Chief Delphi - Spotlight List

Mentors learn from, are inspired by, and emulate each other. A team with a great lead mentor leads to a productive, inspired, and ultimately successful group of mentors. - Jared Russell [more]

		Chief Delphi
Spotlight List

Post	Quote	Username	Added By
	You're part of what makes FIRST so special.	Matt Krass	BandChick
	It made me proud to know that we have corporate sponsors with genuine interest.	galewind	BandChick
	Man, FIRST is amazing :D	galewind	BandChick
	There's so much to say about a sponsor who gets involved and cares about your team over one who just signs a check.	galewind	BandChick
	Never mind the imperial British Empire, the sun never sets on our FIRST season!	artdutra04	BandChick
	I firmly believe that - those [GDC] committee members I have met, even briefly, certainly have a passion for what they are doing and want to give teams and students the best possible experiences.	GaryVoshol	BandChick
	Im very proud of my kids, and my whole team, the passion and emotion here is what FIRST is all about :)	Kims Robot	BandChick
	We should be celebrating every potential new science and technology leader regardless of which number is on his/her t-shirt.	Dmentor	BandChick
	We are here to educate, inspire, and mentor not only the students, but teams who need guidance, whether they know it or not.	Andy Baker	BandChick
	ANY team is capable of producing a winning design. This does NOT require anything more than brainpower, and time.	Racer26	BandChick
	At the end of the day, every team in FRC has accomplished something amazing in the sculpting of the next generation of leaders.	Elliot191	BandChick
	"So [you're] like battlebots" Standard answer: No -- it's better!	Roger	bam-bam
	Instead of prototyping with plywood and machining metal for the final version, they make their prototypes out of sheet metal and machine the final robot out of wood. :)	Chris is me	bam-bam
	Whatever you do, make it idiot-proof. Not because your drivers are idiots, but because the fewer precision maneuvers they have to do, the more awesome driving (and scoring!) they have time to do.	Ian Curtis	bam-bam
	You can't just leave us hanging! That was SOOO 2010!	nighterfighter	bam-bam
	Programming team motto: If it doesn't work, use a bigger hammer.	WizenedEE	bam-bam
	"So we have an arm, and the pot on it tells how high we are... ...and then we know how high we want to be... ...and if we're not high enough we go higher." (I have to leave the room, we're all laughing too much.)	demosthenes2k8	bam-bam
	"I need the adjustable hammer" "You mean that wren-" "No, it's a hammer"	Karibou	bam-bam
	The only teams who have no chance of winning are those who believe they can't win. To quote the greatest athlete of our generation: "Limits like fears are often just an illusion." -- Michael Jordan	Karthik	bam-bam
	Please teams I implore you obey the no saving seats rule. Or at least be very friendly in inviting people to sit with you.	IndySam	bam-bam
	Courtesy and kindness should be the words for the weekend.	IndySam	bam-bam
	-Our engineering mentor, Mr. Wittel- crossing arms and sitting down "Ahhh. I love work. I could watch it all day."	OverdriveAdge	bam-bam
	"You know you're a robotics kid when you sit on Chief Delphi and hit refresh over and over again waiting for new pictures and videos of other teams"	pwnageNick	bam-bam
	You won't find this in a manual anywhere but you will need COUGH DROPS!! If you haven't started losing your voice by Friday afternoon, you aren't getting the full experience.	wendymom	bam-bam
	I think the GDC just saw Inception.	rtfgnow	bam-bam
	...as one of my favorite students (they are all my favorites)...	JaneYoung	bam-bam
	If you see Navy ships in port, you're going to be fine. If you see ships pulling out, or no ships at all, go East. Fast.	Matt Howard	bam-bam
	I...want...to...go...to...Champs. REALLY REALLY BADLY.	CalTran	bam-bam
	(You know you're overdosed on FIRST) when watching regional web-casts takes precedent over Saturday morning cartoons.	Hawiian Cadder	bam-bam
	I can't wait to get to St. Louis!! Oh wait.. I'm already here!!	Team 288	bam-bam
	But now we know what's inside Shaun's backpack! ...Don Rotolo's plastic egg.	MishraArtificer	bam-bam
	Like my programming class teacher has said multiple times: "Stop complaining on reddit about your code not compiling and actually fix it".		bam-bam
	"Nuclear" is pronounced "nu kli Er." It is NOT pronounced "nu kU ler." When you use this pronunciation, no matter how smart you may actually be, you sound like an illiterate dolt (are you listening, Mr. Bush?).	dlavery	BaldwinNYRookie
	FRANK, YOU'RE THE MAN.	Libby K	b.arci
	Woody says that gracious professionalism is "acting how you would if you grandmother was watching you"... some people must have some really crazy grandmothers. (:	Cappeh	A_Reed
	GP is asking for something then having twenty people answer graciously.	synth3tk	A_Reed
	However, as a philosopher, while you need math, you can probably talk your way out of it.	sciguy125	A_Reed
	Oh, you know us...kicking puppies and stealing candy from babies and all. :rolleyes:	Travis Hoffman	A_Reed
	By far, the worst thing about it was the severe lack of cowbell. There was no cowbell what so ever. Had there been cowbell that would have completely changed everything for me.	Wildcat	A_Reed
	The 48 defensive DNA lies dormant in the drive train. It's impossible to forget.	Koko Ed	A_Reed
	You know what they call the graduate with the lowest GPA in med school? Doctor. You know what they call the fourth robot in the alliance that wins Einstein? Champion.	Billfred	A_Reed
	used to find BBQ(Blue Banner Quotient) and SAUCE(Sextuple Advancement Uniform Counting Era)[URL="http://bbqfirst.x10host.com/index.php"]bbqfirst.x10host.com[/URL] Happy BBQing!	Beaker	AvidPineapple
	1114 is the definition of what a FIRST team should be. For anyone to say otherwise is disgusting to me.	Andrew Schreiber	avanboekel
	So is it important to try? Without a doubt. Does it become frustrating to not win? Most certainly. Should you stop trying? Never!	Al Skierkiewicz	avanboekel
	In my line of work, we affectionately refer to this approach as "Seagull Engineering". Why? Because we swoop in, flap around making a lot of noise and commotion, leave a big mess of "stuff" behind and then fly off.	billbo911	AustinSchuh
	My nagging fear is that I'm a programming dinosaur, stuck in a procedural tar pit and doomed to extinction as the dataflow mammals take over.	Alan Anderson	AustinSchuh
	I hope that all of our new members are as helpful as the one above. We will be in for an amazing season if that is the case.	Greg Needel	AustinSchuh
	The answer the last 3 years would be any regional that 1114 attends.	Cory	AustinSchuh
	I haven't been this excited since I was 12 years old and it was x-mas eve.	wilsonmw04	AustinSchuh
	Oh, and your t-square and pencil can't crash, unlike your laptop :D	scottydoh	AustinSchuh