Thanks to everyone who gave me advice on how to fix the brick. I tried  

everything that was suggested and when nothing worked, I called Lego  

Education's support center.



The tech talked me through a host of different possible fixes. None  

worked.   Now he's sending me a new brick.



For now, we're going to change out the brick and then rewrite the  

program onto a PC laptop that we're borrowing from another team mate.   

That way, if it is a Mac issue, we'll at least negate that problem.





The rogue events have been reduced to about 1 in 7.   Still  

unacceptable, but better than with the Mac.



We'll soldier on, but I am thoroughly disgruntled and this will be our  

first and our final year with FLL unless someone from Lego can assure  

me that they have take care of all their bugs.   It's totally  

unacceptable that a company can charge the exorbitant amount they do  

for the NXT kits and then still have these bugs.



I fully understand that FLL is about solving problems, however, the  

problems should be with robot design and programing, NOT faulty  

equipment.



These children have put hours upon hours into this project and I can't  

say that they've learned as much as I'd have liked.  They've learned  

that the robot ignores the bricks they put in the program whenever it  

feels like it. They've learned that the brick breaks when you reset  

it. They've learned that NXT probably doesn't work well with Macs. We  

are a Mac family and own two NXT kits.   Kits that I bought this year  

for the children.  I feel ripped off.  There is a very bad taste in my  

mouth.



So, all in all, this is not a good introduction to FLL.







Sherene



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