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Texas! Here we come! |
Harrison |
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And let's face it their junk is our robot! |
jrgrim12 |
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"Take a man to a FIRST contest and he's entertained for three days. Teach a man to build a FIRST robot, and he's out of your hair for six weeks a year..." |
kmcclary |
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"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein |
Edward Debler |
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." - Albert Einstein
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Edward Debler |
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"Things should be as simple as possible, but not simpler" - Albert Einstein |
Edward Debler |
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The only people who are dumb or ignorant in this world are the ones who don't stop and ask why. |
T967 |
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… it’s all good as long as the kids are inspired. |
AdamT |
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A good driver will always win over a good robot. |
Mike Norton |
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This 6 weeks of work, sweat, thinking, designing, building, talking, discussing, turning wrenches, wiring, programming, drawing on chalk boards, eating pizza, drinking mountain dew, with the students - is what the FIRST experience is really about. |
meaubry |
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"It's not a weapon, it's an active bumper system." |
Ameya |
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If you want to prove your worth, prove it by creation, not destruction. |
DanL |
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FIRST is aimed at those girls on your team. They don't know anything about mechanics, or electricity, or programming, or machining. They have no interest in it, either. They're perfect candidates for FIRST. |
Madison |
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Thank you lord I knew there was a reason I got 10 books on autonomous robotics. |
Adam Y. |
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Backstabbing your opponents at the last second will not help you win friends and word will get around pretty quick. Your team will be shunned and distrusted for years. People have long memories, and some of us mentors have been playing this game since you kids were playing with blocks. |
ChrisH |
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Analysis is a tool. Like any other tool you need to figure out where and when to use it. That's the tricky part. |
ChrisH |
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"Mother nature does not give partial credit" -Woodie Flowers, Kickoff 2003 |
TerryDolan |
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The best [fundraiser] that we did was our various little things this year, such as calanders and other things. The worst is not doing one at all. |
Joe Matt |
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Often heard exchange in the shop: "The physics don't allow that." "But it's so cool!"
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MBF |
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A stack is a stack is a stack.
(How Profound!)
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Paul Copioli |
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FIRST is similar to real life in that nothing is perfect and you have to deal with the circumstances as they arise and make the best of it! |
Sean_330 |
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I can't wait till FIRST starts giving anti-gravity kits inside the kit of parts. |
Rob Colatutto |
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the point is that FIRST is successful, in so many different ways |
Pamela |
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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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The game objectives are still the same, get boxes into your scoring zone, stack approximately half of them, run for the top of the ramp.
So lets sit down, shut up, and start building robots. |
ChrisH |
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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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Traction is good but a good driver will always win over a good robot. |
Mike Norton |
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FIRST is an opportunity for me to tackle problems that have long been solved. |
Madison |
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Everyone knows the best way to lose weight is to turn the robot upside down, shake vigourously, and throw away anything that falls out. |
Mark Hamilton |
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You can design and theorize all you want, but the sooner you get to testing your ideas and seeing how things actually work, the better off you will be. |
Andy Baker |
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Making a part look pretty even after it is functionaly done can be a very good thing, espically when the part gets cut from the bot and you get to keep it as a trophey. Take pride in your work. |
Andy A. |
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I love talking to younger girls and inspiring them to become involved in more technical things. |
Adrienne E. |
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Success is inspiring high schoolers to get real world experiance through internships with their sponsors. |
Pamela |
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We're not behind, the rest of the world is ahead! Yeah. Thats it. |
Curtis Williams |
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Stop being LAWYERS and start being ENGINEERS! |
dlavery |
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Don't ever give up on your robot, especially this early in the season. That robot is what you make of it. If you give it your all, something good is bound to come your way. |
Amanda Morrison |
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We build because we can. |
Danaca |
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This is a pure blooded, man and machine versus man and machine, brain versus brain, driving skill challenge. |
Andy Grady |
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Mentors: Don't give up folks, your efforts are not in vain. The kids get something out of it whether we get acknowledgment or not. |
Swampdude |
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Pompous boasts dont get you anywhere. Results get your name on the book... |
Jeremy_Mc |
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It's up to veteran teams and mentors to help keep the original spirit of FIRST alive. - It's up to us to make these boards exemplify the FIRST principals in every post.
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Ben Mitchell |
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There's too much whining lately.. we need a hug forum |
Gadget470 |
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Something has gone awry this year in FIRST. I think more teams are concerned with winning and their robot that they don't even stop to think about the kids on their team, or the learning experiences of others. |
Amanda Morrison |
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The point of FIRST is to get a wide range of kids together and have them work as a TEAM. |
Firewolf |
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That's for us to know, and you to lose sleep over finding out! |
Austin |
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That's not duct tape as adhesive, it's duct tape as decoration! :p |
Don Knight |
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The object of the team is not to design, build and compete a robot, it is to design, build and compete students. If after four years we have opened a student's eyes to the infinite possibilities they have in their life, it is worth all the effort. |
adunakin |
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You know you're addicted to FIRST when...you realize that Dean IS changing society with FIRST and you love the fact that you are helping. |
EStokely |
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There are only 4 seasons of the year my friend, build season, competition season, post-season and pre-season. |
Tom Schindler |
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...from my experience, it is really fun to play defense really well. |
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