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When you are able to get inside their heads, you will either... or.. B) Learn way to much, and end up running away screaming. - Either way, it'll be a learning experience. |
Elgin Clock |
Beth Sweet |
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Is it legal? Yes.
Is it Graciously Professional? Yes.
Is it smart? No. |
dlavery |
Beth Sweet |
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Teams should spend more time talking about how to avoid penalties during their strategy sessions.
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Rob |
Beth Sweet |
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P.S. could we get Kanagasabapathy added to the spell check? or will it not handle words that big? :) |
Holtzman |
Beth Sweet |
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Bomb squad, that grabber was the coolest way to grab a tetrahedral object in the history of grabbing tetrahedral objects. |
IronVulture |
Beth Sweet |
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In the end engineering is what happens between your ears, not what you build with your hands, not what a machine spits out.
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KenWittlief |
Beth Sweet |
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At GLR our team only had to deal with a bunch on kids seeing snow for the first time. With all the ensuing snow fights and vainly trying to run up the giant snowy hill behind the arena. |
Kevin Sevcik |
Beth Sweet |
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You are an inquisitive rookie aren't ya
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Kyle |
Beth Sweet |
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Honestly, no one at a FIRST competition is gonna judge you. Chances are, there are least 20 people dorkier than you. |
JohnnyB |
Beth Sweet |
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Batteries don't help you if they're lying on the field.
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Kevin Sevcik |
Beth Sweet |
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Were going to nationals!?!
Did anyone think of telling me this?
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Beta Version |
Beth Sweet |
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Isn't that, April showers bring Woodie Flowers? ;) |
jgannon |
Beth Sweet |
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When our arm "spontaneously combusted in the middle of the field", your team was the first to offer assistance to help fix it. |
KTorak |
Beth Sweet |
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FIRST is not all about the competitions. FIRST is about what you learn to get to wherever you got to, whether that be first seed or last. |
StephLee |
Beth Sweet |
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If there was no internet then somebody in FIRST would probably invent it. |
Koko Ed |
Beth Sweet |
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Coming soon to an Earth near you; an Australian team (or 2). Stay tuned. |
Elgin Clock |
Beth Sweet |
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that is one of the funniest non-photoshoped pictures of my father i have seen... |
Lil' Lavery |
Beth Sweet |
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If I find a student on my team who came through FIRST having learned nothing more then he wanted to go to MIT, I'll give my self a pat on the back and start counting down to kickoff.
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Andy A. |
Beth Sweet |
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Let's just say that I am old enough to... |
dlavery |
Beth Sweet |
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and thats my tip of the day. |
Tytus Gerrish |
Beth Sweet |
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Arefin Will You go to the prom with me :D ?
i Have a dress picked out and everything :) |
Tytus Gerrish |
Beth Sweet |
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Alright, looks like we've sidetracked into "Off-Topic Land", an area I know I have to visit every so often but I am always happy to leave.
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Jessica Boucher |
Beth Sweet |
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Gracious professionalism dictates that if you come to play, I must help you. |
Al Skierkiewicz |
Beth Sweet |
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...and that is exactly why Dave is the coolest nerd I know. |
Rich Kressly |
Beth Sweet |
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People should listen to this Andy Baker character, he seems like a smart guy...
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Karthik |
Beth Sweet |
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You mean nobody else has picked up on the hint about next year's game being called "Whack the Billfred"? |
EricH |
Beth Sweet |
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NEMO is a virtual organization with a virtual headquarters and virtual bank account.
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KathieK |
Beth Sweet |
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...because "someone on ChiefDelphi said so," doesn't fly when your robot can't pass inspection. |
Madison |
Beth Sweet |
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Oh no, do I see a new reality TV show coming? "Dancing with the FIRST Stars"??? :ahh: |
KathieK |
Beth Sweet |
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The most important things for a team to take to any competition are a sense of humor, a big bottle of Advil, and a camera!
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Rick TYler |
Beth Sweet |
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Semi-colon cancer -- the disease received after spending too much time writing lines of programming code
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nehalita |
Beth Sweet |
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Swisscheeseafy - Cutting holes in the robot to decrease weight |
alithanar8 |
Beth Sweet |
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By seeing other robot designs, teams can plan before hand on how to defend or defeat it.
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Don Wright |
Beth Sweet |
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I almost forgot the biggest advantage of all!
Three times as many people get to hear me and Karthik sing at 2 am!
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Derek Bessette |
Beth Sweet |
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but look at the bright side, you will now be able to size 1/4-20 nuts with your forearm and i doubt there are many people who can say that :p |
Greg Needel |
Beth Sweet |
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Inspiration is created by a vision and is reinforced with success. |
rourke |
Beth Sweet |
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You can't please all the people all the time. The rationale of "lots of people don't like it" is not a reason to stop doing it. |
Karthik |
Beth Sweet |
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- Just because you can buy 50 giant pixie stix with your roommates Sam's club membership does not mean you should eat them all at once. |
Not2B |
Beth Sweet |
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... You order Thunder Chicken Nuggets at the school lunch line |
KelliV |
Beth Sweet |
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And I will most definitely never forget watching this bald, brown thin wisp of a human being charging up to us across the sidelines after the semifinals ended waving his hands and shouting "New Strategy!!!!!! New Strategy!!!!!!" as he rallied the troops for our Finals push.
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Travis Hoffman |
Beth Sweet |
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Ooohh!! Fire!!
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dlavery |
Beth Sweet |
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-dave "The Circular Saw of FIRST" lavery
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dlavery |
Beth Sweet |
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I know my posts are sometimes exhausting but there are PICTURES in this one, if that helps at all. |
Jaine Perotti |
Beth Sweet |
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Baker, Skierkeiwicz, one more word out of you two and I'll have to pull out the Clipboard of Doom :p |
Jessica Boucher |
Beth Sweet |
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And now you know why we have a " No Karthik singing zone " north of the border. |
Steve W |
Beth Sweet |
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the best way to make things most unfair is to have different rules for different people. |
Jack Jones |
Beth Sweet |
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My first reaction was "Where am I am gonna find pool noodles AND inner tubes in the middle of winter in Michigan?" |
KTorak |
Beth Sweet |
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I love our bot. I think I want to take it to prom...:D |
prettycolors91 |
Beth Sweet |
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Okay, Okay, I officially apologize to the the entire country of Canada |
Joe Johnson |
Beth Sweet |
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How about "The 2007 FIRST Robotics Competition International World Championship Event Of Atlanta Consisting Of Competition, Gracious Professionalism, Robots, And Geeky Fun"? Somehow I doubt it will catch on... |
raymaniac |
Beth Sweet |
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