Spidergoats......

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Posted by Matt Leese at 2/8/2001 10:55 PM EST


Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Fiber Technologies & RIT.



Well, I found this link of Slashdot today about Spidergoats. It just reminded me of what our friends in Worchester were up to..... I guess we're gonna see some sort of genetically engineered 'bot then.

Matt who realizes he needs more sleep......

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Posted by colleen - T190 at 2/9/2001 12:08 AM EST


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


In Reply to: Spidergoats......
Posted by Matt Leese on 2/8/2001 10:55 PM EST:



hahahaha... spellling.. so funny we were JUST discussing today how people spell Worcester like that!!

right now.. the hampsters are training in boot camp.. those 12 wheels are going to be tough work driving (ok.. only 10 are driven).. but still.. we need to make sure our little guys are prepared for the work and earn the fun time on the Hampster Playground (recently added: the Slip 'n Slide)

The SpiderGoat is well on it's way out of the farm and onto the big time... :-) This 'bot ain't made for grazing :-P

It's our tenth year in FIRST... the whole petting zoo has to take part.. it's not just about goats any more!

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Posted by Anton Abaya at 2/9/2001 12:17 AM EST


Coach on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / BC High and NONE AT THE MOMENT! .


In Reply to: hampster boot camp in WORCESTER!
Posted by colleen - T190 on 2/9/2001 12:08 AM EST:



Animal Rights Law

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Anti-Cruelty Statutes
Massachusetts


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MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS
PART IV. CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
TITLE I. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 272. CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY, MORALITY, DECENCY AND GOOD ORDER

s 77. Cruelty to animals

Whoever overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, cruelly beats, mutilates or kills an animal, or causes or procures an animal to be overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, cruelly beaten, mutilated or killed; and whoever uses in a cruel or inhuman manner in a race, game, or contest, or in training therefor, as lure or bait a live animal, except an animal if used as lure or bait in fishing; and whoever, having the charge or custody of an animal, either as owner or otherwise, inflicts unnecessary cruelty upon it, or unnecessarily fails to provide it with proper food, drink, shelter, sanitary environment, or protection from the weather, and whoever, as owner, possessor, or person having the charge or custody of an animal, cruelly drives or works it when unfit for labor, or willfully abandons it, or carries it or causes it to be carried in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the animal carried thereon, or knowingly and willfully authorizes or permits it to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering or cruelty of any kind shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon conviction for any violation of this section or of sections seventy-seven A, seventy-eight, seventy-eight A, seventy-nine A, seventy-nine B, eighty A, eighty B, eighty C, eighty D, eighty F, eighty-six, eighty-six A, eighty-six B or ninety-four the defendant may, after an appropriate hearing to determine the defendant's fitness for continued custody of the abused animal, be ordered to surrender or forfeit to the custody of any society, incorporated under the laws of the commonwealth for the prevention of cruelty to animals or for the care and protection of homeless or suffering animals, the animal whose treatment was the basis of such conviction.

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Posted by Ken Leung at 2/9/2001 11:48 AM EST


Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.


In Reply to: poor poor animals...
Posted by Anton Abaya on 2/9/2001 12:17 AM EST:



Hey Anton,

You didn't spend all your time writing out this long message, did you?

I was going to say, didn't you have a robot to finish?

Good luck... I know Rambots are going to do well, and you robot is going to be better than ever!

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Posted by Deej at 2/9/2001 3:28 PM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompeii, from Mass Academy and WPI.


In Reply to: hampster boot camp in WORCESTER!
Posted by colleen - T190 on 2/9/2001 12:08 AM EST:




The hampsters are currently in the pressurization chamber learning how to deal with extreme pressure situations. Also today, we shall be putting through the g-test, to find out how many g's the little buggers will be able to take before they black out. may sound cruel to some, but we need to have the best of the best when it comes to hampsters. This is an elite team, they will be lethal come competition time!!!

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Posted by Matt Leese at 2/9/2001 3:46 PM EST


Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Fiber Technologies & RIT.


In Reply to: hampster boot camp in WORCESTER!
Posted by colleen - T190 on 2/9/2001 12:08 AM EST:



Number one reason to go to RIT over WPI: Rochester is a lot easier to spell.

Ok, I can't spell. So sue me. Live in a town where the name is spelled phonetically and then you can complain.

Matt

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Posted by Lora Knepper at 2/9/2001 8:29 PM EST


Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Rochester Institute of Technology / Edison Tech HS and Alstom and Fiber Technologies.


In Reply to: Re: hampster boot camp in WORCESTER!
Posted by Matt Leese on 2/9/2001 3:46 PM EST:



Ok...so I may be going to RIT next year, but come on it's Worcester! *Everyone* should know that by now ;o) Besides, RIT isn't even IN Rochester...it's in Henrietta....

~ lora

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Posted by Patrick Dingle at 2/9/2001 8:45 PM EST


Other on team #639, Red B^2, from Ithaca High School and Cornell University.


In Reply to: Worcester v. Rochester
Posted by Lora Knepper on 2/9/2001 8:29 PM EST:



Wait, wait, wait. Why go to RIT or WPI when you can go to Cornell! Here's a list of reasons:

1) It's easier to spell than Wista and Rochestah (excuse my accent, I was born in Wista.)
2) We have a FIRST robotics team
3) The school is not located in a town that contradicts the name of the school.
4) You don't get nearly as much snow as rochester or worcester. (no lake effect like rochester, or nor' easters like worcester). We currently have 0"
5) You get to run down a very steep hill like a madman whenever you want to visit the local high school (and they usually give us rides back up!)

