Chief Delphi - Spotlight List

See... this is what I love about my friends in FIRST. They come forward to help me whenever I need anything. - Arefin Bari [more]

		Chief Delphi
Spotlight List

Post	Quote	Username	Added By
	Winning the robot part of the competition is not about learning or doing unneccesary work. It works just like "winning" in industry.	Max Lobovsky	Billfred
	You are given a goal with some simple restrictions. That's it. No one really cares how you get it done, just the fact that you get it done.	Max Lobovsky	Billfred
	FIRST teams do not allow other FIRST teams to fail.		Billfred
	gasp Robotics? bad for your health? I refuse to accept that as an answer.	Kiwi_queen	Billfred
	Sweeeet swerve drive	Andy Baker	Josh Hambright
	just remember, with power comes responsibility.	Mike Ciance	Billfred
	one wrong move and you could end up capping one of the judges. that will pretty much ruin your chance at judges' award	Mike Ciance	Billfred
	So does this mean we can use the FP as bumpers? :D	Peter Matteson	CmptrGk
	Just a word of advise dont come running up to someone and say OMG OMG its just remember to introduce yourself first.	Mike Schroeder	Bharat Nain
	How many FIRSTers would quit if they found it was bad for them? I think most FIRSTaholics are thirteen steppers ;)	phrontist	Billfred
	Blame it on the programmer.	colt527	Billfred
	Remember, if FIRST is your top priority, you need to look at your priorities.	Billfred	Daniel Brim
	And THAT is why they have safety manuals.	Eria4044	Billfred
	You can have any color robot you like, so long as it stays that color. So you shouldn't have to worry unless you have a chameleon bot.	Kevin Sevcik	Billfred
	One of the many unwritten laws of engineering failure is that the problem will occur in the most inopportune time.	Dave Scheck	Billfred
	....a red-light-of-death.	Kevin Watson	Venkatesh
	P.S. could we get Kanagasabapathy added to the spell check? or will it not handle words that big? :)	Holtzman	Beth Sweet
	No one wants to have the piece that they spent hours swiss-cheesing break in half...	BillCloyes	Billfred
	actually, I don't work with mechanics, so I just barely learned what Lexan was a few days ago...long story... It's amazing the variety of things FIRST teaches us!!!	tribotec_ca88	Billfred
	Wishes and dreams can hold a robot together just as well as nuts and bolts.	Kyle	Bharat Nain
	make sure to make it look really cool, it makes it easier for teams to remember you, which comes in handy for alliance selections ;)	Holtzman	Billfred
	99.9999% of the FIRSTers are really nice	Denman	Billfred
	the always so humble metal-in-motion.....i know your tricks; you all are gonna have a killer robot as usual....	Stephen Kowski	Billfred
	(The wheels) need to be green anodized, and then assembled with yellow anodized spinners. ... and then, on the spinners, you can etch "JVN is a dweeb". That would be cool.	Andy Baker	Billfred
	The robot was spinning, I dont have the energy to spin like that.	Joe Menassa	Billfred
	WE might have a different plan than being overweight, but thats just my guess	pakrat	Billfred
	My guess is you all are planning on being overweight......interesting strategy.....i like it	Stephen Kowski	Daniel Brim
	No, we will not call you a "stupid freshman", we attribute your hasty remark due to lack of expirence, but you will gain that in time.	Mr. Ivey	Billfred
	Pizza tastes best after a few long hours of robot building.	Max Lobovsky	Billfred
	Dave Lavery was right... all we had to do was type in "attack old lady" and when we started up our robot it did.	Human Player	JackN
	I don't think we should only be pointing at those with exceptional bots, but those that we consider a role model team in all aspects, not just in technical design	tribotec_ca88	Koko Ed
	Why do it the hard way if you don't have too?	ChrisH	Billfred
	but then again, isn't FIRST a sport? I mean come on now, our championship is nothing less than the super bowl. :)	Arefin Bari	Kyle
	Saying that something cannot be done, is always good inspiration for someone to find a way to do it.	Josh Hambright	Billfred
	That tetra has personality!	Kevin Thorp	Josh Hambright
	If the left side of your brain controls the right side of your body then left handers are the only ones in "their right mind".	Al Skierkiewicz	ConKbot of Doom
	That seems like a pretty cool idea! Who'da thunk o' dat?! :rolleyes:	dlavery	kjohnson
	Scout so that you're not in doubt!	Mark Pettit	Billfred
	When I had "shop" back in High School they emphazied safety to the fullest extreme. I'm glad they did, I still have a full set of 7 fingers........	Stillen	Matt Krass
	Parking Lot T-Shirt Bootleggers are NOT approved suppliers	Rich Kressly	Billfred
	I'm gonna go back to my corner and write some more code...	Kevin Watson	Astronouth7303
	Build a GREAT robot (just not as good as mine).	Steve W	Daniel Brim
	FIRST is supposed to be a learning experience. Learn first, win awards later.	evulish	Billfred
	Girls, if you are techy, great! If you're not, don't worry about it. We're all good at something and FIRST can show you what that is. Just remember, be true to WHO YOU ARE.	Erin Rapacki	Koko Ed
	when I was a young whippersnapper, we didn't even HAVE Internet access at my high school in my podunk farmer town of Kinsman, OH!	Travis Hoffman	JamizzleHavok13
	Gravity is not always pointing the same direction relative to the robot!	ChrisH	Matt Krass
	From past experience members of our team insist on never trusting gravity.	Vash	Cyberguy34000
	When we got it tuned to the point where we were (reasonably) confident it wouldn't slam into Dave's ankle, we quit for the evening.	Kevin Watson	Billfred
	The first law of programming is that there are always ways of doing things quicker and in less space than you already are.	jgannon	Billfred
	I'm a programmer by training and inclination, so my mechanical ideas are sometimes rather, um, loosely constrained by physical reality.	Alan Anderson	JVN