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Rules arent built around robots. Robots are built around the rules. |
dodar |
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Of course 254 owns Battlebots too |
dodar |
Ekcrbe |
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I think one of they beauties of the program is how it can include so many different interests our students have. |
Doc Wu |
Akash Rastogi |
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Science and Technology is like the tide in the ocean, it raises all ships together, whether they're an engineering ship or a manual labor ship. |
Doc Wu |
Akash Rastogi |
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So we had forklifts in 2015 and now front end loaders in 2017. First has really embraced the industrial side of robotics. |
dmorewood |
ctt956 |
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The stated goals of FIRST are to inspire a culture that values science and technology. Inspiration needs Motivation. What motivates people? Competition. |
Dmentor |
kramarczyk |
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We should be celebrating every potential new science and technology leader regardless of which number is on his/her t-shirt. |
Dmentor |
BandChick |
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You can either spend lots of energy complaining about it and whining or you can try to figure out how to make a positive experience from the whole thing. |
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Count on the English teacher to be the one to actually understand the wording of the rules! |
dlavery |
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Don't underestimate the ability of a highly skilled technician with simple tools (and don't overestimate the ability of an unskilled fool with exotic tools!). |
dlavery |
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Stop being LAWYERS and start being ENGINEERS! |
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I'm currently working on design for a bin made out of concrete that will not break for next year's competition... :D |
dlavery |
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Why is it OK to be "elitist" when we select people to be on a team to hit rocks with sticks, but not OK when we try to reach the special group of students that embody the intellectual capital that will define the future of this country? |
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But if FIRST followed a "truth in advertising" philosophy for the registration kits, they would contain six cannisters labeled: "Stress", "Anxiety", "Confusion", "Insomnia", "Dietary Inadequacy", "Unbalanced Priorities"
And a really big seventh one labeled "Fun" :) |
dlavery |
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FIRST teams are made of people - students and mentors. In my humble opinion, it doesn't make one iota of difference if the name of the sponsoring organization or the name of the school changes over time. |
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Indianagineers! (n.: In-di-ae-nah-jih-nir: any resident of Gary, Indiana, or it's suburbs, who is trained in the use or design of machines or engines, or in other areas such as electrical or chemical technology) |
dlavery |
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Steal from the best, and then invent the rest! |
dlavery |
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Lawyers find loopholes. Engineers find solutions. For which would you rather be known? |
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Don't over analyze every possibility. Studying a problem too much doesn't help any more than not studying it enough. |
dlavery |
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Words mean what words mean. If your robot is sitting on the ball, then by definition it is not hanging from the bar. NO 50 point bonus. |
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You can either suck up a lot of oxygen, or you can contribute to our communal knowledge. The choice is yours. |
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Edison was once asked "how do you come up so many good ideas?" to which he responded "for every good idea, I have 99 bad ideas first." |
dlavery |
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After the norovirus outbreak at VCU, we had our entire team sterilized. Oh, wait, that doesn't sound right... |
dlavery |
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Which meant that I was completely unprepared when the congealing large globules suddenly accelerated back towards me at 64 ft/sec/sec. |
dlavery |
Greg McCoy |
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Duh! Sometimes the simplest answers are the best ones!
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dlavery |
Jessica Boucher |
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Gerardo?!!?! Auugghh! Dave says "that's NOT pimp!!" |
dlavery |
David Kelly |
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...several people have told my that my brain has been oxygen-starved since at least 1975. |
dlavery |
Mike Ciance |
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No, Dave says "that's PUMP" |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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And then have FIRST throw a copy of the Atkins diet book in with each kit...
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dlavery |
Michael Leicht |
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... Imagine NOT being able to count on certain things to stay the same from year to year... It makes you wonder what sort of sick, twisted mind would do such a thing to all those innocent teams out there... |
dlavery |
Katie Reynolds |
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Just call me conservative. |
dlavery |
Andy Baker |
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I feel like I need to rinse out my brain with drain cleaner |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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They have obviously figuered out something special. I want to learn from them. |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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As Grandma used to say, "empirical data is better than no data at all." |
dlavery |
RogerR |
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With a one-on-one-on-one-on-one-on-one game it would be really easy. |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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Coming between me and my Hawaiian shirts would be like trying to get between Dean and denim. |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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but who knows what you might want to try next? |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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note to self: MUST try harder to be funnier... |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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A great mentor guides without giving the answers, teaches through discovery, demonstrates without lecturing, provides support from backstage, observes without hovering, and leads by example. |
dlavery |
Jeff Waegelin |
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I knew that the students on our team really understood what FIRST was all about when, two years later, our unofficial team motto changed from "we want to BEAT Chief Delphi" to "we want to BE Chief Delphi." |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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"Building the technology of tomorrow - sometime late tonight!" |
dlavery |
Bcahn836 |
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And if in the end the students are inspired and more of the public becomes aware of the program, and people gain more appreciation for engineering, how can that not be a good thing? |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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Is all your information based on hearsay and miscellaneous posts by other people that don't know what they are talking about? |
dlavery |
Amanda Morrison |
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I always mean what I say. I just don't always say what I mean. |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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The kick-off is your opportunity to finally open the REALLY BIG box that has been sitting under the tree. |
dlavery |
Tom Bottiglieri |
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And who is to say what is the mean? Do I mean the mean? Or even the average? Or am I just being mean (or average, which could be my mean)? |
dlavery |
shyra1353 |
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just a gentle reminder not to limit yourself to just one viewpoint - every problem can and should be examined from different angles |
dlavery |
Steve W |
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The rules also never explicitly say that I can't park a Boeing 747 right in the middle of the play field and use it as an obstacle for the other alliance. But after a little thought, something tells me that I probably should not do it. |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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Every now and then, the judicious application of a modicum of common sense can make all the difference in the world. |
dlavery |
Billfred |
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If you are stupid about this and violate the rules, and thereby cause your alliance to lose a match, then your alliance partners will gang up on you and violate your robot. |
dlavery |
Andy Baker |
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