Patrick

: Ok...so I may be going to RIT next year, but come on it's Worcester! *Everyone* should know that by now ;o) Besides, RIT isn't even IN Rochester...it's in Henrietta....

: ~ lora

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Posted by Matt Leese at 2/9/2001 9:46 PM EST


Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Fiber Technologies & RIT.


In Reply to: Re: Worcester v. Rochester v. CORNELL!
Posted by Patrick Dingle on 2/9/2001 8:45 PM EST:



Hrm....let's take a look at the differences between Cornell and RIT again:

: Wait, wait, wait. Why go to RIT or WPI when you can go to Cornell! Here's a list of reasons:
: 1) It's easier to spell than Wista and Rochestah (excuse my accent, I was born in Wista.)

So shouldn't it be Cahnell?

: 2) We have a FIRST robotics team
So do we. Former National Champions too (1996).

: 3) The school is not located in a town that contradicts the name of the school.
We're in the Rochester metro area. Good enough for me. And if you really wanna know why we're in Henrietta as opposed to Rochester, it's because RIT used to be downtown and then the state wanted to put a highway through the campus. Oops.

: 4) You don't get nearly as much snow as rochester or worcester. (no lake effect like rochester, or nor' easters like worcester). We currently have 0"

Yeah, but cold without snow is wasted.

: 5) You get to run down a very steep hill like a madman whenever you want to visit the local high school (and they usually give us rides back up!)

We have no hills so there are no hills to walk up to get to class.

In addition to that Rochester has the garbage plate and an airport of significant size. :-p

Matt

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Posted by Patrick Dingle at 2/9/2001 10:00 PM EST


Other on team #639, Red B^2, from Ithaca High School and Cornell University.


In Reply to: Re: Worcester v. Rochester v. CORNELL!
Posted by Matt Leese on 2/9/2001 9:46 PM EST:



: Hrm....let's take a look at the differences between Cornell and RIT again:

: : Wait, wait, wait. Why go to RIT or WPI when you can go to Cornell! Here's a list of reasons:
: : 1) It's easier to spell than Wista and Rochestah (excuse my accent, I was born in Wista.)

: So shouldn't it be Cahnell?

Good point... but, but, but... It's only one word!

: : 2) We have a FIRST robotics team
: So do we. Former National Champions too (1996).

Yeah, well.... We've never NOT won a National Competition!

: : 3) The school is not located in a town that contradicts the name of the school.
: We're in the Rochester metro area. Good enough for me. And if you really wanna know why we're in Henrietta as opposed to Rochester, it's because RIT used to be downtown and then the state wanted to put a highway through the campus. Oops.

: : 4) You don't get nearly as much snow as rochester or worcester. (no lake effect like rochester, or nor' easters like worcester). We currently have 0"

: Yeah, but cold without snow is wasted.

It was definately up to 50 degrees today

: : 5) You get to run down a very steep hill like a madman whenever you want to visit the local high school (and they usually give us rides back up!)

: We have no hills so there are no hills to walk up to get to class.

And you do not have the opportunity to take dining trays from the dining halls and slide down the hill after classes (when it does snow).

Patrick

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Posted by Matt Leese at 2/9/2001 10:33 PM EST


Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Fiber Technologies & RIT.


In Reply to: Re: Worcester v. Rochester v. CORNELL!
Posted by Patrick Dingle on 2/9/2001 10:00 PM EST:



: It was definately up to 50 degrees today
I would like to point out that it was definately 60 degress here today, so :-P

Matt

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Posted by Patrick Dingle at 2/9/2001 11:05 PM EST


Coach on team #639, Red B^2, from Ithaca High School and Cornell University.


In Reply to: Re: Worcester v. Rochester v. CORNELL!
Posted by Matt Leese on 2/9/2001 10:33 PM EST:



But we're further south, so that means it was warmer than 60 here! (i was in short sleeves today) So take that

: : It was definately up to 50 degrees today
: I would like to point out that it was definately 60 degress here today, so :-P

: Matt

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Posted by Deej at 2/10/2001 4:14 AM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompeii, from Mass Academy and WPI.


In Reply to: Re: Worcester v. Rochester v. CORNELL!
Posted by Patrick Dingle on 2/9/2001 11:05 PM EST:



as for the whole Rochester vs. Worcester, I'd have to say Worcester is better. I was at RIT last year, and transferred to WPI. Rochester is cool for the most part, hard to find things to do outside of school unless you want to drive some distance, but hey, what can you do. The weather is one thing i don't miss. Go to class over in Gleason with it sunny and in the 50's, come outside after class and have it snowed an inch and winds killing you at 25 degrees kinda sucks. Worcester there is some predictability. WPI rules though too.... RIT was fun too though.

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Posted by Chris Orimoto at 2/10/2001 2:27 PM EST


Student on team #368, Kika Mana, from McKinley High School and Nasa Ames/Hawaiian Electric/Weinberg Foundation.


In Reply to: Re: Worcester v. Rochester v. CORNELL!
Posted by Patrick Dingle on 2/9/2001 11:05 PM EST:



Hey, I don't know why you guys are arguing...it's like
80 over here...
:-)

Chris, #368