Posted by Mike Kulibaba, Student on team #88, TJ², from Bridgewater-Raynham Regional and Johnson and Johnson.
Posted on 4/20/99 3:17 PM MST
Anyone else having trouble sleeping? I’ve been trying to catch up but it’s impossible, all I can think about is 220 teams, 220 robots, 48 Robots in the finals, the weather in Florida, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck!!! There is no better place then Disney to have this national competition, there is no place in the world where more dreams come true and magic comes to life then Disney. I get more and more excited by the minute!! It’s gonna be a long weekend, everyone get your sleep
Kuli Team 88 TJ²
Posted by Michael Betts, Engineer on team #177, Bobcat Robotics, from South Windsor High School and International Fuel Cells.
Posted on 4/20/99 5:26 PM MST
In Reply to: I’m having trouble sleeping!! posted by Mike Kulibaba on 4/20/99 3:17 PM MST:
Rest easy… The final numbers are in and there are only 208 teams.
Sleep tight!
: Anyone else having trouble sleeping? I’ve been trying to catch up but it’s impossible, all I can think about is 220 teams, 220 robots, 48 Robots in the finals, the weather in Florida, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck!!! There is no better place then Disney to have this national competition, there is no place in the world where more dreams come true and magic comes to life then Disney. I get more and more excited by the minute!! It’s gonna be a long weekend, everyone get your sleep
: Kuli Team 88 TJ²
Posted by Pete Cooper, Student on team #190 from Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science and WPI.
Posted on 4/20/99 6:53 PM MST
In Reply to: I’m having trouble sleeping!! posted by Mike Kulibaba on 4/20/99 3:17 PM MST:
Sleep? What’s that? 
See you in Florida (when we win, hopefully
Posted by Daniel, Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M Gunn Senior High School and NASA Ames.
Posted on 4/21/99 5:10 AM MST
In Reply to: Re: I’m having trouble sleeping!! posted by Pete Cooper on 4/20/99 6:53 PM MST:
Good call, it’s 4:03am and I haven’t slept yet. Too much to get ready. I’m supposed to be at the airport in about 2 hours…
I wanna sleep bad. Oh well, it’s a long trip, maybe I’ll get some time on the way over. Maybe.
-Daniel
Posted by Eric Rasmussen, Engineer on team #-1.5 from FIRST.
Posted on 4/22/99 10:18 PM MST
In Reply to: I’m having trouble sleeping!! posted by Mike Kulibaba on 4/20/99 3:17 PM MST:
: Anyone else having trouble sleeping?
Obviously you are missing the entire point. The REAL reason for the FIRST Robotics Competition is to conduct a mass experiment on the effects of sleep deprevation without that pesky government oversight that you normally need with human test subjects. In fact, FIRST actually stands for ‘For Immediate Reduction in Sleep Tonight’.
-Eric
Posted by Michael Betts, Engineer on team #177, Bobcat Robotics, from South Windsor High School and International Fuel Cells.
Posted on 4/27/99 1:57 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: I’m having trouble sleeping!! posted by Eric Rasmussen on 4/22/99 10:18 PM MST:
: : Anyone else having trouble sleeping?
: Obviously you are missing the entire point. The REAL reason for the FIRST Robotics Competition is to conduct a mass experiment on the effects of sleep deprevation without that pesky government oversight that you normally need with human test subjects. In fact, FIRST actually stands for ‘For Immediate Reduction in Sleep Tonight’.
:
: -Eric
And a what a really fantastic job you do!