Chief Delphi - Spotlight List

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Spotlight List

Post	Quote	Username	Added By
	To quote Harrison Ford: "Never tell me the odds".		GCentola
	Give us the e-mail address of these folks to send them a barrage of support letters for your students?	sanddrag	DominickC
	Don't fight bureaucratic morons... embrace them! Humour and publicity will take care of the rest.	dtengineering	Carolyn_Grace
	I'm so conflicted right now. On one hand, you made the same page as a celebrity. On the other hand.... Justin Bieber.	Akash Rastogi	AlexD744
	I'm so conflicted right now. On one hand, you made the same page as a celebrity. On the other hand.... Justin Bieber.	Akash Rastogi	AlexD744
	I did research before asking a question on CD..blasphemous I know	rachelholladay	Basel A
	The term normal is relative to CADer side of me. When compared to the rest of society, there is no normal side of me.	Pault	DampRobot
	I can't wait to be one of those old kids who can say "Yeah, I remember the days before districts." and then watch the kid's eyes widen when I explain the days of regionals..	rachelholladay	Jay O'Donnell
	I've worked with space based navigation and lever arms and planes and Kalman filters. .. and I have never, ever once considered looking up to navigate.	purduephotog	DeformedFedora
	Funding and success is no accident.	waialua359	DonRotolo
	As goes with all of my advice on CD, try it yourself and make up your own mind. I'm just suggesting things based on experience. See what works for your team. Follow my suggestions to the letter, mix and match them, or even throw them completely out the window. It's all about you and your team.	DampRobot	brennonbrimhall
	My puppy certainly thanks the many teams that handed out frisbees this year.	VexisDarksteele	jwallace15
	Lesson learned, /always/ have a pick list!	Lil' Lavery	DonRotolo
	The difference between a robotics kid and a generic nerd. Both use their calculators for statistical analysis. One keeps it a closely guarded secret, the other brags about it on Chief Delphi!	Kevin Leonard	jwallace15
	I have a bobble head?	Koko Ed	Jash_J
	Guys guys, what a coincidence! I INFACT <3 ROBOTS TOO!	Kusha	Jessica Boucher
	I find it extremely unfair to say the best robots are the ones who win events.	LeelandS	Jasmine Zhou
	It's wrong to scuttle someone else's boat because you don't think it's seaworthy. You probably don't know that what you were seeing will be called a submarine.	ThatHat	KrazyCarl92
	Eh, typical FIRST team, take something awesome and make it even better.	rsisk	EricH
	We don't just build robots. We build people.	Koko Ed	DampRobot
	"If a student CAN do it, a student SHOULD do it."	Mr. Lim	KrazyCarl92
	I've come to believe that the current alliance selection system is just like democracy. It's the worst system possible, aside from all the other ones.	DampRobot	z_beeblebrox
	if you want FIRST people to sign a petition, July isn't the best time to do it.	Pault	CalTran
	Just remember to be as transparent and inclusive as you can.	DonRotolo	Kims Robot
	When you come down to it, FIRST is about people inspiring other people; STEM and the robots are just the subject matter.	RyanCahoon	rachelholladay
	I openly admitted to using IE at robotics last year and recieved a major lashing for such blasphemy. Then I downloaded Chrome.	jwallace15	daniel_dsouza
	Finally, they're getting rid of the spotlights. I'm sick of seeing ridiculous inside jokes up there.	Karthik	cgmv123
	The Robot Alliance Project is perpetrating the government shutdown? I KNEW robots would take over the world!	BBray_T1296	Billfred
	I've got a couple team members who have an incredible knack for destroying robot parts...	Tom Line	dictionaria13
	For years, Dave Lavery couldn't fart without people trying to interpret it as a game hint.	Taylor	Calvin Hartley
	Sir, you vastly underestimate the destructive power of a teenager.	DonRotolo	dictionaria13
	Be careful what you wish for, you just might be asked to be on the committee!	Rosiebotboss	AlexD744
	If they don't treat Dave nicely, he may just keep his big red ball, and not share with rest of us.	Barry Bonzack	Billfred
	To help keep the kids on top of their game, I remind them that the school board considers a grade of 97 an A+, so we can lose 3% of the kids and still be considered excellent.	DonRotolo	Billfred
	Of course I'm not an admin, so this opinion is worth about as much as a disco record or AOL Free Trail CD.	PayneTrain	Calvin Hartley
	Great teams with great software have control loops. Clever teams without software have pneumatics.	Chris is me	MrForbes
	Don't fix mechanical problems with software, ever.	Chris is me	DeformedFedora
	MAKE SURE THE BATTERY DOES NOT FALL OUT	magnets	MechEng83
	Don't trust everything you read on Chief Delphi.	Peter Matteson	DeformedFedora
	Without fail, judges always come by when the spokespeople are in the bathroom, so others should be able to cover until they're back.	Jacob Bendicksen	Whippet
	"Find a problem? Think of the three I's: Invent and Innovate to Improve!"	yash101	eli2410
	This isn't a golden ticket - it's a golden opportunity. It's up to you to earn it.	Jessica Boucher	Whippet
	Play FRC like Bruce Lee, not an MMA fighter.	Jessica Boucher	connor.worley
	If you plan the work and work the plan, you will very likely make it to the district championship.	IKE	connor.worley
	I don't know, there's quite a few teams that apply to travel to some random HS gym in Indiana every summer.	GaryVoshol	cgmv123
	Coming from one of the biggest mecanum fanboys in FIRST- have fun, drive fast, and forget the haters.	Brandon Zalinsky	Jay O'Donnell
	Plot twist: I'm actually Dean Kamen, and I've seen so many water game suggestions that we're now considering it. :deadhorse:	Derpancakes	JYang
	2011. Tried swerve. Didn't move for 1.5 regionals.	cadandcookies	Peter Matteson
	OMG this topic again. Those who stir the pot should lick the spoon.	nuggetsyl	Billfred
	I might be singing a different tune if I get a water jet for Christmas. :)	FrankJ	Whippet