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There are 10 types of people in the world: those that understand binary and those that do not. |
Stephen P |
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MORAL: Always wear safety glasses when you're putting on your safety glasses. ;) |
Joel Glidden |
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I don't understand why it should matter if your robot is 100% student built, 100% engineer built or somewhere in between. As long as you are Inspired (I word again) FIRST is getting its point and primary goal across. |
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FIRST is inspiration. No matter how you do it, you learn something. Stop being silly. Stop making accusations. Go build robots. Now. |
Aignam |
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To me, every robot is a moving mechanical art form, a sculpture made of aluminum, motors and gears, and I think that soon we will be seeing those art forms involved in some of the most fantastic robotic "dances" that any of us have ever seen |
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One last thing, if a mechanical part fails on you, sometimes you can get a little bit of noise back into it by yelling at it, kicking it, or pounding on it with your fist. This might put enough back into it so it will work for a few more minutes. |
KenWittlief |
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Robots aside, how we handle these situations, communicate with one another, resolve differences and potential conflict, and overcome obstacles defines us all as people. Remember the big picture and have fun. |
Rich Kressly |
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"Heres a band aid to keep your blood off the robot." |
littleelectron |
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I think all we need now is Jenny Craig for Robots. |
ErichKeane |
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After all, bitterness takes all the fun out of wiring. |
Venkatesh |
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We like playing with power tools, stripping wire, or just stripping for alliance partners... |
Amanda Morrison |
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You see the learning experience doesn't stop during construction. It goes on to competition or to everyone who looks at a picture on delphi, who studies the bot and says I like how they did this or I woulda changed this a bit. |
Dan Richardson |
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There are no easy answers... only complicated and never ending questions. |
Shawn60 |
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anything that craves Mountain Dew is definitely intelligent enough to be dangerous. |
IMDWalrus |
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We treat productive freshmen the same way as everyone else. As for excesively ambitous new people, we have one rule:what happens in the hotel, stays in the hotel... ;) |
Crop-Circles |
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FIRST rocks, thats for sure. |
Dan Richardson |
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Well, I think it's awesome and the best thing ever. But I'm biased. ;) |
OldDan1168 |
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Brains and hard work aren't necessarily about age or grade. |
Redhead Jokes |
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...I pretty much got the impression that the balls are actually very small, cuddly landmines. |
Gui Cavalcanti |
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You can reduce the size of your wench. |
ngreen |
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we learned that's what happens when you start building without even thinking about weight. next year, we'll lighten everything BEFORE we mount it. |
greencactus3 |
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As JFK said we did not do this because it was easy, we did it because it was hard. |
Glenn |
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resist the hive: As goofy as this may sound, wires do take up weight, several pounds of it. |
Rickertsen2 |
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All we know is the "Oh my God, No data/Radio...reset...reset" dance before our matches! |
tenfour |
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Here is one really important thing I learnt this season:
If you do it for yourself, you ain't gonna make it. If you do it for you're team, You'll make it. |
Bharat Nain |
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The kids will still be inspired, just keep FIRST competitive. |
MikeDubreuil |
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This season, I learned that I will need a whip next year for keeping the electronics and pneumatics groups on schedule. |
Yan Wang |
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Edison was once asked "how do you come up so many good ideas?" to which he responded "for every good idea, I have 99 bad ideas first." |
dlavery |
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"I don't need an anniversary party. Use the money for the kids on the robotics team."- Walter Suchowiecki, BMS technician
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Wayne C. |
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I wouldn't want to face THAT bad boy in competition... |
Iain McLeod |
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Team spirit is not all about the tools/noise makers. The Tigertrons didn't have any sort of noise makers. Consider other aspects of the award by making signs, mascots, cheers, and how you interact with other teams. |
team222badbrad |
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A team pulls together when things get rough. |
Aignam |
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Arguing about the rules doesn't change them. Fighting doesn't change them-and neither does feeling righteous. |
David66 |
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Hyper, I want to marry your robot. |
Keys |
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Remember the volunteering is not mandatory for the people to do it. It IS mandatory if FIRST is to survive and the regionals to leave a positive impact on everybody. |
Alavinus |
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i will not post here...i will not post here....well...okay, yes I will |
David66 |
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when all else fails, try making the bot go slower |
KenWittlief |
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you know you are addicted to first when u crave sprockets for breakfast! |
Jones571 |
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I like what FIRST said about it best: They consider it part of the "Game Challenge" |
Alavinus |
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The part I like best is your method of transfering the torque via the balls. Very elegant. |
Joe Johnson |
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The unlived life is not worth examining; the unexamined life is not worth living. |
Sage-Theory6 |
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FIRST MANTRA: When Lawyer-ism fails, Gracious Professionalism Prevails!
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sanddrag |
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...sitting immediately behind Chief Delphi is a bad idea. I like the team and all, but they've given me a massive headache...They've got too much spirit. |
IMDWalrus |
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It is probable that you will find mroe than a few spotlight worthy phrases or sentences in the following. ;) |
sanddrag |
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But that is not all-FIRST is about teaching mentors what kids are like all over again. It's about closing the generation gap, creating bonds, life time friends, and skills that will last everyone involved a lifetime. |
Team0 |
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That's right 10 years and this is the first time ever that the school wanted anything to do with the FIRST team. |
RoteAugen |
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Ive been chewing on my yellow food wristband every night since the team party on friday at UTC. Every day it tastes better and better...almost as good as the food. Anyone else think so? |
Sscamatt |
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After the norovirus outbreak at VCU, we had our entire team sterilized. Oh, wait, that doesn't sound right... |
dlavery |
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If we succeed, we succeed as a team
if we fail, we fail as a team
but either way, we are a team - we go home together
and celebrate our accomplishments, whatever they are
and try to learn from our mistakes. |
KenWittlief |
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I also believe that any team in the finals or any 200 + scores will be big. |
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