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FIRST is here to reach the affluent, already college-bound students with boundless resources; it is also here to reach the poverty-stricken urban and rural students who don't see a diploma as worthwhile, and everybody in between. |
Taylor |
Ekcrbe |
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Ask the right questions and you can get the right answers. |
Chief Hedgehog |
Ginger Power |
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Own your words. |
Joe Johnson |
Amanda Morrison |
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Doughnuts would probably be a pretty good alternative to churros. However, that could be open to debate. |
Calvin Hartley |
frcguy |
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Let this be a lesson to everyone to never make changes to manufacturing drawings without issuing a new rev of the drawing itself... |
Cory |
Amanda Morrison |
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Give me enough gearboxes and I'll move the world. |
SenorZ |
itsjustjon |
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Why climb up to the scaling rungs when you can move the entire field down to your robot's height? |
marcusbernstein |
billbo911 |
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A 823543:1 reduction should be fine if you ever need to pick up a truck...or a house. |
Tim Sharp |
Heburn |
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FIRST robots definitely meet many commonly agreed upon definitions of robots. Some will disagree. Good for them. In my opinion, it's not worth arguing over. |
Mikell Taylor |
Amanda Morrison |
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They are "Human Dream and Inspiration Enablement Devices" but since that takes too long to say and explain I use the word "robot". |
Foster |
GreyingJay |
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They are "Human Dream and Inspiration Enablement Devices" but since that takes too long to say and explain I use the word "robot". |
Foster |
Brian Maher |
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And if you are unhappy about me using "robot", let me break your heart over what we've done to the word "cheesecake". |
Foster |
asid61 |
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However, I think the laws of physics indicate that doing so is going to be very difficult at best. |
EricH |
CalTran |
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I check Chief Delphi more often than I check Facebook and Twitter combined. It's probably unhealthy actually... |
Ginger Power |
Chak |
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The real world doesn't snap together easily. |
Joe G. |
Whippet |
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If it were easy it wouldn't be worth triple the points, right? |
SenorZ |
aryker |
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I remember eating dinner once. Long before Build season. Now, we only eat aluminum swarf and disappointment. |
BeardyMentor |
Amanda Morrison |
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I design gears and gear boxes for a living. I am HAPPY to write a check and have a solution in mailed to me. |
Joe Johnson |
CalTran |
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10:50PM, 1/14/16: I predict that hot dog wheels will grace Einstein before Mecanum wheels will. You heard it here first. |
CalTran |
Whippet |
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I don't care if you use hot dogs for wheels. If you're scoring points, and you fit the strategy, it's fine. |
evanperryg |
sportzkrazzy |
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Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but you don't know why. On our team, theory and practice comes together. Nothing works and nobody knows why. |
CalTran |
logank013 |
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If that due diligence shows that a real need for action exists, *then* grab the pitchforks, and light the torches. |
gblake |
Collin Fultz |
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Maybe if we get lucky [the GDC] will just say chute door. |
IronicDeadBird |
Whippet |
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Moat confirmed, he was only mostly wrong |
swnylm |
Qcom |
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I put the encrypted manual file onto a 5-1/4" floppy disk, so I'll have it with me when I go to the kickoff event and pick up the kit. |
MrForbes |
MikLast |
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[This year's game manual contains] 46 new pages of pictures displaying how to attach bumpers, assuring at least 15% of teams almost get it right this time. |
PayneTrain |
Whippet |
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It's official: we've run out of things to talk about. |
Jessica Boucher |
Jon K. |
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If you want to win, steal from the best, invent the rest. |
Michael Corsetto |
frcguy |
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Your attribute of personal sacrifice is very noble, but FIRST needs YOU to be successful first. |
DanKein |
Karibou |
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[how to read the rules] Slowly, carefully, word by word, taking your time as if it was the last corndog of the summer. |
Foster |
Richard Wallace |
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Which puts us precisely where we were six months ago, but slightly more entertained. |
cadandcookies |
Basel A |
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Good story telling and animation know no age limits. |
BMiller2559 |
Whippet |
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In a game full of tanks I think the Jeeps will win the all-terrain battle. |
JesseK |
Whippet |
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Blue Nitrile Tread is the best smelling wheel tread. #thingsyoufigureoutat2AM |
Ginger Power |
marshall |
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Physics is weird sometimes, this is why we prototype. |
Andrew Schreiber |
GreyingJay |
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Introverts can be good leaders too, we just lead differently. |
Ari423 |
MechEng83 |
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Wow I am old. How did that happen? |
Paul Copioli |
Chak |
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Wait...engineers have personalities? |
Mark McLeod |
cadandcookies |
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It truly is a Merry Vexmas! |
Ginger Power |
Whippet |
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Commence the year of the brown out! |
Jared Russell |
RyanCahoon |
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Also you NEVER need to apologize for asking questions. Asking questions is how you learn. |
akoscielski3 |
Abhishek R |
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First thing I do after the kickoff broadcast is start typing in my credit card number... |
sanddrag |
the programmer |
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No robot left behind! |
M. Mellott |
Whippet |
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The reason I care about it is that I don't want minorities (whether that's females or other racial minorities) to see the STEM world as only inclusive of majorities or men. |
Monochron |
Karthik |
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You're on a team, weren't you taught Gracious Professionalism? It doesn't only apply to competitions, it applies to the real world. |
Zac Schofield |
CadetGizmo |
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I do know a lot of teams need to be saved from themselves. |
Karthik |
Whippet |
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Is there anything more inspiring than inspiration? The answer is no; there is not. |
Jared Russell |
Hallry |
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Being in FIRST and putting the focus on the robot is like building a robot and putting the focus on the bandsaw (or mill or lathe, or whatever you do your machining with). The robot is a tool we use to play the game, the game is a tool we use to inspire and teach. |
GeeTwo |
Whippet |
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Most of the people who fit the profile of long tenured FIRST mentor are either already on a team or locked up in an institution where they belong... |
PayneTrain |
Billfred |
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People do amazing things for stuff the have a passion for. |
Foster |
Whippet |
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