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Re: Five weeks instead of six??

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I've determined that the only thing rumors are good for is putting your knickers in a twist.
But it IS funny.
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Re: Five weeks instead of six??

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But it IS funny.
Besides, what else is there to do???

We only have about elevendy-billion weeks before kick off...
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I would be fine with 5 weeks, Bring it on! I look at it as more of a challenge and it would it makes people push themselves even more.
Yup, exactly what I said before.

What ever happened the pushing the limits folks? If it is a true rumor, I'd love for it to be true. Bring it.
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Re: Five weeks instead of six??

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But it IS funny.
What's funny?

(not being sarcastic)
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Re: Five weeks instead of six??

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What's funny?

(not being sarcastic)
Watching people think they are true and get all worked up. Just like watching the game hint threads.

And in my defense Jane, I do NOT turn into an Eeyore! I am naturally that way. (Im assuming you meant that one way, if I am WAY off target here disregard the above comment)
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Re: Five weeks instead of six??

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I suspect that the change would not be as drastic as people think. It would just be a call to work more efficiently. Seriously folks I would bet that most teams have at least 3-4 "wasted" meetings where nothing gets done. Give us 5 weeks and we don't have that luxury. I fully support the change, bring it on!

The 40lb allowance makes this even easier as you can keep working on 1/3 of your robot until the event.
I averaged 85 hours a week during the first 6 weeks. I wouldn't want to push that to 102 hours a week for 5 weeks.
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I averaged 85 hours a week during the first 6 weeks. I wouldn't want to push that to 102 hours a week for 5 weeks.
Isn't working 85 hours/week only half-time labor?
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Isn't working 85 hours/week only half-time labor?
Not when you have a full time job on the side. Of course, the family would probably complain if one spent much more than the 85 hours a week at robotics (although my wife is very understanding and has done some robotics volunteering herself) and I can understand that. They feel left out.
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I would hate if the build season became any shorter. My team is unorganized as it is, we have not finished a robot before ship since at least 2005, maybe earlier. Any shorter of a build period would pretty much destroy our chances.

I know of course the easy solution is to organize my team more, but that's a far more difficult task than one would think and I have yet to do.
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Re: Five weeks instead of six??

Of course, if we tell the manufacturing group that it's only five weeks, the programmers get a whole week to work on the robot!
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Re: Five weeks instead of six??

I would have to purchase a new domain.
I already have http://thesixweeks.com/
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I would hate if the build season became any shorter. My team is unorganized as it is, we have not finished a robot before ship since at least 2005, maybe earlier. Any shorter of a build period would pretty much destroy our chances.

I know of course the easy solution is to organize my team more, but that's a far more difficult task than one would think and I have yet to do.
Consider then that this would be a swift kick in the butt to get yourselves organized.
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Consider then that this would be a swift kick in the butt to get yourselves organized.
1) Go to a regional
2) Show up Thursday Morning
3) Look at how many teams are still working on their bot to make it functional/add functionality
4) multiply that by 10 and you'll have the effects of a 5 week build season.
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1) Go to a regional
2) Show up Thursday Morning
3) Look at how many teams are still working on their bot to make it functional/add functionality
4) multiply that by 10 and you'll have the effects of a 5 week build season.
I am always trying to find ways to improve the robot (in 2008 we changed the programming Saturday morning!) to get a few more points in the next game.
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1) Go to a regional
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3) Look at how many teams are still working on their bot to make it functional/add functionality
4) multiply that by 10 and you'll have the effects of a 5 week build season.
Took your bet in 2008 at Kettering, out of all the teams there I can only think of a couple teams that were not functional, bearing in mind that the whole event was rookies I would consider this a worst case scenario. (sorry rookies) Were they amazing? No, but show me a team that builds the perfect robot and is done by ship day and I will show you either a liar OR the first time travelers.

My point was, that if you are consistently not meeting deadlines you need to change something.
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