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It is a good idea to try to stand in another person's shoes and treat them as your equal. It's called respect. |
Jaine Perotti |
dlavery |
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Don't date anyone on your team unless you are POSITVE that you will be able to handle yourself professionally, not only during your relationship, but even after it ends. |
Jaine Perotti |
RbtGal1351 |
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We can't be afraid to critique the existing system. If we don't, how will it ever get better? |
Jaine Perotti |
Pavan Dave |
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I had so much to say but I dont know how to get it accross -- but to all of you that we were involved with this weekend, thankyou for everything -- we're changing lives, and we truly are moving mountains, in more ways than one. |
Jacqui Sutton |
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Most of all, I long to give others a chance to experience what I did with FIRST, to give people from my home town that opportunity, because FIRST really is that once in a lifetime opportunity that so many people dont get a chance to be a part of. It shouldnt be that way. |
Jacqui Sutton |
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You know you have FIRST Kickoff fever when you know when Kickoff is but not Christmas. |
Jacob.B |
Kevin Selavko |
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“Chasing perfection is like trying to find a unicorn. If you go all around the world, you will not find a unicorn. However, you will find a whole freak load of stuff along the way.” - Karthik |
Jacob Bendicksen |
MisterG |
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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 |
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It would be a (relatively) level* playing field *...though it seems like the actual field will be anything but level. |
Jacob Bendicksen |
Whippet |
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FIRST builds bridges, and absolutely should not build walls. |
Jacob Bendicksen |
GeeTwo |
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Losing is important. In some cases, more so than winning. |
JackS |
Steven Donow |
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Well i guess the only thing left for me to do is tip my hat and call Karthik, Chris Hibner, EricH and Bill Gold my daddy. |
JackN |
Karthik |
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Your team will be more of a team and not a group of students who are just building a robot. Instead of being in FIRST, you will be FIRST. |
JackN |
Nica F. |
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Just think of the deadline as your six week deadline for FIRST, just when you think you can't do it, you are amazed by what you can do. |
JackN |
Kyle |
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This reminds me of a sports bar where there's a bunch of games on different TV's. Only this is better because it's FIRST. :D |
JackG |
Diriye |
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Why silence the rude ones and naysayers when you could have the students learn to deal with them? |
JackG |
EricH |
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In my opinion, the right mix of student, mentor, and engineer involvement is when everyone gives it 100%. |
Jack Jones |
KathieK |
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On the one hand, I wouldn’t want to discourage innovation. But on the other, I would want to encourage simplicity. |
Jack Jones |
Billfred |
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Amazing how great minds think alike! |
Jack Jones |
Billfred |
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Quality has nothing to do with desire – you can’t wish quality. Quality has nothing to do with time, or money, or the other guy’s attitude. Quality has everything to do with craftsmanship. |
Jack Jones |
RogerR |
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We want to be a positive force in our community, and maybe to encourage our country’s best and brightest to go to work for the ones who’ve put themselves in harm’s way. |
Jack Jones |
Billfred |
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It’s not that we don’t have the time to teach first principals; it’s more that we (FIRST) don’t need to. |
Jack Jones |
MattB703 |
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the best way to make things most unfair is to have different rules for different people. |
Jack Jones |
Beth Sweet |
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What’s in a name? That which we call a robot, by any other word would smell of magic smoke. |
Jack Jones |
Stuart |
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There's the problem!! The #1 reason to blame the programmers: They always forget to grease their code. :rolleyes: |
Jack Jones |
JBotAlan |
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I do this to give kids an opportunity that I never had. |
Jack Jones |
Alex Dinsmoor |
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Physics is not a religion. |
Jack Jones |
Akash Rastogi |
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Did you know that if a G7, G27, G28, and G20 occur in that order at the same time, then the referee will appear to be doing the "YMCA"? :) |
Jack Jones |
Karibou |
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Look at 71's 'walking' bot from last year. One dosn't need wheels/track to move. All you need is an idea. |
Jack |
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Ahh yes, the good old "let's dedicate all our resources to absolutely cheesing the opponent alliance" strategy |
Jaci |
Billfred |
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Unlike robot design, in the clothing world there's no such thing as too much pocketing |
Jaci |
asid61 |
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I had told my new team this joke: "They procrastinate so much, no wonder they're the Heroes of Tomorrow!", but I guess the joke doesn't have any truth in it anymore. They were really on their game this year! |
JABot67 |
Billfred |
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Remember everyone, during build season, if you mess something up.....
In the words of Adam Savage... Failure is always an option!
(and so is blowing stuff up) |
J.Warsoff |
RoboDesigners |
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...Of course, all the scales in the world won't help you if your robot is 135lb two nights before the ship date... |
J Flex 188 |
Billfred |
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Diversity means diversity in ideas too. Some of the robots from the singapore competition might have employed strategies or ideas that we may not even have come up with in North America. |
J Flex 188 |
Billfred |
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Plugging your own design when people are recognizing others, especially when you are such a seasoned member of the forums just doesn't cut it anymore. |
J Flex 188 |
Karthik |
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They have a Woodie Flowers Finalist, Outstanding Volunteer and numerous UFH Awards to demonstrate this as well. You do not receive any of these accolades without doing something right. |
J Flex 188 |
Billfred |
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It all depends on which box your trying to think outside. |
ItsPat |
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Now, everyone, say it with me: "It's just a TV show and FRC is just a robotics program. My life is a lot bigger than both of those things."
Once you say this, I swear most of the arguments here would fade into oblivion. |
itsjustjon |
Brian Maher |
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Ahem, a climbing xerox machine. Also known as the scariest type of xerox machine this Earth has ever seen. |
itsjustjon |
ctt956 |
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Your iphone may be more intuitive for some of your students than a screw driver. |
Isaac501 |
Taylor |
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Take it from a team that mastered tank treads and still hasn't built them in over a decade - it's not worth it. |
Isaac501 |
EricH |
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Bomb squad, that grabber was the coolest way to grab a tetrahedral object in the history of grabbing tetrahedral objects. |
IronVulture |
Beth Sweet |
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I am the person I am because I have come to accept the mistakes I have made, not because I try to change them. |
IronicDeadBird |
Whippet |
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For some people FRC is an introduction into STEM and just a way to open someones eyes to a world they might not know exist. To other it is a lifestyle that makes crossfit look casual. |
IronicDeadBird |
cadandcookies |
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At the end of the day the game is what brought us to the location, but its the people that got the party started. |
IronicDeadBird |
Whippet |
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Maybe if we get lucky [the GDC] will just say chute door. |
IronicDeadBird |
Whippet |
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I can't believe I let build season distract me from the fact that iHop had unlimited pancakes for a few weeks. |
IronicDeadBird |
IndySam |
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Put on shows. Start new teams, FRC, FVC, or FLL. It doesn't matter. But I know that being on the robotics team has given me some of the best memories of my life, and I wouldn't want anybody else to miss out on that. |
irishninja |
Dan Petrovic |
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Spread inspiration; Don't destroy it. |
IntensifiedAmp |
Michelle Celio |
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