"Quotes" that were said during build season

[Norman J]

Originally Posted by plnyyanks

"It's a hardware problem."

"It's always a programming problem?"
"Yes."
"What if the robot's on fire?"
"Don't worry, we'll fix it in software."

[Karibou]

Homeland Security guy: 'What's that symbol for...gearhead?"
Me: "Actually, yes, it is..."

[Vermeulen]

Electrical mentor: "How many software engineers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?"
Me: "I don't know, how many?"
Mentor: "None, it's a hardware problem."

[plnyyanks]

Originally Posted by Norman J

"It's always a programming problem?"
"Yes."
"What if the robot's on fire?"
"Don't worry, we'll fix it in software."

there everybody goes again... fixing hardware problems in software

[nathanww]

This is what happens at "interdisciplinary team progress review" meetings

Programmer:We're still having some issues with the threading on the camera code
Mechanist:What, the threads got stripped?
Programmer:What? No, it's a multi-threaded program but some of the threads are using too much CPU time
Mechanist:Multi-threaded?

This lead to a ten-minute discussion of uses of the word "thread".

[216Robochick288]

"Breakaway is just Lunacy that sends my brain on Overdrive!its like Triple Play of the mind!"
I was ganna add more but I was pulling this out of the top of my head!

[Peter Johnson]

Originally Posted by 216Robochick288

"Breakaway is just Lunacy that sends my brain on Overdrive!its like Triple Play of the mind!"
I was ganna add more but I was pulling this out of the top of my head!

Mine (from during the competition season):
"Looking forward to the opportunity to breakaway from work and join the lunacy at the LA FIRST competition. Just as long as our team keeps aiming high and triple-playing the competition, maybe we can raise the bar over previous years and go into overdrive in Atlanta!"

Another Mentor's reply to above:
"Might be in double trouble for those diabolical dynamics. Hope your zone zeal does not lead you to rack 'n' roll all over the place, unless you ramp and roll into rug rage."

[apalrd]

Originally Posted by plnyyanks

there everybody goes again... fixing hardware problems in software

...but we always fix it in software... thats what programmers do...

[Radical Pi]

Originally Posted by apalrd

...but we always fix it in software... thats what programmers do...

Student 1: "Hey, the wire to the motor broke"
Student 2: "Don't worry, the programmers can fix it"