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Yes ONE blue banner would be nice one of these days, but I've never lost focus of why we as mentors do what we do. It's about preparing the students for "defense" in life, and laugh when your robot gets scored into a goal. |
Chris_Elston |
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I believe that "going home a winner" is more a matter of perception than anything else. |
JesseK |
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I don't know how you can blame a robot getting stuck in the goal on the GDC. The field drawings showed all of the dimensions of the goals. If a team doesn't want to risk getting stuck then they need to plan around it. |
JamesBrown |
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During the day on Thursday, I had to change costumes a few times, being "Andy the inspector", to "Andy the green power ranger drive coach", to "Andy the President of AndyMark, meeting with companies". I am sure some people in the guys' bathroom were wondering what I was up to. |
Andy Baker |
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Gracious Professionalism, it's hard to describe, but I sure know when I'm not living up to it. |
rsisk |
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In real life, you paint the number on your OWN forehead. How you dress, how you look, what expression you have on your face, your body language, etc. You may not see the number but it is there. |
Joe Johnson |
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One of my management professors taught me this: At all times you are holding a bucket in each hand, one full of water, and one full of gasoline. Management is knowing when to throw which bucket. |
Barry Bonzack |
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Along with having good manners, having good judgement goes a long way in life. |
ebarker |
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I also like how the FTC folks are able to get involved with the FRC process this year, but it's always a bit of a let down when you're told you can't launch things into the air. |
s_forbes |
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Stop whining about something that can be fixed by working harder. |
artdutra04 |
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What is the coefficient of friction between butt and carpet? |
JVN |
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Above all, have fun and, if you need help, ask for it... Your inspectors will be glad to help or try to arrange for another team to help you. This should not be a traumatic experience! |
Mike Betts |
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Health. Family. School. FIRST. Any other order is a mistake. |
pfreivald |
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Anyways, before we all get worked up over this setup, let's wait and see what details emerge. It can't be as bad as everyone is making it seem. |
Karthik |
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I frequently summarize the core mission of FIRST as inspiring the smartest high school kids to study science and engineering, so they don't become lawyers. (It's about 70% in jest) |
MikeE |
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This year it is what it is and, at some point, we will all find out what that is, specifically. |
JaneYoung |
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When Dean says it's not about the robot he really means it. We're gonna get a speech whether we want it or not and of we complain we'll get even more. |
Koko Ed |
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Just because we don't cheer, doesn't mean we don't have fun. ;) |
JVN |
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Truly listening to the wealth of advice around you is so important. Don't work in a vacuum all season long. |
OZ_341 |
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All this is sounding like gobbly-de-gook but it is important to understand this gobbly-de-gook. |
ebarker |
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To be blunt: how many motorized carts do you see parked on the side of Einstein? |
Koko Ed |
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Man, I never thought I'd have to cite a rule during the offseason. |
Karibou |
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At first blush, people don't need to know about GP any more than they need to know gear ratios, screw classifications, or LabVIEW. It's about Inspiration. It's about Recognition. It's about Science and Technology. That's all it's For; any more than that is just gravy. |
Taylor |
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People don't have to "get" it. They just have to know about it. Once they know about it, then they come to it, experience it, talk to it, learn it, then get it. |
Taylor |
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The minibot horse is dead. Stop trying to beat it. Glue is too cheap. |
Taylor |
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We appreciate the time/effort of everyone who contributes to Chief Delphi... hopefully, someday soon we'll be experienced/seasoned enough to contribute advice ourselves... |
Michael Blake |
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of course, like anything, there is big difference between "can" and "should" |
ratdude747 |
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FIRST, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot drill, Courage to drill the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference. |
Bill_B |
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Let me live in my delusional world where minibots never happened and the Tetrix kit doesn't exist. |
Andrew Schreiber |
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Having 75% of the drive train without direct connection to the transmission would make me a bit queasy, but then again, I'm not Winnovative. |
Taylor |
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Can you believe we have 8 FRC teams in Arkansas this year??? Not quite Michigan, but... |
Meredith Novak |
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Less playing to the camera, more talking about cool FIRST stuff please. |
Cuog |
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Is it really that bad to ask a team to be able to do more than just drive? It's like asking a student to do more than just show up to class... |
Katie_UPS |
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The folks in Indiana don't play around. |
PayneTrain |
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Incidentally, this is a good example of why lawyering the FIRST rules is good practice for the real world. By critically analyzing FIRST's errors, you practice for the day when you need to critically analyze legislators' errors (and deliberate trickery). |
Tristan Lall |
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It means Dave Lavery isn't on the Game Design Committee this year. If he were, you probably would have found a banana instead. |
Alan Anderson |
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I can neither confirm nor deny that I've worked on alot of pretty cool stuff. |
Gary Dillard |
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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 |
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And like Woodie told us in his talk, all the bad stuff we anguished over will be replaced by the memories of the achievements and good time we had this year. |
Wayne C. |
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My team is graduating yet another class of great kids who will go into the world capable and focused. And after a decade and a half of FIRST robotics those memories are as treasured as any trophies. |
Wayne C. |
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Why assume a full trophy case and spreading the message of FIRST (mentoring rookies) are mutually exclusive? Team 16 supported 6 rookies this season and earned 5 banners - I am equally proud of both. |
Meredith Novak |
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I love how your suggestion for MCC is one of the most elite robots of the year, and one of the World Champions. I also love that I really can't argue with you. |
JVN |
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Take care of home and family first- then we play robots |
Wayne C. |
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Spoiler: There will be no plasma cutters available in FIRST Choice |
Jibsy |
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No, but you have access to the most powerful machine tool of all; a telephone. We had zero machining sponsors, now we've probably had over 30 unique shops run parts for us; All we did was ask. |
AdamHeard |
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Hold on to your shirts kids, here comes some physics... |
JesseK |
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Jon is very right, going forward I have a hard time envisioning any future Championship Chairman's award winners without a significant social media presence. It's just too big of an avenue to be ignored. |
Karthik |
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Not sure if its fair to call this or not yet. Back a group of dedicated teenagers far enough into a corner, and they're gonna find a way out. |
Racer26 |
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Consider that the 12V from your robot isn't any different from the 12V from your car's cigarette lighter. (Err... sorry... that's "power port" these days, thank goodness.) |
dtengineering |
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Maybe we should have some safety training before and during build instead of just having flyers at our pit. Hm... |
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