rdhawk

For my COM181 class in college, I've been talking about costuming, and talked about the 501st in the first speech. I'm now on my third and final persuasive speech, and I'm trying to persuade people to make costumes. I'm not allowed to blatantly lie, say anything a politician would say, or do anything else unethical, or I get failed, so before you all think of any of those ways to improve this speech, this speech is worth a *lot* of my grade in this course, I'd rather not fail this speech. This is the link to my speech: I'm also required to have at least three people outside my class review this speech with these (as a note, the time limit for this speech is 5 to 7 minutes, so if you see anything that should be cut, feel free to also give that a note). I know this is kind of sudden and last minute (this speech is due Monday, but it's not like I won't be working on it 30 minutes before class). But if you could take just a little bit of your time, critique it, and put it in this thread, I have a few choice words for you... THANK YOU!!! These are the criteria my professor wants the speech to be reviewed by, so please, just take a few minutes of our time if you please, and help a crewman out! ------------ Peer Review for Final Persuasive Speech Speaker’s Name: Ben Popplewell Reviewers Name: Introduction: Gains attention and interest (10): [] Reveals the topic/narrows the topic sufficiently for a 5-7 minute speech (10): [] Establishes credibility and goodwill (15) [] Previews the body of the speech (10) [] Body: Main points are easily identifiable (15) [] Topic is discussed in detail (15) [] Source(s) is/are cited appropriately and is/are relevant (25) [] Use of audience analysis is evident (10) [] Speech is well written – correct grammar, explanations are clear (10) [] Speech is well organized and uses an appropriate pattern of organization (15) [] Connectives are employed to help the speech flow (10) [] Visual aid is used appropriately (15) [] Conclusion: Signals the end of the speech (5) [] Reinforces the central idea and contains a strong call to action (15) [] Overall Evaluation: Speaker maintained eye contact (15) [] Nonverbal delivery is effective (10) [] Verbal delivery is effective (10) [] Speech meets required time limits (5-7 minutes) (5) [] 1. What grade would you give this person? Why? 2. What does this person need to do to improve their speech? 3. What aspects of delivery does this person need to improve? 4. What was the most effective thing this person did? --------- I'll be checking this up to about 8AM EDT tomorrow, when I will finish this speech up, and (hopefully) not freak out!

Necro-ing and giving a friendly bump, was looking for how to scratch-build this part (hey, mods, if you're reading this, this should be a sticky for newer members to see, just in case they want to scratch-make *everything* on their blasters), thanks for showing us how to do this!

Well, that would be exactly what I'm looking for. The fact I've spent just about forever on RadioShack.com and not found it makes me feel silly, but to know it's there officially ROCKS!!!!! Thank you so very very much! Now just to get me one of those!

OK, so I've done some minor soldering and hobby electronics, amused myself a little, now I'm trying to take a bigger step: I'm trying, let me re-iterate, TRYING, to get some sound from my PC onto a small PCB, hook it and about 3 LED lamps, an 8/16 ohm speaker, and a little 3V vibration motor to a little momentary switch, so when the trigger of whatever gun I decide to make first is pulled (something pulls me to the SE-14R, almost like a vacuum), the lights go off, the gun "kicks" and the sound is make. Everything works but the sound, since I don't know how the ^%$# to get the sound from my wonderful PC to where I can even test it on my modular breadboard, let alone diagramming a PCB, etching, and soldering the whole thing together. Taking apart a $3 hallmark card netter me a 16 ohm speaker, a mic, and a puff of blue smoke when something shorted, and I don't want to buy a toy Hasbro just to rip the thing apart for it to puff like the card did, so to anyone out there who has successfully accomplished this and wishes to share information, I have one itsy bitsy, teeny tiny, quaint little request for you..... HELP ME!!!!! PLEASE!!!! I truly think this will drive me mad faster that trying to understand the statement, "If it weren't for my horse, I would have never made it through that first semester of college."

IC-7255 requesting access codes for further training.

Well, it is 3, gimme a day to rework my BFII controls and I'll post a photobucket of reference pics. And as for the weapons systems...in the game they use the bazooka (I'll wiki it later to find the exact name, but w/e), but since they are a "Heavy Weapons Trooper", I think any heavy weapons are game. I mean, they use an E-11 as a SIDEARM for cryin' out loud! Again, give me some time, and I'll get you more than enough grabs to make your wn bazooka and put the pouch argument down, k?

Well, if you wanted to make it float, think of making it like a hovercraft, you'll just need to think of a way of hiding the propellers and skirt, but the props could be towards the back where the main drive engines are, and you can do duct work to get the air intake to them, but then you need a way to fill the skirt with air so it has a cushion to float on. Don't ask me why I've thought through that.

betcha can't say that five times fast...

I'm thinking I might X-Mas gift myself a set of armor (maybe just FX, or birthday it to myself, it's a little closer), just need McHell to realize I'm the second-best grillman in the store, I need better pay! But I WILL be going ANH elite off the bat. Well, that suit and I'll need a better bucket, and a blaster, and...

Yeah, I've read that site a lot over the past year, it's a well-spring of knowledge. Thinking I may start doing myself small thinks like RC toys and stuff with a small table, maybe even small pieces of stuff....

A friendly "Booyah!" to you sir in the "Live Free or Die" state. Yeah, you should definitely get in touch with your garrison, they will be a good source of knowledge to help you along in the process of making your armor come to life, just this this detachment here. And it's always good to know the people in your garrison, they'll be the people you troop with 90% of the time.

The ab buttons are all wrong too. They're black, not gray and blue.

I think Lodril got it with option C. Oh, and your quote is still good .

Sorry if I'm bringing up something that's been brought up before, but I direct your attention to this screenshot: First, doesn't Luke look a little Dirty Harry in this? Second, look at the side of the gun. See where the counter, the mounting bar for the counter, and the other round things would be? Notice how it's devoid? Could an E-11 made, based off this image, be allowed for Elite status? Just trying to do some homework before I start getting into anything. Again, sorry if this had been brought up before, don't hurt me!

Now if you could just design a retractor wind-motor that you flip the toggle switch with, and use the previously mentioned Kevlar string or something stronger......