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Thank you FIRST -- thank you, thank you, thank you -- I can't say that enough. We can't say that enough.... Its too bad that more of us don't try. |
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When's the last time you called up FIRST headquarters just to say thanks? Or saw a volunteer at a regional and said, 'Hey, you're doing a really great job here. Thank you for everything you're doing in your spare time.' |
Amanda Morrison |
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push for what you think is right... just do it in the right way |
Andy Baker |
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A better way would be better..... |
WizardOfAz |
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FIRST showed me how to succeed at one of the most difficult, yet important things: Life. |
Jim McGeehin |
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Warning: this reply is just an approximation of what I meant to convey - engineers cannot possibly use just written words to express what they are thinking.
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It does it automagically. |
David Kelly |
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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) |
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FIRST is a worthwhile program to be involved in as an Adult mentor. But for me, it does bring its share of personal conflict. ..... Cuz' you know when Jan 4/5 comes round' I'll be itchin to go gang busters again. I'll never learn |
PMGRACER |
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FIRST is like we have traveled to the future, and we dont like what we saw when we got there. So we came back and now we are attempting to alter the future |
KenWittlief |
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Figure out where you have to start and what end result you want, from there, all you have to fill in is the middle. |
Beth Sweet |
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Steal from the best, and then invent the rest! |
dlavery |
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The only basis on which a team should be awarded the chairmans award is the content of the submission, not the way in which it is presented. |
KenWittlief |
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You can be extra safe or you can be competative - its your choice. |
Raul |
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Bottom line: if it confuses my mom, it is bad for FIRST. |
Joe Johnson |
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More teams will want to join, peers who are not on the team will understand the program better, television will become interested in FIRST again, sponsors will be easier to get, cancer will be cured, the Israelis and Palestineians will live in harmony, and we will have world peace. |
Andy Baker |
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I like anything that is designed to bounce for up to 10 minutes. Expecially if it lands right side up :) |
GregT |
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In my opinion, the hardest part of the competition is not that actual manufacture of the robot, but the design process. It is the enginners that go through the design process all the time that will have the edge in this competition, not the best machinist. |
Wetzel |
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Lawyers find loopholes. Engineers find solutions. For which would you rather be known? |
dlavery |
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when I was a ball setter at PARC one year (6th grade?). As soon as I saw what High school students could do with thier own two hands and how they mingled with industry, I knew, at that moment, it was for me. |
henryBsick |
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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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FIRST does not follow patterns. |
Mike Soukup |
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Unless your HS students have earned BSEE and BSME degreees already, how can they lead or run an engineering team? |
KenWittlief |
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The only thing a team needs to survive is people who want it to survive. |
Ryan Foley |
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On these forums, there are so many people that we see working all of the time to try to help teams out, and just overall good people. To everyone who does that, thanks. |
miketwalker |
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... as teammates we often get too into the craze of competition and forget that this wouldn't happen without so many dedicated people. |
miketwalker |
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I know the world needs more engineers, but FIRST isn't all about engineers and robots... that's why it's so great. |
Ryan Dognaux |
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When we design these systems ask " would I want my Mom (or daughter) standing next to this thing when it goes off? |
Mike Betts |
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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. |
dlavery |
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it is not as hard as it looks, but thats prolly cause we havent tried to build it yet... |
robolemur1236 |
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When fun is outlawed, only outlaws will have fun. |
Gadget470 |
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This isn't just a robot competition, it's not robots driving robots. It's people driving robots, and teams of people who have put a lot into making the robots work. |
Gadget470 |
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Hack saws are for hack work, the kind we don't do. |
sanddrag |
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You are joining the greatest family in the world, FIRST, because we all strive to practice GP. |
Ken Loyd |
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Everyone needs to start working with what they are given, and start appreciating FIRST, not complaining about what they think FIRST is doing wrong. |
Marygrace |
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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. |
dlavery |
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Most of all, I long to give others a chance to experience what I did with FIRST, to give people from my home town that opportunity, because FIRST really is that once in a lifetime opportunity that so many people dont get a chance to be a part of. It shouldnt be that way. |
Jacqui Sutton |
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Ok, I am geting flustered since I can't perform trigonometric functions with the tools FIRST provides. |
jweric |
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I guess we're going amish this year. |
Jon Anderson |
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Why drink Pepsi when you can drink Pepsi and program? |
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You lame pig farmer! I'm not talking about a bunch of dudes sitting around eating their packed lunches that Mommy made. |
Paul Copioli |
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Teamwork, dedication and friendship have a lot of play in all factors of life, including a robot contest. |
tenthirtythree |
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I think we sometimes forget that FIRST is not just about building robots. Its purpose is to educate and inspire young people in the field of science and technology. |
amanda |
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Yes, a big part of FIRST is learning from others. But a just as important part of FIRST is learning from discovery. |
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Holy cow! Five years in FIRST and it only gets better!
Skyway has supplied wheels to FIRST for ten years.
Ten years ago Dean called Ken for wheels. Ken said yes.
Man, we love helping you guys and gals get good wheels. ;)
Bart at Skywaywheels.com |
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FIRST doesnt care about the weather, and we still need a working robot. |
Mike Heinowski |
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"FIRST, molding the future of America by inspiring children in the fields of science and technology....and eliminating playground dodgeball forever." |
Andy Grady |
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I think these new rules are making the message coming from FIRST perfectly clear - engineering is about what happens between your ears, not what comes out of your deep pockets. |
KenWittlief |
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We are not here to build robots, or to win a contest, or to travel to cool places or to bring home trophies. we are here to see what a career in engineering and science is like; anything else that happens along the way is frosting on the cake |
KenWittlief |
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And the only person who could really save my butt, Brandon Martus... is sitting across the table from me. Laughing. |
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