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Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject	Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland
Date	2026-03-27 20:33 +0000
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On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:50:03 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote:

> As a kid I build a small robot car with photocells that would track a
> light source.
> No computers in those days, just electronics..
> Interesting was that in the room it would drive towards a bright wall,
> get in its own shadow, return,
> once out of the shadow go forward again and started oscillating back and
> forward,
> It reminded me of my own life..

I would love to find the original article but one of the magazines like 
Popular Mechanics in the '50s had plans for a robot. I forget if it had 
photosensors or limit switch 'feeler' but I remember the body was an 
inverted steel dishpan. 

> Also records ship traffic via an other RTL_USB stick:
> Code here:
>  https://panteltje.nl/panteltje/xgpspc/index.html
>   There are better navigation programs for Linux, but this I wrote to
>   get the feel, it is still running.

I'm a long way from ship traffic :) It would be interesting if I still 
lived on the Atlantic coast. Portsmouth NH wasn't a major port but it did 
have some traffic.

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A New Deadly Critique of Wayland L Thorpe <lt666@sixsixsix.net> - 2026-03-22 20:13 +0000
  Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-23 02:32 +0000
    Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-03-22 20:02 -0700
      Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-23 03:30 +0000
      Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-23 10:29 +0000
    Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Distro Lackey <dl@lackey.com> - 2026-03-23 13:50 +0000
      Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-23 10:11 -0400
      Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-23 14:18 +0000
        Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-23 16:24 +0000
          Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-03-23 17:10 +0000
            Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-23 13:14 -0400
            Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-24 07:37 +0000
        Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-23 19:11 +0000
          Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-24 08:32 +0000
        Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-23 20:03 +0000
        Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-24 13:13 -0400
          Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-03-24 15:15 -0400
            Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-24 22:44 -0400
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-03-25 09:34 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-25 18:39 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-03-26 07:09 -0400
          Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-25 06:43 +0000
            Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-25 08:37 -0400
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-25 13:22 +0000
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-25 13:44 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-25 17:37 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-26 06:25 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-26 20:42 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-27 08:50 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-27 20:33 +0000
            Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-26 08:46 -0400
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-26 13:11 -0400
      Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-23 10:47 -0400
      Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-23 16:23 +0000
        Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Distro Lackey <dl@lackey.com> - 2026-03-23 17:37 +0000
          Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-23 17:51 +0000
            Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Distro Lackey <dl@lackey.com> - 2026-03-23 18:26 +0000
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-23 14:28 -0400
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-23 20:09 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Distro Lackey <dl@lackey.com> - 2026-03-23 22:03 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-03-24 08:47 +0000
        Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-23 13:59 -0400
          Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Distro Lackey <dl@lackey.com> - 2026-03-23 18:40 +0000
          Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-23 19:45 +0000
            Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-23 19:27 -0400
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-24 01:36 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-24 08:20 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-24 18:43 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-24 19:24 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-25 06:17 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-25 09:25 +0000
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-24 08:16 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-24 18:41 +0000
        Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-23 18:16 +0000
          Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-23 20:05 +0000
            Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-23 20:46 +0000
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-03-25 14:09 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-25 15:02 +0000
        Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-23 19:40 +0000
          Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2026-03-23 21:36 +0000
            Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-23 19:29 -0400
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-23 23:53 +0000
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-24 01:44 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Distro Lackey <dl@lackey.com> - 2026-03-24 02:04 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-24 08:10 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-24 08:08 +0000
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-24 07:55 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-24 08:55 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-03-24 18:30 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-24 19:22 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2026-03-24 15:21 -0500
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-24 19:34 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-24 19:53 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2026-03-24 15:19 -0500
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          Re: A New Deadly Critique of Climate Denialism Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-25 05:59 +0000
  Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-23 00:27 -0400
  Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland bonkmaykr <bonkymaykr@canithesis.org> - 2026-03-30 20:52 -0500
    Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Distro Lackey <dl@lackey.com> - 2026-03-31 02:11 +0000
    Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-31 03:39 +0000
      Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-03-31 08:30 +0000
    Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-03-31 08:28 +0000
      Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-31 09:31 -0400
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          Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-04-01 09:01 -0400
            Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-04-01 09:05 -0400
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-04-01 12:56 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-01 20:18 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-04-01 16:32 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-04-01 17:23 -0400
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-04-01 13:47 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-01 20:21 +0000
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-01 20:17 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-04-01 16:42 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-02 06:35 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-04-02 08:14 -0400
            Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-04-01 16:56 +0000
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-04-01 14:37 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 14:58 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-04-02 11:28 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-04-03 15:20 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-04-03 20:26 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-04-04 02:11 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-04-03 22:27 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-02 19:26 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-04-02 19:31 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-03 06:14 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-04-03 09:04 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-04-03 15:33 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-04-03 21:17 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-04-04 02:32 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-04-03 15:25 +0000
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-04-02 13:12 -0400
                Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-02 19:29 +0000
            Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-01 20:14 +0000
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-04-01 16:37 -0400
              Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-04-01 19:50 -0400
      Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-31 19:54 +0000
        Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-04-01 05:51 +0000
          Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-01 08:18 +0000
            Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-01 20:25 +0000
    Re: A New Deadly Critique of Wayland CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-31 08:52 -0400
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