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To me, the changing rules are a big part of the fun. If the rules stayed the same year to year, robots would start to look the same. That would be boring. |
Richard Wallace |
Noah Kleinberg |
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I should have gone to IRI years ago. |
Richard Wallace |
Andy Baker |
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If you need persuasion woven tight with logic, leave it to a software architect. |
Richard Wallace |
Billfred |
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Engineers are not eligible to join NEMO, but that's OK! For us, there is an ad-hoc disorganization, notionally dubbed EMO. Meetings have no agenda and are called at random, usually in the evenings following long days at FIRST events. |
Richard Wallace |
Billfred |
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Long after we've forgotten that absurd pink bunny, Dave's other car is still on Mars. |
Richard Wallace |
Libby K |
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I sincerely hope no one on CD is going to neg rep you for thinking |
Richard Wallace |
dlavery |
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John Abele certainly deserves much more recognition than he gets. |
Richard Wallace |
Andy Baker |
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A world where lawyers and police don't get much work -- there's a goal to work toward. |
Richard Wallace |
dlavery |
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I have a feeling this is going to be a really good year.:) |
Richard Wallace |
Andy Baker |
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Or you could go to the Waterloo or Greater Toronto regional, walk up to anyone in their pit, and ask. You may end up feeling like you asked for a sip of water and ended up soaked by a fire hose, but you won't walk away disappointed. |
Richard Wallace |
Billfred |
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FIRST will continue searching for rules and procedures to keep us from hurting ourselves. However, none of this will substitute for judicious application of common sense. |
Richard Wallace |
Billfred |
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Not all FIRST people are nuts. Some are threaded holes, rivets, velcro, or zip-ties. Anything but duct-tape. |
Richard Wallace |
Qbranch |
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I'm not certain that I agree with me on this reasoning, either. |
Richard Wallace |
RbtGal1351 |
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Of course, someone who can score on all rack levels while hovering autononmously 12 inches off the floor in his own home zone could probably have posted on CD while winning a regional.;) |
Richard Wallace |
Schnabel |
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Engineers crave and demand facts, and won't reach a conclusion without them. |
Richard Wallace |
Goldeye |
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Due to risk of unforseeable consequences, teams may not initiate a wormhole for the purpose of scoring ringers from past or future matches. |
Richard Wallace |
Qbranch |
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It would appear that your PLTW teacher succeeded in tricking you into learning something after all. Teachers are sneaky that way! |
Richard Wallace |
Billfred |
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.......I would still heed Al's suggestions above. He has many a grey hair and he earned them all the old-fashioned way. :) |
Richard Wallace |
Billfred |
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I've heard of mentors who keep talking until they are blue in the face, but this is my first time actually seeing one. |
Richard Wallace |
Pavan Dave |
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We can't all be Dean. But with the right attitude and preparation, we can make careers out of our passions. |
Richard Wallace |
Andy Baker |
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Now stop reading CD, do your homework, eat your peas, brush your teeth, and go to bed. Any time you spend speculating as to what Dave's ravings might mean is completely wasted. |
Richard Wallace |
Libby K |
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If you use a flux capacitor make certain it is a COTS component, or that you fabricate it from COTS materials. |
Richard Wallace |
Kevin Sevcik |
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Thinking should never be against the rules of FIRST |
Richard Wallace |
dlavery |
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We're 3 pounds over. Drill until the hole saw is too hot to touch, then go find something else to cut off while you wait for it to cool down. |
Richard Wallace |
Katy |
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I'll guess those tie-dyed, numbered balls are used for alliance-partner lotto. :D |
Richard Wallace |
Andy Baker |
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My lasting impression of 217 (for years now) has been based on how their robot looks, dynamically. It is poultry in motion. :) |
Richard Wallace |
Taylor |
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Engineering literature?
Is that like jumbo shrimp, military intelligence, or legal brief? You know, an oxymoron? |
Richard Wallace |
rtfgnow |
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Geekier than me? That's a goal you can shoot for. You might make it, too -- in twenty years or so. :cool: |
Richard Wallace |
Qbranch |
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...after all these years Dean is still on message, and the message still resonates. |
Richard Wallace |
Akash Rastogi |
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Let it be noted in the annals of FIRST history that on this day the game design committee did NOT choose to change, clarify, explain, or interpret ANY PART of the 2010 Manual. |
Richard Wallace |
Karibou |
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Lesson learned: don't hide cables where drills can find them! |
Richard Wallace |
Kevin Sevcik |
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CD would not be what it is without Brandon |
Richard Wallace |
Hallry |
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Several really good programming and control specialists haunt CD, but a thread titled "motor failure" might not attract their notice soon. |
Richard Wallace |
CalTran |
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The sponsor had a $2000 sheet of aircraft aluminum in their scrap bin? Do they also blow stacks of dollar bills off their loading dock with a giant fan? |
Richard Wallace |
Whippet |
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Adam, when most of us look at your robots, we aren't thinking, "How Creative!" What we are thinking is more like, "Holy Crap!" |
Richard Wallace |
Ekcrbe |
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Start building your robot as soon as possible, but not sooner. |
Richard Wallace |
Whippet |
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Every robot needs a locky-thingy. A robot without one might fire when it isn't supposed to, and hit the wrong target; e.g., a referee, FTA, or robot inspector. |
Richard Wallace |
Whippet |
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It always surprises me how many teams wait until their robot is being inspected to learn how files should be used. |
Richard Wallace |
frcguy |
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Oh, please, please, GDC! Give us a corn game! |
Richard Wallace |
ctt956 |
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I wouldn't want to replay Lunacy -- the Moon is a harsh mistress! |
Richard Wallace |
ctt956 |
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You don't have to build a winning robot to build a team, but you won't build a great team unless they are striving to build a winning robot. |
Richard Wallace |
Darkseer54 |
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Thank goodness there are people in this world who refuse to let physics and calculus ruin a good story. |
Richard Wallace |
Billfred |
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Come on how can you not be excited about IRI! |
richardp |
Hallry |
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I'm sure there aren't a bunch of rule makers sitting in a board room discussing "What rule can we change now to mess with the teams' heads?" Lets all just sit back and enjoy the regionals! |
Rick |
Billfred |
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Real coaches dont use "strategy assistants" during matches. |
Rick |
Jessica Boucher |
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I'm a drive team coach, they don't eat lunch during competition. |
Rick |
Jessica Boucher |
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I wanted to make an epoxy/carbon fiber/fiberglass arm for our 'bot, but I was outvoted by conservative teenagers. Oh well...
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Rick TYler |
Max Lobovsky |
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If they're going to blame you for it anyway, you might as well have fun. |
Rick TYler |
dlavery |
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If we all keep our "secrets" about our robots, the rest of us don't learn as much. |
Rick TYler |
Josh Hambright |
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The mission is to mobilize community, school and corporate resources to support the vision. The method is to provide an interesting, exciting program that gives young people opportunities to explore and expand their capabilities and interests. |
Rick TYler |
Jaine Perotti |
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