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at what point does gracious professionalism turn into cut throat competition? |
aepstein |
Morgan Gillespie |
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You don't have to beat stronger teams to get better... to get better is to be forced to push the envelope against stronger teams. |
Shankar M |
Mr. Lim |
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"The only constant is change" is a hint that probably applies to every season of FIRST. |
Chris is me |
Mr. Pockets |
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Don't you hate it when you can't find the droids you're looking for? |
Jared Russell |
Mr. Pockets |
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Dave Lavery just responded to one of my posts. I think that I might die. |
Karibou |
Mr. Pockets |
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I may be an engineer, but I am not smarter than a 5th grader. |
Josh Drake |
Mr. Pockets |
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Where we are is only of modest importance. And where we are going is what is really important. |
ebarker |
Mr. Pockets |
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Robotics is about people. It always was, it always will be. What more guidelines do we need? |
Ken Leung |
Mr. Pockets |
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I may be right or wrong but I’ll be happily senile doing it. |
ebarker |
Mr. Pockets |
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"FIRST is not about getting as little help as possible - In fact, it's the opposite- the goal is have to make you feel obligated to thank as many people as possible for helping you in ways that you didn't really think you needed or even considered that you could use help." |
boomergeek |
Mr. Pockets |
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I wouldn't mind dropping a banana peal or throwing a red turtle shell at other robots, but that's the rules! |
SpaceOsc |
Mr. Pockets |
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The horse is dead; stop beating it please. |
DonRotolo |
Mr. Pockets |
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Must...squish....bugs... :p |
nighterfighter |
Mr. Pockets |
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You need a good BAD (*BAD = Ball Acquisition Device) |
DonRotolo |
Mr. Pockets |
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I realize that I've been drawn into the trap of thinking that this is about robots and scores and winning. Reboot. Remember why we do what we do. |
Mr. Van |
Mr. Pockets |
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Ideally, you'll make sure your drive system can handle some Irritating Failures without them becoming Paralyzing Failures. |
Billfred |
MrForbes |
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Welcome to FIRST! You will soon figure out that there is no "exit strategy" from this program. |
David Brinza |
MrForbes |
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When FIRST teams are as numerous and as well supported as basketball teams, we will know that our culture is preparing young people to compete in the 21 st century and we are spending our 2 million minutes wisely. |
N7UJJ |
MrForbes |
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Enlighten a man who sometimes has difficulty understanding why others stray outside the box, when the box appears to be an optimized and elegant solution. |
JVN |
MrForbes |
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Its always reassuring to share a design with a respected, competitive and veteran team. |
Adama |
MrForbes |
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robots like to give you troubles... its like they have a mind of their own. |
hayleybayley217 |
MrForbes |
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There is beauty in pure simplicity. |
artdutra04 |
MrForbes |
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I would suggest spending a few more hours digesting the manual before you finalize your designs. You seem to have missed a few key rules. |
GaryVoshol |
MrForbes |
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Great teams with great software have control loops. Clever teams without software have pneumatics. |
Chris is me |
MrForbes |
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Don't rely on the field staff to get every ball to work with your machine....engineer a robot that makes the change not matter. |
PayneTrain |
MrForbes |
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I don't miss the manufactured magic of Disney because Championships creates magic in itself; wherever the event may be held. |
Erin Rapacki |
MrToast |
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I was dragged to the first team meeting in September my freshman year and a week later, found myself at Fall Classic. Needless to say, after experiencing the heat of a competition, I was in love. ... Robotics has become far more than just that. I get to do the coolest thing in the world. |
Audrey Chu |
msimon785 |
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FIRST is just a single step in a multi-step process. Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither are solutions to the world's problems. |
Tim Baird |
Nate Laverdure |
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In FIRST, there's no such thing as too many 1/4-20 bolts, too many bottles of caffeinated beverage, and too much knowledge from others. |
Billfred |
Nate Laverdure |
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Nerds do whatever they want to do, and they do it with style. |
EricVanWyk |
Nate Laverdure |
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It makes me wish I would have paid attention in my physics class... |
jwallace15 |
Nate Laverdure |
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...these guys have taken it to a new level. (I want to be part of a team like that.) |
Tetraman |
Nate Laverdure |
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Roses are red/Violets are blue/I'll write a poem/Once build season's over. |
Taylor |
Nate Laverdure |
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This year may be one of the first years where there is a drastic difference in Regional level and Championship level strategies that drive robot design. |
tim-tim |
Nathan Streeter |
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All the powerhouse teams will be having powerhouses dinners with each other in the powerhouse restaurants, probably. |
T^2 |
Nathan Streeter |
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How well does peanut butter transmit heat? |
Lil' Lavery |
nathannfm |
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Robotics is really preparing us for jobs at NASA. Look. We're past deadline, overweight, overbudget, and our project doesn't even work! |
Oblarg |
nathanww |
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Actually, please don't put any limits on your ideas or creativity at this point. Brainstorm, innovate, and contemplate whatever ideas you might like to consider. |
dlavery |
nathanww |
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The obvious solution is to only allow the real world to have negative jade induction coefficients. |
EricVanWyk |
nathanww |
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P.S. we are a rookie team.P.P.S. we really don't know what we are doing |
Carter12s |
nathanww |
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You do use CAD to prototype, Cardboard Aided Design. |
Peter Matteson |
nathan_hui |
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REMEMBER - there ARE things more important than robots... false |
Botwoon |
nathan_hui |
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So kudos for asking advice... you've got plenty of good advice so far in this column... but honestly, if Orville and Wilbur Wright had taken good advice they would have packed up and gone back to their bicycle shop. |
dtengineering |
nathan_hui |
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Obama's got to stop saying all of these FIRST like statements and should just give us money and show up at Championship. |
Chris is me |
Nawaid Ladak |
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Pro-tip:
Friends don't let friends play defense! (in qualifications) |
Mr. Lim |
Nawaid Ladak |
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If Amanda is 'old', I am beginning to feel like a fossil.... |
Chris Fultz |
nehalita |
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ADMIT IT! Dave Lavery has better legs than Amanda Morrison! |
DCA Fan |
nehalita |
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And just remember, it's an engineer's world. Without us, everyone is powerless, literally. |
JoeXIII'007 |
nehalita |
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They didn’t have to help me. But they did. I have gained so much respect for all the mentors in FIRST from that point on. |
Arefin Bari |
nehalita |
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As Shakespeare once said in Julius Caeser, "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."
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artdutra04 |
nehalita |
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