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Belts are a fine way of transferring power in a robot. Like chains, gears, drive shafts, viscous couplings or any other means of transmission they require some care and attention on you're part. But no one said this robot stuff was going to be a cake walk. |
Andy A. |
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I know that it's often dangerous to use common sense in a YMTC thread... |
Kris Verdeyen |
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I think we are having that "hard fun" that Woodie Flowers keeps talking about. |
OZ_341 |
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Heaven forbid. A hexed Vex. |
Warren Boudreau |
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If you need persuasion woven tight with logic, leave it to a software architect. |
Richard Wallace |
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The fact is, if people dont know about nature they do nothing to preserve it...nature is something to be valued and not feared or destroyed. |
Wayne C. |
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Yeah, yeah...those who aren't spotlit, spotlight.... |
Jessica Boucher |
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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 |
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We also have a CNC mill and CNC lathe, but we're interested in doing this only if we can do it quickly. Milling anything takes too long for my MTV-generation attention span. :) |
Madison |
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While we discuss this stuff, let's keep our heads on straight. Open your eyes and look around you. Let's celebrate our common goal while accepting our differences. |
Andy Baker |
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I'm definitely not advocating PVC tanks. I'm just saying that if you're going to be an idiot, please be slightly less of an idiot. |
FourPenguins |
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If you look closer, you'll see I did those photos over a period of years... and they were only done with one program... but yeah, a little free time with no where to direct it and I can become, um, creative... |
MissInformation |
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Hmmm I think I hear phones ringing. Panic calls to the Rules committee to figure out how to close THAT loophole, which you could drive a truck through. Have you considered a career in Law? |
ChrisH |
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I could say something technical but I think I will allow myself a moment to pause in the awesomeness... Sweet. |
anna~marie |
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Cant get hair and nails done and still run a robot. |
wendymom |
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OK, I may have heavily influenced their decision, but I would never kill a mentor for not choosing an event I was planning... maim maybe, but never kill! :D |
KathieK |
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Jenny - thanks for not beating any of our team members up with their own MOE sticks! That must have taken some willpower to hold yourself back! |
Mr MOE |
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and as you can see, all rumor threads lead to silly, loads of silly |
JaneYoung |
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We will all win in the end. |
JaneYoung |
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Brandon, it's not an issue... but the fortune cookie thing that you get when you give someone rep is a little creepy... |
Beth Sweet |
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I can't claim to be an expert in the stess analysis field - I just play one on TV, er CD, er - okay, so call me a poser! |
petek |
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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 |
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everyone in FIRST has to do the cha cha slide at least once per season to get it out of their system. Now I can go back to doing it in the privacy of my own car (if you see a red Jeep in CT swerving back and forth don't worry, it's just me doing the slide...)! |
KathieK |
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I must caution against using my sense of humor as any sort of litmus test for good taste. |
dlavery |
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No need to apologize, you didn't do anything wrong. your just learning. thats what the forums are for. please keep them coming. |
Tytus Gerrish |
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I think I need a bigger cup of coffee.... |
JaneYoung |
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My first instinct was inflatable clowns and 5 of them beating on the robots at all times, but then I thought, thats probably not right. |
Dan Richardson |
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Now, almost a day later, no one has begun interpreting, dissecting, attaching synonyms, re-interpreting or otherwise mangling Dave's wise words in an effort to find the hidden key to the game. I smell a conspiracy! |
petek |
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Come on, guys, it's two weeks 'til build. Personally, I'm gonna go outside for a little before I forget what my neighborhood looks like in the daylight. :) |
Libby K |
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that....was more far-fetched than the tennis ball I threw for my dog earlier today... |
TeknicllyInsane |
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All I want for Christmas is a better game hint, a better game hint, a better game hint... |
Schnabel |
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You know, I have 2 big addictions in my life right now: ice cream, and FIRST. While the prior may not be great for my health, I think I'm doing just fine with FIRST. |
Beth Sweet |
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I've always suspected that one could find glimpses of wisdom, setting priorities, and responsibility - and ways to balance them, in the contents of a coffee cup. |
JaneYoung |
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I think the "F" in FIRST really stands for "friendly." |
Rick TYler |
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Apparently he felt that wearing ringers is akin to "being surrounded by safety." |
DanDon |
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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 |
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That's wicked sweet (and I'm not even from New England). |
Travis Hoffman |
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FIRST teams procrastinate and slack off?!?!? The question is, if you do it in a way that keeps your grandmother proud, would that make it "Gracious Procrastinatism?" |
Mr MOE |
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Start simple and build up. |
Mark McLeod |
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How easy will it be for a driver to control 5-6 different motions at once? Most drivers only have two hands. |
Kevin Sevcik |
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Whatever you do though, don't get into an "us versus them" mentality with your mentors. They are there to help. |
Bongle |
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You are not allowed to think outside of the box, but you are allowed to think diagonally in the box. |
eugenebrooks |
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If people played without PDA's back when FIRST had this addiction to nigh-impossible-to-calculate-in-your-head multipliers, then we can play without PDA's now. |
Ian Curtis |
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I am sad that the Patriots lost, and I am happy for both teams that won...but I am even more thrilled that for the next two weeks robot building in the midwest comes to a standstill. ;) |
Jessica Boucher |
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If I can make a comeback, so can you. |
Warren Boudreau |
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In FIRST, you can either have comfortable safety margins or you can have a competitive robot, you can't have both. |
Joe Johnson |
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We asked the neighbors if we could block the road before we did it. We had the rack out for a couple of hours. They are getting used to us doing odd things during build season. |
wendymom |
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Silly FIRST mentor -- actually spending brain power caring about a sporting event occuring during build season! |
Aidan F. Browne |
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I'm thinking they subscribe to the thought that "the best offense is a good defense". They are from New England, after all. |
Travis Hoffman |
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A game where you don't have control of your robot for long periods of time is no fun (unless, of course you are talking about autonomous :p) |
Cody Carey |
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