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I just like that PVC is the most basic need of humankind according to that diagram. Whatever would we do without it?! |
Po-ser |
Noah Kleinberg |
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I think FIRST is a big trap. They lure you in with these cool competitions and shiny robots and along the way they trick you into learning something :) |
=Martin=Taylor= |
Noah Kleinberg |
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- oh dear - Will it be January soon? |
JaneYoung |
Noah Kleinberg |
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FIRST isn't chaotic; the rest of the world just moves in slow motion! |
StephLee |
Noah Kleinberg |
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You all have ample time to get your sleep in from the final day of nationals to the friday before kickoff. There should be no reason why anyone will need sleep for the next 6 weeks and then some. You all have had enough of sleep or hibernation, now its time to wake up and do some work =). |
mtaman02 |
Noah Kleinberg |
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And then, at the end of the match, the drive teams who are being lifted all say at once (in a GOVERNATOR voice)- "GET TO ZE CHOPPER!!!" |
Graham Donaldson |
Noah Kleinberg |
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I am a geek because of FIRST! Seriously, I was reeaalllllyyy boring before robotics. Not mechanically inclined at all. Now I love it! |
Éowyn |
Noah Kleinberg |
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After all, life is what you do outside of FIRST. No wonder it's so short. |
Vashts6583 |
Noah Kleinberg |
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The problem with anecdotal evidence is that you never seem to get the whole anecdote. |
Lea DeFoote |
Noah Kleinberg |
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We will be stressed, we will be angry. But we need to hold ourselves to a higher standard, we need to be role models and inspirations to students. |
Andrew Schreiber |
nitneylion452 |
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Because it's a fun challenge. Kind of like Sudoku, but with lexan and evil geniuses. |
nathanww |
Nin_estarSaerah |
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The whole idea of a robot competition is geared around spectators. Take that away and you have a science fair. |
Chris is me |
Nin_estarSaerah |
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The animation is just a pretty tool to help outsiders understand the game; the manual is for me, the animation is for my grandmother. |
JVN |
Nin_estarSaerah |
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make your robot so it's not a problem and it won't be a problem |
pfreivald |
Ninja_Bait |
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A shaft that yielded is just as useless as a shaft that broke. |
Chris is me |
Ninja_Bait |
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You can admire machines, but you don't really love them... This program has enabled me to make a difference that I believe is good for the future of humans on this planet. |
MooreteP |
Ninja_Bait |
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What I am expecting is the unexpected (what that is I don't know). |
mdiradoorian |
Ninja_Bait |
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FIRST isn't a competition. It's a learning experience. Share the knowledge, and you'll learn more because there's bound to be someone who sees something about your project that even your own team didn't realize it can do. |
CalTran |
Ninja_Bait |
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If it looks like an appendage, quacks like an appendage and moves like an appendage...it is an appendage... |
Bob Steele |
Ninja_Bait |
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"Look, it's already weight optimized!" |
Samk |
nightpool |
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Freshman: "Why did it break?"
Another Freshman: "Because we don't know what we're doing!"
Veteran Student: "This is why we can't have nice things." |
MechEng83 |
nightpool |
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Engineering rules of thumb don't form the garbage that goes into the making of the robot. They take the garbage of the real world and turn it into more pure, if slightly diluted, data. |
DampRobot |
nightpool |
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This isn't an engineering fair and demonstration, it's FRC. Defense is part of the game. You can't expect a good FRC team to just sit there and get clobbered by a full-court shooter; they're going to engineer a solution to the problem. |
Kevin Sevcik |
nightpool |
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A learning experience. Or something positive like that. |
NorviewsVeteran |
nighterfighter |
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...and part of being Graciously Professional is knowing what your job is and how to perform the duties of it accurately. |
jamie_1930 |
nighterfighter |
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Part of Gracious Professionalism is the Professional bit. Doesn't matter if you're a volunteer or a staff member, a failure of this level in the real world would result in getting fired. |
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nighterfighter |
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So is this how cRIOs are made? |
pSYeNCe |
nighterfighter |
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The spirit of the game, and the game are essentially two different things. |
ttldomination |
nighterfighter |
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Are you saying you want to submerge your circuit board in an open container of liquid nitrogen? |
Ether |
nighterfighter |
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It only takes micro-seconds to release the magic smoke and empty the teams' budget. |
Jim E |
NickE |
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If you can't make them fit on the robot, then those features don't really add much value. |
Cory |
NickE |
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The thing about working hard, is you can always work harder. The thing about being great is you can always be greater. |
JVN |
NickE |
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But when it comes down to it, the best teams usually end up winning regardless. |
Cory |
NickE |
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The robot is NOT a lie. |
Rick TYler |
NickE |
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We may be changing cheese heads for cheesy poofs, but in the imortal words of Gen. MacArthur "we shall return" (team # 2437) |
cdebo |
NickE |
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Striving to build the "best robot" is a fine goal -- don't hate on it. |
JVN |
NickE |
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I'm looking forward to seeing it in action! That is one sweet looking gun. The look on his face has me a tad worried though.... |
Zholl |
Nick Lawrence |
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Not only would it be cool but the mental image of Dave's suffering when he writes a message in unintelligible characters makes me grin uncontrollably. |
Andrew Schreiber |
Nick Lawrence |
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I would have bought a bigger box of popcorn and sat up higher in the stands. In the middle. |
JaneYoung |
Nick Lawrence |
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Glad to see the CIMulators aren't vaporware after all. |
thefro526 |
Nick Lawrence |
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Can you restate your observation in a manner that reconciles with physics? |
Madison |
Nick Lawrence |
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The best place for acrylic is the trash can. |
Cory |
Nick Bouressa |
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Experience...you can't buy it, you might be able to get some for free by reading CD a lot, but usually you have to earn it, and it's not always fun. |
MrForbes |
Nick Bouressa |
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still emotion conveyed through text is really strange. |
Blackphantom91 |
Nick Bouressa |
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"Congratulations to our FIRST team coming back from the championships in St. Louis." (We all applaud) "Remember, if you're not FIRST, you're last!" - Our pilot on the second plane back home. |
demosthenes2k8 |
Nick Bouressa |
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Now really, who would want to try and go against Andy Baker? That's like trying to single-handedly outscore 25, 254, and your choice of triplet with a shopping cart. |
Billfred |
Nick Bailey |
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When I was going down that one escalator that led to the field between the buildings and getting my first look at it, I felt like Dorothy walking into Oz. |
Dr. Acula |
Nica F. |
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its pretty great when non FIRST friends go into your purse for chapstick or something and find a spike... |
anna~marie |
Nica F. |
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Your team will be more of a team and not a group of students who are just building a robot. Instead of being in FIRST, you will be FIRST. |
JackN |
Nica F. |
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Just because there is a limit, doesn't mean that they don't love you. |
Amanda M |
ngreen |
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