<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by rkellz007:
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Sorry, that post was not directed at OSU - more an inside joke at UW.
ryan </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
It is okay if you don't like seeing the car that I helped design go perform well enough to earn top ten placing.
I really liked seeing the 09 UW car at the unveiling. I wanted to see you prove to all the NW teams that wings are not a fad. Hopefully next year will be the year.
Matt </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Matt,
You miss the point - I am nothing but excited that WWU, UW, and OSU have been putting out great cars the last couple of years. It is always exciting to see fellow NW teams doing well. Additionally, I have really enjoyed the comraderie that has been shared between NW teams recently.
The issue is one of intellectual integrity. What does the code of conduct at any University have to say about turning in someone else's homework as your own? Why should it be viewed differently when an individual student transfers schools and takes proprietary design tools, part designs, testing info, etc with them?
Should we take a poll of who thinks that's okay? In the professional world you can't help taking a little knowledge with you IN YOUR HEAD when you change employers - but if you took drawings and proprietary software it could spell a big fat lawsuit for your employer - see Stepneygate or Google "trade secret law suit".
ryan </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
This is supposed to be a learning effort first and foremost. If a student transfers schools and takes his knowledge to spread to other students then more people benefit.
Too many people want to treat the competitions like a business, with everything super secret. It goes against what the competition is designed to do, which is to teach students about engineering.