PM EST


Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.


In Reply to: "Win Match" button is a hoax!
Posted by Jon - T190 on 1/13/2001 2:11 AM EST:



I really doubt it's a hoax. I figure you'll win the match if you hit the button. Then again you'd also win the match if you didn't hit the button. There's no one to lose the match to this year.......

Matt

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Posted by Michael Martus at 1/14/2001 10:13 PM EST


Coach on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central H.S. and Delphi Automotives Systems.


In Reply to: Re: "Win Match" button is a hoax!
Posted by Matt Leese on 1/14/2001 12:28 PM EST:



The red button is the "Win the Match" Button each team has one. It's just that some teams will win more, but all will win.

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Posted by Matt Leese at 1/15/2001 11:41 AM EST


Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.


In Reply to: "Win Match" button is real!
Posted by Michael Martus on 1/14/2001 10:13 PM EST:



So the "Win the Match" Button only works sometimes? Sounds like too many robots I've helped build......

Matt

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Posted by Alan Partington at 1/16/2001 10:19 PM EST


Engineer from Crescent School.


In Reply to: Re: Secret Weapon
Posted by Matt Leese on 1/12/2001 7:14 PM EST:



: Sunshine? What's sunshine? We don't get any of that here in Rochester. Wait a minute......you're from MI. I think this is a scam.......

: Matt

You think you got it cold up there? Up here in the cold.. cold city of Toronto, it's cold. We've have over 2.5ft. of snow and temperatures have gone down to arround -30C(don't ask what that is in faranheit, we don't have those degrees up here)

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Posted by Matt Leese at 1/17/2001 7:43 PM EST


Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.


In Reply to: You think it's cold?
Posted by Alan Partington on 1/16/2001 10:19 PM EST:



Yeah, this is cold for me. I'm originally from Maryland. Then again when I went back for winter break I found that wearing a coat was pointless. I figure the reason we have FIRST in winter is that you can't go outside anyway up north. And, BTW, we have about a foot of snow on the ground and a windchill that averages about -10 Fahrenheit.

Matt