Laptop on 2011 robot

[KingLinkTiger]

As per R19 "No individual item shall have a value of over $400.00. The total cost of COMPONENTS purchased in bulk may exceed $400.00 USD as long as the cost of an individual COMPONENT does not exceed $400.00."

It says VALUE not cost. If you jack this $200 dollar laptop with $1000 of software in my eyes this would put the value of the laptop at $1200 and would be over the limit as per R19.

[davidthefat]

Technically one can buy a very low end, but upgradeable laptop priced just below $400 and buy the upgrades necessary to make it more like a $600 laptop. There were no rules about that. Just buy them in separate orders.

[KingLinkTiger]

Section 4.3.5
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G. If the item is part of a modular system that can be assembled in several possible configurations or applications, then each individual module must fit within the price constraints defined in Rule <R19>. If the modules are designed to assemble into a single configuration, and the assembly is functional in only that configuration, then the total cost of the complete assembly including all modules must fit within the price constraints defined in Rule <R19>. "

[Al Skierkiewicz]

This is as good a time as any to talk about computers on the robot. If your team is considering using such a device, know that inspectors will be checking for secure mounting on the computing device. "LogoMotion is a very vigorous game, with potential for changes in ROBOT orientation and significant interaction among ROBOTS. There is a high probability that your ROBOT will be overturned at some point."

[techhelpbb]

Someone has to ask this...
http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread...6026#post46026

I have...just no idea why we want to know this

(Does liquid nitrogen cost againt the $400 limit? cause I know where to find some 8GHz P4 overclocking instructions.)

[techhelpbb]

It's late, I'm tired , I have a head cold, so here's some more questions that aren't covered when it comes to the COTS laptop:

1. If the COTS laptop contacts extraterrestrial life with SETI during the competition does that team get extra points?

2. What safe guards are provided for the COTS laptop to prevent it from being infected by an intelligent living digital program from outer space and taking over the machine shop to build copies of itself to put tubes on every telephone pole in America? Do we get extra points for that as long as no one gets hurt and wears the proper safety gear?

3. Is it a violation of Gracious Professionalism to load Dr. Sbaitso on the COTS laptop and have it provide unlicensed psychotherapy to various humans and other robots?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Sbaitso

4. Will all the tubes in all the competitions get a bonus if the robot goes into space, gets upgraded by aliens and returns to Earth to complete it's mission by placing a huge 'ubertube' in orbit around the Earth's equator? Must that tube hold atmospheric pressure to qualify? Since it'll probably forget part of it's name, how can we properly identify it?

5. Will we get a penalty if a black monolith interferes with our COTS laptop operation by exerting an evolutionary effect on it? Can we prevent the penalty by removing the laptop as it sings..."Daisy...Daisy...D...A...I...S..."

There's other mentors out there reading this and I bet they'll have to explain the humor to someone.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by techhelpbb

It's late, I'm tired
There's other mentors out there reading this and I bet they'll have to explain the humor to someone.

Those other mentors out there are thinking, go home and get some sleep.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Those other mentors out there are thinking, go home and get some sleep.

I was home and what is this 'sleep' thing?
Life is best taken at 6 week intervals.