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Bumper quality is an "attention to detail" measure. Teams that get little things right tend to do better on the big things. |
vhcook |
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Since you have to undo all the connections anyway in order to swap them, you might as well take advantage of the opportunity to do some simple and straightforward troubleshooting. |
Alan Anderson |
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Maybe it just seemed like five hours...I had freshmen in my vehicle! |
Qbot2640 |
Billfred |
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The Robot Alliance Project is perpetrating the government shutdown? I KNEW robots would take over the world! |
BBray_T1296 |
Billfred |
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To help keep the kids on top of their game, I remind them that the school board considers a grade of 97 an A+, so we can lose 3% of the kids and still be considered excellent. |
DonRotolo |
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If they don't treat Dave nicely, he may just keep his big red ball, and not share with rest of us. |
Barry Bonzack |
Billfred |
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OMG this topic again. Those who stir the pot should lick the spoon. |
nuggetsyl |
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I GET that FIRST is about more than winning on the field. BUT... ...it is my experience that the great programs of the FIRST world almost always build on a foundation of competitive robots. Success on the field begets success in other realms. |
Joe Johnson |
Billfred |
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You mean how many Edible Data Analysis Metrics and Aggregated Measurable Entities (EDAMAME)? |
Andrew Schreiber |
Billfred |
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New CAD computer one day and the 254 Build Blog + Tech Binder the next? Christmas in July really does exist. |
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Yes, the real world is like that. Let's operate on a higher plane. |
Taylor |
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I'm a bit wary about playing on the new fields, however, because of the Carson/Carver/Hopper/Tesla Curse. I hear no alliance from those divisions has ever won championships. |
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RoboRIO brownout (v, n): The GDC's alternative to limiting the number of motors allowed on a robot. |
GeeTwo |
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Most of the people who fit the profile of long tenured FIRST mentor are either already on a team or locked up in an institution where they belong... |
PayneTrain |
Billfred |
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Karthik is afraid of the day he can't agasabapathy. |
DesignComp |
Billfred |
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Ah, to be a teenager and know everything again. |
Alan Anderson |
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Ahh yes, the good old "let's dedicate all our resources to absolutely cheesing the opponent alliance" strategy |
Jaci |
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I'm sure they liked the size and power output but disliked when they were on fire. |
notmattlythgoe |
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It's funny how many things learnt in Physics class at school I am able to apply to FRC. |
pilleya |
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There are "Problems", and then there are "Solutions". Understand the Problem, and keep your mind open to alternative solutions. Don't get married to a Solution. |
rich2202 |
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I tried, but our freshmen lost enthusiasm about filing the blocks of aluminum I gave them into Andymark Performance Wheels after only a few hours! |
Greg Woelki |
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This year should be an unusual object game. You know what an unusual object is? Water. |
TheBoulderite |
Billfred |
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This is one case where I really wish Andymark didn't listen to their customers so well. |
ASD20 |
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Because of the silly "What's the best 254 team" thread I recently found there is an Electric Sheep! 2546. TBA also says 2505 is The Electric Sheep But which team is the one androids dream of? |
Katie_UPS |
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This is not an engineering design challenge, this is a project management and common sense challenge with engineering elements. Don't go out of your way to screw yourself. |
PayneTrain |
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Don't let my students know I skimmed that blog and didn't read it thoroughly. |
rlance |
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To go a step further, to be "steam punk", electrics would need to be powered from a steam turbine operated dynamo but electric wiring would still be required to follow all rules as they would apply. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
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Large areas of ice in south Georgia is some what of an oxymoron. The best place for ice in south Georgia is in tea. |
FrankJ |
Billfred |
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While youth is wasted on the young, in FRC knowledge can be wasted on those a bit older. |
IKE |
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Thank goodness there are people in this world who refuse to let physics and calculus ruin a good story. |
Richard Wallace |
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Us, as adults, find ways to help the kids to make it happen. |
aspiece |
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They can build a robot in 6 hours, so they don't need to start meeting for months... |
Karthik |
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Regardless of whether the max allowed weight is 10 pounds or 1,000 pounds, everyone is going to need at least one ounce more. |
gblake |
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Remember; FIRST is staffed by real live humans, some of whom have a sense of humor. |
Andy A. |
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We try to do cool stuff (note: I didn't say it always works). |
marshall |
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"It's not a flashlight! it's an arduino with a really strong status LED!" |
Leav |
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Speculate away! |
IndySam |
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PS: Sorry for derailing this thread even further. |
Molten |
biojae |
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Sleep well Chief Delphi, because for the next 6 weeks, sleep is only for the weak. :D |
ttldomination |
biojae |
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All the gangstas in FRC have solid gold CRios. It's called "blingage". If you don't have a solid gold CRio, you're not a straight-up G. :D |
Jamie Kalb |
biojae |
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The jags are powered with magic... |
Aren Siekmeier |
biojae |
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This wins this week's award for "Most Bizarre Thread". Carry on. |
DonRotolo |
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In FIRST you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be held against you and your associates in the court of public opinion. |
Koko Ed |
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Theory is a nice place, I'd like to go there one day. |
JamesCH95 |
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FIRST is all about going past theoretical limits. |
Foster |
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As it stands your design defies physics (and breaks 1 of Karthik's 2 Golden Rules). |
JesseK |
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It's like the people from Pimp my Pit came and had it professionally done. |
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The term defensive robot and mechanum wheels do not belong in the same sentence together. |
Koko Ed |
BJC |
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Meh, wear safety glasses. |
Mike Schreiber |
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If you find yourself extremely upset, frustrated, angry, or any other term of emotion, please stop and ask yourself why you participate in FIRST. |
indieFan |
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