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Yes, I have lost it! |
Alan Anderson |
Kyle Love |
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It's not the name "FIRST" that is important but the ideas that go into and come out of it in the long run. |
Levin571 |
KyleGilbert45 |
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There is no rule that specifically states that you must obey the law of physics during the competition. This may be an oversight. |
bmather |
Kyle_Solo |
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The Glass is Half Full - Optimist.......The Glass is Half Empty - Pessimist.......The Glass is too Big - Engineer |
mpking |
Kyle_Solo |
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Engineers talk with math first, and grammar second. It is a fact of life. |
Molten |
lasereyes |
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Well, it's officially that part of the offseason where we all lose our minds again. |
Whippet |
LDiDomenico |
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I also hate it when I keep seeing this message: "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Andy Baker again." |
dlavery |
Leav |
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Welcome to the world of pros and cons. |
Billfred |
Leav |
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But, as a mentor I should caution you that FIRST is not about you its about the students. |
SomeoneKnows |
Leav |
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resistance to FIRST is futile. |
King Duke |
Leav |
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In Soviet Russia, FTC support you! |
AdamHeard |
Leav |
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As we were lying the robot down to work on it
"CAD me like one of your french robots" |
1uan |
legts |
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When mentors and students battle it's the team that loses. |
Koko Ed |
lemiant |
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I think it's important to keep FIRST's most important award as the top point getter [in Fantasy FIRST]. It's help reinforce that the Chairman's award, Engineering Inspiration and Woodie Flowers award are actually important and FIRST is about more than just the robots.
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Koko Ed |
Levin571 |
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Long after we've forgotten that absurd pink bunny, Dave's other car is still on Mars. |
Richard Wallace |
Libby K |
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Way to think outside the box...or circle..or triangle. |
Barry Bonzack |
Libby K |
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Dear Mr. Lavery,
Congratulations. For the fourth year running, you have successfully ruined my Christmas holiday with your untimely release of a most obfuscating, but no less tantalizing, hint. |
dubious elise |
Libby K |
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This is real. This is hard. This, is FIRST. |
sanddrag |
Libby K |
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Now stop reading CD, do your homework, eat your peas, brush your teeth, and go to bed. Any time you spend speculating as to what Dave's ravings might mean is completely wasted. |
Richard Wallace |
Libby K |
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Can anyone tell that it is 5:20 in the morning and I can't sleep? Thanks, Dave. |
ChuckDickerson |
Libby K |
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Grease, blood and cookies... it must be build season. |
danshaffer |
Libby K |
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Be afraid. Be very, very, graciously afraid. |
Rich Kressly |
Libby K |
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The 2008 team is not the 2007 team and won't be the 2009 team. Every year is a new year and a new opportunity for growth and development as a FIRST team. It's very cool. |
JaneYoung |
Libby K |
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The Manual is your friend. Read it. Know it. Use it. |
dlavery |
Libby K |
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Think of the build season as kiddie bowling. Mentors should be the bumpers and your mom who lines you up and gives you advice. |
Joe Matt |
Libby K |
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P.S. While I doubt Karthik's "Delgado" jersey would go for $500,000... it would be much cooler to see Carlos Degado wearing a "Kanagasabapathy" jersey. THAT I might pay for! |
dtengineering |
Libby K |
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Rule 1. Never take Dave's hint's seriously.
Rule 2. Watergame. |
AndyB |
Libby K |
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Do you know how, say, Native American cultures were kept? They had storytellers, sages, and the like. They passed on their legends and culture to the next generation. So will we. |
EricH |
Libby K |
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The GDC is the Grinch because they just stole my Christmas! |
scottmacdonald |
Libby K |
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Having someone with as much mainstream appeal as will.i.am is a great strategy to draw large amounts of attention to a program that has been relatively hidden to the masses. |
Karthik |
Libby K |
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But FIRST isn't FRC anymore. We need to make way for FTC and FLL. |
Tetraman |
Libby K |
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It shows more than anything, that there are students out there that want to learn, to do better, to improve their own lives and those around them. Thankfully, FIRST is there to help them realize some of their goals. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Libby K |
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Yup. Two world champs on one alliance, out in the quarterfinals. Only at IRI. |
Norman J |
Libby K |
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Hasn't that always been the mission of FIRST? Don't settle for what works; strive for what amazes. |
Sam Lipscomb |
Libby K |
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"In the next 5 years, the GDC will intermingle this 2012 game with the mechanics of 2009's game and it shall be called Space Jam." |
Tetraman |
Libby K |
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First of all, please remember that while we often focus on winning the Chairman's Award, that it is the effort to win that matters. No one "loses" RCA... if you've worked your butt off all year in the spirit of the award, then you've already won before you even get to the regional. |
dtengineering |
Libby K |
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Namaste. Maybe we all one day will spend our energy trying to raise our own level to match that of the competition rather than trying to tear others down. |
Rich Kressly |
Libby K |
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"The lowly snowflake is very fragile, but look at what they can do when they stick together" |
Wayne Doenges |
Libby K |
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The only constant in FRC is change. Learning to adapt to change in competition is the best way to prepare for change in real life. |
Jessica Boucher |
Libby K |
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Whether or not you use wheel weights, if you're running a wheel at several thousand RPM, you'd better have an effective containment system to protect the outside world in case something spontaneously disassembles itself. |
Alan Anderson |
Libby K |
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Rain? Prepare for Armageddon to strike when you go to St. Louis. Two years in St. Louis. Two years of Tornado scares. Tis the season. |
Koko Ed |
Libby K |
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Whether we realize it or not, we've all been touched by the works of Dr. Kamen - through his TED talks, through his research and scores of publications in pediatric oncology, or perhaps more directly through his daughter. What an incredible life, what an incredible legacy. |
Taylor |
Libby K |
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Reach out to successful teams and ask them for help, rather than complain about them. I have never seen a successful team deny help to anyone. |
OZ_341 |
Libby K |
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If it wasn't for 47, none of us would be here. |
Taylor |
Libby K |
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Teams that take care of the little things often have much less trouble with the big things! |
dtengineering |
Libby K |
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One of these years, the game piece will be an actual red herring. |
Taylor |
LightWaves1636 |
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To me, as a student, it doesn't really matter how old the RoboCoach is. My only concern is that they don't get ape-crazy when the game starts. |
AZNkommander |
LightWaves1636 |
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The first team that uses a lawyer to interpret the rules should be disqualified from all competitions, just on general principles. |
dlavery |
Lil' Lavery |
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If I run into some of your team's student coaches/drivers on the field of battle someday, I still might ask 'em what they're doing after high school. :) |
Ken Patton |
Lil' Lavery |
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They had a well made scouting form on the bottom was a check box with nothing next to it, when asked what the box was for they said.
"Oh thats the jerk box"
Since then one of our team goals is "Stay out of the jerk box" |
Gary Stearns |
Lil' Lavery |
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Remember, the song is FIRST and the competition. We are the group. We dance to FIRST, we move because of it. - Joe Matt [more] 
