Posted by Patrick Dingle.
Student on team TBA from Cornell University / Ithaca High School sponsored by Cornell University.
Posted on 11/27/2000 1:34 PM MST
I was just wondering… Does anyone know why rookie teams are being assigned 4-digit team numbers this year? All of them seem to start with 5, too. It seems strange.
Patrick
Posted by Jessica Boucher. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Student on team #237, Sie-H2O-Bots, from Watertown High School and Eastern Awning Systems & The Siemon Company.
Posted on 11/27/2000 5:16 PM MST
In Reply to: New team numbers posted by Patrick Dingle on 11/27/2000 1:34 PM MST:
: I was just wondering… Does anyone know why rookie teams are being assigned 4-digit team numbers this year? All of them seem to start with 5, too. It seems strange.
: Patrick
4 digit? Where have you seen this?
Just curious,
Jessica B, #237
Posted by nick237.
Engineer on team #237, sie h2o bots, from Watertown high school ct and sieman co.
Posted on 11/27/2000 6:11 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: New team numbers posted by Jessica Boucher on 11/27/2000 5:16 PM MST:
Jess. I saw the same thing on the USFIRST page, its on one of the links. Dont remember where though.
I thought that there possibly was a glitch in the # but it now seems that 4 digits is what their using?
nick 237
: : I was just wondering… Does anyone know why rookie teams are being assigned 4-digit team numbers this year? All of them seem to start with 5, too. It seems strange.
: : Patrick
: 4 digit? Where have you seen this?
: Just curious,
: Jessica B, #237
Posted by David Kelly.
Student on team #234, Cyber Blue, from Perry Meridian High School and NASA Kennedy Space Center/ Rolls-Royce.
Posted on 11/27/2000 6:24 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: New team numbers posted by Jessica Boucher on 11/27/2000 5:16 PM MST:
I seen the 4 digit #'s on this page
David Kelly
Student Captain Team 234
Posted by Patrick Dingle.
Student on team #5526, Big & Little Red, from Cornell University / Ithaca High School and Cornell University.
Posted on 11/27/2000 7:30 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: New team numbers posted by Jessica Boucher on 11/27/2000 5:16 PM MST:
: : I was just wondering… Does anyone know why rookie teams are being assigned 4-digit team numbers this year? All of them seem to start with 5, too. It seems strange.
: : Patrick
: 4 digit? Where have you seen this?
: Just curious,
: Jessica B, #237
I first saw it on the list of NASA Sponsorship Recipients, and later when we submitted our application for our team - we were given 5526 
Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, but strange. Is there anyone that knows the reason?
Patrick
Posted by Lora Knepper. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Other on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / Boston College High School and Seeking Sponsorship.
Posted on 11/27/2000 7:53 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: New team numbers posted by Jessica Boucher on 11/27/2000 5:16 PM MST:
That’s odd…perhaps they are preparing for more teams in the future? I dunno…but since out numbers are what alot of us are known by…I dunno, remembering a 4 digit one just seems to be overkill. And think of the numbers on the side of the bot! Eeek…
Posted by Matt Leese.
Other on team #73 from Edison Technical HS and Rochester Institute of Technology.
Posted on 11/28/2000 5:31 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: New team numbers posted by Lora Knepper on 11/27/2000 7:53 PM MST:
The human mind can pretty much remember seven numbers fairly easily (witness social security numbers and phone numbers as two examples) so four shouldn’t be too bad…
Matt, an official repository of useless information
Posted by Joe Johnson. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
Posted on 11/27/2000 10:18 PM MST
In Reply to: New team numbers posted by Patrick Dingle on 11/27/2000 1:34 PM MST:
I think that the team numbers have been corrupted in some manner.
Some designation that FIRST has put on the end (perhap to indicate which regional they are attending or some other bit of info – perhaps even some info non-sense like the ASCII code for the first initial of the team leader for that team) seems to have been added to each team’s ‘true’ number.
For instance, team 530 has a code of ‘9’ following it and becomes team #5309.
This is my guess anyway.
It could be that FIRST has decided to go with 4 digit numbers but I just don’t see the reasoning as of now.
So…
Until I see a 4 digit team number whose first 3 digits repeat some other valid FIRST team number, I am sticking with my theory.
Thoughts? Theories? Better Ideas? Do tell…
Joe J.
Posted by Patrick Dingle.
Student on team #5526, Big & Little Red, from Cornell University / Ithaca High School and Cornell University.
Posted on 11/28/2000 2:47 PM MST
In Reply to: DrJoe’s Guess posted by Joe Johnson on 11/27/2000 10:18 PM MST:
I noticed today that on the NASA recipient list, there are two teams with the first three digits the same. Think it’s possible these are just temporary numbers until FIRST knows how many teams there will be this year?
Patrick
: I think that the team numbers have been corrupted in some manner.
: Some designation that FIRST has put on the end (perhap to indicate which regional they are attending or some other bit of info – perhaps even some info non-sense like the ASCII code for the first initial of the team leader for that team) seems to have been added to each team’s ‘true’ number.
: For instance, team 530 has a code of ‘9’ following it and becomes team #5309.
: This is my guess anyway.
: It could be that FIRST has decided to go with 4 digit numbers but I just don’t see the reasoning as of now.
: So…
: Until I see a 4 digit team number whose first 3 digits repeat some other valid FIRST team number, I am sticking with my theory.
: Thoughts? Theories? Better Ideas? Do tell…
: Joe J.
Posted by Kathrine.
Other from Oxford.
Posted on 11/28/2000 4:36 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: DrJoe’s Guess posted by Patrick Dingle on 11/28/2000 2:47 PM MST:
I just had to say that I’ve seen your team around and I think you are doing an awesome job!! You rock!!
I decided to get a password because I wanted to get to know you guys better…
Please tell me if I do anything stupid though 'cause I’m not very good at computers and stuff. 
hehe…
-Katherine
Posted by Joe Johnson. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
Posted on 11/28/2000 5:32 PM MST
In Reply to: Hi! posted by Kathrine on 11/28/2000 4:36 PM MST:
Katherine,
Welcome. You needn’t worry about folks letting you know if you do or say something stupid. Believe me, THEY WILL LET YOU KNOW 
Actually, we are a pretty tame crowd here abouts. We all are better off if we all share what we think and know. Pipe up whenever the mode strikes you…
Welcome again.
Regards,
Joe J.