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First off, robotics / blinking lights club. Saturday morning we had our kickoff, where they tell us this year's "game" and what we have to do in the 6 week time period. This year, we're building a robot (duh) according to the game summarized in the video below. If you think that this is anything like battlebots, or leave any kind of comment along the lines of "kyle lol r u gonna knock other robots like on there asses??" i will personally ram a used tampon down your throat. This is a challening, intellectual type of competition that promotes engineering, not chainsaws. With that said, enjoy the animation below.
Triple Play- 2005 Robotics
So for the next 6 weeks, our team will be there every single day, including weekends if it comes down to the wire (which it will). Last year we stayed until at least 8 one night because we needed to get things done. And we came in 2nd at the NYC competition... not shabby for a bunch of students. But in the past, we've immediatly had solutions that work for the competition. This is the first year where we don't have someting set that WILL work, or at least no one has convinced me yet. The robot can only be 5 feet tall, max, and the "goals" that the tetras have to be stacked on are 5 1/4 feet. If you add the height of the tetras, which is 28 inches, you realize that the robot's going to have to some how extend at least 30 something inches above its maximum height. But dont forget, that however tall your robot and claw or arm is, you still have to be low enough to pick up the tetra (28 inches off the ground). To cap it off, the tetras are 9 pounds. I'll keep the LJ updated, or at least link to our website off the school site.
Competitions are going to be march 23rd to 25th (NYC-Regional) and april 21st to 23rd (Atlanta-Nationals). And incase you're wondering, I do the pneumatic work (air pressure) and mechanical for the team, and i did the website which will win shit this year :)
Next, the topic of gay marriage. For those of you who still aren't convicned, someone typed this up a few days ago, and its worth reading.
"I've always thought that gay marriage should never be a national issue, but should instead be decided by the states.
But then I had one thought that almost completely reversed my argument: "Even if gay marriage were to be legalized, the government could in no way force any church to marry them."
This means that any church could still adhere to "Biblical standards," even if gay marriage were to be legalized, because separation of church and state would be respected. This means that gays would be able to go to a court to get married (just as heterosexual couples have had this right to have a non-religious marriage for a long time). Unless you somehow consider government-sanctioned marriage to be holy (how this could be is beyond me since it is out of the Church and not at all associated with God), I don't see where your argument comes from. The only argument one can now have is to say that government-sanctioned marriage itself be outlawed and marriage is only allowed via a church.
So even if gay marriage were to be legalized, the Church would not and could not be "hurt," unless separate denominations were to make gay marriage legal within themselves (as some have already done).
Having said this, I can't say that I'm against gay marriage anymore. If I had to choose a side now, I'd have to say that gay marriage should be legalized - the Church can and should handle itself. The other side is constantly looking more logical, and the moral argument (when considering the separation of church and state) is now almost kaput."
love kyle
Triple Play- 2005 Robotics
So for the next 6 weeks, our team will be there every single day, including weekends if it comes down to the wire (which it will). Last year we stayed until at least 8 one night because we needed to get things done. And we came in 2nd at the NYC competition... not shabby for a bunch of students. But in the past, we've immediatly had solutions that work for the competition. This is the first year where we don't have someting set that WILL work, or at least no one has convinced me yet. The robot can only be 5 feet tall, max, and the "goals" that the tetras have to be stacked on are 5 1/4 feet. If you add the height of the tetras, which is 28 inches, you realize that the robot's going to have to some how extend at least 30 something inches above its maximum height. But dont forget, that however tall your robot and claw or arm is, you still have to be low enough to pick up the tetra (28 inches off the ground). To cap it off, the tetras are 9 pounds. I'll keep the LJ updated, or at least link to our website off the school site.
Competitions are going to be march 23rd to 25th (NYC-Regional) and april 21st to 23rd (Atlanta-Nationals). And incase you're wondering, I do the pneumatic work (air pressure) and mechanical for the team, and i did the website which will win shit this year :)
Next, the topic of gay marriage. For those of you who still aren't convicned, someone typed this up a few days ago, and its worth reading.
"I've always thought that gay marriage should never be a national issue, but should instead be decided by the states.
But then I had one thought that almost completely reversed my argument: "Even if gay marriage were to be legalized, the government could in no way force any church to marry them."
This means that any church could still adhere to "Biblical standards," even if gay marriage were to be legalized, because separation of church and state would be respected. This means that gays would be able to go to a court to get married (just as heterosexual couples have had this right to have a non-religious marriage for a long time). Unless you somehow consider government-sanctioned marriage to be holy (how this could be is beyond me since it is out of the Church and not at all associated with God), I don't see where your argument comes from. The only argument one can now have is to say that government-sanctioned marriage itself be outlawed and marriage is only allowed via a church.
So even if gay marriage were to be legalized, the Church would not and could not be "hurt," unless separate denominations were to make gay marriage legal within themselves (as some have already done).
Having said this, I can't say that I'm against gay marriage anymore. If I had to choose a side now, I'd have to say that gay marriage should be legalized - the Church can and should handle itself. The other side is constantly looking more logical, and the moral argument (when considering the separation of church and state) is now almost kaput."
love kyle